Show SELF DEFENS I OF BANKER 1 CASHI I Control of j S to Fatal Duel Bel I L Locked Door Doors DoorS S j By International News Se Sc PEORIA Ill Iii Dec 24 s Se Seit it is believed here today w plea of Edgar A. A Strause p pr the State Trust and Saving Savin Pe Peoria rIa who shot and killed Mend Mead the banks bank's cashier af af tol duel behind locked dOors fice flee of the bank Strause rest rest- resto o on a charge of murde murder Coroner Elliott today beg of the shooting Directors of the bank aS ass fi question of of- the of-the the banks bank's solve in the tragedy an andl pared to open the bank tod care for any run that thata m ma ma a result of the shooting St resigned the presidency an si Leisy president of the Lei Leisy company has been named The slaying of Mead 1 is 1 ha have ve resulted from a person perso persons between the president arid ancl over control of the bank M was a heavy stockholder J s shave have been planning to oust from rom the presidency at tb th the election of officers Strause ings in the bank are said tol to only while Meads Mead's l s 's worth approximately The Tie meeting between the m ni bank bani is believed to have b bj br dental In a statement nt issi 1551 the tile shooting Strause asse assel asit quarrel followed his refusal jt stock to Mead Mend Mend Mead Stra assaulted him and fired t fn x r Strause then drew his reV revo shot twice both bullets Meads Mead's head After Atter th theS thea Strause admitted detectives detectIve bank and surrendered 9 Mrs 1 Mend Mead who is said t tan toai 1 an appointment tp to meet 1 h hat at the bank arrived a fe few e ji after the shooting but was admittance nce it is declared threatened to break through Her husband was dead w J reached him Ij 1 |