The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-04-27
sTRosHAR ACQUITTED.
Is Now Fighting Extradition-His
Wife at His Side During Trial.
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. %. 1906

| Atlanta, Ca, Sept. %, 1906.
J. ". Strobhar was yesterday after
noon acquitted of the charge of lar
ceny after trust in that he was charged
with having fraudulently converted to
his own use $1.7OS.1S of the funds of
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad en-
trusted to him as agent of said rail-
road at Gainesville, Fla
No sooner was the verdict in the su
perior court which restored him to lib
I erty announced than Strobhar was
taken in custody to await the deter
minatiqn by Governor Terrell of re
quest for extradition upon the charge
of larceny after trust of some $4,000
Of the funds of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad from the governor of Florida.
Strobhar was taken in custody by a
deputy sheriff and was committed to
the Tower shortly after dark yester-
day afternoon.
Argument upon the requisition from
the governor Of Florida wifi be heard
by Governor Terrell at 10 o'clock Fri-
day morning
The application for requisition WiH
be stubbornly opposed by Strobhar's
counsel. it being alleged By them that
ne is ready to return to Florida of n.a,
own accord "a face any charge against
him, but that he will resist any at
tempt Ia take him there under arrest.
The jury retired shortly after O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon. and AT about !.
o'clock filed into the court room and
returned verdict of not guilty.
The defense relied upon The estah
Ishment of an alibi They introduced
evidence ~ show that Strobhar lef,
Jacksonville on the morning of August
81. arrived in Savannah at 12:50 D. m.
Of that dag. and thar il was physical
iupossibiiity- for him to have been in
Atlanta on that day before the t,our
AT which the banks close.
Strobhar'S statement that he had
paid out large sums for the railroad
company, for which, according to their
rule he had taken no vouchers. created
a sensation. He alleged that secret re-
bates paid to shippers of fruits. vege-
tables and phosphates in violation of
the Interstate commerce laws. would
account for large sums of money Which
the road claimed that he had embez-
zled
Immediately after the publishing of
the verdict crowd surrounded Strob
har. By whose side sat his little wife.
who has been all devotion during the
time since ne va, extradited from
Canada. Many shook hands with him
and congratulated him. and Strobbar.
who's had maintained the utmost COM
posure during his trial. broke down
and wept.
By agreement. Reuben Arnold open
ed the argument for the defense Mon
day night and was followed yesterday
morning by Robert c. Aston. who rem
'7OHIlN SAAE y itdHliC coast Line rail- 4
road in the prosecution. He was FOL
lowed By j u. Fitzpatrick. for the de-
Tense ard solicitor Charley Hill CON
cluded for the state.
The contention Of the state was that
Strobhar. who al the time of the al
iegel commission Of the offense wus
agent Of the Atlantic Coast Line rail-
road al Gainesville. Fla. had on Au-
gust % and IS last received some
$4,000 IN payment OF freights for tho
railroad: that ne was involved as toi
his accounts with the railroad comma
ny at that time. took. with other mon
eys belonging to the railroad, two
checks aggregating s1.7O1.1s. came tn
Atlanta and cashed them at the At
lanta National bank on August 80 andI
He'd 20 Canada, from which place h,
was subsequently extradsted and
brought back to Georgia for trial by
Detective Lockhart.