Show BANt CASHIER SHOOTS SELF Was Ex President of Kiwanis and Chamber of Commerce REDWOOD CITY Calif Feb 11 By By Tho The Associated Press Press- Press The Time body of Frank K Towne for many years cashier of ot tho First bank of Redwood City and former president of ot the cham cham- chamber ber her of commerce and Kiwanis club clubs was found Thursday in the foothills back of ot here with a bullet bunel bole hole through the head bead There Is a shortage hortage of ot 2078 In the bank banks bank's cash accounts Towne Tone was as one of ot the best known banking officials of the San Francisco bay region The Tho office says that there Is lano no question but that he ho killed himself Towne disappeared Wednesday morning during an audit of or the banks books by a federal exam exam- examiner iner mer ner Searchers came upon hIs at it an an Isolated poInt Intile In tile ti-io foothills On the seat seat was WaI a note said Look In lit the bushes An examination in III the nearby brush disclosed dl closed the bankers banker's body wIth a pistol clutched in his hand band The Tho federal e examiner Issued a saying that a n shortage of existed In the batiks banks bankc tab c-tab sh accounts but that otherwise ilI books balanced U up as lIS they The Tho examiner did no not that the tha shortage was In 1 Towns Townes accounts |