The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-27
DESERTED BY HIS
FORMER FRIENDS
Suicide of Howard Maxwell,
DepOSed President of Bor-
OUCH Bank of BROOKLYN.
JUST RELEASED FROM JAIL
WIFE PENNiLEss AND BROKEN
HEARTED.

New York, Nov. 2s.-Howard Max
WELL deposed president of the Borough
Bank of Brooklyn, who was under in
dictment for grand larceny and forge
~, and was last night released from
| Jail on $4,000 bail, committed suicide
today. He cut his throat and left wrist
with a razor and penknife in the bath
room of his home in Brooklyn, and
| died tonight at Long Island college
| hospital Maxwell. who was locked up
| last Thursday, had felt his humilia-
| ton keenly, and during his incarcera-
| ton had appeared hopelessly despond-
ent He had. however, given his fam
| lily no intimation. so far as known, that
| he contemplated suicide His wife was
Frustrated by the tragedy, and was
under the care OF a physician tonight.
Difficult to Secure Bail.
Maxwell was released late last night
| from the Raymond street Jail, where
he had been held prisoner since the
/ indictments charging him with mis-
doings in connection with the man
agement of the suspended bank were
returned. There was some difficulty in
obtaining bail, and officers of the jail
reported that Maxwell was greatly
broken up. All yesterday and the day
before he lay on his bed and appeared
to be obliviOus to his surroundings. He
declined to receive any visitors except
his wife and counsel.
Last night Justice Burr signed an
order for MaxwelTs release when bail
to the amount of $4,000 was furnished
Throat and Wrists sIashed.
Maxwell, in company with his cOun-
sci, I. r. Oeland was driven to his re-
sideuce at 1872 Congress street. Max
we'll spent this afternoon quietly at his
home. This afternoon he announced
his Intention of taking a bath and
going for a walk. Shortly before 2
O'Clock a maid heard a sound as of
some one falling on the second floor
Hurrying upstairs, she discovered the
banker lying on the bathroom floor
half dressed, with gaping wounds in
his throat and left wrist. On a wash
stand near by lay a white bone-han-
died razor. half open, and a penknife
with blades open at each end. and both
covered with blood. AS she turned to
summon help the maid stepped on a
second razor, which lay half opened in
the hallway leading to the bathroom.
Maxwell; was conscious and tried to
articulate, but failed to make himself
understood
Doctors Could Not Save.
DR. c E Brown. the family ply
stefan. was hastily summoned and he
called in DR.. Horace Greedy. The
banker was bleeding so prOfusely that
it was decided to remove him to Long
Island college hospital. where an Ope-
ration for tracheotomy was per
formed. The windDiDe was found to
be nearly severed, and his left wrist
was cut almost to the bone. Maxwell
died a short time after the operation.
Soon after the physicians began to
work over him the banker had Iapsed
into Inconsistencies. and during the
few and brief half-lucid periods that
followed he made no statement so far
as known. Coroner Brewer began his
official investigation tonight
Career of Maxwell.
Maxwell was 40 years old and leaves
a wife, but no children. On Nov. q
he was Jointly indicted for grand lar
ceny with former Cashier Arthur
Campbell and Director William Cow
of The Borough bank There We're
other indictments against him involv-
ing forgery in a quarterly bank state
ment made to the state banking de-
partment. When these three men
were arraigned Campbell and Cow Sc
cured bOndSmen, but to the surprise of
many who knew of MaXwelPs pOpu-
larity in financial circles. and socially
none offered to go on his bond. For
some time only his four sisters. offer
ing the home left them by their moth
er, who died three days after the bank
suspended, could only secure a $4,000
bond. This desertiOn on the part of
men to whom he had looked for his
freedom, it is said, embittered and de-
pressed Maxwell and the dependency
increased before his release was
brought about.
Banker Was Broke.
During his arraignment Maxwell =
counsel stated that his client had put
up every dollar in the world that he
possessed to secure the bank. and that
he had absolutely stripped himself to
protect the institution. Later, OH the
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