| Show BANK PRESIDENT MIDERED I Former Emploe Kills Patrick Largey of Butte Inrrr prod 1e Ihl1 Treated by HU MetlnA 1 ConplrAtJ tu A 1nittin Othie Butte Mon Jan 11 Patrick A Lar gey president of the State Savings bank and one of the best known citizens citi-zens of Unite was shot and killed In the bank building about I oclock this afternoon by Thomas J Riley Hlley entered the bank five or ten minutes before committing the blody act He called Largey to the cashiers window and the two talked for five minutes or more Thy were conversing convers-ing In ordinary tones and there was nothing to Indicate that their talk was otherwise than friendly Suddenly Kllcy drew ajjcun and shot through the window at Largvyr The bullet struck the latter In the left arm and shattered the bone 1 Largey stooped down and had he continued In that position he might have escaped with his life as he was protected by the counter However he roe partly and as he did so Hle fired a second shot The bullet truck Mr Largey squarely In the forehead and he fell over on the floor dead 100r The murderer started for tho front door on ark street and 1 he Passed the tellers window he took n shot nt those behind the railing The bullet narrowly I missed Frank Holmes one of the clerks dug a hole In his desk and went through a glass In one ul the window win-dow on the Main street side of the building Hlley then tu > hed out of the Park street door thrusting his pistol Into his pocket as he did so William Hulon n customer of the bank aws outside the railing when the Placating occurred lie mad n rush for the man but deferred hI the slight 01 the veapon did not grab him He followed fol-lowed Riley out however The murderer mur-derer hurried west on Park street followed fol-lowed by Huselton who kept calling out to arrest the man Olllcers attracted at-tracted by the shooting did so and he was taken to Jail He fooled me too long exclaimed Riley when he urrlevcd at I the county Jail and I killed him lie kept promising prom-ising me work but he did not give mo any nnd I could not stand It any longer Now If you want to hang me for I all ilfcht Give me a quick trial and end I The murderer has but one log Bo lost the other In the explosion of the powdur warehouses at the Montana Central railroad yards and has since worn a cork leg Largey was man tiger of one of UI Companies whome warehouse exploded and caused the loss of fifty eight lives In contradiction to his statement that Largey refused to help him It Is I well known that the hanker frequently helped him lie Fccumd employment for him n number of times but Hller was unable to hold n position any length of time Besides Lnrgey occasionally occa-sionally supplied him with money I Is I asserted that the killing was the result nf a 0nllmcy or an understanding under-standing to kill more than one man who had managerial or proprietary Interests I In-terests In the two vr houses that were the scenes of the Ilolon Theo warehouses b longed l to the ute Harthue Company of which Inrgey was manager and the ICenyon Connell company ot which W Il Ken yon was the head UIA for damages agAUn n callarter ot n million dollar dol-lar wr ought and soveral lct veto seemed but the xplolono and subsequent attachments had exhausted the resources of the nyonCounell company while tho Dime Hardware company hat gone Into liquidation and the juJmnt are utirthifleal Then Is strong talk o lynching Title nnd four other murder rs confined In tho Jill Later niley was tattoo to Deer Lodge penitentiary this afternoon In company g with Hob hadwell an tber murderer to prevent Ivnchlnir which looked vel possible They were smuggled out of town In a poor fnrm ambulance Chlaen Illff S1oring Whigs Chicago Jan IIThe sanltaiy Ills trlct of Chicago has today awarded the contract for the eight track swing bridge over the 1flngo canal at Cumlbel avenue tn a bridge company of Cleveland 0 The ct i of tile bridge Is to be About 1320000 This amfinir bridge will carry the tracks uf the Plttsburg Cincinnati Chicago t 8t Louis th Chicago K Northern Pa rlllo and the Union Stockyards Transit Company The length o the bridge Is I 410 feet hlh 13 feet and weight ot steel MO ton Thin In I the largest swinging bridge In the world th next largest being that Or the Harlem river on tile Ine ot ilio New York Central railway |
