Hi Gary I hate to be the party pooper here, but on the other side of the coin from what Charani said, it is possible the money was stolen and the suicide was the outcome...... I hate myself for even suggesting it, but it is a possibility. Newspapers would definitely carry that sort of a story. Cheers Pam from Adelaide Australia > Hi List > > I have a ancestor who commited suicide on a railway track back in 1931 > weymouth, i have the press cuttings , he died with thousands of pounds > and cheques on him , the press mentions the money ,but not what happened > to it . > > The police would have held it ,i suppose at first , would a coroners > court record show what happened to it or how it was processed by the law . > > I have not yet located if he had a wife etc , but he had siblings . > > G.Hodge