Show AN AWFUL confession of a bank president Who Robbed his own bank miserable creature tells how systematically he deceived his partners and the public and takes death as his reward emporia kan nov 22 since the sensational failure of bf the first national bank which was followed by the suicide of charles S cross president of the bank and owner of the famous sunnyside Sunny side stock farm there have been rumors of a written confession left behind the suicide this letter was made public today by william martindale vice president of the bank and has caused a sensation in emporia for it is an u ac by the suicide that he had systematically deceived and defrauded not only the patrons of h his s bank but his business associates the letter follows emporia kan may 12 1898 12 m I 1 desire to state that the misfortunes of myself and the bank have been caused through my faults and errors I 1 inherited a large debt which I 1 endeavored to meet by going into other ec schemes hemes which have all been practical failures and only got me deeper deepe into the mire As to the bank matters I 1 desire to say that I 1 have carefully laid plans to deceive both the board of directors the cashier and employed emp loyes M mr martindale will now learn for the first time bow how I 1 carefully deceived him principally by way of substituted paper of which he has no knowledge the reports and letters written the comptroller have been by me misrepresented to the board they having signed on the last page and I 1 having sent other letters than the ones read to them changing every one but the last sheet I 1 have had a hard luck story most of my lifetime the he only pleasant feature being that ol 01 or my present wife who has been a good and true woman mr davis our cashier has never made an improper entry on the books and knows nothing of this whole miserable business death I 1 do not fear it Is preferable to the agony of the past year I 1 know nothing further to add except as to mr martindale this is a terrible thing tor him he trusted me without reserve I 1 have given him a bill of sale of all my personal property signed C S CROSS |