The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-09-03

MAN AND MONEY GONE.
! a Lou,sville Cashier Leaves for Canada
% the Discovery of : Heavy shortage
a His Aooounta. &
LOUlsvILLE, KY. Aug. 20.-Maj.
/ William Tillman, late cashier Of the bro
/ ken City Falls bank. sinking fund COM
missioner and one Of the most promi.
nent men in the city socially, has fed
to Canada, and nearly 500, 600 of tho
inks money is missing, When the
f.. ; City bank failed, nearly two
a. aths ago. it was announced that the
ass, gnment was merely to wind mp tho
banks affairs and that all obligations
would be paid in full. The assignee
began his Investigations and tho
deeper he went the more mysti6ed no
became. Loans had been made on al.
most no security. The Enterprise To.
bacco Warehouse Company had SC.
cured something over 100000 with
no property TO- show for it
Early last week Maj. Tillman resigned
from the sinking fund board and
went home sick. Friday the assignee
of the bank found discrepancies that
showed crininality. Maj. Tillman was
told of this. He packed his grip at
once and told his family he was
going away for q few days De.
velopments indicate that he has
gone for good. It was discovered
that the Louisville Electric Com.
pany, which has been sold to the gas
company for two years, had overdrawn
its account about $1,000. and that other
firms that had gone out Of business
were overdrawn. No settlements
seemed to have been made at all, and
the total amount so carried on the books
was over $4,000. Maj. Tillman's
account is said to have been overdrawn
almost $50, 600, and some OF his over
drafts ran back for many years. As
far as discovered there is shortage on
the banks books of $37, 900. made up
by Overdrafts on accounts that really
had no existence. In addition to these
discrepancies in the bank it is said that
Tillman has made way with q trust
AuAA ACAV IL LAD CdE0 NIS. ID. Alex
ander and Miss Lettie Alexander, wife
and daughter of r. b. Alexander, for
merly cashier of the Fall City bank,
and Tillman's predecessor, had a fortune
of $4,000 which was in the keeping of
Maj. Tillman. 1t now transpires that
he has made away with $4,000 of this
trust fund and diverted it to his own
use.
1t is not known definitely how much
the shortage will be, but it is estimated
at from $4,000 to 800. 900.
FELL NEARLY HALF A MILE.
Michigan Aeronaut Instantly Killed by
Falling from = Trapeze Bar.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 31.-"Jach''
Hogan, brother of Aeronaut Ed Hogan,
of jackson, Mich, who lost his life
two years ago in experimenting with
an airship on Long Island, fell $500
feet from balloon Saturday afternoon
at the Detroit exposition grounds and
was instantly killed.
Hogan started the ascent Just after S
o'clock in the presence of 80, 900 people,
intending to descend by means of the
parachute attached to the balloon. In
leaving the ground, however, he
chung from the trapeze bar instead
of seating himself on it, and when
he had gone up 300 or 400 feet
he tried in vain to raise himself to u
sitting position and to draw the bar
attached to the parachute to him. The
great throny below him breathlesslv
watched the mans endeavors to raise
himself and shuddered as he rose
higher and higher and was still un-
able to get the parachute bar within
reach. Finally, ut a height of 1850
feet Hogan became exhausted and re-
leased his hold from the bar. Down
ward he shot with frightful velocity,
while cries of horror arose from the
great throng beneath. Women tainted
by the score, and the faces of strong
men b'anched. Half way to the
earth Hogan's limbs began to work
convulsivcly. and his body, descending
faster every minute, turned several
somersaults He struck sidewalk a
quarter-mile from where he went IN,
and two two-inch planks and the
sleepers beneath them were broken
and splintered. Blood spurted
so feet from the corpse, every
bone in his body was broken,
and his head was mashed beyond
recognition. Physicians who examined
the body say that the man was un-
doubtedly dead before he struck the
earth. His wife witnessed the fall and
tainted dead away. Hogan also leaves
q young child. He was new at the
business.