, 1869-12-14

4 Young Bank Clerk Kills Himself
in Dis1eputable House.
Circumstances Of The Affair.

Tae d!sfeputAhe house Of = WOMAN EAmel
Nellie Costello, No. 80 East Monroe street, was
the Ecene OF q shocking eu!clde yesterday upru-
Ing The Victim was young mau naucd John r,
lurcS. formerly Teller but morn recently acting In
tie capaci:y Of exchange and journal clerk, in the
State Savings Bank, On Lasalle street. yonng
Pnrck wAx well.be1osel BY Large circle OF fnends
lie reputation for honesty and fals dealing wss
above suspicion, and, until within few months,
ndalSed to a very limited extent in the
disspa:orA that beses ana Iece1se the approval uf
N 1881, Insrk. taen : lad about II yetrs old,
vent into the once Of Tornet.& sIdw2y as once
boy. ~ he became older he saosed b7E uttia
talned 1of h1ol situstun In the state Saso9s IL.
sttoton - messenger. By hi4 integrity aud H.
dus.9 be Won the esteem Of ali the oilcets Of the
hanf, and Tas general 18gorite Au1ouK tn.
cletlf. Liz promotion WAS rapid, aud his pros
pec'1 for bright future were as good as that Of
eaDE &c ZEE Ss
ald, although De vas Beloved By every pef.
soon faloF@d, and he le1t the city for the SCUM,
hoping 10 get epploJm ment where he wouid not b
Saafr re ,Dqsass Il tns zane tsnpason. nj
sas,nas 1n..ssut,op. received letter from yoang
could get no emp'oymtnt Nj. 0uiId sent him
money and advised hlci to return to Chicago, and
also E2ae EessonA appeal 70 the ot3cers Of the
only very capable, but WAS honest beyond doubt,
and Tint now, III he had some pretty severe expe-
lis a eoae1 T aad 'aat Z ne n1ns 1ss
ANXIOUS TO take htu as one Of hts asustants.
Acco1dsnEis, purck va re.ns:ated - Journal
| elerE, with The Iult understanding that lot The
trEt offence immediate And unconditional dlamts-
| sal Tond follow.
Iurck was unusually prcpossesslox Ii appear.
| stce. Ct a quiet and retiring dtspo1.t1on, and
hcnalrc almost to fault, and Inclined 70 be dpsL
roEdett when IN trouble. He had often, within
ire To- 10 dc sd lad inSeatsned EDS 50 oitsn to spoes
htusen that little attention waa paid 10 his
ISIS probable that ,e4terdsJ morning be realized
| the facl that his failures woDid become kuown 1t
| the hank, and that his second diamissat xoald
eoos follow, md that rathet than bear toa d,a-
Erate be NpEfd Put Au tnmeda.e end 70 his
uoaoles. He had contracted = few small debts,
which friend had offered him money to pay. Ne
bank. rs his duties were Simply tdose OF aszistsnt
hookteeper. His integrity wAs, however, un-
doubted. and hla character vas such that although
would moi, under sny ci1eumstinces, cheat any d,
! On saturday evening he visited the hoa.e Of Coz.
man FAMED Jul:a Bell that II he hsd pisiol be
would SHOOK hiuself. On Sunday night he sEala
ndnsat seass
company Of the 5onhg woaAo, Julta Bell and
arose II = quarter past CLOCK yesterday moTn-
biste,i q eaa,r zesI eee % et sas % .1adose Ga.
osnl5 he arose and approaching tbs bed, took
! fNm underneath nue Of the pillows 4 revolver
plaesd TIC weapon IN the nreast pockst Of bis coat
ard again seated bimsef in the chair: The XIII at
this po'pt turned her face 10 the wall and IN
ted, she behe!d her comparlop corpse upon the
ncot. T1e report OF the pistol hAd not attracted
the attention Of other Inmates Of Tho nousc, but
the SCREAMS Of tho xri room brought them 10 the
| Eccne, aud with them came the police.
| The deceased Eaa h tall AEd fAthc1 prepo.Scss.
| mn IT III
respectable Germans, Tho I've on farm, within
few niles OF tho ct:J. lie was born In this
county and always lived in Chicago ~
! All his bcoks md ACCOUNTS Id tho bank Are
| found to be entirely correct II Ii Eaid that 4
I weI.EnoKn EoDzn Of the town. known ~ Maggie
Phillips, vas the 1lrst to lead him As1rAy, and BY
her seductive ~t'es nnally reduced him TO tbs,
stage where snic1de seemed relief from the bnI,
! --s-sN - re1u II 1uqueSt over the re.
| mains teftel daT, and the Jury fetuEned = yetdc1
| MEufSt hbetr2itau,f >. ----