The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28
WAS FOUND BY HICKMAN
His Books Were Being Gone
 over by Expert Accountants
It is Inferred That He Had Mis- appropriated the Funds of the City and Preferred Death
 to Exposure.

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 Louisville, Ky. Nov. N.--After being
 offered an evening newspaper by two newsboys which said his books were ur- der examination by expert accountants. 1 Stuart R. Young. city treasurer of Louis vilie this evening went to the rear of warehouse at Sixth and Nelson Streets and committed suicide, By shooting him self behind the right ear rswith au pistol A great sensation was created late this afternoon when the last edition of an evening paper appeared with story say | ing in substance that accountants were at work on the books of the retiring city treasurer and 1t was reported discrepau- cies had been found in his accounts. lra- mediateiy the friends of Mir. Young be- gan to look for him. not believing the report. They were surprised at not be- Ing able to find him. They hoped for the best, however, because the reports could not be substantiatsd. and the expert ac countants refused to make statement Shortly after p. m, Mr. xtuh9 was seen at the ladies' entrance of the Louis vile Hotel on Main Street, between Sixth
 
 bride of a few months.
 Had Picture in Paper: Two newsboys, Charles Afford and Ed Healey. who knew Mr. Young-for nearly everybody in Louisville knew Stuart Young--ran up and said: MT Young, don't you want paper2 It's got your picture in 1t"
 One glance at the double-column head | lines told Mir. Young why the paper had | raf0 0f | Instead of entering the hotel he walked l down sixth Street toward the river, the | newsboys following him on the other side | of the street. Just after passing Nelson l street Mir. Young turned of between some box cars. The boys feared to fpl- l low him any further and returning to the Louisville Hotel, described Mr. Xoungs action to "Ixid"s Johnson, q hackman. whose carriage stands in front of the hotel Johnson was acquainted with Mir Young, and following the direction given by the newsboyE, passed between the box cars and brought up in cinder covered driveway in the rear Of wsrenouse or ]. M. Robinson. Norton and Company. at Sixth and Nelson Streets just east or the Union depot.
 There he saw Mir. Young lying face downward in the cinders. his right arm under him. Johnson shook the form or the man, not suspecting he had Killed himself Seeing a bullet hole behind MT. Youngs right ear, Johnson turned the body over. Then he saw a pistol in MT. Youngs right hand. Life was extinct.
 Colonel Young Notified.
 Johnson ran to a telephone and called upon the residence of Young's father, Colonel Bennett H. Young Mrs. stuart s. Young answered the telephone, but the hackman called for Colonel Young and told him the news. Colonel Young immediately went to the scene of the suicide with some of his friends. One of these, who Is one of the most proni- nent business men in Louisville, walking up and down the cinder driveway, said | with tears rolling down his cheeks: I'll | his friends could have found him today | this never would have happened. Ii money was needed we should have sup | piled it," ,tt1 H3.sa5a l had spent the afternoon looking for him. l The corpse lay in the cinders clothed Tn l fashionable garments including light tan overcoat and gray Alphine nat | The aged father of the dead man. lew | of his friends and some policemen lifted the body into coffin and 1t was removed to an undertaking establishment under orders of the Coroner for an inquest.
 Young's Accounts.
 
 statement tonight about the accounts of Mir. Young as City Treasurer. Under the law a board compozed of two expert ac- countants appointed by the retiring Mayor has been examining the books of all the city officials preliminary to the of- fees being turned over to the officials who were elected on November 5, who took charge of their respective offices on November 19.
 There was some delay in Mir. Young turning the Treasurer's office over to the newly elected Treasurer, James M. Camp. MT. Young said he wanted time in which to verify his account at the bank Mir. Camp said tonight that Mir. Young had never turned over to him the bank pass book.
 Before a statement can be made as to how accounts stand between Mir Young and the city, the experts will have to complete their examination. It is said this work will take some time. In any event the city of Louisville will be pro- tected by an "open bond" which was fur nished for MT. Young by a Baltimore concern
 MT. Young Is said to have bet quite heavily on the races.
 Stuart R. Young was 35 years old and one of the most prominent men in Louis yiue He was a graduate Of Princeton University. a son of Colonel Bennett H. Young, a prominent lawyer and ex-Con- federate soldier of Louisville, and a brother of Lawrence Young of Chicago, president of the Washington Park Jockey Club He married last July Miss Bessie Wymond, one of the mos: beautiful wo- men in Kentucky, daughter of l.. Fl. Wymond. Four years ago Mir. Young was elected city treasurer and under the law was ineligible for reelection. His successor was elected November 9th, last.
 
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