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Show from Cramer, bafora tba diaroarr ef tha frand, (950 claimed to baa baan realised from tha aala of an automobile, automo-bile, and that Cramer paid bar an additional ad-ditional $1000 on n not. Tha institution of tha auit atainet Cramer coming- in th wake ef hie trial, came ai a surprise to many familiar with the case. Mra. Miller was one of the heaviest depositors of the institution, institu-tion, and at tha time tba bank went to the wall lost, it ia claimed, a large amount of money. Her allegation of frand and conspiracy an the part ef Cramer and Receiver Coffin makes tha ease ef unusual interest, as Coffin if one of the prominent banking men of Boise, having been identified with many of the leading: institution bare, and at preaent a stockholder in at least one of them. Ee took charge of the affairs of tha defunct Bailey bank shortly after it failed. At that time he was prominent in tha Idaho Insurance Insur-ance company, the paper of whieo the bank carried. . ' ALLEGES FRAUD IN OPERATIONS Of HAILEY STATE BANK Mrs. Miller Charges Cra-mer Cra-mer With Depriving Her of $61,966. BOISE, Ids., Juns 19. Developments la the Hsiley Btate bank esse of Hailey took s sensations! turn whan Mrs. Aaas L. Miller ef that sity filed a charge against Leo - Oaasar- -charging him with wilful and deliberate fraud by which he deprived her of the fortune of $61, M6, sn amount ahs hsd depos ited ia tha bank prior te its failure, and -which wss represented through certificates of deposits. Tbs' suit has attracted state-wide attention, and Sromiaes to diedoee a ease ef high aaaee ia which tha bsak funds wars juggled. The serious allegation ef Mrs. Miller IS made in her answer to the auit brought againat her by Mrs. Fred Brown, receiver ef the bask, to recover aotee given by the woman to the bank, bat wnick aha asserts were fraudulently secured. 8he also files a cross-complaint telling of how the alleged acheme was worked by which her money waa soak la the defunct Institution. It is claimed by Mrs. Miller that oa September 16, 1919, ' Lee Cramer was indebted to the Idaho State bank of Hailey, ef . whieh he was s director and one of the operating officers, about 66,721.70. Sarah Cramer, hia wife, it is alleged, was indebted wl.ll and hia brother John Cramer $5081.11. At this time Mrs. Miller, who is a widow, had oa deposit in the bank 661,066.16, represented ia certificates of deposit drawing interest st the rate ef 10 per cent per annum, againat which sba had given her notes as mere memoraads to be set off agslnst sn equal amount of aaid certificates npoa final Battlement. Battle-ment. It ia alleged that Lee Cramer, being desirous of saving himself and hit wife and brother relieved from liability and iadebtedneas, aad H. N. Coffin, the receiver re-ceiver and a prominent retired banker at Boise, wishing to aid him therein, solicited Mra. Miller to assume the is-debtedneaa is-debtedneaa ef himself, wife aad brother with the banh by giving te Beeeiver Coffin the certificatee ef depoalt whieh she held and upon whieh she drew heavy istereat. Charges Conspiracy. The Cramers, she charges, knew than, although she did not, that they ware conspiring with Beeeiver Coma to fraudulently secure the money she hsd represented oa deposit. They offered to give her tha beat of security including includ-ing their notes, etc, for relief en the indebtedness. Cramer caused notes to the amount of A5,S05.66 te be made snd delivered to Mrs. Miller when she agreed to assume the indebtedness, although al-though aha charges that hs well hnew at the time the notes wore worthless and that the other security repreeented to be valued at S97.0O0 whieh he delivered deliv-ered ever waa not worth ever $000. She declares that Coffin knew the values were not aa represented sad thst she could net realise oa them at a forced sale. Is her eresa-complalnt, Mrs. Miller farther, asserting that Leo Cramer agreed npoa aa acceptance of sa agreement agree-ment entered into by the banh and herself towards taking up the iadebt-edneee, iadebt-edneee, to turn ever to Beeeiver Coffia 111 ekares of the capital atock of the banh steading in hia name and five shares standing ia the same ef J. J. Plumer. aad five ah area ia the name of William Black. But at this time, aha etatee, Beeeiver Coffia well knew that the bank was utterly and hope-leeely hope-leeely insolvent aad could not be re-J org aired, aad that she bad beam defrauded de-frauded aad that Coffia had also conspired con-spired aad confederated with Cramer te secure her'depoaite. She asaerta that had aba hnewa the iateat ef the Cramers Cra-mers and Beeeiver Coffia of the bank, she would never have executed the notes aor have accepted the eeearitiee that had beea represeated of auch good vain. Admits Certain Farmer! ta. Th widow admits having receive. |