New-York tribune., 1888-03-21
FLIGHT OF JEROME L. HILL.
XwELL-KNowN CLUBMAN MISSING.
ThE SUIT BROUGHT BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE
LorTrMER ESTATE FAILS BECAUSE he CAN.
NOT BE FOUND-wILL THE CLUB
RYpEI HIM NOM

NOT BE F0UND-wILL THE CLUB
ExPEL HIM Nowf
Jerome l. Hill, we'll known a. o conspicuous men1-
ber of the Union Club but better known as the exec
utor of tho William Lottimer estate, who Is charged
with msappropriating thousands of dollars belonging
to tho property in his charge, has disappeared
Whore no has gonc has not yet been definitely ascer
tanned. but thero is widespread belief that he jour
neyed norhward, and that ho is now in that thriving
Canadian colony of Americans made up Of soiled
statesmen and enterprising bank cashiers. Tho date
Of Mr. HIPS departure is unknown beyond the fact
that II is less than q fortnight ago.
As Is generally known. Mr. Hill was. with William
A. Lattmer and John Bloodgood executors OF the
william LattImer estate, valued at several millions
Of dollars Last July 1t was discovered that about
e250, 900 in bonds and securities belonging to the
heirs missing. 1t was. also ascertaned
that Hill was responsible for this. In
August application was mado to have
him removed from the trustecship No objection
was made to this application by HIPS counsel Deos
McCurdy, of vanderpocl, Green & Cunning. Hill was
accordingly removed Hc returned to his homo In
YOnkers and remained there until recently
TWO KEYS TO ONE VAULT
1t appears that Hill and Bloodgood held the keys OF
the safe deposit vaults in which the securities of the
estate were kept BY mutual consent 1t was agreed
that these should not be opened unless both were
present. Hill, however, became involved In wal
Street speculatIons and lost heavily, but In the hope
of recovering his losses he went to the vaults aiohe
drew out tho securities and used them as margin Tor
his stock operations He kept this up until about
q quarter of a million dollars had been swallowed
up Ono day Mr.. Bloodgood asked him to go with
him to the vault and look over tho securities Hill
excused himself from going but Bloodgood insisted'
and seeing that further postponment could Do op-
taned Hill confessed everything, even to the extent
of turning over the receipts Of the Stock Exchange
A.. ,-ltl hon. tIc opHa a1
Tho executors at once began rcpcvIn suits against
these firms l. b. Newcombe Il Co., Lockwood d Gross
man, Mark, O'Kecfe S Co.. and others, 10 recover
these securities the ground that as they were hot
ull's property he had right to pledge them lhese
suits were begun last August. Bourhc Cochran was
among the counsel employed by tho executors ana
William Allen Butler appeared on tho side OF the
brokers.
MR. COCHRAN SURPRISES THE COURT
The cases have been postponed half dozen times
at least but finally Judge Barrett set them down per-
empuiy for trial yesterday ia the Supreme court
When they were called Mr. Cochran surprised the court
by asking for another postponement, giving as his
reason that Ill., whose presence as withess was III
dls able could not be found Every ofort he said,
had been made to Hill with subpoena lie
had not been at his home in Yonkcrs for week or
more
In reply Mr.. Butler protested against an adjourii-
ment. Tho plaintiffs, he declared, had never been
ready for trial since tho began He produced as
witnesses Sergeant Osborn, Of the Yonkers police and
others who sad that they had seen Hill on March D.
II Hill had abscOndcd Mr. Butler declared it was due
the notice given TO him three weeks ago that tho
executors going to arrest him In criminal pro
ceedings Mr.. Butler insisted that the plaintiffs were
not acting I'm good faith In tho matter at the same
time producing affidavit OF Mr.. Ncwcombc's stating
that the bonds given to him by Hill, having become
tainted negotiable and, therefore, great loss
wond result tn him the longer tho trial Is put OIL
Judge Barrett decided that uEder the crouEsi ances
the plaintiffs bound to be ready and since they
wero Lot hc ordered tho complaint to bc dismissed
Tho actual sued for $62, ,5l7 38 In Missouri
Pacific first consolidated bonds and Chicago and
Northwestern debenture bonds.
IL Is expected since IIill has really fed tho
Union Club Will seriously cprtsirr ino purstou "a oA-
GENERAL Crttiug last fall but it was urged IN his he
half that as no court proceedings had been taken
against him the Governing Committee had no records
10 act upon and, therefore, could not act. Before
rcsignng the trusccshp OF the estate Hill paid up all
his dnes to the club, that he could not be removed
on the crr,tnd Of Indebtedness. Having done this he