The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
BY Speculation Take Their Own
Lives il Various Ways.
\ HASTE TO BE RICH
has Caused the Downfall of MANY o.
Tfose Who Posed as Defenders
of the National Honor
When Bryan R,n
for President.

A wild oet speculation, followed on
prect ded either by d~efaloation or be-.
6rayal or trust, has been responsit lie
for q startling number Of suicides in
Philadelphia among men of affaijs
and prominence In the social world.
The Philadelphia correspondent fcr
che Chicago Record. Herald says: "Be
ginning with the sensatlanal failure
of the eystone National bank in
1901 which ruined men whose Yepu
ATOMS we're as u~ntsrnished IS that of
ne presidant of tho r al Estate
Trust c)nrany, aud wnion resulted
70 jail for two Of them, Pniladelphia
q had an ng series of financial
:canfaiS 8Dd bal k wrecks.
Bank Gep s!torS have lot millions,
but lhe largest threads of the wild
cat financiers were made In asphalt
and In Consolidated Lake Superior.
ia these two compaIies the public
''rgely 10 Philadelphia, dropped 10.
arc OF 800, 600, 900. In nearly ever,
suicide oRuSe6 by wild est finance at.
Gempt5 have been mEde to suppress
5bo facts, III In the case OF the preki
q % Of the Raai E.tate Trust oom-
pany, whose Bu.c.ue vas known to yhc
members of his faulty, the coroner
aud he c%oroner's physician for six
DAYS and was even suppressed by
Phil dclphia papers.
'IorGunSte speculation with )ut.
,ne { ( cation feature br ught S.bou,
5ha ts'f b. II cted drath # Franklin b
GoWen4 p osldent OF the Pniladelpbis
and Re ding railroad, aud one of the
nOsh brilllunt aud successful lawyers
"a bic KA,B6Cne state. He slos him
cslf la DsOeobor, 1889 When an an
otalsai Of his eetsso vas made it was
founh that he had left but o. 50 600
/ n personal and real pro, erty OF an es
ate chat In his lifetime Tas esNimab.
d tN he Worth between 81 OOO, 900
( 81 90. 600 He had bhen indvO
un " IAvest ! n southern laudg, where,
II IS believed, he s, II ;fed grrau losses
w liam M SinRer!y, proprietor OF
1hs L 'Nadelehia Record, president Of
me CnebtEus Street National bank
Sud ths Chestnut Street. Trust com
ptny, d!ac ucder circumstances which
pJtnlcd Internationally to q Death solf
inhittrd. Cyan!ne Of potassium ia
JeliG 9bd to have ooen abe agent, bu.
SO faI as tie records # he coroner's
fll;s go that cause Ia nob q bad
Both bHnGs failed, and Singsriy was
!ound to have secured $500 600 from,
)ne OF them Oh collateral security OF
ouly S75 900
Tie II cord-H raid correspondent,
farther says: j seph O. D!tman,
president OF the q ak!r City N Ational
oApk, oisappsat.u my%ster.ously and
for days 1t vas to ieved he aad beer
fuobnd and murdered. After o drive
6hrtugh Fairmuunt p ,rk, hts empty
carriage and the horse w&s found,
Forty days after his disappearance
the daconpcssd body Of the banker
"as found 1Oa,tTg In the Sohuylkill
river. His ftrtuna had been LOST I'm
s~pecu'attrn.
b. jsmin III, Gaskill, q stock brok
r. ciioatad his friendu and then killed
hlms IL TO avoid f cling them. Ha
was a thief and O forRer, but this dis
oovery was NOT made u1til after his
death. His forgeries forced the City
Trust, ST! Deposit and Surety com
pany into bankruptcy. His methods
we're ingenious and ne reapad some
hing like q million dollars on raised
stock certificates.
Rooert Adams, il, farniliarlv
known& 81 'Bsrtie' Adams, former min
ister TO Br,zil. prominent az n OK
0ho original explorers OF tho Y3llUw-
stone region Ard member OF oongfess
from Philadelphia, committed suicide
by shooting IN the Metropolitan club,
Washington. Wildcat speculation was
directly responsible. HIS died PENN.
1898, having disslpated a fortune OF
$500, coo.
josiah r. Adams, a prominent
ciubHan and lawyer, Killed himself ia
3 hotel. He was noniuated for
J lfgo Ct the srp3yior court. A bitter
&e6ack vas made upon rim by q Ice. 81
newspaper. He was &C used Of hay.
ing cohsplreo vlth another man to
Ii pubic by a Ret rich ou:ck
acheme In which 1t was alleged THAI
hunoreds OF persons were induced to
tnVsa5 TO their BORROW. Adams nade
d weak denial to The charge and with
from tbs ticket. The matter
preyed on bis mind and he shot him.
self.
John Field, onoe postmaster OF
P~hllado'pni&, q member of the old
dry goods h,uis Of Young,
Field 81 Co., shot and killed
himhelf In FGirmount Park while I'm.
sane. lie carne from Ireland whom
"as fourteen years old and began
~ of'and Toy II the house he supso.
qu6nily controlled. The firm did a
Dlg business and, In addition TO
In Baltimore, Cipoinnatti.
indianapolis AID San & auolsoo, oar
lied on q banking business in Saxony.
l6 never was dsfultely known how
Mr.. Field impaired his fortune, but
tho general belief was that lib WAS duo
speculation in reality, which he
nothing about. This go sffeot.
81 his mind that he developed a
suicidal mania"
According to the same authority.
'Jsmeo V. p Turner, register of
vital statistics Of rhilhoelpnla and q
OF noto, shot himself ip Fair.
mount Park 10 April, 1909. Us was
member OF the Society OF the Wan
1872, ard Of the Soma OF Tn
R.V,iution. He WAS known through
the country ~ y genealogist. Mr.
had oeen induced TO lnyast, In
anda In the west which he balievod
10 10 mineral behrjnV bpt unioh