Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-19
pr BLOWS OUT HIS BRAINS.
pecause He Brooded Over Fact
That He Was $500 Short
In Accounts.
hooks Straight--He Owed Money to
Three of the officials of
The Association.

p..ause OF dependency over financial
,,ouoles. Ed S. Snelgrove. aged 80
Years cashier and bookkeeper for the
nah Association of Credit Men, COM
,,itted suicide at $40 this morning in
,he office OF the association, 217 Com
nercal club building, by firing bull
1t through his brain from a .Ss caliber
Smith & Wesson revolver. He died
instantly.
sD,lgrovc entered the main office
sh,ut s o'clock. walked into a private
office, locked the door, scrubbed short
rote to Manager II. Van Dam, Jr., sat
IN chair near front window and,
placing the muzzle of the revolver in
his mouth, pulled the trigger, The
bullet crashed through Snelgrove's
4 brain and imbedded itself in the wall.
The shot was heard by two office
/ boys and stenographer, They tried
TO enter the room but found the door
locked Manager Van Dam and John
Critchlow and President Parsons of
the association We're quickly sum
moned ana une uoor leduihs from inc
nan INTO tne "il,ce was opeheu. r,aIi
reclining IN a cna,r near Tue Mihuo"
was me pody Oh SheieroNe' me re-
volVer had laIeh 70 the iloor anu Oh
the rich carpet was pool of blood
The unfortunate mans brains and
blood was scattered over the chair and
wall.
NOTE TO MR.. VAN DAM.
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,Signnd) "IoD"
Thgt sneIgrove killed himself in q FL
of despopdsycv over financial troubles
there can be no do,,ht While his hooks
we're said TO be straight co fa,, ss the
ntres arc concerned he was short in
bis accounts MS IN oc,ual cash some
'i0o
Officials declared that the association
would not suffer In tho least as intii-
yidual members OF the same were the
principal losers. They are Manager Van
Dam, John @. Critchlow and Walter
Wright, assistant manager. According
10 statements made by them, Snelgrove
was In debt to them and felt the hui
initiation Of It, realizing his inability
70 pay, He also knew that the books
were being audited and that the cash
saortage would be discovered. In fact
he was so informed yesterday
BOOKS WERE STRAIGHT.
1870, r,.s,s.,. ~.
NF'"NlllS "a tii' ihtttSi I iSSAANh' a
,,yyt,t' 10 ,o,,.. ,,.o an ,iaht 90
t,r o. ,'' ,tr,a -, f,o,,ra,.,,a5 cd
~5uo 700 80, ,sat,,,,,e irras,,,ia, e.,
tba ,,,,n,,a, M hani1s ~ l,e1,t thara
Is a shortage in cash, To what amount
| am unable to say. In any event the
association is not hurt"
Mr.. Critchlow, who was life long
friend Of Snelgrove's, said:
The association is not at all involv-
Cd as the cash owed by Ed was prin-
clpally to three of us in the office
here Mr.. Van Dam, Mr.. Wright and
myself
The suicide Of Mr.. Snelgrove is n
terrible shock to all of MS There is
no, person in the office who did not
admire him because of his generous
disposition and kindly nature /
have been associated with him for
Years, He worked for me in the rail-
way business when we were with Mr..
McCune In the street railway.
brought Ed over here from that posi-
t,Jeno.. Cne t'iI,s "ns' NJ S.n, ,hat
N az 49, ~, ~ ~ n,d " III threa nosi.
ton' I'm NJ nelu onls IN y -
NJ ""s 1870, "a $50 10
90. 20 t''e a.iee' l"l'"@s ~ L. ,,,as
,ia'. SPURIOUS to tau't, 1t, W."
TINA rutuS anu Wins W. sac-
,0nn Yen az II stent pe'so J",,o
enr c AnN OF us wouid 'aou VIZ ho
cor,5 i'ns iot hlIn; pu. ~ q, -,
'w not thoroushlE rca'i4e ~
BRQODED OVER TROUBLES
Assistant Manager Wright said that
no irregularitv In the books had been
discovered. "He brooded over his
troubles" said Mr.. Wright. Some
time ngo ne was involved in a law
sun with relatives. He put M ST.
,'o Tor relatives ana then had TO go
NV uoout "
tpoh Mr.. van Dam was the pun VI
Ivy TO hotltN MIS- onelsroVe az ner
NM .o' cast hlrst south S'reot,
So Shels'oVe mas peeh III Door
iNu Tor many months ana the pl9W
ner wac n most severe one. she
ra s hotliled as gently as possible put
taoh prostraled WIN grlel over me
r"7V iale oi her husband ihey hau
~ children.
WELL KNOWN FAMILY.
Ed snelerovo was horn and
Feared i'm this state. His parents,