Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-18
JAMESBURG is.
EASY FOR HIM
For Man Who Secured POSI-
ton With Motor Co.
Special 80 tbs HyENTra sSwS,

With incorporation OF h FUNDS
entrusted to his care as a solicitor
for the Excel Motor Company, who
are at the present time having erect
ed a large plant IN the site of the
Lake View Terrace, Captain A.
Englehart, of Brooklyn, is a fugitive
from justice, leaving behind him a
trail of unpaid bills, including a
three weeks board bill at the Lake
View House, conducted by Mrs. AL
bert Paxton. Captain Englehart is
specifically charged with the larceny
of $65 by Willard DeArnold, presi-
dent of the Excel Motor Company,
who has charge or the plant at this
place and who appeared before Re-
corder William E. Paxton and
charged Captain Englehart with the
misuse of the funds of the company.
The warrant has been placed in the
hands of the authorities and the
police notified to be on the lookout
for the fugitive and to arrest him on
sight.
Harlin J. Woodland, of this place,
is probably the heaviest loser by the
defalcations of Captain Englehart,
to the extent of close to 500. Cap
tain Englehart issued checks promis-
cuously and it was in his endorse
ment Of this bad paper that causes
Mr.. Woodland to suffer.
Daniel NJ. Clark, the jeweler, of
Lower Jamesburg, suffers also to the
amount of $50 owing to a sale Of
jewelry in exchange for a share of
stock valued at 500 in the Excel
Motor Company. Part of this has
been returned to Mr.. Clark through
the efforts of Mr.. Woodland, who dis
Englehart before they had reached
a lavish scale.
Over 500 was advanced by Rev.
Samuel ]. MeClenaghan, pastor of
the Jamesburg Presbyterian church,
who subscribed for about $500 worth
of stock and advanced the cash as a
part payment for the balance of the
stock to be subscribed.
Rev. Mr.. McClenaghan and Daniel
Clark have been reimbursed by the
motor company for their loss and
the d~efalcations Of Englehart will be
borne by the motor company.
The first knowledge that the Elk
Gel Motor Company officials had that
Englehart was misusing the funds
entrusted to his care was discovered
Saturday when he was questioned
by officials of the company for a
statement covering his sales Of stock
made to the local business men.
Several slips made by the accused
led President DeArnold to start an
investigation which was verified
Monday on Englehart's return from
New York City, where he had gone
Saturday to spend Sunday with his
family.
The climax was reached Tuesday
when Englehart suddenly realized
that things were getting too warm
for comfort. He secretly removed
his baggage from his room at the
Lake View House and shipped it by
express to 169 West Sixty-fourth
street and went to Quackenbushe's
| garage and hired an automobile to
| take him to New Brunswick, where
he said he had an engagement with
Lawyer John Kirkpatrick, of the
| prosecutors staff. He failed to re-
turn and hence the issuing of the
warrant by Recorder William E.
Paxton, Of this place, Tuesday af-
| ternoon, jointly by DeArnold and
Woodland, who charge him with
theft.
Englehart made his appearance in
Jamesburg about four weeks ago and
made application to Mr.. DeArnold
for a position as secretary Of the
local motor company and was en-
gagged by DeArnold only after a
most thorough search of his past
record. This was found to be of the
most exacting. His recommended
| lions included those of some OF the
biggest men financially Of both the
boroughs of Brooklyn and New York.
| For a great many years he was a
/ member of the crack Fourteenth
Regiment Of Brooklyn and attained
the rank of captain and colonel. He
saw service through the Spanish
American War of 1898. At the
completion of his enlistment he en-
tered business and engaged with
some of the best firms of Greater
New York. He readily was received
by the business men of the town who
were impressed with his retiring de-
meanor and disposed Of several
thousand dollars worth of stock in
| the proposed motor company in
course of erection here. He was a
gentleman of pleasing appearance
| and proved a capable salesman. All
the defalcations have been made
good by Mr.. DeArnold, who intends
to prosecute Englehart for his
wrong-doing.