Salt Lake Tribune | 1897-01-01 | Page 3 | Banker Wilkins's Suicide

BANKER SUICIDE some stories ot of nis his iuar rank eana ins ing come to light montgomery ala dec 21 george B WU kliu vice president ot of tho the com merthal national bank of selma which failed tuesday committed suicide by S hooting himself through tho the head lit hi the Uple copal church at selmer selma at 4 this morning ila ho had been treasurer of the tha church for thirty years new york dec 31 the evening poet today says somo some very unpleasant stories were lit in cincu circulation lation this morning in connection with the failure of tho the commercial bank of selma aln ala which was wag announced 3 esterday theae ches included talk of the existence of fraudulent or forged paper whick which it was bald had been put out by the baute bank so far a Is can coln be ascertained today tho the only oily basis baila tor for this report we was the iho male by the vice president of the bank wilkins to a a firm of foreign bankers bait kera in this city of a draft in belch marks mulva eaul valent tent to about ilC which was returned unpaid from germany it was waa said ald today that the total amount by the hunk for borrowed borrow pd money in this thin city louisville cincinnati and chicago la about