, 1891-07-10
SMALL'S SCALP.
Rev. Mr.. Hill of Ogden Has Put on
His War Paint.
And is Now Bound for Philadelphia
to Find Small.
He Claims TO Have Some Very Sen
satiOnaI Evidence.

Rev. J.. Wesley Hill of Ogden. passed
through Cheyenne last night on his way
to Philadelphia, where he goes to meet a
charge OF criminal libel preferred against
him by Rev. Sam Small. The Rev. Mr..
Hill is the pastor of an Ogden Methodist
church and also the recently elected
financial agent Of the Utah university.
The suit for criminal libel grows out ofthe
mismanagement of the funds of the Utah
university by Small when he was presi
dent of the institution. He was elected
president Of the INSTITUTION. as his Utah
admirers thought he was a rustler and
would make a success of his undertaking
and was sent East to raise funds TO com
plete the building. He was successful
from all reports, in getting funds sub
scribed, but neglected to put then to their
proper use. He was accused by Utah
parties of embezZling a large part OF the
money in the treasury, but s]trenuousIy
denied the charge and demanded a com
mittee of investigation. An auditing COM
mittee was appointed and Small's own
accounts it is said proved MIN a d~eiaulter
for over 81. DOC.
Rev. }. Wesley Hill was voucher for
Small and il was through his efforts that
he was elected president of the uuiver-
siiy aud obtained his degree Of doctor of
divinity. After the expose b, the audit
ing committee Mr.. Hilllw was red hot at his
p~rotere's actions and decided to invest
gate them further. lie found that Small
had purchased u $40, 900 house in Phila-
delphia, where he was living in an ex-
travagant manner Hill told some Of the
Philadelphia Methodists of the state of
affairs and also told them of some of
Small tricks that had beeu kepC quiet
heretofore. Small was informed of Mr..
Hills statement and wrote him to retract,
whcreupon Mr.. Hill wrote a letter to Rev
T. A. Fernly Of Philadelphia in which he
stated that he had evidence Of some
of Smalls transaction that would put him
in the penitentihry ii they were pushed in
the courts. The letter was shown to
Small, who vent before the grand jury
about three weeks ago and had Mr.. Hill
indicted for criminal libel.
The Indictment has been kept a secret
aud now, tor the first time, is given to the
public. MIR. Hill was notified by a friend
OF the Indictment and has been waiting
for an officer 80 come after him. but as he
has not been sent. he determined to 90
to Philadelphia on his W account, face
the Indictment, and show Mr.. Small to
the public, through the courts, in the
true light
He claims to have i~udisputable evidence
that Small obtained from the Ogden
State bank a loan OF $1,000 upon state
ments Which have since proven absolutely
false. Small stated to a widow
whom be got to 20 his security Tor the
money, that re wanted 81 600 Tor a book
which he had in press and would return
the mnnaNn- her iAA-A%Aa A. be had
just sold some property he had in Atlanta.
Ga, and would receive the money for it
as soon as he could syn the papers for
the transfer. The woman endorsed his
note for the money and since theu has
found that Small deceived her.
Mr.. Hill claims that Small lied all the
way through that he had no book in the
press, bad no money in Atlanta and last
Of all used the money for an entirely drt-
fercut rurpose from that upon which he
had borrowed it. rhc woman who en-
dOrsed for him Is at the present time a de-
PENDANT 10 a suit the bank has brought to
recover the money.
Hill himself loaned Small some money
at various times and now has two Of his
notes tor $3.50 each that are long past
due. He claims to have abundant evil
dcnce Of a more startling character upon
which he could convict the ex-president of
the university OF very grave crimes. He
would not say how much Small had en-
bozzled, but he thought he had collected
money amounting probably to $500 for
the university by the hundreds of dollars,
and said as much in his reports to the
trustees, but when settling time came he
only tlrncd over 5000 and stated that
that was all he could get.
Mr.. Hill thinks that Small object IN
getting the in iietment is to show it t. bis
friends as an evidence Of his innocence,
but he intends to push the matter, fight
the case and prove Small all that he
accuses him of being and drive him out of
the Methodist church. He is a member
Of Mr.. Hills church, but will be expelled