The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-06
HILL ON HIS WAY HOME.
A Grand juror Thinks He Had Better
Give Bond and Flee.

Three More Endorsements Pronounced
Forgeries by Mrs. Porter and Three
More Indictments Brought in - A
Bank Employe Testiaes That Mrs.
Porter Admitted One of the sigma
tures-Echols Says Hill Confessed
the Forgeries Before He Fled and
Wanted to Blackmail the Porters.
Atlanta, Ga. june Mrs. j. II. Porter,
pronounced three more of the Harry Hill
notes forgeries before the grand jury to-
day. and three new Indictments, making
four in all, now hang over the head of the
handsome Young man. who is now en-
route from Chicago to the scene Of his
alleged crimes in the hands of an officer
Of the law, Hill left Chicago this morn
Ing and will arrive in Atlanta in charge
of Onicer Jennings tomorrow afternoon.
So many complications have arisen in the
case to-day that no one pretends to see
the outcome vet. unless the prediction of
one of the grand jurors who assisted in
indicting Hill is verified. This gentle
man. in couversing with the MORNING
News correspondent, said he thought
the best thing that could be done and the
tlAlR lAdb NOulu NtIN llihDublA bN NAoAANF
would be for the friends of the lady in the
case to arrange his bond and then tell him
10 skip out and never show up in this sec
tion again. This is peculiar talk to come
from member Of the grand jury which
is investigating Hills alleged torgeries,
but it represents his views to the letter,
and gives better than any ordinary state
ment the light in which the case IS seen
by the general public.
THE THREE NEW FoRGERIEs.
The three notes upon which the new
indictments were found We're held by the
Neal Loan and Banking Company, They
had been placed there by one J. NJ. Rob
inson, HillS broker Robinson was
brought before the jury and said he
thought the paper was genuine. To cor
robOrate this opinion he placed before the
body two letters given him by Hill.
These letters were inclosed in large,
square envelopes, such as are used by
ladies' One of them was postmarked
Hot Springs aud directed to Harry Hill,
Fifth Avenue hotel, New York. Mrs.
Porter admitted having addressed the
envelope and having written to Hill from
Hot Springs, but pronounced the letter
itself which related to certain notes
alleged to have been inclosed with it,
signed and returned by her as per Hills
directions, a forgery. These letters
1NODlUSOu 1du Dccn IuTulSucu Dy mn 10
show that certain notes were all right.
Mrs. Porter, however, when she was
examined pronounced not only the letters
themselves forgeries, but also the notes
upon which the jury was conducting its
investigation The grand jury kept the
letters, and they may appear in the case
again Robinson also certified that upon
one occasion Hill had written a
note in his presence, and sent
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Mrs. Porter for her Endorsement The
boy returned with the note signed by
Mrs. Porter and he then offered it to the
Neal Bank for discount which accepted it.
ONE ENDORSEMENT ADMITTED.
Peter Clark of the Capital City Bank
swore positively that Mrs. Porter had
pronounced a certain note in favor Of John
Carey good when he showed it to her and
asked her about it. This note is not yet
due.
It now seems that John w Echols. who
was Hills attorney up to his flight, and
who subsequently, claimed to have bought
out the whisky business lett by the fugi-
tive, viii play conspicuous part in the
affair. Echols was non-committal and APP
parently Hill's friend until the latter in
interviews since his arrest reprOached him
for faithleSsness and threatened to prose
cute him for perjury. Since this Echols
has made the assertion that Hill confessed
TO him just before his flight that all the
notes bearing Mrs. Porter's name We're
fOrgeries, but proposed with Echols' help
te come out all right. In other words,
Echols says Hill wanted him to help
blaczmail the Porters, which he indig-
nantly refused to do, but on the contrary
denounced him. Those who know Hill do
not believe he has the shrewdness or
nerve to enter into Matchmaking. He
would likely meet with summary treat
ment for preying upon the fair name of
woman.