, 1877-11-16
THE LAST DAY.

Several conflicting accounts OF the dotngs
Of Mr. Coolbauah Tuesday, tho day before
he was found dead, have been made, and
plenty Of Wild rumors put IN circulation. It
appears from tho most careful Investigation
and comparison OF nil the testimony that the
facts ns to the movcmcnts Of afr. CoolbaugA
Tuesday arc these:
lie left hts home about 8 a. M, aud wnlked
toward tho lake.
lie was secn In nydc Park little before
noon, and waa At that hour coming tas hs cx-
pressed ~ from seeing some land. The trip
from the city to Hyde Park. and, possibly. his
looking at i patcei Of land, wouhl account for
only part of ttlc four llours since tie left
hoine.
70 come back from Hyde Park by train 1nadu
It necessary Tor him to walk about until 40.
A. o'clock he was on thu corner OF Cottage
tieuye avcu,,c an,l Tlirtv-stxth street; also, Ut
the roruer VI 'rhrty-tfth etrcet.
Then he lnpsed into doubt until between & 20
and p. tn, when tte allowed up At the bank.
From thcte he went directly to kcrn's Festau.
rnnt, md seems to have left there not lar frOu
i o'clock.
4 little more than an hour later be took car
coming townnl tho centre Of tue city, at tile
corner Of Cotlarc urore avenue atd 11Iirtv~
hitn street. l,hs would have given him Just
about time to have gone frum kerh's directly
south un q strcct.rar. That he should have
come almost directly back from Tasrty.fttth
Rtscet as soon as he reached there is not exactly
cxpIasnabc.
fi,ls tip would hare brought him back to the
centre Ut the city about 10 O'Clock. Between
tic fast.uametl hour and u o'eloek hc was
around IN front Ut the Grand Pacific Hotel, mp
parcntly looking Tor hack. -
There Is absolutely no testimony to show
wt,rre Str. CuolDaugh was from tic time h.
either did or did nut get the hack until 2::N the
next n,0ruEnr. which seems to be settled Us
abuut the hour of llss death.
AYTEnNhnN.
% Col. n. Z. Hughes was etrul'iau eastward on
Twcnty.ecconti street. as he neAretl the lake
silvre, e was haiicti by SONG one at the Illuua
nizeI bis Old friend, air. ". F. Goolbaugl. lis
topic for conversation was the improvement
Alung tho Iaks .hors slnce lie istt the
city for Europe. As they reached tho Twenty
hfth street pier he dcsttcd Col. hughes
to walk with hin, to the End of It. THO CoIoncs
lceliacd, aud waited the track for his rcturn.
| Mr. {. remained IN tho pier ten or tiitccu MN
utss. Watching tho wayet; Becoming sn1ltras
end ot tho pier. Atr. c. ln,u!reh. Ip very
singular .na,incr tllu depth uf thu wafer ut that
place. He then returned With the Colonel ~
Ills residence, talking OIL tte WY on the stuth
lurk bonus mud assessments, stating that lie
and probably Mr. Hughes would not Hire 10 sec
| the parks tnrned lntu q grand cosiliuun; he was
very positive hs would not.
| THAT LETTER.
| II 10 now matter vi ceStNitsty that Mf. Cool
ba,lgA did, ~ noted, write II farewell teller IL
bs wife, and post the sante 20 that 1t reached
hrr tho snrtc morning that lis body WIS found,
T|lu Iaet that this letter MA written nr received
| has been tcnvJ by some of the family, but thu
fact absolutely remains that the tleulate wefG
| incorrect. 1t Is not to be cxEectetl now that
the lrttrr will ever be allowed to tho light
hut tlIat Is OF less Importance. becau&g every
man wAo knuws the facts CONNECTED with tllt
case could write one which should cuDlaa The
sanr sentiments that II did.
III addition to the insurance mentioned res
tctday, Mr. Cuulbaueh had Il rald.up policy Vi
$a5,tQJ In tho Charter Oak. 4ruul which ahOui
fJ,tkU may be realized.
| Wien u reporter happened in to nak Cashier
tvee, 0f thc Union National Bank, how tia
concern wns coming on In view Of tho lo~s Il
las sustained, Sir. Ives explained that tnsteat
Ut having ruiz. ur other unI'lcasahtne*s !.
meet. tic bank was In receipt of many lncssagrl
0I goodwill Groni ita correspondents, and va.
nol III the least disturbed W anything Vi anl
character whatever.
! THE RANK.
aptetai Dsogtra = TIE Caieaao 7rtbuns. :.
| WAsitlSGT0N, d. C., N0v. l5-CeMptrnllc
! Knox was called upon tu-lay 10 know Wliethc
there wns anything in tho condition Vi til,
Union National bank 81 fur nsk,luwB at tue uI
tlc.. u The Comptroller Of Enrrcncr 10 funlist
orrasion ior ttIo sulvitie Of y. z. Coolban.ll
str, knox expressed great surprlkc and FeyrCt u
tho sail event, md stated that he knew Ut III
possible reason for 1t. The last rcJnIrts 0l III
hank Examiner on tic show tho bank to hav
brcn in good condition, aud froul unut,lcia
statements received as to tho report Mn,l
withtn ! few days, the Com ptrul1er Is c0uhIcn
that the bank IL entirely sound.