The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-29
||lM|ER BEGINS HIS
/ PRISON SENTENCE
ead Of Idaho Banking House
n convicted for Action
IN of a Teller.
MpLoYE TOOK DEPOSIT
.ad of Banking House Con-
A yicted for Action of a
Teller.
apI DYE TOOK DEPOSIT
, The Tribune.

.risl 10 The Tribune,
-oIsE. Ida. NoV. 2S.--Leo Cramer.
4 .jdrnt and active manager OF the
.,o state bank OF HALEY, dctunct, IL
,o inmate Of the Idaho state pcnt-
-.a.r,. His sentence is from si%
-.,,,s 10 Two years and unless the APP
,.'.,,ou for review OF his case now
',.l,5r before the supreme court Is
..or,d he must serve The sentence Tor
. fun dime II tho beard Of pardona
. moi Interfere.
.smer entered IdalIo's penal institu-
A sst saturday night. None OF the
N formalitlcs connected with the re-
.sjon OF prisoners at the pcnitentlarN
ys suspcndcd for him. lie was given
1867. shown cell and VIII remain
oujcl inmate until the officials have
|ssled tic occupation for which he Is
Ia Dltcd.
r.amer had been identified with Idaho
ntD. Institutions Tor many years and
cIosey connected. through relationship
M rany prominent people. both In this
n and piauy parts OF the state, Ills
/, Is pcculiar in that his conviction was
|atcd under statute OF tins Siate
!ch 10 Other state in the union has:
IA holds that director oy officer ot
tank actively engaged In Its manage
hi, cun bc held guilty OF having &c
ttd deposit when tho bank was IN
kent although the deposit Itself was
.uslly received by another rms
Iiule was enacted I'm 1903 and IL is
bout a precedent anywhere,
Tellcr Accepted Deposit.
Ihc Idaho state bank closed its doors
pcm6cr /. 1910. ON August 81 OF that
H. Willie the bank was open and con-
cling business rs usual Helen Foster,
4 OF the customers OF the bank. de-
siicd siO with Teller Arthur Il. Cuts.
her the bank closed the nc%t day, Bud
ben an Investigation WAS made by the
zlf bank examiner. Cramcr and CUTS
BIZ Srcstcd on the charge OF accepting
rpcsits i'm an iusolycnt bank and with
lc knpwlcdgc at tic time the deposit
as received that the bank was dctuncl.
wi Crnmcr. ii director, ana Jonh j.
nmer. president, were also placed uli-
Z arrest. Leo Cramcr elected 10 he
ed 6rsl and wap convicted IN the dlS-
Ct court. lie appealed TO tho supreme
lrl, but the high tribunal Of TINS state
'usyd TO remand til. case and aIlirmcd
Judgment OF the lower court scndlnS
amer 10 prison. Application for re-
bring OF the case was lmmediatcIH
'de.
rha tho Cramcrs aud their friends viii
tie no legal stone uniurnc3 for Vndicd-
N ie evident from Application for re-
arins NieA with The court The pcti"
p classes the conviction of Cramer
q rucat unusunl proceeding, attack
thc supreme court ruling on the
,ilI,ds II is based Il mIsconstrucilon
|lhc law The application claims thai
1Gcctor or acting manager Of the bank
Dot responsible for tho acts Of AN cm-
'ycc. bat Instead ihe bank as a cor
lallen is. and declares that II tho su-
enc courts ruling Is to hc taken AS
law The penlcnti9rv Is wide open 10
hank directors aud officers.
byt tno affairs of the Idaho state bank
ilailcV aud their airing i'm court have
\ entirely dropped ont of the calcium
ht with the conviction ci Cramcr. ON
contrary. sensational suits arc fol.
VIM in rapid succession. Tho must
pnr'sni litigation Is "A suit involving
pnsanGs uf dollars. In this case the
sDo state hanl, appears rs plaintiff and
=, Annic ! Miller AS defendant. The
nN Is cndeaNprins TO collect 100000
PM her
Woman Makes Claims.
Mheu tho bank failed Nrs. Miller had
l'o"p on deposit Wucn tho hank went
INC wall she WAS away from HALEY.
y hurried 10 that city upon learning Of
Z sbSpcnsion. She claims that Leo
sm"r met her at Shoshouc and induced
Z 10 ride over 10 HALEY with him In
Huto and remain AS "a guest in his
nc. She accepted the invitation.
y was while sh" Was visiting At the
alner home that Crgmcr informed her.
eqiuins 10 Mrs. Nillcr's story, that
ihd $4,000 worth or unsecured notes
nc bank and iuid her that II sho
wv t"kc cs"c Of them tho bank would
y'Ren' He asked her 10 turn over her
1nlncu'cs .! deposits amounting 60
t'pu and sign q note for 500 900. i'm re-
.p Tor which he would give her The
lrs. secured by 100000 wor,,l Of per-
~ property She considered tho Sc
1'W good and accepted the proposition
'nudi timc ~. y. Coffin WAS receiver
~ pamk. Later snc discovered Graz
- puopcrty given as security was
~ put s'poo- She WAS then sued by
,nAnk Tor The $40 .0Un notc gho gave
I''net' plG9 tho interest She has
- 'h"' thc sntir" transaction ho re =
'porb ana n"r estate and bank affairs
x"tl IN INC same status As thcv worc.
III III IA" panE failed so that she NAV
'posi s. "'I S''''V III
|thc second case involving thn hank is
ssvil brought 10y tho state EanE nf
I.nruc against II and wbcrcin 4, Ie
'elmed UIIi Leo rramcr sc,rroL tnson
.gm thc Bellevue bank through ,niero6,o
Prt'nu. According Ia tho cnu1nlairt of
n Bellevue bank Crsmeg visItod liza, in
,rnllcn hcf"Sc the Idaho state banE or
'.n"v failed. asking that tho x15nn II,
'Fanced and hc would pay il hoNu m ~.
" ~ II delayed consignment nf n,nnov
~ received. suit ig brourb, or ,ho
.nunds Cr5m"r knew The bank In Is. T.,
Hsfnt wh"u he asked for tho loan r.,
|,dlicd fcw DAYS later and tho nonn,
Hs never paid back to the GeIIcvuC