Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-26
STAYS SELF IN BANK VAULT
CASHIER CRAZED BY OYER
WORK OR SECRET TROUBLE.
Baby Daughter. Calls to Take Him
Home to Luncheon Just as
Shot Is Fired.

NEW YORK, October 26.-Crazed by
overwork or driven to desperation b!
some secret trouble. Henry c. Carpenter
cashier Of the Queens County Savings
Bank in Flushing. l.. L. killed hipsel1
yesterday in the vault of the bank.
He entered the vault a few minutes be
fore IL o'clock. put the muzzle Of a re-
volver into his mouth and sent bullet
upward It passed through his brain
and tore away the upper part Of his
head. He fell dead without even a moan
AS the startled officials Of the bank
gathered around the body stretched or
the steel floor Of the vault, blue-eyet
and fiaxen-haired little girl ran in from
the street.
She was Carpenters six-year-old daugh
ter, who had come to take her father
home to luncheon.
isn't papa ready to go with me-?
asked the child, staring at the group OF
silent men.
"No, Marion said one of the clerks
warning the others with a look to screen
the figure on the floor from the unsus
pecting child. Run home and tell your
mother that father is detained on bust
ness.
Child's Instinct Warned Her.
She turned away obediently, but hel
voice trembled as she said:
Something's happened to my papa. !
know it,
The cause of the suicide remains I'm.
guessed. The bank officers say the
cashiers accounts are correct to the cent
and his relatives and friends agree thai
his home life was Ideally happy; that he
lived well within his means and had nc
entanglements. They charge the TRACED,
to Carpenters refusal to take a rest OF
to consult a physician when he knew he
was suffering from the effects OF over
work.
There was story that Carpenter, who
was socially popular, had an entangle-
ment which menaced him with scandal
but that was emphatically denied on al
sides.
Carpenter had five children and lived
in STREET street. Flushing. He had been
in the service Of the Queens County
Savings Bank for fifteen years and had
been cashier for two years.
Haggard and Dependent.
He was a big, good-natured man,
whose boast was that he had never
called in a Doctor But a change came
several weeks ago. when his face grew
hasgard and his manner respondent.
Frequently he worked at his books
from Z am. to nearly midnight, for
10 600 separate records were in his care:
the strain and holly resented hints that
he was looking Ill.
Last Saturday l.. NJ. Franklin. presi-
dent of the bank. urged Carpenter to
take a rest.
There seems to be something on your
mind said Mr.. Franklin. IF there is
confide in somebody and knock of work
for a few days
But the cashier only smiled and bent
closer to his books.
President Franklin was leaving the
bank at 1870 o'clock yesterday when
Carpenter, who was looking better, stop
ped him and said:
Il want to thank you for that little
talk of Saturday 1t did me good"
I'm glad to says you look it," the
president laughed as he passed on.
Died Minute Afterward.
He had hardly reached the street when
Carpenter. who had quietly taken a
revolver from the presidents desk,
walked to the rear of the bank and
passed into the vault. The ..mufied
crack of the shot was heard a moment
afterward.
President Franklin was called back.
He and Treasurer James at once ex-
amlned the cashiers books.
Eventually this statement was issued:
The affairs of this bank were found
to be In excellent shape two weeks ago
still in perfect condition. The accounts
OF Mr. Carpenter balance to penny.
He did not have access to the securi-
ties and only handled the daily cash.
We have been una BILE to find the faint
est clue to motive for the suicide
MIR. Carpenter was f1fty-one years old
and member Of an old Long Island