THE KINGSPORT TIMES
KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE
December 7, 1926
Page 5, Column 3
ASSISTANT CASHIER OF BANK COMMITS SUICIDE
Memphis, Tennessee, December 7...(AP)....Clarence Henochsberg, 44, assistant cashier of the American Savings Bank and Trust Company, Memphis, telephoned a director of the bank here today that he was short in his accounts, then killed himself by shooting.
The bank from which a clerk disappeared last week when shortages of $105,000 in his accounts were discovered, did not open at 9 o'clock, the accustomed hour, but the board of directors went into private session.
The American Savings Bank and Trust Company is capitalized at $100,000. Surplus and undivided profits are listed as $122,000. When Rush H. Parke, bookkeeper, disappeared last week, the bank officials charged off shortages of approximately $105,000.
Henochsberg left a wife and two children.
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Marshall Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan
December 7, 1926
Bank Cashier Shoots Himself
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 7.— (U.P.)
Clarence Henochsberg, assistant cashier of the American Savings Bank & Trust company, shot himself thru the head at his home here this morning, and died almost instantly.
Henochsherg's suicide came at a time when the authorities were investigating circumstances connected ith the flight of Rush Parke, youthful absconding bookkeeper of the American Savings Bank & Trust So., whose account were found to be short more than $100,000.
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KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE
December 7, 1926
Page 5, Column 3
ASSISTANT CASHIER OF BANK COMMITS SUICIDE
Memphis, Tennessee, December 7...(AP)....Clarence Henochsberg, 44, assistant cashier of the American Savings Bank and Trust Company, Memphis, telephoned a director of the bank here today that he was short in his accounts, then killed himself by shooting.
The bank from which a clerk disappeared last week when shortages of $105,000 in his accounts were discovered, did not open at 9 o'clock, the accustomed hour, but the board of directors went into private session.
The American Savings Bank and Trust Company is capitalized at $100,000. Surplus and undivided profits are listed as $122,000. When Rush H. Parke, bookkeeper, disappeared last week, the bank officials charged off shortages of approximately $105,000.
Henochsberg left a wife and two children.
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Marshall Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan
December 7, 1926
Bank Cashier Shoots Himself
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 7.— (U.P.)
Clarence Henochsberg, assistant cashier of the American Savings Bank & Trust company, shot himself thru the head at his home here this morning, and died almost instantly.
Henochsherg's suicide came at a time when the authorities were investigating circumstances connected ith the flight of Rush Parke, youthful absconding bookkeeper of the American Savings Bank & Trust So., whose account were found to be short more than $100,000.
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THE KINGSPORT TIMES
KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE
December 7, 1926
Page 5, Column 3
ASSISTANT CASHIER OF BANK COMMITS SUICIDE
Memphis, Tennessee, December 7...(AP)....Clarence Henochsberg, 44, assistant cashier of the American Savings Bank and Trust Company, Memphis, telephoned a director of the bank here today that he was short in his accounts, then killed himself by shooting.
The bank from which a clerk disappeared last week when shortages of $105,000 in his accounts were discovered, did not open at 9 o'clock, the accustomed hour, but the board of directors went into private session.
The American Savings Bank and Trust Company is capitalized at $100,000. Surplus and undivided profits are listed as $122,000. When Rush H. Parke, bookkeeper, disappeared last week, the bank officials charged off shortages of approximately $105,000.
Henochsberg left a wife and two children.
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Marshall Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan
December 7, 1926
Bank Cashier Shoots Himself
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 7.— (U.P.)
Clarence Henochsberg, assistant cashier of the American Savings Bank & Trust company, shot himself thru the head at his home here this morning, and died almost instantly.
Henochsherg's suicide came at a time when the authorities were investigating circumstances connected ith the flight of Rush Parke, youthful absconding bookkeeper of the American Savings Bank & Trust So., whose account were found to be short more than $100,000.
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KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE
December 7, 1926
Page 5, Column 3
ASSISTANT CASHIER OF BANK COMMITS SUICIDE
Memphis, Tennessee, December 7...(AP)....Clarence Henochsberg, 44, assistant cashier of the American Savings Bank and Trust Company, Memphis, telephoned a director of the bank here today that he was short in his accounts, then killed himself by shooting.
The bank from which a clerk disappeared last week when shortages of $105,000 in his accounts were discovered, did not open at 9 o'clock, the accustomed hour, but the board of directors went into private session.
The American Savings Bank and Trust Company is capitalized at $100,000. Surplus and undivided profits are listed as $122,000. When Rush H. Parke, bookkeeper, disappeared last week, the bank officials charged off shortages of approximately $105,000.
Henochsberg left a wife and two children.
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Marshall Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan
December 7, 1926
Bank Cashier Shoots Himself
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 7.— (U.P.)
Clarence Henochsberg, assistant cashier of the American Savings Bank & Trust company, shot himself thru the head at his home here this morning, and died almost instantly.
Henochsherg's suicide came at a time when the authorities were investigating circumstances connected ith the flight of Rush Parke, youthful absconding bookkeeper of the American Savings Bank & Trust So., whose account were found to be short more than $100,000.
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