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Show PREACHER RAD LOOTED. HIS OWN STRONG BOX- Coffers of Illinois Minister Who 8ul( elded Contained Nothing of Value to His Creditors. Peorln, III. The widow of tho latoj Dr. Simmons opened tho prlvnto safcj ty deposit box of the sulcldo preacher on Saturday and found thnt tho box, which was expected to contain vain nblo papers, was empty, with tho cxi ceptlon of nn unimportant business letter. A certificate of sale for $30,00( worth of Macon Cerenl stock now ot deposit, an asset of the Penplo's bank, which was thought to be in tho box( was not found. It Is now feared that tho salo which Dr. Simmons told his friends had been made, was not bona fide. No will has been found and policial for heavy Insurnnce thought to bo cntf Tied nro missing. Tho failure to verify the sale of Mat con stock has greatly depreciated tluj assets of tho Pcoplo's bank, now id bankruptcy. |