Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-11-08

WAS lb MbAh " ~ t'NA ANa MNiA Z"
manual toll. In later years he ranked
as one OF the mos expert account
ants Of the west and his accuracy
and Keen insight into financial ac-
counting led to his services being in
demand from Kansas City to Mime
apolis.
Ills last position, which he held for
ten years in the Old home Of the
middle west, was that Of expert ac-
countant in the office Of the state
treasurer Of Nebraska and his duties
included bank examinations that call
ed for the closest scrutiny Of in
volyed finance. Notwithstanding his
familiarity with the banking business
and his inside knowledge of invest
ments, he lost every dollar he owned
by the failure of the Capital National
bank of Lincoln, Neb By this stroke
of misfortune Mr. White lost $2S,00O
representing every cent he possessed
and leaving him with nothing but his
/ salary against the illness Of old age.
Enraged by the fraud, the old man
vented his anger in furious out
burst that led to the unsettling of
his mind and he soon left the coun-
try where he was known to every
body in business and wandered over
the west, finally landing in Tonopah
This much was learned from ]. L.
Caldwell, attorney, Of Lincoln, Neb
whose son is married to daughter
Of the deceased. After the departure
of White, his wife took up her resi-
dence with her parents at Monroe
Mich, where they occupy larg,
farm, and has remained there since
: About the same time as the death o
Milton NJ. White another death oc
Cured in the Michigan home, anC
this fact led to delay in answering
inquiries from Tonopah
: Mr. White suffered from chroni
= melancholy for years and APPARENT,
r tried to lose himself in strang
5 land Four years ago al Smith, tn
e veteran local photographer, wired tn
$ family at Monroe that the old ma
/ was very low, but this report wa
a corrected as soon as the patient n
n covered The next story that reache
i the family was through the Masoni
e fraternity, with which he had bee
highly connected dn.lne his prosne
h Gus days. This was in 1907 whe
a the report stated he was dead. Tw
e daughters and the widow suryiy
r Strange to say the daughters al
IS married to two Caldwells, althoug
Y the men are not otherwise related.
d The life insurance carried by Il
it Mutual Benefit Life Insurance coI
.e pany OF Newark, N. j., was fA $500
Y but $1,000 had been borrowed al
Is $500 applied to back payments, al
10 the interest payments were gradual
eating up the amount coming Mo-
of the dividends had been drawn
this account, so only small re-
nant Of the original remains for t
family.
According to letters received yea
ago, it appeared that White had be
connected with a large mining co
pany in the capacity of bookkeep
n and once since then he was seen
= Omaha with a representative Of
u company, buying mining machine
How and when he came to take
carpentering as a means Of livelihC
DIT is unknown, as he had not be
trained in the use Of tools.
Caldwell says the deceased was S
ply a prodigy at figures.
ur- The funeral service was read {
,ho afternoon at 8 o'clock by Rev, J.
Ida swander and the remains inferred
ose the local cemetery. The Masc
lty. order cannot take official cogniza
ost of the former membership, but
on Burdick and other members W
ern present at the burial.
his Yesterday telegram from Line
Ida Neb., was received by Postma
'om Stewart, addressed to -, /, G
the WE'LL" and reading BURY body
and Mr.. White there decently, but not
2 is travagantly, and send bill to
Nye White. (Signedl
CHARLES CALDWELL
TAP The postmaster could not find
TINS person of that name who rece
TOUT mail here, and after spending S
'vey time in the search, turned the