Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 13, 1904 A FARMER ROBBED During the absence from home of Charles PETERSON and family, tenant farmer for Henry SCHWENK, midway between Red Hill and Greenlane, on Saturday afternoon a trusted day laborer broke five locks with hatchet and chisel and rifled the house of almost $100 in money, a razor and a revolver and cartridges. On Saturday morning Mr. PETERSON left home to thrash for a neighbor about a mile off, and the daylaborer, Charles PITBERGER, was left at home to perform various duties assigned him. The man followed his work faithfully and after dinner he hitched up for Mrs. PETERSON, who with her children, drove off to do an errand. On leaving, PITBERGER asked if there were any objections to his going off to where Mr. PETERSON was thrashing when all the work at home had been completed. Mrs. PETERSON readily gave her consent and drove off leaving the kitchen unlocked, as the man was trusted, he having worked almost all of last summer for Mr. PETERSON and a part of this summer. About three hours after leaving home, Mrs. PETERSON returned, but as PITBERGER had asked to go off she thought nothing of his absence, unhitched and stabled the horse. On coming into the house the woman found that the lock on the door leading from the kitchen had been broken and the door opened. Upon investigation it was found that a cold chisel had been taken from the tool box of the reaping machine and a hatched procured from the barn with which five locks were forced. Things in general throughout the house were in disorder and drawers were opened and their contents scattered around. It was found that almost one hundred dollars in money, all there was in the house, had been taken and Mr. PETERSONs razor and blue barreled revolver with all the cartridges. An alarm was spread and efforts were made to locate the missing man, but all trace of him was lost. PITBERGER, the man who so basely betrayed the trust confided in him, is about 40 years of age, measures about five feet ten inches and walks with a stoop. When last seen he wore a felt cow boy hat, a blue coat and blue overalls. The man is addicted to drink and claims that his mother and one brother reside at Kutztown and another brother at Norristown. HORSE BURST BLOOD VESSEL While stopping in front of Ritter's barber shop, Harleysville, last Saturday forenoon, the horse of Adam B. HARTMAN suddenly dropped, breaking the shaft of the buggy. The horse bursted a blood vessel and died in about an hour's time. He was insured in the Montgomery Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company. SON SUCCEEDS FATHER Rev. E.O. LEOPOLD, son of the late Rev. O. LEOPOLD, was unanimously elected pastor of the five congregations composing the Fogelsville Lutheran charge, having a communicant membership of 1064. This charge was formerly held by the father and the newly elected pastor was serving as assistant for the past four years. BURGLARS SCARED OFF BY GIRL Thieves tried to gain entrance to the residence of Robert BIGONY, of Shillington, Berks county, at midnight on Tuesday. A daughter of Mr. BIGONY was awakened by the intruders and raised the alarm scaring them off. Two shots were fired after them, but they made good their escape. HORSE STOLEN AT EDGEWOOD Frank FERRY, of Edgewood, Bucks county, was startled on Sunday morning when he came to his stable and found his horse, a runabout, a new set of harness and some horse feed missing. The outfit is valued at about $200. There is no clue to the thief.