Show A SURPRISE IN couet COUT oscap oscar E hill HUI sentenced to ten ton years imprisonment he makes no defense to tho the charges chart his fits two sentences to take deflect at the same time yesterday morning at 1 10 upon the tho continuing of tho tile I 1 fourth dist district urn ct court the case of tile united states vs oscar E hill was called this was one of the four indictments returned against hill growing out of the tile charges against him I 1 in n his connection with the recent commercial bank defalcation only two indictments being standing it was ex pecked that the trial would lat last for some days lays and as some sensational develop merits had been promised the trial had excited considerable interest when the mso case was called yesterday the case was opened as usual the defense giving no sign that anything unusual was to happen until the defense allowed alib jury to be b e i belled without any contest or e challenge hal the tile prosecution called as witnesses J 0 armstrong president of the commercial bank A K ar Iley heywood wood one of its directors and L 11 II taylor the bookkeeper of the bank together with thomas keely assistant cashier of tho the denver national bank william 0 cullen culin bookkeeper P beof of the bank of california san F francisco ra n richard gunnon assistant cashier of the omaha na national ti onal bank and george 8 forbes general manager of the union national bank of chicago the testimony of these witnesses was to prove that hill had falsified the records record of the bink bank and had made admissions to that effect and to show that instead tf the outside banks owing balances to the commercial bank the latter owed them balances the defense made no croes cross examination of witnesses and when the tion rested captain smith of jio defense announced that the defense would put it lit no evidence the cae case was then submitted without argument and given div en to the tile jury after a short charge by judge miner it was agreed by the prosecution that the j uy might render a verdict on one count in each cach indictment which j would be sufficient in pi fifteen minutes the jury returned a verdict of guil both indictments tile prosecution then announced that it would bo be satisfied satish led with a judgment of five years on each indictment the lowest the law allows and that both sentences should bo be covered by one term of imprisonment counsel for the defense waived time for sentence and judge miner sentenced 11 to five years imprisonment in in the penitentiary on each indictment both sentences to take effect at the same time mrs hill sat by her husbands side duri during P g the trial bravely ely bearing ui up and holding hold t n back the tile tears until the tile sentence of tile court was pronounced ced co consigning si the prisoner to a felons cell when she broke down and sobbed and wept ft ept bitterly bitter lv when hill eat sat down after being sentenced he lie put lit his arm around his neck ana tried to comfort her but lier her heart seemed broken and she sobbed until led away to the private room of the marshals office hill was taken to tile P pen en last ight n to 10 begin serving out ins lie lon on sentence |