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Show TRAGEDY IN MONTANA. Ana eon Ha Man Miul Down lltcauae He IHd Nut llllf lu Murderer's luvenllui.. Kn raged by an Imuglnary grievance. John Mctieary, formerly employed by the Anaconda Copper Mining company I tha Washoe aim King plant tn Ana-sywaH Ana-sywaH Mostw deUberaWly shot said fatally Injured William J, Kvana, gen' ral superintendent of machinery of tha Amalgamated properties, Sunday mornlug. Mr. Kvana succumbed to the wounds a few hours later. The asjossein shut Mr. Kvans first In tbe back of the neck, the ball fiudlng an exit through the face. The second ball waa Hred Into the right aide of the back after the victim lay prostrate on the ground. Moiieary attempted to make bla es cape, but was shot by a bystander and seriously wounded, when he surrendered. sur-rendered. The shooting down of the popular official of the Anaconda company la the direct reault of a deaire on tbe part of Mc(ieary to have Inalalled In the concentration plant a device which be claims would be a great Improvement as compared with the machinery now lo use. Mclleary, according to his own lory, declares that he has Invented a simple piece of machinery known an a rack to hold Ihe acreeu in the jig. aud thia, he aaya, he wanted tried al the works tn order that he might learn bow Bucceaaful It would be, Frequently .Mcticsry haa called on Mr. Kvans and aakrd him that he he givuo an opportunity tn improve the concentrator, but lite oflicial, believing that there waa little if any value In the device, had noi taken the matter up In earnest as Mctieary had desired, aud this waa the caunc of the workman's work-man's hatred for the otliclal. |