The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-12
CASHIER HILLS
WOMAN HELPER
UNDER ARREST
Police Now Seeking Col
ored Banker Charged
W it'll Theft.
SEARCH HOME, BUT
NOT FOUND THERE
Fifteen Warrants Issued, Charge
Being That Bookkeeper and
Hill Stole $4,000 From
True Reforners' Bank-Re-
ceivers to Show How
Negroes Were Fleeced.

Following the arrest yesterday at
tcrnoon OF Agnes B. Reese. one OF his
bookkeepers. on ten warrants charg-
ing her with stealing money from the
institution, search for Reuben T. HILL
fo- twenty-five years cashier Of tbs
savings Sank of the Grand United
Order Of True Reformers, has devel-
opel into criminal hunt, ard to-day
circulars bearing the photograph and
ies cripton OF the missing negro Will
be cast abroad through the country
On a verbal report made by Z. NJ.
Pitcher and William A. Moncure, re-
ceivers. to Judge Grinnan, of the
Chancery Court. Commonwealth At
torney Mintree Folkes early yesterday
took immediate action against Hill by
summonsing Captain McMahon. head
OF the Detective Bureau and ordering
him to begin a countrywide search
Tor the cashier.
Fifteen Warrants Issued.
Within a short time on information
obtained from the receivers Captain
Mcmahon swore out ten warrants for
the Reese woman. who was immedi
ately arrested. and five warrants for
Hill. The warrants in both cases are
the same in character. though they
vary in the amounts specified.
The woman was arrested without
trouble. 1t was rumored that HILL in
stead OF having left the city, was In
hiding in his home at 1901 West Leigh
Street, and thence Captain Mcmahon,
Detective Sergeant Bailey and Acting
Detective lrcngel repaired. They
searched the house from top to bottom.
from cellar to attic but no trace OF
| It'll could be found. The cashiers
Wife. who seems to know nothing as
to her husbands whereab outs. was al
| most Frustrated.
Charge Theft of $4,000.
Returning to the station, the officers
sworc out the five warrants. and 1t is
said that they will be followed by
many more Every warrant Is for
felony. The charges against Hill have
not been spread on public record.
and viii not be so spread until he Is
caught. but 1t is said that the total
amount of his alleged emhezzlement
will amount 10 between $4,000 and
$50 900 It is also alleged that the
stealing has been going on for num-
her Of years. and that his thefts are
lie main cause for the wreckng OF the
True Reformers' bank.
Several hours after her arrest the
Reese woman was bailed by Judge
Witt in the sun, OF $1,000. withsA u,
Price and =. r. Giles as security She
is to appear in Police Court on April
! .. She made no statement. except
to say that she had heard that Hill
was still in town. After searching
his house the detectives believe tina
Hill left Richmond on the date his
family stated that he disappeared
Shows bad Condition.
The written report OF the receivers
has not yet been handed in to Judge
Grinnan, but it is learned they had
proceeded far enough in their inves-
tigation Of the conditions of the defunct
bank to show that they had been in
chaotic state for some time. and to
lead them to believe that Hill was
mainly responsible. Without waiting
10 complete their report. the receivers
reported verbally TO Judge Grinnan.
and requested immediate action. No
time was lost In sumnonsing Com
monwcalth's Attorney Folkes. and the
wheels of justice We're started. The
full report may be handed in to Judge
Grinnan within the next few days and
then tile exact state or the bank at
the time 1t failed will become known
When the True Reformers' Bank
failed hundreds or negroes lost every
cent they had. The bank contained
savings from 81 IN. and the poor and
wehlthy lost alike II was because OF
tIll's reputation as ono Of the leading
men among his race that the bank was
regarded as stable. aud for some days
aftcr ne disappeared it was believed
generally that he loft Richmond on
account Of II dcmcnted mind rather
than because he had been guilty OF
crime and feared that his misdeeds
would he discovered.
Seen Near Washington.
Hill LETT his homo on the morning OF
Friday March, "a From a porter on
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railway train it was learned
that he bought a ticket from AleSan
dria to Washington It was stated by
members of his family that he had
been much worried since the failure OF
the bank OF which he was the iirst
and only cashier in all its history.
They believed that ne had become de-
mentcd. and Sought the aid OF the
police in searching for him. Circulars
|, containing his photograph and descrip-#
ton We're sent 10 many OF tho larger
cities. and bis wife and son lived In
daily hope of hcnring something from
him Rut. so far as the police know,
10 word has cvcr been received from
him and no member OF his family
knows where he is.
Ranked High In itichMopd
Till occupted a position which ranked
among the FIRST among the colored
people in the south Besides having
been cashier OF the bank conducted
rs the largest negro secret order in
tho world he is president and treas
pany; treasurer or the Farsi Baptist
Church tAtrican). president OF the
Colored Young Mems Christian Assoc
alton treasurer OF the Lolita Carey
Foreign Missionary society. treasurer
OF the Virginia Baptist sunday Scnool
Association und 4 director of the V1r.@