Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-02
SUICIDE WROTE
LETTER To WIFE
STATEMENT OF 7. LEE CLARK
MADE PUBLIC
Farewell EplstIe Left by Cashier OF
Defunct Enterprise Bank of Pitts
burg Shortly Before He
Killed Himself
BY Associated Press.

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| PITTSBURG, Pa, Nov. 1.-The fol-
lowing statement of T. Lee Clark. cash
Ter of the Enterprise National bank of
Allegheny, written few hours before
he committed suicide, was made public
tonight:
Dearest wife and children: In ten
hours or less i will be In the other
world. You have been a dear, good
wife to me. Andrews has worked my
ruin. Dear wife, keep all the insurance
for yourself and babies. How hard it is
to leave you ALL 1 have made a des-
! perate effort to keep things going un-
| til l would get the road financed, but
1t has been too slow. The examiner is
here and 1 am ruined. Do forgive me-
1t is not my fault / have been shame
fully robbed. The bank will get every
thing but the life insurance.
Your husband, Lee"
Clark committed suicide on the morn
ing of Oct. IS, and the above state
ment, written in pencil on one of the
banks letter heads, was found in the
dead mans home by his fourteen-year-
old daughter and turned over to his at
torney. 1t was evidently written at
the bank the night before the suicide
when Bank Examiner Cunningham and
Clark worked till midnight on the books
of the institution.
The bank was closed by the comptrol-
Ter of the currency the afternoon fol-
lowing Clark's suicide on advice from
Examiner Cunningham.
The above statement is not the one
alleged to be in the possession of the
federal authorities. That one, friends
of the dead cashier say, was to the
government authorities, but it's exist
ence has been vigorously denied.
T. Lee Clark, the deceased cashier,
was treasurer of the Santa Fe Central
railroad, of which w. H. Andrews was
president. This road is in New Mexico
and is about III miles long, running
from Santa ITe to Torrance, with a
branch now projected to Albuquerque
The road connects at Santa Fe with
the Denver S Rio Grande, at Kennedy
with the Atchison Topeka e. Santa Fe
and at Torrance with the FL Paso e.
Northeastern system. The railway was
capitalized at $2500000 and is bonded
to the extent of $2,5OO,OOO. OF this
$2,OO0,000 of bonds have been issued,
while $500, 900 has been kept in the
treasury for betterments.
A dispatch from Franklin, Pa, to-
night says:
THE alertness of Receiver John b.
Cunningham of the Enterprise National
bank of Allegheny has resulted in Sc
curing for the creditors of that institu-
tion something ike $500 which was
seized in a foreign attachment against
William II. Andrews. Just before the
close of business at the court house
yesterday J. H. Osmer & Sons. attor-
neys, received q telegram from Receiver
Cunningham instructing them to attach
all the real and personal property of
Mr.. Andrews in Venango county. The
writ was issued and was to be served
by Sheriff McElhinney today. 4,
1T directed particularly that all
money and credits in the hands of the
National Transit company, through
which the Standard Oil company pur-
chased it's crude oil, be attached. 1t is
understood that the receiver took this
step upon learning that Andrews con-
templated the sale of his oil property
in Cherry Tree township, this county.
That the sale had been planned is in
dicated by Andrews and his attorney,
Eugene Mackey, arriving here at 2
o'clock this morning. They went to the
Alsace hotel, did not register, and in
structed the clerk not to let any one
know that they were there. When the
court house opened this morning An
drews and his attorney learned that the
attachment had been issued. However,
they met DIR. Burchfield, the prospective
purchaser, and after securing Receiver
Cunningham's consent the sale was
consummated and the proceeds turned
over to the receiver"
A dispatch from Meadville, Pa, says
valuable real estate in Steuben, Rome
and Oil Creek townships belonging to
Andrews has been attached.