The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-29
BANK CAS-
PL. L.EADS GIJII
70 RGE!
4 FARM ONT cil-IzEN BRINGS TO.
HE TOiLs AN EMBEzzLER
OF BANK FUNDS.
BANK EXAMINER G.
w. RoBlNsoN SCORES
GREAT suIcToRY.:
hiINiMUM SENTENCE FOR GUT.
.s TY Man is FIVE YEARS I'm { &
PENlTENTtARY.


Our townsmap National Bank Ex
.aminer Chas. w Robinson. is the re
cipient of many yconEratuIatton upel
1 his successful detoctioa and PROOF q
the guilt of an embezziing bank cash
Tier at Claysyille Pa. The account
tgiven below, trom the Pittsb1Ira
Times. is an Interesting and compre
hensiye statement OF the case. Mr.,
Robinson has now been relieved OF
the receiyership, and is again exanfn.
ing banks. ;-
Upon charges OF naldng false en-
tries in the books. making false re-
ports to the comptroller of the cur
rency and embeSxling the funds OF
the bank. Horatio II. Miller, formerly
cashier Of the FIRST National Bank,
of Claysville, Pa, which was forced
to close It's doors by. orders OF the
comptroller, Tuesday. October !,
pleaded guilty in the United States.
District Court, October Is. and #sen-
tences was susp pended for two weeks
pending a settI Iemen of some of che
affairs of efanct ban s5ssS
ssst1 charges inst fforrne Gashsi
.ier 1ler were MAD e by e.. w. Robin
son. National bank examiner for9the
district in which&the CIaysville bank
IS located, and who was appointed re-
ceiver of the bank by: the comptrolIz
er of the currency at the time OF its
Mr.. Miller was arrested
/
& The case was called before the
grand jury In the United StatessDis
trict Court on October / 8. Mr.. Rob
inson was the only witness cal1edfb be.
fore the grand jury and true bill
was found on all the charges made
in the Indictment and at the request
of his attorneys an arrangement was
made whereby sentence was suspend
ed pending settemeat of some af-
fairs of the financial institution with
which he was connected.
Mr.. Miller is now under S1o,OOO5I
1ail. His bondsmen are his father
Attorney julius p Miller, of Wash
ngton. Pa, and Attorney William G.
stewart, of Pittsburs.
The exact shortage In Mr.. Milier.s
ccounts could notbe learned yester:
ay. Experts have been at work5o 5oni
he books of the defunct bank ever
ince it closed its doors, and 1t Is
ute likely that it will require some
ionths yet to find the exact condition
( the banks affairs The charges
/ the Indictment are as follows
zFirst-That on March Z, 1904, an
.em was entered In general ledger
To- L. as StS6, 90 when the proper
to have been entered should /,
ave been $176. 1874 70.
Second That on March Z, 1901. q
Il item was entered in general ledg- t
{ No 1. showing credit balances OPP {
osite deposits, $46457.s2, when this z
EN- should have appeared $36.457.S2s
Third-That in savings ledger No.. .
account No. 35, Mrs. Eliza j. Mont
omery is credited with a SIS deposit
he date is May 9,1904, and the de-
ositor stated that the amount de-
osited was $1;5oo.. !. !
Fourth That a false entry was :
ade in individual account No. Of I
. II. Miller, on May 16, 1903 The 4
mount credited is s2,108. when the I, i
eposit, it Is claimed. was only :
OS. :,
Fifth--That the entry in registry o
ok No. I, page SO. under the date Of is
Z, 1904, ], shows that the Ger.
icate of deposit Of Mrs. Tacys Boyd In
+ $2,0So has been paid. This certif, e5
te. according to the testimony Of n
rs. Boyd, still remains unpaid. Il Evi
Sixth--77T hat Mr.. Miller did unlaw: ii
lly and felon1ously embezzle. ab, lin
act an and fully mlsapply certain lsss
oneys, funds and credits being Of Ess
to wit, !, ~. ". th
Seventh hat a false entry was, DC
lde de IA the report les conn ptroIIeS de
sti1e eurr rencys certi led Id
Ter iel anu tlI