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Show BANKER KILLS HIMSELF H OVER FINANCIAL LOSSES M Aurora, 111., Feb. 1. Robert M. New- M ton, 15 years old, banker and promt- H nent horseman, committed suicide M last night at Ottawa, 111., by leaping H into the Illinois river. Financial loss- ' H es, it is believed, led Newton to kill M himself. He was cashier and a stock1 ' M holder in a Billings, Mont., bank, ' M I which recently assigned. Newton M I went from Yorkvllle, 111., his home to H Billings over a year and a half ago, ' when he put all his money into tho M Billings bank. He lost a"bout $75,000 , M in the crash, it is said. |