The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-05
YOU IL GET $4,000
IF YOU CATCH HILL
Big Reward Offered for Arrest
OF Ascending Cashier OF
Colorcd Bank.
TRUE REFORMERS ON TRAIL
Believed Now That Somebody
Will Tip OFF Police for
Part Of Reward.

While there is a Temporary lull in
Grand Fountain. United order of True
Roformcrs. yesterday offered reward
Of $1,000 to the person who can lind
and swat one Reuben 4. Hill, abscond-
ms cashie: of the True Reformers
Eanh, who is wanted in court. 1t is
right hard to say exactly where RUDE
Is spending the summer. lie went
from these parts nearly a year ago.
V hen the trail OF the law WAS getting
close and he went suddenly that
BIS people suspected foul play. The po-
lice suspected that too. but not the
same kind OF foul play. subsequently.
reward OF $500 was offered by the L.
X and S20o by the Statu. Both of these
reward offers have been withdrawn.
About the time that Le was making
II hot for liill. ". L. Griffin. grand wor-
thy master. was killed in wreck on
the Norfolk and Western Railway.
Says Offer Is OMciui.
Affairs Of the r. l.. were thrown in
to the air for a time. but new officers
took charge. and now Floyd Ross. of
81. Louis. is grand worthy master
Ross, who has been here for some time
announced last night that the sum OF
5000 would be paid 20 the man who
brings iiill into Richmond--not dead
OF alive--but alive. Ross added that
Maurice Rousellc, grand worthy score
tary. ana Or. w. III. Smith. grand wor-
thy treasurer. Joined with him In MAX
ing the offer. and IL is therefore Of
ncial. While he had the telephone
Ross also stated that there was no
truth iii the report that he had resign
al or would resign declaring that such
= thought had never entered his head.
With these 1000 iron men on tap. it
might he said that the liil swatting
is officially under way. Hill
has been seen In many places, but no.
body ever got close enough to slap
him on the wrist and hiss, Reuben,
Sidna Allen. he Is hard TO catch. From
all accounts Hin was last seen near
Washington 1t is said that he has
relatives IN that city. and the recent
repor.s had 1T that he was L4rmnE on
the Virginia side. giving no thought TO
Il r. troubles, and satisfied that mo-
body would ever track ham TO his quiet
home. All the blame tor the bank
trouble is charged against Hill.
Branded ny RcnI Crook.
In the Burrell trial ne was branded
he got away With may never be definite
ly known but he is under indictment fer
wrecking the bank. and ii takes an
awful Jolt on the part Of a cashier to
Go that
Hin, as everybody knows. is a negro,
well on in years. lie can be easily
Identified. 1t is claimed BY many OF
his victims that plenty of people In
Richmond have his address; that he
can bc easily caught and that some OF
them were simply holding back in the
lopc OF getting a real reward. Two
thousand dollars Is 4 lot OF money, and
if il is true that Hili's address is
known. the chances are that he will be
ca pturcd. 1t was suggested last night
that Hill. if he is tempted to surrend
Ct. might tip off a friend, said friend
the arrest and getting the two
thousand which. as already set forth.
i lot Of money
So Reuben, wont YOU please come
home?