Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
BANKER ENDS LIFE AT
FRANKFORT BANK
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lCOHEiHHed yIOm FHW rage
better than being unable to meet
your obligations. l do not see any
thing to worry about in that"
T. NJ. Heath, assistant cashier of
/ the bank, told police that Mr.. Hick-
man had recently been worrying
because the bank had large sums of
money on hand that it could not
loan adVantageOusly.
There was more than 100000 in
cash on hand" Heath said, land Mr..
Hickman was worrying night and
day over where to invest it proper
ly"
Mr.. Hickman is said to have been
worrying over the condition of the
country for some time. Monday
morning he went to the Frankford
Hotel where he talked with Captain
D. G. Long, another director, and
wanted to know if he had seen Mr..
Scott. They told him that he would
arrive about noon and Mr.. Hickman
waited.
Scott was asked by Mr.. Hickman
to go to the bank with him. When
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closed on account of holiday, Mr..
Hickman made his remark in refer
ence to the bank having more mon
ey than it could loan. Turning to
Scott after his remark about the
money, he asked his friend to sit
down and wait for him for a few
minutes. Mr.. Scott sat down in
Hickman's office and the latter went
into the cashiers Office. In a short
time, Mr.. Scott heard a pistol shot
but thought it was outside. When
Mr.. Hickman did not come out, Mr..
Scott opened the door of the room
and found the bank president lying
ON the floor with a revolver beside
him and blood flowing from his
head. He at once called some young
men who were outside the bank and
Mr.. Hickman was placed in a car
and hurried to the Beebe Hospital at
Lewes. He was dead on his arrival.
Mr.. Hickman was a son of the
late John and Angeline Hickman.
His father was both a farmer and a
business man. He was educated in
this State and when the bank was
organized in 1907 he became its
president and held the position
since that time.
He was a director of the Della
ware, Maryland and Virginia
Branch of the Delaware Division of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, an elder
of the Presbyterian Church at
Frankford, and until recently, su-
perintendent of its Sunday school.
He attended the annual service at
Old Blackwater Presbyterian
Church Sunday and took an active
interest in the service. A number of
years ago he was appointed and
served as clerk of the Orphans
Court for Sussex county. He was |
also a colonel on the staff of the
late Governor Benjamin T. Biggs.
He never married.
Mr.. Hickman is survived by two |
brothers and a sister. The brothers
are Horace J. Hickman, a former
member of the State legislature and
Frank H. Hickman, both farmers,
and a sister, Mrs. Eva H. Houston,
widow of Henry A. Houston, who
was once a member of Congress
from Delaware. He had boarded for
many years with his sister-in-law,
Mrs. George P. Hickman, two doors
from the bank building.
Mr.. Hickman shot himself in the
right temple with a small revolver
of % calibre. The revolver was new
and had evidently been used for the
first time when he shot himself in
the temple. 1t is supposed that he
bought the revolver for the purpose
of killing himself.
The deceased was one of the most
prominent men in the lower part of
the State. He was an ardent Demo-
crat, taking a deep interest in the
affairs of his party, and was inter-
ssted in all movements for the ben
eft of his town and State.