, 1877-11-15

FEAR OF PHYSICAL AND MESTAt DECAY.
An,onE those who were questioned yesterday
concerning the REASONS wll,~l led Mr. tool
tallgb To commit suicide was peraon who, hay-
lug been intimately connected with the family
for years, Was In n position to give
as accurate DIT opinion Us can be ob-
taFncd. Speaking as l'e did with much
frankncss, nnd saying somc things which might
perhaps sound painfully IN the cars Ut some
friends Of tic family, tc astci and bis request
is COMPLIED with, TINT llls la1nu be not gIrcn.
The reporter had satisfied himself by Ills III
vrstIgalEous earlier In tfla morning that uo .lt
ny,llty concerning tic bauk l.ad pscyed upon
Mr.. CoobaueEl's mind, a,,d therefore thought
It unnecessary to ask any qucstipus on that
rolnt. is there" said he to tue gentleman
whom he interviewed, "a shallow Of truth In
any Of tEiosc runlurs suggested IN the evening
papers about
HOME TnounLEs
which wrought upon Mr. coolmnch's mind aud
whcn might bars moved him to voun'tt tho att
llc Git1I''
mot the slightest" was the reply: "not =
ghost Of shadow Dl Il truLh Ills homo relations
were uf tsu p1easaRtcst. tunt!etesL. unt liapprst
nature Thu only thin. which s.hl.!eiscl tl,etal
wns tlu protractcd iliness III tls Wifi, whu has
been Il sufferer for lnuny years frunl neuralgia
In Its must painful mil ucutest fur1n. This haA
iflHtkU tlEE An sn$A}lls 4Utletl ekA4 -
ltulnc, ami prevented hcr nllngllng In suelcly ss
She would haYo tOAe, uE,a ~ llt would lave
liked to have hatl luF tlo1le. An eM!ncntly
soe|al tnan, wlln wanted 10 have his l!ouse ever
rceret tu Him That her health WAS alcfl rs to
,nnka IL impossib1u for her to wvirutuu them.
Tint, think, was tue 0nly thing III l,ls huns
life whl'h hc wouh! havu t'ad atheswlse"
''Io what do sou attribute II, tilcnt"
"To tEu lae& ihut Mr. CooIbaagh Ilal felt for
two or three ycars that lle was u failing nlnlt,
boil. physically ami mcntal'y; that hut robust
hutly which had burtle ~ much, aEu which A1
hal tahkeu w severely In biz younger unys. WAS
beginning to give way, anl That h!s talnd WA
beginning to sharo tEiu attcttttns Of the body"
"Was this 10. or did lls Imagine iti''
III HAvH NO DOUBT IT WAS 20,
hut that he tuok y glooutcr yteY oi It than
he should have done. !tE. Coolbauglt WIS u
very ambitious man. nntt very sensitive Que.
liz WAS ambitious OF political hon0rs. Tdero
llatl beef, time during hs residence In lava
uuite1 States kcaate. Pllur to that time llis
political advancement had bccn continuous aud
rapid. It was stopped by lts resIlova! arutn
iUwa to Illinois, hut liu never abandoned thosu
Inspirations wlirh i.o held il hts younger years.
1t was perhaps during the latlcg part of ts bifu
sort Ut mortll craving for polstlca prefeFncut
which was, lo'klng at It calmiy, hcyund Ills
reacll. lte bega1l to SEQ laltrrly that tlese
dreams were houelcss.
liz HAD ALSO BEEN VERY raoup,
pEoudcr lhau most men eau t'nxxtuc, 0f Ills Pc
euliarly high standl,G. IN ths community. }fe
was Intensely proud IL being considered lhe
ica4!lng banker In ile Northwest, OF being thu,
iuass W!loln eyesybudy consulted, and whom
everybody loo1cd Up to-the man who guided
Of latu years llo had been lusiug that high
standing, and he know It.
IN 1510,
during tho panic, le closed his bapk. and went
into lIquidaito,l. 1le thought, Ut tho tiine 1t
| was tue wistst thing rosAih1e, but lie perhaps
| afterwards changed hts iniud. Whether It wus
tbs wiscst COURSE OF not, people looked lpon It
u ! sort vi ub4icattun uf tue position H9 had
| held. Other banking institutions had gotten
thu start Ut hls BY the tlnlc II was IcoFganized
aud oeeuplel the plasb his lial had. liz was
very proud VI his bank. It vas sou1cc VI isa-
| inyttutuu bud gotten uheaIi of his. Ile had
bccn 70 lonx tu the habit VI bcIng tho person 70
! whom IL Wtal tuEusl when they wanted an