GERMAN TRAGEDY.
BANKER SHOOTS FAMILY BERLIN, January 26. An unsigned letter was received by the police in Gotha beginning. Last niglit the banker, Droate, voluntarily left this arduous and irksome life and took his family with him to the better beyond.” ~ , Inquiries led to the discovery that the banker liad 1 shot hisjvife. two little daughters, and himself. The letter referred to Black Friday, MaJ 13, on which date the credit of the Bourse was drastically restricted. Droate’s liabilities are stated to amount to £25,000. His assets have not yet been ascertained.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 92, 28 January 1928, Page 5
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