The record-union., 1898-01-12
Murdered by a Man Who He Had on Many
Occasions Bafriented.
The Tragedy Occurs in the Build
ing OF the Bank of Which De-
ceased Was President and in
the Presence of Several Other
Men-The Murderer Captured
and Taken to the Penitentiary
at Deer Lodge to Prevent
Lynching.

I BUTTE (Mont.), Jan. fitzpatrick A.
/ Largey, President of the State Saw
ings Bank and one Of the best known
citizens of Butte, was shot and killed
in the bank building about o'clock
this Afternoon by Thomas J. Riley.
Riley entered the bank five or ten
minutes before committing the bloody
act He called Largey 20 the cash
iers window, and the two talked for
five minutes or more. They were con-
yersing in ordinary tones, ana there
was nothing to indicate that their talk
was otherwise than friendly. Sudden
1y Riley drew q gun and shot through
the window at Largey. The bullet
struck the latter in the left arm and
shattered the bone.
Largey stopped down. and had he
continued in that position he might
have escaped with his life, as he was
protected by the counter. However he
rose partly, and as he did so Riley fired
a second shot. The bullet struck Mr..
Largey squarely in the forehead. and
he fell over on the floor dead.
The murderer started for the front
door on Park street. and as he passed
the teller's window he took shot at
those behind the railing The bullet
narrowly missed Frank Holmes, one of
the clerks, dug a hole in his desk and
went through a glass in one Of the
windows on the Main-street side of the
building
Riley then rushed out cf the Park
street door, thrusting his pistol into
his pocket as he did so.
/ William Huselton, a customer of the
bank was outside the railing when the
shooting occurred. He made rush
for the man, but deferred by the sight
of the weapon, did not grab him. lie
followed Riley out, however. The muir
derer hurried west on Park street, fol-
( lowed by Huselton, who kept calling
out to arrest the man. Officers at
tracted by the shooting did so, and he
was taken to jail.
HE fooled me too long," exclaimed
Riley when he arrived at the County
Jail, "and / killed him. He kept r1om-
ising me work, but he did not give me
any, and could not stand it any long
err Now, If you want to hang me for
| it, all right Give me u quick trial,
and end it,
| The murderer has but one leg. JIe
I lost the other IN the explosion of the
| powder warehouse at the Montana Cen
/ trail Railroad yards, and ne has since
worn a cork leg.
| Largely was manager Of one of the
companies whose warehouse exploded,
and caused the loss OF fifty eight lives.
| In contradiction to his statement that
Largey refused to helo him, i. is well
known that the banker frequently
helped him. He secured employment
for him number OF times, but Riley
was unable to hold a position any
/ length Of time. Besides, Largely coca
sionally supplied him with money
| 1t is asserted that the killing was the
result of a conspiracy or an undertake
| ing to kill more than one man who
had managerial Or proprietary inter
ests in the two warehouses that were
| the scene Of the explosions. These ware
houses belonged 70 the Butte Hardware
Company, of which Jargay was man
ager, and the nyon-Connell Com
pany, of which W. r. Kenyon was the
head. Suits for damages aggregating
quarter of a million dollars were
| brought and several vsrdicts were Sc
cured but the explosions and suisse
quent attachments had exhausted the
resources Of the Eenyon-Connell Com
pany, while the Butte Hardware Com
pany had gone into liquidation and
the Judgments are unsat.sfie,1
There is strong talk of lynching T;ilay
and four other murlerers confined il
the jail.
Iater-Riley was taken to Deer Ledge
Penitentiary this afternoon in com
pany with Bob Shadwell. another muir
derer to prevent lynching, which looked
very possible. They We're struggled
out of town in the cor farm ambu-
lance.
ANOTHER MURDER.
BUTTE (Mont.) Jan. L. Martin
OConnor was shot and instantly killed
about o'clock this morning in card
room in the rear Of the White Metal
saloon. Bob Shadwell the murderer,
is in custody. The two men were gam
bling O'Connor caught Sradwell
cheating and warned him, ana then
Shadwell went out and got a gun and
shot OConnor through the head
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