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The Sunday Morning News
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
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Gustave Poetch, treasurer of the German sick benefit society Bloomfield Lodge K.U.V. in Bloomfield, NJ, disappeared with $176 in funds, reportedly fleeing to California. His bondsman is local hotelkeeper William J. Raab; his wife knows nothing of his whereabouts. (Reported Dec. 28, 1889 from Newark.)
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Special to the Sunday Morning News.
NEWARK, Dec. 28, 1889.—The members of Bloomfield Lodge, K. U. V., a German sick benefit society, have been placed in an unpleasant position through the disappearance of Gustave Poetch, a butcher, who was treasurer of the society, and who had in his possession its funds, amounting to $176. Poetch, it is reported, has gone to California. William J. Raab, a Bloomfield hotelkeeper, is his bondsman. Poetch's wife has not the least clue to his whereabouts.
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Bloomfield
Event Date
Dec. 28, 1889
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funds amounting to $176 missing; poetch reportedly gone to california; his wife has no clue to his whereabouts
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The members of Bloomfield Lodge, K. U. V., a German sick benefit society, have been placed in an unpleasant position through the disappearance of Gustave Poetch, a butcher and treasurer of the society, who had possession of its funds.