The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-24

The case against George W. Ieigler,
formerly OF Wilkes Barre. but now OF
JTrostburE. Md. who is charged WITH
ronccalrg property as n bankrupt hno
with taking false oath as to property
belonging to his estate in bankruptcy
was tried in the United states District
court yesterday. and went to the jul"
late in the afternoon.
MIR. Ieiglcr was formerly the pro-
prictor of the Exchange hotel in Wilkes
Barre. and was for many years one or
it's best known citizens. He was for
eight years staff officer on the staff
nf Colonel <cck of the Ninth regiment,
aud was later on tho staff of Brigadier
General Goblin In the spring of 1901 he
filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
and on August 10. 1901, was adiudgcd a
bankrupt
The charge is tha; in swearing to tn"
schedule of assets he failed To include
ten shares of stock in tho Wilkes-Rarrc
and Kingston bridge company Of a par
valuc of 81 600: - note of G.. Mortimer
Lewis for 81 coo: ten gallons rf whiskoy
ard a number of rairs "f blankets. The
penalty for such fraudulent conceal
mcnt and fa'sc swearing is imprison-
nent for not loss i!'an two years for
each offence. with no linc as an AL
tentative.
MIR Xeiglor took iii" stand and said
hat he had lived fcr fifteen years in
Wi'kcs-Earrc. having been proprietor
~ the IU&rrnc hotel and later Of the
ENchangc hotel. He IS NOW proprietor
of tho Hotel Gladstone ut t'rosthurE.
Md. he said. He sworc thai hc trars-
f"rred the certificate Of stock in the
bridge rcp'pany to John s. tr;nor, his
chief clerk. in October. 1899. in payment
uf a debt or $3.50. money which Crainer
had loaned him two years before to pay
for renovutinG certain rooms in the
hotel.
Stock Certificate.
The certificate of stock. showing this
transfer on It's back, Wns offered in
evidence. Iclglcr admitted having sent
Eoyle to get n pric" for the stock but
denied tha, il VAS just before he went
into bankruptcy. He declared that it
was he fore he transferred the stock to
Cramcr. He denied having taken whis-
key out of the hotel, and declared that
Tho blankets which were taken to his
house belonged to his wife. having been
transferred to her at AtIanti" City in
1890 by :. bill of sale. This bill Of sale
was presented and offered in evidence.
John s. CrHmor. when put on The
stand, sWorc that he had been asSoci-
aied with Mr.. Xoiger in business for
twenty-five wears. lie said that the
bridge stock was transferred to him in
1922 in payment Of a loan of $500. which
he had nnde Ia I"iglcr. He offered his
bank book to show that he had drawn
out s.l5 from the Anthracite Savings
hank c;rly in October. Melvin Rob-
bins. book keeper at the bank. sworc
that tho entries in the book were in his
handwriting, and that for the last year
and a half the book has been in the
vault at the bank.
Edward Gates. III" former colored
porter at the hotel. testified to having
taken the blankets from tho hotel to
the home of Mr.. Zcgler at Mrs. Zoig-
ler's direction. His evidence on other
roints was not material.
In addressing the jury. Attorney Mar
tin declared that Boyle, the principal
Wtness for The prose cution. was simply
trying to get clen'' for the trouble
which Mr. /eigler put him to when he
learned that he had helped himself to
slrO ont of the cash drawer. It was
IioTi"'s right as Il creditor to object to
Xaicls" beiG declared bankrupt. but
hc failed to do so. he pointed out.
Judge Archibald charged the jury lust
before adjourlment was taken. direct
ing them To regard the evidence of the
character Witnesses as substantive evil
dence, and de- ling ~ some length with
all the points offered to prove The
charges.
Charge to Jury.
Harry Reynolds. alias Harry Lane, n
''s"een goods :win(ler. pleaded guilty
Yesterday morning, and was sentenced
10 pay Il fine OF 500 and 10 spend two
years in the Eastern penitentury He
WAS sentenced TO the latter prison at
his special request. Edward Stackiy,
an acconplice of Reynolds, also pleaded
Guilt%, and WAS sentenced to pay Il fine
Of S?3 and spend six months in the
Danphin county Jail, Harry Myers,
ll-ysar-old boy. who pleaded guilty to
III" chnrs" of breaking into the post
office AT Cases min, was sent to the
house of rcfuGc.
The grand jury yesterday afternoon
returned true bills against the officers
of the Correspondence Institute or
America, who are charged with using
the United States mails for the purpose
of defrauding. An ignored bill was re-
turned in the case of g. w Tammany,
of Wilkes Barre, charged with intimi- |
dating a witness