The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-10

u, .,.,. So Declare Regarding
Dead Cashier.
0,yrR FOUND IN THE BANK.

ho'' Depositor, Frank sutton SAL"
w. re struble Himseif-oh"r''aD's
'..a People Say the Cashier was IN
mad Evidently Contemplated SUI
~ 10 for some Time
ssooberd Mich, Sept. lO'-rhe So
ga pa strube murder mystery Is oe-
lli'u into story of defalcatlon ana
elop,"e :, is known almost beyond
80 Struble died by his own
Ia IA and the charitably inclined say
- insane when he did II. One by
~ So supporters of the murder the
sorsalxing that idea. The oi1-
80 heen working upon the sui
,ss theory for about a week. WnA'
20 ,nrned their attention to TINS ioea
i'' 49, discovery of a mysterious de-
'as w wbo evidently had extensive
osi'o', With the Farmers bank. on
~ was discovered that Frank
nal depcsited $500, which Was
ou'son an Aug. Ii. No one knew
"i'n asi", ~ such a man, and the mys-
'iiS 'n,'s hin, was deepened when word
.as cent by the Jackson City Dank that
oheck for 81. 600 given upon them pay
n,,o 70 the shepherd bank had been re-
&X0 and dishonored, for they knew no
Was StrubIe's Handwriting.
oool officials got hold Of the cheek
IA no hosan 70 see light when it was dis
D,orod 10 be in Cashier Struble's hand
,,riting This Sutton transaction they
orgre shows the motive for suicide.
|s,,,hle knew he had no funds where
w n nav depositors. What became
foTthe money j. t. Ryan intrusted TO
Kim 70 carry on business with no one
i,rows According 90 the new theory,
,ho denositors. if the crash came, could
not realize cent, and as they were
relatives or personal friends Of Struble's
no could not bear the thought of fac
inc the men he had betrayed Frank
3Ston was manufactured for the occa-
sspn n lead people 10 believe that Stru-
hle was tricked out of the money. in
stead of using it himself, as he evident
~ did and thus thinking his name
would remain untarnished and his rela-
tives would be secured from the ineV-
liable anguish the discovery of his dis
Amnesty would cause he accomplished
y own destruction.
His Revolver Found.
Deputy Sheriff Estee, assisted by
Sheriff Mogg and Prosecuting Attorney
Mcnamara, have followed this idea per-
sistently. and knew that a trying case
was practically cleared uD when the
weapon which caused Struble's death
xas found 1t is his own revolver,
A.4hch was discovered on Saturday care
fully hidden in the bank vault with
three of the chambers empty AS three
bullets had been fired into Struble from
a S2-caliber revolver and the weapon
found is of the same caliber, the point
is an important one. The superstition
is that Strube arose on Saturday morn
} ~, put his revolver in his pocket and
</ent down to the bank Then, with the
cunning Of insanity, the banks interior
was disarranged to show evidence of
struggle. He fired the three bullets into
his own person, the revolver was hid
den and the misguided man lay down
to die.
Had Contemplated Suicide.
a 1t is evident that Struble had contem-
rtlated suicide for a long time, as a few
minutes before 4 on Friday afternoon
he called the treasurer of the Macca-
bees into the banking office. The lodge
had Sll9 in the bank, and Struble hand
ed 1t to the treasurer, 500 in bills and
Sl9 In silver, remarking at the same
time that they might be able to pay it
eSn Saturday, but ii was better to be
safe Then, just before banking hours
Tor the day were over. he crossed the
street to the Commercial bank and
asked how they were for currency. The
directors of this bank, becoming sus-
plcious that all was not right with the
Farmers bank, had already warned
thelr cashier not to lend Strube any
>money Thus the unfortunate mans
flast attempt to stave off disgrace and
death was unavailing.