Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1909 — Banker Dies in Poor House. [ARTICLE]

Banker Dies in Poor House.

Laporte, Ind., aJn. 4.—Thomas W. Loomis, aged 75 years, at one time prominently identified with banking interests in Philadelphia, Pa., and Painville, Ohio, died Sunday in the Laporte county poor house. He dissipated a large fortune in drink and then became a public charge to spend his last year as a pauper.