Show OSCAR 1 I HILLS HIIS AMINAT IONI prosecution has not finished its case MISSING ACCOUNTED FOB FOR loans oana made ae to well known people evidently dently fop for speculative purposes sensation sensational testimony the preliminary examination of cashier oscar E hill of tho the commercial national bank was commenced yesterday afternoon before united states commissioner gideon and find not being concluded will be continued th thia is morn morning ing at 10 the nature of the testimony bordered on the sensational and would have attracted a mammoth crowd had not the case been fully ventilated in the press during the past few days As ali it was there were man many y prominent citizens in the court room during the courso course of the hearing the case was first taken up in the commis a boners office but as it was apparent I 1 that fiat the accommodations would not be sufficient an adjournment was taken to the probate court rooms in the county court house united states district attorney judd and assistant attorney maginnis conducted the prosecution while hilo hill was represented by captain ransford Pans ford smith when the case was called after the temporary adjournment hill ifill took his place at the tile side of his counsel while just behind him with her arm rm resting upon the back of lier her husbands chair sat mrs hill the tile lady ad v bowed showed tile effects of the terrible strain strai 1 l to which she has been subjected since saturday afternoon and on several occasions restrained her feelings with difficulty C she had the sympathy of everyone present all of whom admired her for her bero heroism ism it was nearly when the tile court announced that the bearing won would be proceeded with J 0 armstrong Armat president of the commercial national bank was wa S the tile first witness called 1 11 I have known oacar oscar E hill for thirteen years he lie has been cashier since the organization of the bank in 1882 1889 his nis duties involved those usual in such cases he lie usually reported to ti the 0 board or the executive committee these reports were formerly made quarterly but during the tile months they have been made daily the bank usually had three clerks clerk sir taylor was teller and barles charles J currie book bookkeeper kee per all money on hand land was kept in the vault which was in t the lie co control atrol ot of tho cashier this money wae was cou counted n ted in april when it was found correct as compared with the books on saturday last mr hill prepared a deport of the previous d jays ays bija iness this report made tile following show showing 1 i cash on hand band bans and discounts 2 15 overdraft united states bonds bond expense expellee 50 50 real estate 44 redemption fund for the thee redemption lion of mutilated bills 2250 due from banks total liabilities capital surplus undivided profits circulation dividends d deposits epoe its due to bank 13 3 7 total thia this statement was presented to me on saturday morning I 1 examined it then and since that time I 1 have examined into the tile affairs of the bank and found it all wrong there is now only in the bank batik in eluding that put I 1 in n on saturday as against tho reported by the cashier wo we find that instead of banks owing us as its a matter of fact we nye owe banks about the report is n not dt correct bv by any man manner li er of means about 2 on saturday I 1 farat knew that the bank was insolvent I 1 was sent for forby by hi 11 1 and went over to hia lie home mr hill fill stated tome to me that the tile bank was insolvent L and alid that ho he had appropriated funds of the bank to tha amount of 43 when I 1 recovered from the shock I 1 asked him how lio had disposed of the fu unas n ids he lie said helfrich miller had V V 31 0 silva A 11 II swan and A fisk he did not tell me when he lie lot them have the money I 1 a asked hill what he could do t to protect the bar bank ik he lie said he be was willing to turn over everything lie could to protect Ote ct the bank except t his ills home which which belonged to his wife and some lots iota in omaha and some othera others in ban san jose which are in the name of his father fattier I 1 called a meeting of the board of di rectors and at the close of banking saturday ordered the doore of on hours ika tile bank clo ed mr dir hill was asked b by the directors street re garling bs his bond abia should hould havo have been filed and he bated that lie had ad never got it he further re 1 ai aall that lie knew tile bank bonk was insolvent that the collapse I 1 inevitable and he did not intend to was the boll by filing a bond protect hill detate t hat waa was all the money lie had taken we WO have since four A that the abarta go is between wy andi and have hav 0 also found loulu ably ulily even more we more than that the deposits are reported afe by of these do there the books record ora in no a this till of affairs fAirs If must have continued over ft it period O 0 of r e bome ol 01 ne five years ants were offered in i a tho tile daily of a te m evidence wi dence by mr mat la ginnis innis an and d the wit vit ness awaa was token take n in band hand by captain sinith counted the cash on Satur saturday daT evening mr adams mr taylor ond and counte I 1 it again toda and found 6 aw on hand the to was correct it vaults tile benr and cashier in the each night counted tile usually is tile result ziven by me the figures I 1 who have of the work of experts I 1 tile books gone over arm examination mr on redirect re direct S said ill ill made no explanation strong in which ile bad g iven manner of 0 the various parties thero there money to the tile 4 of