The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-18
HE SAYS LOSS IS $lSl5.
Ieweler Lewis c. Reisner's Unfortunate
Experience on an Evening Cumber.
land Valley Train.
ACCUSES ENGINEER WIN. FRAKER.

"That tall man walked out OF
the car with your grip" said a
Waynesooro man, Mr.. Shertz, to
Lewis G. Reisner, - Lancaster
county manufacturing jeweler, on
Cumberland Valley train No. z,
as 1t left Oakvllle on Wednesday
afternoon. The man accused
was William o. Frsker, railroad
englneman, who lives with his
wife and children on South Main
street, and who boarded the train
at Harrisburg, at 1925 IN the af.
ternoon. He was arrested by a
local railroad constable as he step.
ped off train No. II, due here at
7:1O IN the evening, taken to Jail
and later, on train No. Ito, to Car
isle, where he is in jail for a hear
ing before Shippensburg justice
of the peace.
Mr.. Reisner, who spent the
night in town, sald that he was
on his way through the Cumber-
land Valley with Elk emblems.
On the way from Harrisburg to
Oakville, he was displaying the
emblems to an Elk from Brook
lyn. Fraker was riding IN front
of him and Mr.. Relsner says he
had abundant opportunity of see
ing the contents of the grip. He
is certain it was F'raker who left
the train at Oakvllle with his
property. The railroad authori
ties learned that Fraker had walk
cd from Oakville toShlppensburg.
Near the Cum berland Valley State
Normal school he tagged the pas
senger tram and got aboard.
When the train steamed into
Third street station MIR. Rel sner
and w. r. Keefer, Esq, were
there and Mr.. Relsner walked up
to Fraker and said:
you're the man who stole my
grip" catching him by the lapel
of his coat, Mr.. Reisner is big
man and Fraker saw it was use
less to try to get away. The rail
road company's constable then
arrested him al d took him to jail.
1t was determined by Mr., Refs
ner and his counsel that a warrant
should be sworn out in Cum ber'
land county charging Fraker with
larceny and this was done at Ship.
peusburg, after which Shippens
burg constable came here served
the warrant on Fraker in jail and
and took him 10 the Cumberland
county Jail at Carlisle.
When the authorities had been
notified of the theft they took i'm
mediate steps to recover the mis-
sing grip. They learned that II
had been found on top of pile o1
ties near Oakvllle by two boys,
who informed the station agent
Orders were sent to Oakvllle tc
seal the grip and send it here ar d
this was done. Mr. Relsner went
IT, the railroad office on Thursday
morning to learn what was miss
ing. He says the grip contained
about $500 worth of Elk EN- mblems
consisting chiefly of Elk teeth ant
buttons set with diamonds. He
told a SPIRIT reporter this fore
noon that about $l815 worth o,
the goods were missing. In the
lot were thirty-one Elk teeth
among them double tooth fol
which he refused $3.50.
In jail here Fraker was placed
in cell with Weddell, whom h,
told he had left the tram at New
VILE and that he walked to Ship
pensburg, where he caught trail
No. II. Railroad men know tina
1T is almost a physicsl imp ossibll
ity to cover more than clever
miles in the time between whicI
he alleged he had left the Garlic
train at Newville and that of til
arrival of the second train at Shlr
pensburg.
At the Carlisle jail Fraker be
moaned his fate. "Oh, but wis
l could tell you where the gri
ls,' he is reported to have SAID I
Mr. Reisner and insisted that tb
man who brought about his al
rest hid told him to throw tn
grip off the train at Newvill,
This afternoon Mr.. Reisner wen
n 4 M. III.