The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27
SWORN STATEMENTS
Made by the Son of the Missing PiASb1rg
Lawyer-Aleged CrookedneSs Of the NJ
fairs of The National Bank Of Commerce.

Pittsburg, December 2l,-The National
Bank of Commerce is in trouble through
the missing attorney, s. W. B Gill's af-
fairs. Harry B. Gill, son Of S. W. B.,was
examined by the Register in Bankrupt
cy to-day. His sworn statements show
that at his fathers departure in septem-
ber he must have had balance Of $780,
600 with the bank, and he said on the Sd
of October a note Of Thomas Robertson,
on which the father of the witness was
an indorser, came due at the bank, and
Wade, the teller,said to the witness, write
your fathers name on this note as indor-
ser, which he did. Afterward he got no.
tice that two notes for $5, 900 each of Sam
uel Shaffer and D. M. Shaffer, on which
]. B. w. Gill was indorser, would fall due
on the the 10Th and 10Th of October re-
speCtively. He also received notice that
his fathers note for $4,000 would come
due October 23d. He thought of giving
his check for this, but Mr.. Hill. the cash.
ier, said never mind. The Shaffer notes
were given to secure mortgage of his
father, but the witness did not know
whether they were discounted at the
National Bank of Commerce or not, but
was certain that his father never got the
money on them.
One day when the witness was at the
National Bank of Commerce, Mr.. Hill re-.
quested him to sign his fathers name to
a check for $4,000, to pay the two Scha-
fer notes, telling him that his father had
said any that he would sign would be all
right, and they were willing to take him.
This he refused to do. He had then but
one check signed by his father, and he
wanted to get the account transferred to
himself A party advised him to pass q
check through the Clearing house for the
whole amount due his father in the bank
but this he declined to do as he was
afraid that people would suspect some.
thing wrong if he took all of the money
On the morning the writ ef sequestration
was issued, Mr.. Patterson, President oi
the bank, came into the private Office oi
the witness, ostensibly to talk about Ger.
tain matters, but his real object was to
get check for $4,000. Patterson asked
the witness if his father had ever given
him authority to sign checks. Witness
replied that he had not. Patterson said
they would be attaching the money
pretty soon, and the witness had better
give him check for $4,000, and that
the bank would do anything for him
He refused to do this, and an hour after
when Mr.. Lenhart, who had some notes
signed by his father, went down to the
bank in Columbia with Mr., Hall to at
taCh the money in the bank, Mr. Patter
son told them there was but 81 300 there
to Gill's credit. in one of the converse
tions of Mr., Hall with the witness, tht
farmer said that he had upward Of 500,
600 against Gill's account. and that there
was another note for $4,000, but he die
not state when it would fall due.
The witness also stated that ]. A. Dun
can had given a mortgage for $4,000, anC
that there were three or four notes at thu
bank and one missing. These noteI
were dated ahead six months. Mr.. Dun
can had told the witness that he neve
got any money on the mortgage. Th'
above comprise the material points o
the testimony elected.