Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - October 8, 1904 DEAD MAN BACK AFTER WIDOW GOT INSURANCE Mrs. Isabella HEFT, of Norristown, is in great distress for fear that she will be cast into prison for falsifying to the death of her husband, Geo. HEFT, whom she thought she had buried in Montgomery cemetery, Norristown, but who turned up in town Saturday night, not a ghost, but in flesh and flood. HEFT left his wife 18 months ago, leaving her to look after a baby in arms and four other children. He went to live in Philadelphia until last spring, when he left and no tidings were received from him until Thomas FOLEY, a friend, told Mrs. HEFT that a man who resembled her husband had been fished from the Delaware in Philadelphia. Believing that it was her duty to rescue him from a grave in the Potter's field, Mrs. HEFT went to Philadelphia last July, but it was not until after she had made three visits and had as many looks at the corpse that she decided that the dead man was her husband. The difficulty in identification was because the body had been in the water several weeks before it was recovered. The tattoo marks that she looked for on his arm were not discernible, but there were three distinguishing marks - his teeth, his heavy red moustache and his bald head. All these were convincing, not only to her, but to John J. FERRY, an undertaker of Norristown, who had known HEFT in life. The body was accordingly brought to Norristown and interred in Montgomery cemetery. HEFT was insured in the Metropolitan Company, but his insurance had been paid by his wife, and, accordingly, when she certified to his death, $300 was paid to her. Of this she paid $100 to the undertaker and $50 to Justice HARRY, and the remainder she invested in a tombstone, and paid the debts of herself and her dead husband. "I fainted when I heard that my husband had come back to town," said Mrs.HEFT, when seen the next day. "I walked the floor all night and have not eaten a bite, for fear that the insurance company will come on me for the money, which has all been spent and throw me into jail for swearing that the man was my husband." It is said that HEFT had been in the West, and had not heard of his death and burial until he came to town Saturday night. FOREIGNER SHOT AT MAN IN WINDOW A young foreigner of Allentown, tried a new gun on Monday afternoon. Returning home he passed the boarding house of John ERIAB, who was sitting at a second story window, and who yelled to him in a jocular way that he could not hit him. The foreigner raised his gun and fired, peppering ERIAB's back. Mrs. Joe BURKI, wife of the boarding house keeper, also received some of the shot in her side and hand. A large crowd started in pursuit of the foreigner, but he escaped. THREE RIBS BROKEN IN WRESTLE Thrown in a friendly wrestling match with John W. ENGLE, several days ago, Nathan HARTENSTINE, an east end bar clerk, of Boyertown, sustained what were regarded as only slight injuries. The other day he was taken seriously ill, and an examination showed that three of his ribs were fractured and that one had pierced his lungs. ROBBERY AT SOUDERTON Thieves again visited Souderton during Monday night. They bored holes in a panel of the rear door of the Weikel building, which opens into a small room used as an office by C.A. ALDERFER & Bros., then breaking out a part of the same they had easy access to the store room, the door being opened by pulling the deadlatch lock. They proceeded to pack into one of the suit cases, jewelry, consisting of watch chains, fobs, rings, cuff buttons. From a shelf they also took twenty white and fancy vests, and a lot of neckties and half hose. The total loss is over $100. In opening the door a button fastener toppled over, making quite a noise when it landed on the floor, awakening several of the occupants of the second floor, but they imagined that the noise came from the outside and therefore paid no attention to it. This is the first time the store of ALDERFER & Bro. has been robbed since their removal from the Souder building on East Broad street, where, however, their place was visited three times. SUMNEYTOWN MUSICIAN NOW IN GERMANY Forrest CRESSMAN, of Sumneytown, the well-known musician, who has been studying for the past two years in Vienna, has gone to Munich, Germany, where he will remain until the summer of 1905, when he will return to the United States and locate in Boston or New York and open a private studio and teach his specialties, piano and composition, in which branches Mr. CRESSMAN is a pronounced master. A REMARKABLE SURGICAL CASE Mrs. Sarah LUTZ, of Lebanon, aged 82, fell and fractured her leg at the thigh. This happened three months ago. She was removed to the Good Samaritan Hospital. On Thursday she was discharged from the institution, walked away and returned to her home unassisted. Considering the age of the patient her recovery is considered a little short of marvelous and will be recorded as one of the strange cases at the hospital. CATTLE DIE OF HYDOPHOBIA Alvin FETHEROLF, of Kempton, Berks county, lost eleven head of cattle that were bitten by a mad dog. The animals died of exhaustion following the most horrible suffering from hydrophobia. They had to be secured with chains in order to prevent them from doing harm to the remainder of the herd. The remainder of his herd of eighteen will probably have to be killed. A son of Mr. FETTEROLF was also bitten. OUT OF WORK, HE HILLS HIMSELF Borrowing a revolver from a neighbor on the plea that he wanted to shoot rats, Elmer MILLIGAN went into the back yard of his home at Pottstown, on Monday night and sent a bullet through his forehead. He died instantly. MILLIGAN was despondent over being out of employment. WILL START CIGAR FACTORY AT RED HILL John STEYER, the cigar manufacturer, of Pleasant Run, has leased the new dwelling house of Jonas HARING, at Hillegass, and also the cigar factory there. He expects to move there in the early part of November and then start the manufacture of cigars at that place. PURCHASED FARM AND A GRIST MILL Frank N. BENFIELD, of Huff's Church, last week purchased a farm and grist mill from his father Abraham BENFIELD. The purchaser has had charge of the mill for a number of years.