Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-02
CASHIER CLARK CONFESSES
Leaves Note to His Wife Placing Blame
- for Crash on Andrews.
SAYS HE WAS aHAMEFULLY ROBBED
Money Went to Finance the Santa Fe
Central RRiIway-AnOther state
ment said to BE in Hands
of officials.

PITTSBURG, Nov. 1.-The following
statement of T. Lee Clark, cashier of the
Enterprise National bank of Allegheny, Pa,
written few hours before he committed
suicide, was made public tonight:
Dearest Wife and Children-In ten hours
or less | will be dead to the world. You
have been a dear good wife to me- An
keep all the insurance for yourself aad
babies. How hard it is to leave all.
have made desperate effort TO keep thirgs
going until ! would get the road financed,
but it has been too slow. The examiner
is here and ! am ruined Do forgive me; it
is not my fault / have been shamefuly
robbed The bank will get everything but
the life insurance Your husband,
Clark committed suicide on the morning
of October 10 and the above statement writ
ten in pencil on one of the. banks letter.
heads was found in the dead mans home
by his 14-year-old daughter and turned
over to his attorney. 1t was evidently
written at the bank the night before the
suicide when Bank Examiner Cunning
ham and Clark worked till midnight on
the books of the institution. The bank
was closed by the comptroller of the cur
rency the afternoon following Clark's sui
eide on advices from Examiner Cunning
ham.
legged to be in the possession of the federal
authorities. That one, friends of the dead
cashier say, was to the government au-
thorities, but it's existence has been vigor-
ousy denied.
T. Lee Clark, the deceased cashier was
treasurer of the Sante Fe Central railroad,
of which w. II. Andrews was president
Receiver Neatly Blocks Transfer.
The alertness Of Receiver ]. p. Cunningham
of the Enterprise National bank at Allie
gheny, Pa, has resulted in securing for
the creditors of that institution something
like 1880 which was seized on a foreign
attachment against William II. Andrews.
Just before the close of business at the
court house yesterday, J. II. Osmer & Sons,
attorneys, received a telegram from Re
ceiVer Cunningham, instructing them to at
tach all the real and personal property OF
Mr.. Andrews of VenangO county. The
writ was issued and was to be served by
Sheriff mckinney today.
1t directed particularly that all money
and credits in the hands of the National
Transit company, through which the stand
ard oil company purchased its crude oil,
be attached. 1t is Understood that the re-
ceiver took this step upon learning that
Andrews contemplated the sale Of hts oil
property In Cherrytree township, this
county; that the sale had been planned
is indicated by Andrews and his attorney,
Eugene Maekey, arriving here at o'clock
this morning. They went to the Alsace
hotel. did not register, and instructed the
clerk not to let any one know they were
there. When the court house opened this
morning Andrews and his attorney learned
that the attachment had been issued. How
ever they met Dr. Burchheld, the pros
pective purchaser, and after receiving Re-
ceiver Cunningham's consent the sale was
consummated and the proceeds turned over
to the receiver.
A dispatch from Meadville says valuable
real estate in Steuben, Rome and OIL Creek
townships belonging to Andrews, has been
attached.