The evening world., 1911-02-21
SENTENCE
FOR MONTGOMERY
Of HAMILTON BANK
Aged Mother Pleads With Jus.
tice Rosalsky for Mercy
for Her Son.
ELEVEN JURORS PLEAD.
ana Children Barred From
Court-Convict Accuses
Bank Examiners.
JURORS PLEAD.

DESPITE the te1r,ul and pathetic pleas
OF tho scventy-two-vear-old widowed
mother OF the offender. Judge Rosa,sky
In the court Of General Sess ons to-day
sentenced William II Montgomery. for.
mer President OF the Hamilton Bank, to
serve not le.s than ,wo years and two
months and not morc thsn five years
and ;wo months iu $40 Sns. Mont
gonery will not he sent to prison for
a week In orde" that his coUnsc may
consult him regarding an appeal.
The aged mother OF the cunvired
banker reached the Criminal Courts
Building al 3 O'Clock this morning and
stationed herself ou;s.de tho door OF
Judge Rosalsky's chambers. on the
fourth floor. when the Judge arrived
she followed him IN and. lad lie Der
United. she could have begged on her
knees FOR mercy :or ncr son. AS gently
Dis possible she was old that the law
must take It's course.
Wife and Children Barred.
When the mother of Montgomery had
been led away Montgomerv's wife and
children appeared &c plead with tho
Court. but they were not allowed 20
enter Judge liosalsky's room. Neither
we're they permitted to enter the court
room.
When Montgomery vas al raigned for
sentence his counsel. James w. o.
borne, made the usual motions for .
new trial on statutory grounda The
,,~,Io,z l,s,., In,t,l AZ nsho1,> ntn
a~ucntiy pleaded fog mercy for Sis
client. He presented a petit,on agn~i
by eleven o: the jurors who oorvio,si
Montgomery ~intercedins IN behalf ct
:he prisoner The tweifth Juror - no,
In the city, A bis batch Of petitions
from former depositors In the Karaii.
ton Bank. asking that Montgomery be
mercifully dealt with. was also pre-.
scented.
"How much money did the Dank losc
through tho irreg MA dealings OF the
defendant" asked the Court.
Another indictmen. Untr.ed.
81 would not like to state the amount
at this time" replied Assistant District
| Attorney Moss. but J am told it was
considerable. There is one indictm mt
against this man, a. yet untried. alleg-
| ing the larceny of $4,000 The indic,-
ment on which no was convicted was
found on evidence showing a total loss
| of SIS, 60. but the transactions were So
| complicated that we selected a specific
| theft OF : 400. ] am informed that nc
left the bank insolvent."
The bank had a reserve fund Of Siso,
| IA .S... 1T lA, t.l. N ant 80 .
m~terposed Montgomery.
Did the bank examiners look into
the securities deposited as collateral
for loans In your bank2' Judge Ro.
saisky inquired OF Montgomery,
Bank examinations in this STATE" eX.
planned the prisoner. arc made vice
u year by one or two eAam.ners, wnC
use only One or two days Tor an exam.
nation. 1t Is q physical impossibiilty
lor them TO even superhc!ally examin,
the notes In that time. \ complete ex,
animation would take three or -four
montns. After these hurried examlna.
ne the examiners know no more aoou
the condition y: tAe banks than an ouI
slider
"My information" remar@ed tn,
Judge. is different"
Il wasn't the only officer of the ban
who had loans.' pleaded Montgomery
Some OF the others were on record
some were not
Montgomery sa,' Judge Rosalsky
you have had d fair trial Your do
fensc was splendidly handled by ont 0
the aolest lawyers before the Crimiua
bar. lie brought O every possib,
point in your favor.
"Odlccrs uc banks mus ye taught no
10 use funds entrusted 20 .hem 10
their selfish Interests. In Your case go
defrauded not only the depositors. blu
your own bank. The tendency Of ban
officers 10 use funds OF their institution
for speculative purposes has becom
all too common. and the publ!c Is In
position of suspicion and distrust. Som
bank officers have been sent 10 prise
OF late. but it appears that others per
slst In Illegally using woHey H7,rlste
TO- tlCm ~ QCpOSitD-r