, 1889-03-30

jOy~waw~uHbUHYasf nut her anxiety IN.
creased as she7saw crowds, before her ut the
codnters. The clerks of the establishment
: were Overwhelmed with questions, and the
whole, building became in a few moments
: more noisy rhah the BOurSe during the
beight' Ola monthly settlement.
1.-The ugly truth is that M. Denfert, Roche
81 reAO, the manager of the Discount Bank
fIAi been speecniating heavily in the shares
OF the S0cieH des MSteGur, of which CONF.
pany he was one Of the guarantOrs. The
fall Of these shares affected, him deeply,
and he blew his brains out. After the
news OF tile suicide had been spread about
last night in u very vague manner-sOme
persons saying that the manager had shot
himself In the Chateau Of G~randbourg, and
offers that he had hanged himself from a
tree in the BOis-the Inspector of Police
for the district of the FiubOurg MOntmar.
ire went to the house Of the deceased in
the Rue du COnservatOire at the back of
the Compton d EscOmpte. There he was
told that the deceased had died suddenly,
hut on his examining the body he found u
hole IN the right temple, and was. then III
formed Of the exact circumstances OF the
affair. II appears that in the morning NJ.
Depfert ROchereAu was very nervOuS, and
hai an animated discussion with the
Chairman of the bank, after which he
drove in q cab to a gunsmitl'S shop. There
he bought arifed pistol telling the Shopman
To hurry as he had TO 20 by u train. When
he had selected his weapon he practlced
with it for a few Oments in a yard attach.
ed to the gunsmith's establishment, and
with a steady hand aud aim he put several
bullets thr,iugh a small piece Of tin which
was placed at a certain distance rs - tar
IL RNLA.. H. -... I,;,,r - ~, y,nCSA
where he wrote d letter to Or. Robin an,
nOuncing TO that gentleman, who was his
friend and physician, that he intended tn
shoot himself. Hardly had he despatched
his letter when he placed himself before Is
high mirrored wardrobe, put the pistol to
his right temple, and fred. Eight or ten
minutes afterwards DIR. Robin arrived in u
CAB, rushed mp breathless to his friends
room, and found him just giving the last
gasp on u sofa Wherein he had been placed
by his servants. The deceased was q cOu.
sin to Colonel Drnfert. Observation-Disclosures
for his defence OfBelfOrt during the Franco
German Campaign. He was fifty three
years old, anda widOwer with two children.
Id 1865 he entered the Compton dESc0npte
ASA clerk at EGO a year, and in 1863 be.
came the private secretary of the then ma
mager-M. Pinard - whose daughter he
marriott. 1t IL SalU tlaC eight minor
ftWaicial establishments have suspended
payment on account of the state of affairs
createdlat the Compton d EScompte by the
suicide Of the manager, and the. average
deficits, all round, are SetdOwn ut so, OO0,0 900
of francs IN E3.200,O 900 It is alSo stated in
Paris that the tSUN-in. law Of a leading CAPT.
talist will be one of the heaviest losers.
while the direct gamers. will be an'EngliSh
company, two Paris banks, and . German
f1nancier. This is, however. nothing but
Boursei gossip. It is certain, nevertheless,
that NJ. Denfert' ROchereau had %speculated
heavily in copper, and that the advances
made by the Compton REscOmpte to the
S0OiEt6 des M6tGur amounted TO ~60,O0O,OOO
of francs, or R~2,4OO,O0O, for which the form.
er holds securities valued on paper at
12O,O00,O00 of france! "Reminiscences are
nOw'addresSed to leading Rnanciers like
Rothschilds and the manager of the Bank
of France for refusing their aid to the
C0mptOir}G EScOmpte, but they had to look
sf.er themselves, and the managers of that Y
establish Areht, who are responsible for the
catastrophe, should not have embarked i'll
thet copper specuIations to such areCkteSS
extent Htt~ 'rpr4t eiI !"on1e1}4 iHe