| Show I 01 OP Gnat Grier for fur n a Friends Causes Him ilium In io Commit tho Iho I Ie leIll Deed Nilee Nies March J 3 Oil Gil Gilbert GI bert beet former mayor of ot this town re reputed reo reputed to be Je wealthy wealth and Ind one we of the time best hest known and utmost most rost respected real resl d of or Barren county was found dead deall today In n a storehouse 1 In the th rear of nf his Ida residence rc where he hal hail ended enle his hi life le with a I bullet Oller over the misfortune une of ot n a bosom friend Is be le to have Me caused the suicide personal relations existed be between hI tween Iween Mr Ir Gilbert and Charles A Jihn Jhn Son Fon FOi cashier of 01 the time First t National bank who lied 1111 n a few tel hour hours b fore the failure of ot that thaI Institution and amid ni 1 who was WM brought hack back under tinder arrest from Ohio a few tow days day no a o charged with wih wrecking the time bank Mr Gilbert was waR Johnsons bunions legal ad nil adviser iser urnS and trusted him lly 1 Tho The two t o were ere much luch together and ond regard gari for or each other was wan WIM a n matter of common rommon knowledge among theIr as associates They he were engaged In many enterprises together loether und and Ind both for lor nearly thirty years ear had token n a lead head leading leat headIng ing In part commercially and nn personally In the development of or the town ton How HoW tar far Mr Olbert affairs were affected by lIy Johnsons operations and anil 1111 time the collapse of tho the First National hank only ani a n full mu tul investigation of oC that Ihal Institutions In condition can call disclose Mr aside from his own held many luny mutes In trust acted ns us guardian In several In Instances stances ami II noted acted ns nil loan agent for tor considerable eastern custom ens ter capital Hu lie did lIlI much business through Johnsons Johnsona bank and It was vas thought was a 0 largo large loser lo er through thu tho failure Mr Gilbert has been missing II since Friday morning when lien utter after uter break breakfast test fast ho lie started towards town Every Everything thing timing was found lound In perfect order In his hislaw hislaw law luw omee but hut unfinished business amid anil the time unlocked ante ale showed that ho he hal had hll been eln there Friday 1 morning Friday evening time the primaries prImaries rn maries manes of ot the tho second ward vard soro to 0 have halo been beau held luciuS In Mr r Gilberts alike olce Ills His 11 only daughter Julio Jula was wims of ot the opinion opinIon ion that I he ho hind had gone one out of ot town To Today Today Today day search by lila his friends disclosed the suicide Mr Gilbert served servel as R Justice of ot orthe the time supreme court commissioner of the city ely school board alderman aiderman nail and mayor WHAT JOHNSON SAYS SA iS Grand Rapids Mich March 21 24 2 When Informed of or tho the suicide of or ex cx Mayor Gilbert of 01 Nies Johnson said Rall he ho had hM known him for tor mushy many years We Wo were vere good goo friends It I Is true said he but lIuI It cannot be said Raid he ime was one ole of oC my nearest and best bent friends I cannot see how my lay troubles should have hae anything to 10 do with wih his hil act of 01 suicide Ho Ito 10 was a 1 patron of ot the time bank but his balance on deposit at tho time time ot or tho tue failure did 11 not nOI exceed 00 |