tile various amounts on 1 ts 10 danl 31 had 01 tle 9 taa of the loans hority no at It to make hority ita I 1 no Alil av lied oatly without W col lault exec 10 cashier L badams adams of the utah national dional bank and 6 special examiner of the C commercial amr hercial ner cial was next called to the stand and stated that while be had been invited on sunday d a to 0 make a ke an examination of the b banks tf affair fair and had done L eo 0 with other gentlemen he lie would rather not testify regarding what he foung found having just been appointed special examiner by bytho the comptroller of t el e tresaa tresa 7 after att looking over mr adams instructions judee maginnis Ma ginnie excused the gentleman cashier 11 11 of the tile utah boan loan and trust company was sworn on sunday I 1 examined with other bankers into the theau affairs airs bithe bl alie commer cial Nat national lonal bank I 1 had a conversation with hill nd asked him what he had done with the money he lie replied that none of it had atuck to his ainge fingers he also said to thet thol gentlemen w 11 e ra the books that the report mado made by him was absolutely correct this lie said upon uvon his word of honor wo we found that 1 thero there was adne e outside banke banks over ove r we also examined the securities and dis counts and found the report correct there is a note signed by swan for 5 and another for signed by helfrich and miller among tile securities th thomas 0 mas A whalen a director of the commercial testing 1 I have known hill for fourteen years 1 have had but v e ry little talk with the cashier regard in ing t thi kin defalcation he said T tom m you on ill kill me 1110 lie a also lao baid said helfrich had ad and it was 9 a bad day lay for him when he met ed and will wilt helfrick to the tile directors hill said he had mado made a 11 loan without of koswan to swan and as wo did not consider the noto note good w we e charged is off but afterwards discovered that there was an additional loan oan of to swan hill bill when q ques u es honed regarding the loans said he im did not know why he lie had deceived the directors A it heywood testified that he was a director in the commercial national ho lie first heard of the tile shortage in hills accounts a at ten minutes to 3 on saturday afternoon lie had a conversation with hill on the matter witness learned that the bank was indebted as follows chemical ical national bank new york 2 2300 omaha national 1700 first N national bank of commerce kansas city First National den denver er commercial national salt lake lake bank batik of california mccornick co salt lale lille bank batik of san franc francsco co ladd ti tilton lion san francisco bank of commerce salt lake e idaho Nati national bank pocatello total duo from other banks ame american r national salt lake 00 60 first national dillon first national helena F first X national at ional og bulte den lei dark clark br brothers others butte f total hill denied to witness that he lie had bad put any of the money to his ills own use he I 1 lo 10 let the money go to helfrich and miller in payment a T aut of checks without security oth other e r t than han i a note for alt teller taylor L of tho commercial was the next witness atness culled he gave gavel nn it idea of the manner in which the books bool i of the bank were kept but denied all knowl knowledge efte of crooked work on oil the part of anyone connected with the tile bank continuing tho the witness said rog regarding arding the daily statements I 1 ne never vo r had anything to d do 0 with the tile making out of the statements to the tile directors they were always taken from the bal balance aice book by aiwas mr r hill I 1 hav enever been instructed to make false also entries and have never done s eo 0 mr hill ifill has not drawn draw n largely from r ont the bank to my knowledge sin since i CO he be built his ills house mr hill I 1 had lad full charge of the business with local and foreign banks he lie wrote up tho the balanco book but the bookkeeper ei posted all accounts I 1 am not personally acquainted with the firm ot oHel frich miller have never seen mr miller and the slight slightest esp knowel dge as to who lie is mr lir helfrich inq an mr hill ifill married sisters ei mr hill ifill and arid myself had the combination of lio hii tam e of the tile vault we coul open tile vault doors between the tile hours of 0 8 4 p m f and 6 a m cross examination 1 I have been teller fo four ur years I 1 have always counted the cash when on duty charles J currier bookkeeper of the commercial took the stand fortio for two months I 1 have been bookkeeper at the tile commercial national bank I 1 kept the tile individual cash book and the tile general ledger the balancek ca were handed to me by the cascieri cashi cashier eri at the tile close of business on saturday night tho the records showed allowed that we h bad ad a foreign bank credit of some 1 never saw the tile state ments received from foreign banks mr I 1 hill MI attended to all correspondence correspond enc 6 when I 1 went to work for the commercial I 1 received instructions from mr hill bill and the former bookkeeper mr hume during my employment at the bank I 1 never had the tile slightest bus suspicion I 1 I 1 of anything wrong tho the balance opinion of cash on hand lia has 8 been gradually decreasing for some time past in may the balance was in the nei of of the 1 balances are put on the general ledger by mr hill none of the tile directors ever examined tile books book sIto to my knowledge since I 1 have been in the bank batik at 5 6 the court took an adjournment until 10 this morning |