The herald., 1893-12-04

book keeper. In them he stated that he
would be absent and wished her to take
charge OF the Office which is located at
12l South Broadway. From the conclu-
sion Of the letter he appeared very dis
pondent and said that he would soon
end his troubles.
ID leaving his room he removed red
blanket from the bed and took it away.
Why he did this 10 not known, nor has
there been any clue that would lead to
an explanation. 1t 10 now thought by
some that he took 1t to wrap something
in and sank it in the lake at the time he
drowned himself. What 1t was 10 o
mystery.
it was two or three days before he was
missed. A detective was put to work to
find him. 1t was known that Munro
had been corresponding with q lady in
Port Gibson, Miss, and it was thought
be might have gone there. Others
thought he was in q secluded part of the
CITY aud would return on recovering
from his debauch.
The detectives found that on Thurs
day morning, November 23. the day
Munro was found to be missing, q man
closely answering Mnnro's description
u chased Hticket for Memphis, Tenn.
a., was in a drunken condition. As
Msmphis is not great ways from Port
Gibson it was concluded that there was
where he had gone. All circumstances
pointed in that direction.
In conseq usnce the discovery Of his
body yesterday caused . great sensa-
tion. There were rumors of murder, as
it 10 q fact that Munro secured sum OF
money on the day of his disappearance.
Suicide was the generally accepted way
in which he came to his death, and at
the inquest last night no other theory
was advanced.
SHORTAGE.
When Munro disappeared there were
rumors OF q shortage in his accounts
with the Guardian Insurance company
of London, of which Munro was local
agent and had been for several years.
The bookkeeper gave the assurance that
such was not the case.
About five days after Munro disap-
poared, w. A. Matthews, special agent
OF the Guardian insurance company,
came to the city to make an adjustment
and assume charge of the Office. He
gave out the statement that Munro was
even with the company. Later he told
q gentleman that Munro was short $125.
1t is now alleged that he was short
from $1,000 to $4,000 in his accounts with
the company. This is given on good
authority, and is said to have come
from the special agent himself.
Mr.. Matthews was seen last night
and asked regarding the statement
that Monro was behind with the COM
pany. He asserted that there was no
shortage. He was positive in his asser-
tion that the dead man bad left every
thing straight with the company. He
had bsen engaged during the last week
in going over the books and affairs OF
the Office and had found them in per-
feet order. Mr.. Matthews had under
stood that the deceased had lost $500 in
poker during his spree. He left $3.50 in
the safe at the Office.
1t is fact that on the nights OF No
vember 21st and ed Munro lost about
$500 by gambling. He made out checks
to pay the poker debts, and on one or
two occasions overdrew his private ac-
count, and when the checks were pre-
sented at the bank Wednesday they
were not honored.
Becoming deepondent over the loss and
over complications With the affairs of
the insurance company, and crazed by
drink, Munro evidently decided to end
his existence. He left two letters to this
effect at his Office Wednesday night.
THE FINDING OF THE BODY.
Tnere is nothing remarkable attend
ing the finding Of the body. A party
was out boating on the lake. when one
of the young men saw an object in the
water. He rowed up to it and found
that it was the body of q man. It was
taken from the water and removed to
the undertaking parlors of Orr & Com
pany, where the inquest was held al
1880 O'Clock last evening by Coroner
Gates.
THE INQUEST.
John @. Platt was the first witnesl
called. He testified 20 having seer
Munro Tuesday or Wednesday, Novsm
Der 21st or 22d. Never saw him under
the influence Of liquor but twice. HI
bad never seemed despondent, nor eyel
expressed any intention of suicide.
Officer Steele testified to having ar
rested Munro about O'Clock on thu
morning of November 22d. Munro wal
very drunk, and he had two cuts, one