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.... f I SWINDLER F. DONALD COS- j TER SHOOTS HIMSELF ! J ; 1 FAIRFIELD, Conn., Dec. 16. Philip Mu-sica, the swindler and confidence man who masqueraded as F. Donald Coster to become the head of the gigantic McKesson and Rob-bins Drug combine, killed himself today in the bathroom of his home here as he was about to be arrested for his part in the disappearance of 8,000,000 in assets of "the company. United States Marshall Bernard Fitch and Assistant United States Attorney Arthur Gorman of the Connecticut federal district court, reached the "Coster" home just as the unmasked swindler rushed into the house, passed "George Dietrich," who is George Musica, in the sun room and sped to the private bath, where they found "Coster." on the floor, the gun beside him. After doing what they could for "Coster," the government men arrested "Dietrich." George Vernard, who has been identified as Arthur Musica, had previously been arrested at his home in Brooklyn. It was nine minutes past noon when "Coster" pulled the trigger and in five minutes he was dead. The bullet entered his right ear.
