The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-13

The truth of the old saw, Murder
will out" is seldom more swiftly or
strangely verified than in the case OF
Andrew Orban, who was arrested in
Mayfield yesterday, for the murder of
his brother near Pittsburg on Christ
mas night. 1t was a. strange fatality
which led Orban to fly from the law
and the scene of his crime and seek OBJ
scurity, 300 miles from the mur-
der only to be found by the murdered
mans wife, who had come to the same
community to find shelter with rela-
tives. A stranger fatality Is that the
murderer finally became a boarder in
the home of the sister of the murdered
mans wife.
Orbans crime was committed at
Brownsville in the Connellsvile coke
region, fifty miles from Pittsburg. He
boarded with his brother, Joseph. They
quarreled on Christmas night and left
the house together. Andrew carrying
pick handle and threatening to FIX"
Joseph before the night ended. That
was the last seen of the latter alive.
HEAD WAS BATTERED.
on the morning following Christmas
Joseph's son, John. IL years old, left
the house but returned quickly and
informed his mother that the father
was ASLEEP" in the yard. 1nvestga-
tion proved the sleep to be that which
knows no waking. The man was stone
dead. His head had been battered
with the pick handle which Andrew
carried when the brothers left the
house and which lay clotted with blood
near the body.
All trace of the fratricide was lost
until yesterday. Two men were ar
rested in Pittsburg, but neither of
them was Andrew Orban. The latter,
1t has just been learned, went to For
est CITY and made his way down the
valley in search Of work. A week ago
he reached Mayfeld where he secured
board for few days with Mike Kar-
lacha, whose wife is a sister to Mrs.
Orban, widow of the murdered man.
The murdered had no knowledge of
this fact.
Mrs. Orban and her son arrived at
Jermyn and began their abode with her
sister, Mrs. John Bilskey, whose hus-
band keeps a saloon in that place.
With Mrs. Orban's arrival came the
first news of her husbands murder.
On Tuesday the other sister, Mrs. Kar-
lacha, of Mayfeld, with whom Andrew
was boarding, visited her two sisters at
Jermyn and there learned that her
brother-in-law had been murdered
The description of Andrew Orban, the
brother and murderer tailed so closely
with that of Mrs. Karlacha's boarder
that the common identity Of the two
was easily established.
DENIED HIS IDENTITY,
warrant for Andrews arrest was Sc
cured from Justice of the Peace Helms
and served by Constable James Hosie
early yesterday morning. Though
confronted with Mrs. Orban and her
son at a hearing the prisoner denied
his identity and said his name was
John Yowman." He refused to an
swer the questions OF the justice and
was committed to the county Jail with
out bail to await investigation of the
case.
County Detective Leyshon was made
acquainted with the facts early in the
day but through a mistake was given
to understand the prisoners name was
John Iowmap" and that the murder
had been committed in Pittsburg. He
telegraphed the police of that city for
particulars but none were received up
to late in the afternoon when he went
TO Jermyn and then learned the true
facts as revealed in the foregoing. Mrs
Orban's son acted as interpreter.
After returning from Jermyn last
night Leyshon telegraphed the Browns
vile authorities and expects to re-
ceive instructions from there this
morning.
Joseph Orban was "A years old and
had been in this country IA years.
He and his family lived in Plymouth
until about year ago when they
moved to Brownsville in the soft coal
and coke regions where he found work
more plentiful. There the brother,
Andrew, Joined them and became q
boarder in their home. He is 81 years
old and has been in this country eight
wears. He knew Mrs. Orban had rela-
tives in the anthracite region but sup
posed they lived in the vicinity of
Plymouth While at Mrs. Karlacha's
home, Orban announced that he came
from the Schuylkill region.