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Suicide of a City Treasurer.

Suicide of a City Treasurer.
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March 24, 1895, Page 8Buy Reprints
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MANNINGTON, West Va., March 23. -- Capt. J.W. Haggerty, one of the best-known men in the State, and City Treasurer of this place, shot himself through the head this evening, and died a few hours later. Haggerty was short in his accounts with the city about $1,700, and a committee was appointed to make an investigation. It did so, and this afternoon the committee met Haggerty in his office and accused him of the shortage. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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