Arizona republican., 1905-11-02
A PlTIFUL
 PAST WORD
Senator Andrews Had Been
 His Ruin
A Letter From Clark, the Enterprise National Cashier to His Wife the Night Before He Died.

Pittsburg. Nov. 1.-The following statement of T. Lee Clark, cashier of the Enterprise National bank of Ale gheny, written a few hours before he committed suicide was made public to- night:
 Dearest Wife and Children:
 Tn ten hours or less l 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 in surance for yourself and babies How hard tt is to leave you all. have made a desperate effort to keep things going until l would get the road financed but it has been too slow. The examiner is here ans am ruined. Do forgive me; it is not my fault. I have been shame fully robbed. The bank vii get every thing but the life insurance
 'Your husband.
 LEE"
 Clark committed suicide on the morning of oct. IS. and the above statement written in pencil on one of the banks Ietterheads was found in the dead mans home by his fourteen year old daughter and turned over to his attorney. It was evidently written at the bank, the night before the sui eide when Bank Examiner Cunning ham and Clark worked until midnight on the books. The bank was closed by the comptroller of the currency on the afternoon following ClGTk'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, the friends of the dead cashier say, was to the government authorities, but it's eX- i istence has been vigorously denied. T. Lee Clark, the deceased cashier, was treasurer of the Santa Fe Central railroad. of which W. II. Andrews was president. This road is in New Mex 1 icO. and is about IT miles long, run ming from Santa Fe to Torrance. with ] a branch now projected to Albuquer- que. The road connects at santa Fe | with the Denver and Rio Grande. at l Kennedy with Atchison. Topeka and santa Fe, and at Torrance with the El Paso and Northeastern. The railway i was capitalized at $2,500,000, and is ] bonded to the extent of S2.500,0G0. or ] this S2GOO.000 of the bonds haze been l issued. while $500, 900 have been kept in | the treasury betterments.
 A dispatch from Franklin, Pa, to- night says: "The aIertness of Re 1 ceiver John B. Cunningham of the En- terprise National bank of Allegheny l has resulted in securing for the credit l ors of that institution sOmethng like l S17.500. which was seized on e foreign attachment against w. H. Andrews. i Just before the close of business a the court house yesterday-J. T. Osmer. and sons attorneys received a telegram from Receiver Cunningham, instruct l ing them to attach all the real and per sOnal property of MT. Andrews in Ne- mango county. The writ was issued and was to be served by Sheriff Me i Elhinney today.
 Tt directed particularly that all money and credits in the hands of the 1 National Transit company. through which the Standard Oil company pur- | chased it's crude oil, should be attached It is understood that the receiver took | this step on learning that Andrews con - 1 templated the sale of his oil property i in Cherry Tree township, this county ] That the sale had been planned is in dicated by MT. Andrews and his at i tOTney, Eugene MackeY, arriving here | at o'clock this morning. They went
 to the AIsace hotel did not register l and instructed the clerk not to let any one know that they were there. When the court house opened this | morning Andrews and his attorney learned that the attachment had been i issued. However, they met Dr. BUrch- field. the prospective purchaser and af- | ter securing Receiver Cunningham's | consent the sale was cOnsummated and | the proceeds turned over to the re- 1 ceiver."
 | A dispatch from Meadville, Pa, says valuable real estate in Steuben. Rome and Oil Creek town ships belonging to Andrews has been attached