End of a Banker

Three years ago Paul Wupper, 54, was respected by the 571 citizens of Beemer. Neb., 80 mi. from Lincoln. For 20 years he had been president of Beemer State Bank, had served, too, as Beemer's mayor. But in September 1928, Banker Wupper received unwelcome visitors. They were State Bank examiners. Just before they found an embezzlement of $1,000,000 and ordered the bank closed, Banker Wupper vanished. Citizens and State offered $3,150 in rewards for his arrest.

Last year a Miss Hedwig Hirsch of Philadelphia married an elderly little gentleman named Frederick Brinkmann, superintendent of an electrical company in Trenton, N. J. Fortnight ago Frederick Brinkmann lost his job, fled from his home. He was arrested in New York, taken to Philadelphia, charged with desertion and failure to support. Wearily, the prisoner confessed that he had a wife and two children in the West. The charge was changed to bigamy. Later he confessed further, said he was missing Banker Paul Wupper. To Sheriff M. L. Enders of Lincoln he sent a wire to come and get him, he was tired of being hunted.

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