Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. BANK MAN $14,500 SHORT William B. Hale, Assistant Cashier of Geneva Institution. Who Committed Suicide Monday, Was an Alleged Embezzler,_ Geneva. Ind., July 19. —William B. Hale, assistant cashier of the Bank of Geneva, who hanged himself Monday, was $14,500 short in his accounts, state bank examiners announced.- Th® stockholders agreed to an Immediate assessment to cover the deficit. Hale bad been assistant cashier of the bank for 16 years, drew a salary of $65 a mpnth and was janitor of the banking room, besides having practically entire charge of the business. He owned an automobile and he and hia wife lived well, but the bank's officers told the examiners they understood he had an income from investments, : ■ ’