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Show FAINTS AND IS CARRIED TO THE BANK As a result of the excitement, Inci dental to the attempted burglary of his residence, and the assault upon him during the past two days, B F. Ballantyne, the stenographer of the First National bank, fainted while on his way to the bank shortly after 1 o'clock today and had to be carried to : the bank by Jack Corey and others. A physician was called. A nervous breakdown, coupled with the heat of the day, Is thought to have caused the fainting spell Doubting the story of the attack upon him by two thugs and the subsequent sub-sequent shooting, the police put Ballantyne Bal-lantyne through an examination this morning In the chief s office at the police station during which Deter lives Burke and Plncock and Chief of Police W I Norton piled him with questions. Ballantyne showed signs of nervous trouble then and wbb compelled com-pelled to rest for a time upon the couch. He maintains that the battle I occurred as he originally related It James E Ballantyne. the father, believes be-lieves the police are unfair In ques tloning the statement made by his son He stated today that the builet could easily have passed through the coat and book from the In3lde as the coat wa6 flying open when the young man broke away from his assailants and the hole in the center of his hat was made yvhlle he held the hat In his hand. "Even while the shooting was gom I on," said Mr Ballantyne, "Mrs. B F Ballantyne was telephoning to the bank to find out if her husband had left and then she telephoned to the police, before her husband arrived at the house after the encounter! .Mr. , Ballantyne's mother, Mrs J f Browning, was in the house with her 1 and heard the shots as did the next door neighbor Mrs. E. A. Sherman, wife of the chief forester There are several other neighbors who heard eighteen or more shots fired. The police are unfair in insinuating tha" there were no holdups attacking my 6on. His back Is covered with brui ses received in the fight with the robbers rob-bers " oo |