The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
MANY RUINED
BY Speculation Take Their Own
LIVES in vsrious Ways.
\ HASTE TO BE RICH

of The National Honor
When Bryan R,n
for President.
A wild ost speculation, followed OF
preceded either by defaloation or be-.
trayRl or trust, has been r%esponsit lie
for q startling number of suicides in
Philadelphia among men Of affaijs
md prominence In the social world.
The Philadelphia correspondent f.,
che Chicago Record. Herald ga Us: ''Bo
ginning with the sensatianal failure
Of the eystone National bank in
1901 which ruined men whose renu
atoms were as u~nternished as that OF
ne presidsnt Of the r 81 Estate
Trust c)nr1nY, aud wniOn resulted
70 jail for two Of them. PailadeIphia
Has had an amaz ng series Of hnancisl
scanHals and balk wrecks.
Bank dep s't0ra have lot millions,
but the largest threads of the wild
cat inaEciers were made In asphalt
and IN Consolidated Like Superior.
ia these two conpaIies the public
'hgely 10 Philadelphia, dropped up,
arc Of 800, 600, 900. In nearly eve r,
suicide oAused by wild est finance at.
tempts have been made to suppress
the facts, ~ In the case OF the presi
q IL Of the Rsai &c .tate Trust oom-
pany, whose suic,ue was known to the
members Of his family, the coroner
4Ad he c%oroner's physician for six
days and was even suppressed by
Pull ldclphia papers.
fortunate speculation with )ut
,ne { ( cation feature br uRht Sbou,
5ila ta'f ]! II caed oeath II Franz kiln b
GoWen p osldent OF the Philadelphia
and Re d ng railroad, AID one of the
most brilllunt aud successful Ia wyers
a hhs K1IBGLne state. He shot him
c5lr ia DsOenabnr, 1889 When an an
ptalsal OF his eetsso was made it was
fUu1d that he had left but o. 50 0OC
IN personal &nd real pro, oruy OF an es
ate lhat In his lifetime vas es aimat.
d t. be worth between 90 OOO 900
s. 90. 600 He hSd bhen induo
III " inveSt in southern lauds, where
II Is belioved, he Il, II ;fed gruau losses
w lam M SinRerty, proprietor OF
shs p 1iiadelphis Record, president OF
me Cnestnus Street National bank
Snd ths Chestnut Street. Trust com
ptny, d!ad ucder circumstances whicN
pJinLcd unaietaRably to n uesth se,f
inhittrd. Cyan!ne Of potassium IL
JeliG gad to have o9en the agent, bus
SO f3f as tao records e Ne cOrOner't
fljs go thaG cause Ia nob aacr'bsd
Both brn&s failed, and Slngsriy wes
!Uund to have secured $500. 600 from
)ue OF them Oh collateral security o
only s75 900
The II cord-H raid correspondent,
farther says: j seph o. D.tman,
president Of che Q sk,r City N ationa
oApk, c~1sappaateu myster!ously anC
for odays IT vas TO ieved he mad bee1
fuOond aud murdered. Afler u drive
d!lr> ugh Faifmuunt p ,rk, hts empty
cArriage and the horse wSs found
Forty days after his disappearance
the d~ecompcssd body OF the bankcj
~as found hoa,i?g In the Schuylkil
river. His flrtuna had been LIST In
speculation.
81 jsmin II. Gaskill, q stock brok
= - biio ltIS'''fS dI1u tIlClI k1ltCU
himS III TO avoid f ciug them. h
Was ~ thief and q forRer, but this dis
oovery was nOb made u1til after biz
death. His fofgeries forced the City
Trust, ST; Deposit and Surety com.
pany into bankruptcy. His methods
we're Ingenious and ne reaped some
hing like q million dollars on raised
stock certificates.
R)oeft Adams, il, familiarly
knownS 81 'Bsrtie' Adams, former min
lHfer TO B"'zu, prominent az one OF
Jao original explorers OF tho Yallcw.
stone region AID member OF congress-
from Philadelphia, committed suloldc
by shooting in the Metropolitan club,
Washington. Wild-cat speculation was
4lfeotly Responsible. HIS d!ed PENN
loss, having dissipated q fortune OF
$500, coo.
josiah r. Adams, a prominent
oiubMan and lawyer, killed himself ia
8 hotel. He was nominated for
J lfgo CT the 8rp%siOr court. A bitter
&e6ack vas MAIDS upon MIN by a local
newspaper. Ha was &C used Of hay.
Ing cuhsplred with &uuther man to
deIraud The public by a Q rich quick
acaeme In which 1t was alleged that
hun0redS Of poraOns were induced To
'nvss5 to their sorrow. Adams roade
4 weak denial to The charge and with
drew from th9 ticket. The matter
preyed On bis mind and he shot him.
self.
John Field. onoe postmaster OF
Philadelphia, a member OF the old
@holFaalc dry goods h>uie OF Young,
smith, Flald j. o., ShoG and killed
nlmself In %t'.irmount Park while In.
sane. lie carne from Ireland whom
he "aB fourteen years old and began
as ortana toy IN the house be suDse-
ql6ntly controlled. The firm did u
big business and, Ia ADDITION to
branches in Baltimore. C~iuoinnatti.
indianapolis AID San e auolsoo, oar
lied On q banking business In Saxony,
l6 never was dsfiultely known how
Mr.. Field impaired his fortune, but
tlo general belief was that ib was due
TO speculation In reality, which he
knew nobhing about. This 30 sffeot.
cd his mind that he developed O.
suicidal mania"
According to the same authority.
James V. p. Turner, register OF
vital stAtiatics Of Philadelpnia and o
lawyer Of nots, shot himself 10 Fair.
mount Park 10 April. 1902. Ia was
o mrmbtr OF the Society OF the Wal
NJ 1872, ard of the Sona ne III.