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Show A CASHIER'S SUICIDE. George Beard, of the Cheyenne National, Prefers Death to Loss of Reputation. Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 17. George L. 'Beard, the cashier of the suspended Cheyenne Chey-enne National bank, sent a bullet into his brain yesterday morning. The bank closed at noon Friday after a brisk run of an hour. Beard declared that the institution was solvent sol-vent and had resources that would yield all due the creditors. Upon the announcement of the wreck of John W. Collins' other bank at San Diego, California, Examiner Griffith was assigned to the Cheyenne case by Comptroller Comp-troller Lacy and reached this city. The cashier and department official were together all day and most of the time the bank attorney was' present, while T. B. Hicks, president of the First National, assisted as-sisted in the preliminaries. So far as could be seen on the surface everything was as Beard claimed. A hasty examination of the books showed all clean and correct. Beard mentioned several transactions he had considered con-sidered ill-advised, but had sanctioned on command of the absent president. It was arranged that at 8 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. ifeard was to assign to the bank his own property, worih $40,000, and, by the use of a power of attorney, sufficient of the local Collins estate to secure loans amounting amount-ing to $25,000. This would make the cashier a pauper, but this seemed to trouble him not at all. Numerous creditors had proposed that Beard take the receivership and siraighlen out affairs. The at orney and examiner were on hand at 8 to have the proper ransfors made. Beard's lardineis of haif an hour was not not.ced, but in an hour they became alarmed and a search was instituLed. Repeated knocking at the young man's rooms across the street from the "bank brought no response, re-sponse, and the door was kicked in. The little parlor encered was littered with papers and clothing. Iu an alcove curtained off was the bed. There lay the body of the young banker, cold iu death. In his hand was a heavy pocket pistol. The bullet entered en-tered behind the right ear, shattered the skull and lodged in the brain. He had been dead a eorple of hours. The Knights of Pythias have charge cf the body, which will be shipped to the Beard home at York, Pa. The cashier was bJ years old and had been here eleven years. |