Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-14
SICK BANKER KILLS
HIMSELF AT HOME


continued from rage One
in January, that the accounts are correct.
aud that 'ir Works suicide is not be-
| cause Of shortage In his accounts
with the company, for none such existed. 4"
! William Curtis. Jr., vice president of
| the company, said that Mr.. Works books
were absolutely correct and that no in
| vestigation of them was contemplated
Mr.. curtis said that Mr. Work had
| been an employe of the bank for over
20 years and recently complained of heart
trouble. He declined to make any further
statement.
STATE EXAMINATION.
Banking Commissioner William H.
Smith said that u bank examiner would
be sent to the Northern Trust Company
to examine the books of the institution.
although the last examination showed
that everything was all right and that the
bank was one of the strongest in the
State.
''G knew Mr.. Work very WE'LL" he said,
and am very sorry to learn of his death
He had been in i'll health for some time
and / presume that he worried over this
The Northern Trust Company is one of
the strongest companies in the State The
last examination showed the bank to be in
prosperous condition, and there was
nothing wrong with the books However,
l will send an examiner to the institution
today"
WAS A HARD WORKER.
Mr.. Work was a great favorite OF all
those who knew him, both at the bank
and In is own neighborhood. II is gen
orally thought that his i'll health was due
TO oVerwork. II was said at the bank to-
day that he frequently had worked there
till late at night, in fact for weeks at a
time he had done this every night. He
mad charge of he loan accounts on mort
a In tA F.Hus Il.
enormity of his duties were too much for
his frail health, say friends.
Mr' Work had been with the company
Tor 70 years. He started as an errand boy
when he was 90 years old. Through his
efforts the country has so expanded that
1t recently enlarged by taking over two
properties on 9TH street and two on Mar
shall street The large clock on Spring
Garden street was erected through the
efforts of Mr. Work
Besides the time he put on his bank
duties, Mr.. Work devoted considerable at
tehtlon to church work, having long been
an ardent member of Holy Trinity
Presbyterian Church. in Logan
THIS WAS HIS SECOND EFFORT.
Last week Mr. Work was found uncon-
scious in the hallway of his home by n
brother-in-law, A jet connecting a gas
crate near where he lay was turned on.
-NelBhooIs were tOlu at the time that IL
had been accidental. Mr.. Work was sick
in bed on account of this till Wednesday
The family does not Know whether Mr.
Work had contemplated suicide then or
not.
The police say no letter for his family
was left by the dead man. Deputy
coroner Braun is investigating the case
Junior Work, a son, is attending a |
military school in Tennessee and was |
notified of the tragedy by telegraph.
II is not thought that the suicide will |
affect financially the Northern Trust |
Company. IL is one of the strongest i'm |
the state. Officials OF the bank refused |
TO believe that the secretary y-treasurer !
had shot himself this morning till shown |
the story i'm the papers.
Mr.. Work, who was 46 years old is also |
survived by his widow and daughter Miss |
Work, as one Of the Two 1ung women |
VINO unveiled the Poinsett Memorial at |
traeted nationwide attention at the time. |
The other sponsor for the monument |
was Miss Mildred Kellerman, of 5OO2 |
North 18th street. Mr.. Work was one |
or the large assemblage of spectators |
who witnessed the patriotic event, at
which Governor Brumbaugh, Senator |
Penrose and Mayor Blankenburg spoke.