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Show pnniim 111 Eiiiil CUE Dr. C. E. Henneberger, Formerly Assistant to Dr. F. E. Straup, i Held For District Court on Serious ChargeHenneberger j , Came Here in 1916, Was Employed by Dr. Straup, Won the 'J Confidence of His Employer, Became Involved in Stock (Markets, Was Saved From Criminal Indictment by Straup,! ; and Later is Alleged to Have Embezzled Funds From His! v Employer's Practice. V I Dr. C. E. 'Henneberger, a Pennsyl-,1 Pennsyl-,1 Tania Dutchman, who resided in Bing-I Bing-I ham for more than a year and was as-I as-I , sistant to Dr. F. E. Strauu, and fled I the territory some months ago, was . j arrested in Nebraska by 'Plnkerton I men, brought back to this county, giv- I i ; en a preliminary hearing before Judge . I , ' Van Dan in Salt Lake Jan. 3, and a i decision was handed down Wednesday , I binding him over to the district court . I on a charge of embezzlement From the information we are able i J to secure on this matter, Dr. Henne- berger came here and was employed : ty Dr. Straup in September, 1916. He : was evidently a man well versed In ' medical skill, as Dr. Straup always spoke of his services in the highest . terms. But as time passed on in the t spring and summer of 1917, Dr. Hen-V Hen-V neberger became infatuated with the ) stock markets and began playing the game with more or less recklessness. , Th stock market is sometimes hard f to 4jjo.ce, and even the men of keen-1 est'Xusight occasionally buy or sell at Jthe wrong tiiue. It appears that Dr. Henneberger pot on the wrong side ' and fcil tU very .jau. Act only did he get In bad, but by his manipulations he was brought to the point where he stood in Jeopardy of Indictment where a large sum of money was involved. The matter was brought to Dr. gtrafcVs attention, and the doctor hav-Ing hav-Ing jpWllBit faith in the integrity of Hen&tberger, to save his assistant , from criminal prosecution." came to his rescue and assumed his obligations. obliga-tions. jtvidently Henneberger did not appreciate ap-preciate the favor, for he had hardly been relieved from the embarrassment when it appears he began to embezzle the funds of the practice of Dr. Straup and when he thought he had reached the limit, in the darkness of night he left ,!wn, and shortly thereafter people peo-ple b$in to talk. . Some said he had stolen large sums of money from Dr. straup. Others said he was a German Ger-man spy and a great many stories ,v were heard on the streets about this Pennslyvanla doctor. Some of the stories told by his friends indicated that Henneberger was a man of abnormal ab-normal habits. Dr. Straup, however, had confidence in his assistant and when he became involved in the stock markets did not hesitate to help him out, and said nothing about the affair. Henneber- ger, it appears, was ungrateful and I instead of making good the loan began be-gan to embezzle the funds of the prac-; i tfee of Dr. Straup. When this reach-j ed the limit he disappeared. He was I located by Pinkerton detectives at ' Omaha and brought back to this state : by Salt J-ake authorities, and was glv- Ken a preliminary hearing January 3rd before Judge Van Dan, and Wednesday Wednes-day of this week was bound over to the district court There has been quite a little talk of this case in Bingham, and the trial will be a matter of much Interest to people here. The people Wo Xnow Dr. Straup well say that he Is a good all-around whole-souled fellow, and that he would have suffered the loss ocec1oned by the misfortunes of his aoMlntant .had the latter acted on the (square and shown a spirit of appreciation. |