BANKER’S TROUBLES
A TRAGIC END Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright* BERLIN, January 26. (Received June 28, at 1 a.m.). An unsigned letter received by the police iu Gotha, beginning: "Last, night the banker, Droate, voluntarily left this arduous, irksome life, and took his family with him to the better bevond,” led to the discovery that _ the hanker had shot his wife, his two little daughters, and himself. The letter re-larr"’-l (o “Black Friday,” May 13, on w!i,. , .late the Bourse credit was draslu.i.iy restricted. Droato’s liabilities arc slated to amount to £25,000, but his assets have not yet been ascertained.
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Evening Star, Issue 19776, 28 January 1928, Page 6
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99BANKER’S TROUBLES Evening Star, Issue 19776, 28 January 1928, Page 6
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