Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-12
PRESIDENT OF A BUTTE. MONT. IN
sTITUTION MURDERED.
BY ONE OF HIS PENSIONERS.
MURDERER DECLARED HE lad
BEEN REFUSED WORK.
Had Frequently Been Aided by lis
yictim-Crime Indirectly Due
TO the Explosion Which
Cost the Murderer
Leg.

Butte. Mont. Jan. 1l.-Patrick a. Large,
president of the State Savings bank AM
one of the best known citizens of Butte
was hot and killed in the bank buildiT
at l o'clock this afternoon by Thomas ]
Riley.
Riley entered the bank five or ten min
utes before committing the bloody act III
called Largey TO the cashiers wlndow ahe
the two talked for five minutes or more
They We're conversfng in ordinary tones
and there was nothing TO indicate thaq
their talk was otherwise than iflehuiE.
Suddenly Riley drew Il gun and shot
through the window at LarSey. Ihe bul-
let struck the latter in the left arm ana
shattered the bone Largey stopped down,
and had he continued in that position he
might have escaped with his HE. as ne
was protected by the counter. However,
he arose partly. and. as he did so, hlieS
fired IA second shot. The bullet struck Mr
Largcy squarely in the forehead, and he
fell on the fioor dead.
The murderer started for the front door
on Park street, and as he passed the tel
er's window he took shot at those behind
the railing The bullet narrowly missed
Frank Holmes one of the clerks, dug
hole. in his desk and went through glass
in one of the windows on the Main street
side of the building. Riley then rushed
out of the Park street door, thrustihs MS
pistol into his pocket as he did so.
William Huselton, a customer or the
hank was outside the railing when the
shooting occurred He made rush Tor
the man, but, deferred by the sight OF the
weapon did not grab him. de 1oiioWeo
Riley out. however The murderer hurried
west on Park street. followed by Huseiton'
who kept calling out to arrest the man.
cd hy
and he was taken to Jail.
| He fooled me too long" exclaimed Riley
| when he arrived at the county JAIL anu
| j killed him. He kept promising me worh,
| but did not give me any. and l couio not
stand ii any longer. Now. II you want 10
| hang me for II. all right. Give me quick
| trial and end it.. H. loo.
| the other in the explosion of the powder
| warehouse at the Montana central ram oau
yards and has since worn M one Tora Of the COM
panies whose warehouse exploded ana COST
| fifty-eight lives. . .,.
| Largey refused to help him. 1t Is well
| known that the banker has frequently heip-
| ed him. He secured employment for MN a
! number of times, but Riley WAS unable 10
hold position any length of time; BE, Be
sides, Largey occasionally supplied him
| with money. A., -
| suit of conspiracy or an understanding
| to kill more than one man who had man
| agerial or proprietary interests in the two
| warehouses that were the scenes of the eX'
plosions. These warehouses belonged tS
the Butte Hardware Company. OF whlcf
| I.argey was manager, and the Kenyon
Conneil Company. of which. W. r. Kenyon
was the head. Suits for damages agsre
eating a quarter of million dollars wer,
| brought, and several verdicts were secured
but the explosions and subsequent attach
| ments had exhausted the resources of thu
| Kenvon-Ionnell Company. while the BUTT
Hardware Company had gone into liquida
ton and the judgments are unsatisted
There is strong talk of lynchinS Riley ant
| four other murdererS confined III the jail.
Riley was taken to Deer Lodge penitenti
ary this afternoon, in company with Bol
| Shadwell, another murderer. to preVen
| ivpcbing They were smuggled out O
| town in the poor farm ambulance.