The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-17
SUICIDE OF A BANK THIEF
HE FIRST SHOT AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDED TWO ITsPECTORS.

One of Them Got Three Bullets in His
 Body and the Other Man Narrowly
 Missed Having His Spinal Cord Severed
 The Thioving Clerk Thon Blew Out His
 Own Brains.
 Huntington. remittance clerk in the Cit . izens State bank of this city. this morn- ing shot and' seriously wounded F. N. Haydon of Chicago and A. Cromwell of Minneapolis. respectively superinten- dent and inspector of the Fidelity and Casualty company of New York. and then committed suicide by shooting himself through the head In the private office of the bank. There was a short- age in the bank accounts of $500. and this caused the act. It was discovered last August that the Citizens bank had $500 charged up to the Union Stock Yards bank of South Omaha, which the latter had failed to give credit for.
 An investigation was begun and 1t was shown on July 19 four cheeks of $500 each had passed through the hands of the receiving teller. Three of these were traced to their settlement. The fourth, 1t was found, had gone from the receiving teller into the hands of Hunt ington, the remittance clerk. His rec ords showed that the item had been charged to the South Omaha bank and that the check had been sent to the bank. Correspondence developed the statement from the latter bank that 1t had never been advised of the receipt of this item. Huntington's records showed this item as cashiers check. The record of the South Omaha bank showed three items of $500 issued on the date mentioned and still out. All these were traced and were found not to have come near Council Bluffs.
 A further delay was made in the hope that the item might have been mis- sent, but further investigation failed to throw light on the shortage. Finally Cashier Harmon reported the matter to the directors. Every employe of the bank was under bonds signed by the Fidelity and Casualty company, and by orders of the directors information of the shortage was sent the company, which sent to this city F. N. Haydon and A. Cromwell to ascertain the truth.
 The circumstantial evidence was largely against Huntington, and he was the first subjected to an inquiry. He was called into private interview with the officials of the bank and the repre- ssntatives of the company. The short age occurred the day befose, Huntington left for a vacation last summer and he; was questioned as to the money he spent at that time and where he got it. He stated Saturday that he bor- rowed from his sister, but could not remember the amount. He stated that while in New York he gave his brother a check on the bank for $30 or $35.
 To-day Huntington met the represen- tatives of the bonding company and Messrs. Edmunson and Har.aon at the bank building. He went first un- observed, to a drawer of one of the re- ceiving tellers and took from it a Colts revolver. He then went with the other gentlemen into the rear office and the inquiry was resumed. Huntington was asked regarding the money he borrow ed from his sister and he replied that the amount was $1O0. Asked what was his disposition of this money, he said 1t was none of the other mems business Cromwell replied sharply that it was worse than useless for Huntington to talk that way and they wanted no more of it. Huntington became angry and rapped on the table, saying:
 "You cannot bulldoze me. I won't have it." .,
 MT. Haydon interfered and succeeded in calming him. For five minutes or so the conversation proceeded. Hunting ton said he deposited about $30 in the bank here before going away on his va- cation, and took the remainder with him. Haydon said:
 You said to us yesterday that you had received from your brother in New York on check which you had drawn on this bank $35 or $40" Huntington answered ''yes."
 Then" said Haydon, "how Is it that your bank account shows that between July 20 and August 2 only two checks were cashed and the amounts of these were $25 and $50?" When these words were spoken Harmon had been called into the outer office.
 As Haydon asked the question Ed mundson started for the door, as the interview was becoming painful to him. He had believed Huntington innocent. Huntington's replies were not clear and satisfactory.
 Finally Huntington rose from his chair, drew his revolver, placed the weapon close to Cromwell's head and fired. Cromwell was entirely unpre- pared. The bullet struck the right side of fis neck, passing through behind the windpiDe and lodged in the left side of the neck. Huntington then fired at Haydon, sending the bullet through his l neck. The bullet narrowly missed the spinal column, cut through the skin and | flesh of the neck and passed out. The | wound was not deep enough to stun l Haydon. and he ran out.
 Huntingdon then fred again at Crom- we'll Cromwell threw up his right l hand and received the bullet below his ! wrist. Both bones of the arm were shattered. Cromwell rose to his feet | and Huntington fired again. striking | Cromwell in the fleshy part of the back and as Cromwell ran to the door another shot grazed the skin on his . = -.aa \ l 4