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JERSEYVILLE BANK REMAIN CLOSED DURING CHECK UP Action Taken After Ends Frank His D. Cashier, Heller, Own Life. ILL., Jan. First National closed when of committed suicide yescashier remain closed noon, of the an accounts by national bank the and years an employe killed himself after bank, the arrival yesterday of Vance national examiner, with headquarters Sailor started work Louis. his regular inspection of the accounts yesterday mornchatting casually with the as he went through the Heller, who had been noon and despondent for several to his substantial home part of went to bathroom and shot through the left temple. was left no note Members of family. who heard the shot, the tall, slim, sprawled on the bathroom The pistol was still in his hand. The natty suit he wore unwrinkled, and the lines of that creased his face had disappeared hours after the suicide of the board of directors, fearclosed the bank About had been before The institution capitalized for Heller was second largest stockthe bank. He was presithe Ice Comprominent in farm activities generally as one of financial and moral pillars of was 52 years old. and had for years He in Jerseyville, and his first position with the bank, was as 35 years ago. Heller survived by his widow two daughters. The elder, Helen Heller member of senior class at Washington University. Pending the outcome of the examination of the bank's books by federal bank examiners, Cochran president of the institution. has said that no statement either as to condition of the bank. the condition of Heller's personal accounts, would be made public.
