The Boston Globe, November 17th, 1991
BUREAU. The president of a small-town New England bank turns the key in his Coupe DeVille and heads off into the predawn gloom on a day in late December. He drives from his elegant estate through a lakeshore town alight with seasonal decorations. At the bank, he parks his Cadillac in a hurry, leaving the car lights on and the engine running. Later, he is found in the building's cramped bathroom, his brains and blood blown over the walls, washbasin, and mirror. A local coroner, after a peremptory investigation, rules the death a suicide. Months pass. The banker's will is executed, and in the pr...
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