Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-11-02
BLAME PUT
ON ANDREWS
Cashier Clark Left Note in
Which He Accuses
Delegate
ADDRESSED TO WIFE
Receiver Cunningham Holds Another
Statement Written by Dead Banker
Property Attached.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 2.-Accordins
to information given out today, Cash
ier Clark of the defunct Enterprise
National Bank who committed sui
eide, wrote two statements before his
death, in which he blamed Delegate
W. II. Andrews, Of New Mexico. for
his downfall. One was addressed to
his wife and has been made public.
The other is in the hands of Receiver
Cunningham, but its contents are un-
known, except that in it Clark says
that Andrews is to blame for the con.
dition of the bank.
Text of Letter.
The letter written to his wife saws;
Dearest Wife and Children.
In ten hours or less | will be in
another world. You have been dear
good wife to me. Andrews has work
ed my ruin. Dear wife, keep all the
insurance for yourself and the babies.
How hard 1t is to leave you all. |
have made desperate effort to keen
things going until would get the
road financed, but 1t has been too slow.
The examiner is here and l am ruined
Do forgive me. 1t is not all my fault.
| have been shamefully robbed. The
bank will get everything but my life
Insurance. Your husband,
LEE"
We will not make public the state
ment that Mr.. Cunningham holds"
said United States District Attorney
Dunkle today. "The document is not
signed, but it was written by Clark"
No Criminal Action.
Mr.. Dunkle was asked if any move
had been made to bring criminal pro.
ceedings. He said:
Nothing yet. We must be able to
show that Clark and others were in
conspiracy to wreck the bank or mis-
appropriate its funds, before we can
get action against them, and Cashier
Clark is dead, therefore it is going to
be something difficult to do. Besides
Special Examiner MoXie has not fin.
ished his investigation and will not be
able to do so for several morfsbA
Secures Property.
Franklin, Pa, Nov. 2.-The alert
ness of Receiver John B. Cunningham
of the Enterprise National Bank of
Allegheny has resulted in securing for
the creditors of that institution some
thing like $17,50O, which was seized
on foreign attachment against W.
H. Andrews. Just before the close of
business at the court house yesterday,
J. H. Osmer & Sons, attorneys, re-
ceived a telegram from Receiver Gun.
ningham, instructing them to attach
all the real and personal property OF
w. H. Andrews in Venango County.
The writ was issued and was to be
served by Sheriff McElhinney today.
1t directed particularly that all
money and credits in the hands of the
National Transit Company, through
which the Standard OIL Company pur'
chases it's crude oil, be attached. 1t
is understood that the receiver took
this step on learning that Andrews
contemplated the sale of his oil prop.
erty in Cherry Tree township, this
county. That the sale had been plan
ned is indicated by Andrews and his
attorney, Eugene Mackey, arriving
here at o'clock this morning. They
went to the Alsace Hotel, did not reg.
lister, and instructed the clerk not to
let any one know that they were
there. When the court house opened
this morning Andrews and his attor.
ney learned that the attachment had
been issued. However, they met Dr..
Burchfeld, the prospective purchaser,
and after securing Mr.. Cunninghams
consent, the sale was consummated
and the proceeds turned over to the
receiver.
A dispatch from Meadville, Penn
sylvania, says that valuable real es'
tate in Steuben, Rome and Oil Creek
townships belonging to Andrews, has
been attached.