The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-01
TWO BANK OFFICIALS
 SUICIDE TOGETHER
Tragic Termination to Discovery of Their MsappcatOn
 of Funds--Each Used the Same Gun

Vancouver. Wash. April 2I.-Charles Brown and F. L. Canby, president and cashier respectively oi the First Ma tioral bank oi Vancouver, which was closed yesterday by the comptroller ot currency. committed suicide two miles from thiS city by shooting themselves with a revolver Their bodies were found this morning lying together m a small clump of bushes about h1li \ mile north oi Columbia school which Is situated on the outskirts of the town They both used the same weapon and anby evidently died first Sthe re-
 liver was found in Browns hands.
 iS evident that Canby put the
 zlc oi the revolver iu his mouth
 then blew the top oi his head ott.
 VII then took it and shot hiwScli exactly the same way. falling over Canby'S body The fact that Browns bicycle and an umbrella belonging Co Canhv were found a short distance out oi town last night led Co the belief tha, the two bank officials had taken their lives. Early this morning a searching party started out and after several hours hunting the bodies were found in the clump of bushes.
 FIRST ATTEMPT FAILED.
 Friday evening Cauby. upon being told by Bank Examiner J. W. Maxwell that the bank would not be permitted Co open Saturday went out in the yard behind the bank and attempted Col shoot himself His revolver failed toI explode although an hye chambers were loaded After failing Co shoot himself Cauby came back into the bank and he and President Brown leitI together the latter taking hiS revolver. When the examiner confronted the bank official, with the shortage ot SSt.- ooo which be had discovered both men admitted their guilt. 10 is said that both Brown and Cauby had been spec ulating in stocks.
 Beside Browns body there was found a package containing S2S and note saying that the money belonged Co his daughter
 Upon Canby's body the following brief note was found:
 My dear wife. feel what l am about Co do i> for the best Forgive me ii you can and try Co live for our dear children. God bless you ali Good bye. Ned
 April TO- I0oL"
 Brown. who was s4 years old. has lived iu Vancouver since iS6a His father was the first receiver oi the Van couyer land office. llc has served as auditor of Clark county, Is married and has a family His connection with the bank as it, president dates back ten years.
 Canby was s, years ot age and waN well connected His wife was Miss Francis Burnside. daughter of an Ore gon pioneer He has a brother who Is p1ynaster in the United States army Another brother committed suicide by jumping of the whari at Vancouver several years ago.
 NO OFFICIAL STATEMENT While Bank Examiner Maxwell. now m charge as receiver. has made no official statement. it IS known that the bank has loaned a large sum Ci money ou insufficient security. According Co ii, report Co the comptroller oi cur ryncy. there iS a shortage of SSI.ooo in ,hr bank, accounts and it is understood that a considerable portion oi this amount was loaned Co Brown and Can hy on their personal notes. About a year ago the bank reduced its capital from Stoo ooo Co Sso.ooo. At that tune about onc-half of the So-callcd bs3 a,,cts was charged off and has been carried as an asset since that time.
 The heaviest Stockholdcr is Colorc, Stcphcr P Josiyn. of the regular army. a member oi General Shaiter's staff Col Joslyn is stationed at San Francis co His post was Vancouver when thc bank was organized. m 1885 and ever since that time he has been the hclv- lest stockholder According to thc last statement issued in February. the bank had deposits amounting Co ab"u, Ss}0.ooO
 WARRANTS FOR ARREST
 From the condition oi the bodies and other circumStances it is almost Ger