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Show SAD CHRISTfflAS. ,'1fl l-v'M Misfortune of Michael Foer- Y ,fl stel in St, Louis. ;,, Jfl DKl'OSI'.II AND UlSllllArEU. 'ill i I'irjB Slity-threj Thoosind Dollars Short ' In Ills Accounts. '" H ' " ! IIB iiHviiMirm.A sunlit. i Inqulrr I'rnsra lb. Inoorrnea of lilt lH laclirr ami Mi. liullt -t I tB tie Koii. rH St. IrSUID, Mo., Deo. 10. Dtpoied IH with a slictltge lu his accounts l)f $03,. Wk 000, bit sou dead, a suicide, with' abso- IH luto ruin stating him In the face, rlfl Mlohiiel J, Poerstel, until tonight city H trcaiurir of Bt. Louis, la onsof tho 'H most miserable of men. ' tl-H At umar ly hour this mornlug fire ,H was discovered by thu Watchman In JSfl tho city treasurer's ofllce, whsro tho ;H doors of the vaults vrrro wide o en; It IH -sr&s too evident that an attempt had tM licit made to destroy everything In jH that cllliolu tho way nf records, i'or. JJJI tuimtely the fire was extinguished H beforu any thing but mmo useless pa era H andollliirnlturnhal been destroyed. akamvsl Whuu Treasurer I'oerstel arrived al- IH most tho III st words worn that wheu ,, , '!M his son and assistant, Kdward, arrived, l JUH they would qulikly know how tilings 'l, loamvsi stood. h iH In afew minutes word was received (.' Tavsl that the young man was then dying at l j Mavafl his housu with a bullet In his brain, i; 11 II red theru by Ills own baud. ' IH When the news wss comtnunl- I.H cated to nil father ho was prostroted FM for a short time, but by a vlo- lM lent cllott suppressed hit emotion and lB directed that au Investlgatloiibu begun Javsl at oucu Into the allalrs of ths olllce. , ! M 1 lilt was completed lata this evening, QH with tho result slated above. Thu iToH mayor Immediately deposed tbe tre- Harnvsi urer and ap;iolntod Charles Parsons, a tlamvsi well known banker, to net In his stead. IHH Kor several weeks tboro have been Ravi rumors afloat about young I'oerstel, HB who hoi Ixen what It kuown as a hH plunger. Thernhadbeensultt brought , jH against hit father by money lenders , ammmvsi notorioua for exhorbltaut charge.. i H Amnions regarding teal erstate deals '. ' .'li.i lavavsi and allegations of tliouse of city money J 'y lH by some one who recouped tho treat. I . , .DH ury previous to tegular examlnatlona f t'ctiavavsi by borrowing from a Hhjiock, who at - M t'Havavavsi last sued the treasurer himself on notes J fltH which tbe old man declares to be for 1 i'HH gerles. To Isy's events Is tho culmlua- oHavavsi llonof all these rumors. "' i Eiavavsi The ycung man's ruoonl It that ofa ' " icJ-(JH wild plunger. On horsea he was a i ' l-H heavy bitter, playing a thousand or Al H more at a time. He waa alto interested t fHavavsi in real estatsdealt beyond hit capa 'iramvsi city to handle, as shown by recent do- flfljH velopnicnlt. He was only twenty. I IB tlireo ears of age, but had a latgn ex. t I JH lerlencoin financial mailers. lu Ills , j J.H capacity as assistant treaiurer ever tun "' IH millions passed through lilt hands an lamvsi Iiunlly, Hu was truaiurcr ef two " IH building associations and Interested In lamvsi a company that manufactured novel. ,M ties, but his accounts aru said to be all jH right. His attorney sjya be waa terrl- lH bly worried of late hy the attempt of lH mmo one to blackmail him out of 1-mvsl $10,000 to koip quiet what ho know. It B Is aetlled by tbu Inquiry that thn H father I ersonally Is Innocent nt wrong BBI doing. His ton sank thn whole tutu iH in frantlo real etlate dealt. Sfl |
