EIBYS EXIT.

NZ Truth, Issue 99, 11 May 1907, Page 5

EIBYS EXIT.

MASHING MISS McDONALD.

A Young Fool's Foolish Infatuation;

The Old, Old Story Once Again:

Young Alfred Larsen Eiby went the way oi' a lot of foolish young men on Monday morning last, when without any apparent reason he ended his existence by letting " dayrlight .through hianself with a revolver bul-i let. Eiby was cashier at the New Zealand Shipping Copipaoiy's office arid when last seen by his fellow employees on the previous Saturday he was m much the same frame of mind as ever. In giving, an account of the young fellow's death, the daily press could assign no reason, 'simply because they knew 'of none, but it -came out at the inqjuest on Tuesday last, when the accountant of : the. New Zealand Shipping . Coy. giave cvklence and l said^nat young Eiby, .whose age was™iven as 26 years, was a . thief and that his depredations amounted, to £70 odd. Moreover, be bad prepared his monthly return, and iWy.last Wednesday the discovery of his shortage was inevitable, so the unfortunate fact ; r>eriiains that young Eiby, who is respoeta'tfly connected and cocnes from Timaru. killed himself, rather than face the shame amd igpiominy of being branded a -thief.' < The Coroner's jury, no doubt, out of pity, returned -a "verdict 'of "suicide while temporarily insane, .."hut whether temporarily insane or not. the fact remains that Eiby was off 'iris bead as far., as one Alice McDonald; a 'barmaid of the Club Hotel, was concerncil- fer some "weeks past. Eibv for the vast few weeks bad pretty well become insane, so strong was -his infatuation for THE DISPENSING- HEBE, who, whether she encouraged the young fellow -on-- Or- not. js •ty'St; known to herself. One thing, however, is tolerably certain, and that is, of .late,. E'ilhy bad town making the pace a fair cracker, and none of Alice's many admirers bad a look m while the 'ydun._c. cashier was on the job. He , 'bought champagne galore and had. even' m the very p'Jeasant pastime, (to barmaids) of making , valuable jewellery presentatio'iif - but :of tbe m^one'v be was steaifoig from his employers. Of course, it was 1-he'okl, old story, and the fact that the Vo'iug , fool destroyed - biansclf will not deter .other men, young or old, from making' criniinalr. of themselves and ...jlrmg'ihg sbamo and disgrace on their- respectable families tibroug-". a- mad infatuation for some woman, who half the time is only "ktidding" .ttiem and unwitjtinply lurimg them oi>.to their doom. As stated, for somctame past younsi Eiiby hiad 'be^n makiang an ass of ..himself over the Club Hotel barmaid and nobody ever suspected that lie was' all the tiaue robbing bis ; employers, and it is more than possible that the fact that be was an embezzler wptild not have been made/ public at the i_ii-iU'est, ( bad it' not heeii , that Dr, McKenzie was not thoroughly satisfied th's*t, it was a case of suicide, and the unpleasant eyidence bad to be broUgiht forward to show some reason why Eiby made such a sudden exit. It is also said that the young man was engaged to be - married to another young woman, and . iha,t seems the most unfortunate part of the whole sad business.