Evening journal., 1892-01-26
HILLS ITCHING PALMS.
The Two Lived Defaulter Stole
Everything in Sight.
IT is RUMoRED aB IS NOT DEAD.

a story Aaoat That Wax Dummy Was
Buried In His Stead and That lie is
Now Enjoying the $685. or More
That lie Managed 10 Get Away with.
JAmEsRuRo, NJ j., Jan. 20 Wilton
Hill, the late cashier Of the Jamesburg Ma
tional hank, died, as is supposed, few days
after he was forced to resign from the bank.
At that time al Jamesburg honored him.
But when on examination Of the books was
made by Bank Examiner Stone Of Wash
ington, he was revealed as a defaulter in the
amount Of $4,000
The bank officials were thunderstruck
With the revelation Of his stealing came the
story Of Hills Jekyl-Hyde life, how in
Jamesburg he maintained the decorum Of a
straitlaced Presbyterian deacon, and in New
York went under the name o. T. W. Hilton,
and was a stock gambler and associate Of
fast women, and how he easily gulled the
farmer directors Of the Jamesburg bank,
and converted their gilt edged securities
into cash, which he never refunded.
Stole Everything Ia sight.
On Saturday last meeting Of directors
took place at the banking house in James
burg, when the matter Of making good Hills
stealings came up for settlement. Only then
were the astounded directors confronted
with the real condition Of things Hill stole
everything that he could lay his hands on
and instead Of a $4,000 embezzlement, as
the bank examiner reported there is a
100000 embazzlemont ii was also discoy-
cred that he had arranged to get hold Of the
100000 deposits which the bank made with
the government at Washington, but Hills
death prevented him from stealing every
thing
When the directors on Saturday voted to
sue the life insurance company in which
Hill held a policy for 100000 one OF the di-
reotors arose in the meeting and said
"Gentlemen, that suit will be useless The
insurance company absolutely refuses to pay
the claim ana intimates that Hill committed
suicide
1.-THE family has already endeavored to
get the $4,000 on his life, but the company
insists that his body must be exhumed and
proper proofs shown them that he died a
natural DEATH
"rhen,n said another director, II move
that Hills body be disinterred and an ex-
I
be arrived att
Was a Wax Figure Buried?
A vote on the question resulted in tie.
long discussion followed Incidents were
brought forward to prove that Hill was
vastly improved in henlth three hours be-
fore his decease Why he should have died
30 suddenly was a mystery The directors
discussed the matter over and over, but
there was no change of opinion.
Since then jamesburg has been excited
by new story, alleged to be reliable, that
Hill is not dead and that wax figure was
placed in the coffin which was believed to
contain the body, and another 20 the effect
that woman named Blanche Douglass,
whom Hill was acquainted with in New
York, sent TO Jamesburg a report that she
saw Hin in Fourteenth street New York,
after his reported death
This report has gained considerable Gre
dence in Jamesburg. Today hardly a man
in the place believes that Hill is dead All
recall to mind the suspicious circumstances
Of Hills alleged funeral No one was al
lowed to go to the room where the body
lay The physician and undertaken We're
not those usually employed. From the
family physician no certificate Of death
was obtained. Preferred assistance at the
funeral was declined
! "A reporter asked a number Of Jamesburg
! citizens today about the case Some be-
lieye the suicide theory and some Blanche
Douglass story. Tomorrow it is expected
the body will be exhumed Then all will
know whether T. Wilton Hin died by his
own hand or whether the defaulting cashier
! ain tiVea