The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-30
MISSION OF DEAD
PRODUCED
,ional Feature of Civil
|r,g in United States
Court in Idaho.
By OF LOOTED BANK
a, Of J. L. Ocheltree at
|giiilston in 1909, and
/ Cause Thereof.
~ Tribune.

y he Tribune.
a. sept 29.-Desd men tell
,.o the fals!fled bank books
-, him and the revelation Of
-,a,o, which forced J. l.. Ochc!-
-. ,ashier Of the State Bank
.,,,o, Ida. 10 commit suicide
4. vas proven in the federal
4, this week, when sensational
ms introduced in the suit the
4. ~ the hank are bringing
4 4. United States Fidelity &
., company OF Baltimore to re-
I, mount Of the $4,000 bond OF
tS.
-. e;yil suit, the evidence dis
q Interesting a narrative OF SEN
=, any criminal case ever dock
4 be federal court In ldaho. Inc
a ,,ciesion written by the cashier.
y kDled himself, in which he ed-
|.p,sr me books 10 embczZIe $l2.-
d, ,ssue that one w. T. Shurt-
. ri,Ins man. influenced him 10
|at amount In n mining scheme.
\, 6,sls! OF Shurtliff that he did.
"a pathetic and somewhat
rtrs Of the accusing words OF
~ oHronting the living.
oufessed Before Suicide.
.fwctors and stockholders OF the
r,syefed Ocheltree's shortage in
-ss 1893. before the latter killed
4 IA vas accused. confessed and
"A 10 make Il good. Instead. he
n n, brains. His confession was
F ur. The bank officials declare
,sfied the books when Ochel-
%, his $4,000 bond with the
. .rrsny and found the books cor
/ ~ demand that the surety COM
|rlis good the bond. The COM
tIlms the directors knew the
sxis,ed prior to the time the
u accepted. and IN they did not
Nd haze, so they are not liable.
.tss confession introduced by
|Ir,icn exonora tes them from
&fJ lie blsmes Shurtliff and his
II 70 force him 10 sink the money
\ |ridlstoa Ore & Reduction COM
Z Hirine concern organized 10 ex-
|fh from the sands In the Snake
N rivers. but which made n
~ ALLURE OF the attempt, with
'rss OF all the money Ocheltree
i bio II.
|tnpany WAS organized by Shurt-
~ promoted and sold the stock.
~ his financial backing from
~ sh1r,liff declared when con-
*1ith The confession that he sup
M 0cheltrce came ny the money
y rsiting into the mining enter
EiHy and that he never learned
one through the extraction OF |
~ the bank until after Ohel-
p confession, Ocheltree declares
II radded the books to secure
~ that rather than face ex-
Hfea vas certain. ne preferred
4 ] have continually kept the
e7dluon Of the bank from my
Is' and fused the accounts in
20 that the examination COM
~ US examination would not de-
.4i,l,g wrong Ocheltreo's con-
hhf ! have been under a ter
'Nl1 TOT the past three months
Teen unable 10 keep accounts
a 70 20 anything that required
auon Of mind, regret the con-
tneirs more on account OF my
esoeive my friends and having
IL on my account. There Is
mns 3 them who knew the
p oi affairs.
Made Failure of Life.
Y been failure through life
u p. months have made me
cannot face the consequences
tcuoW, hence I take means
so,thess career. BE kind to
~. Many; they are in no way
!, ,gr my acts. Let them 20
" .nelr relatives In Texas. and
s9F,niess carcass out in the
lyM ior the coyotes
,,sacuon of the confession was
s~r IN the case. There was
me traglc with the pathetic
1''llif, the man ochcltree said
@soneY In his mining venture.
n. On the witness stand to
ing words that accused him
y, .noe showed that the books
,S,, Edded In various wavs by
-, 20 cover his shortage. In
Eses 49, ne had issued lonC-time
"nen Of the bank and used
N ured on them. In others
a. '.nlcstes OF deposits and en-
money. The entries were
|kr " Books so that II would
3 impossible To discover tho
-ll,s s,, experts made an ex-
rI,,n. sinking his first $4,000
venture. OcheItreo tried
~, ,s ,,.y by investing more. but
tir,Ia,ise a balance. and when
~ hsn NJ, he had emhezzIed s1o.-
IA ns funds. which the al
stockholders had to make