The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16
ENDS IN SHOOTING
Bank Quarrel Reaches Courts in
Assault Case.
Here's Where You DE- CASH
Ter Cried Out.
TTTTVF MAN 0NAMEss
Grapples With Husky Assailant,
Saving Life.
Town Row Result of Old Breiden-
thai Controversy.

Erie. Kan, Dec. 16.-How the rivalry
between the ST. Paul State bank and
the Mission State bank at St. Paul,
kan, has caused a town row, has in
jecte~. itself into the social as we'll as
the business life of the town, resulted
in women passing each other by with
out speaking ana lastly eliminated in
attempt on the part of "A. ]. Shan
non, cashier of the ST Paul State, to
kill ". ". O'Bryan, a heavy stock
holder in the Mission State, the night
of November %, was partially told at
the preliminary hearing of Shannon
here on a charge of assault with in
tent to kill.
Shannon was bound over to the dis
trict court under $1,000 bond, which he
furnished. He offered no testimony in
his own behalf.
The alleged murderous assault oc-
Cured in a St. Paul barber shop. On
the night of November %, shannon
was sitting by a stove in the back END
of the .oom. O'Bryan entered and
greeted several friends. He asked the
barber if the shop would be open the
following -Thanksgiving-an up
on being told it would remain open I'M
til noon, started to leave
The testimony showed that at this
juncture, Shannon, using an epithet
exclaimed, Here's where you die at
the same time drawing and cooking
a revolver. which he pointed at O'Bryan-
He Fights on Death
The latter, who was very alert,
knocked up the wrist of the hand that
held the revolver and the shot sent
the bullet into the air O'Bryan then
grappled with Shannon, although the
latter is large man twice his size,
throwing his right arm around his neck
and fastening the fingers OF his rlgnr
hand in his throat.
Others interfered disarming Shan
non and asking O'Bryan to release MIN.
O'Bryan did so. then walked out ana
inc
word.
The pair had never had an encoun--
ter before-in fact. they had never had
much to do with one another in any
way. shannon is the casn asI, Oh tH Is
St Paul State bank. and O'Bryan is
a stockholder in the Mission state
bank of St. Paul. and member OF It's
board of directors
Beginning of the Story.
The beginning of the story probably
dates back to the time before the MIS-
sion State bank was founded
0'Rrvan is a stock man He was
reared in Mission township and Is
worth probably S50, goo to 100000 He
married a daughter Of the man VINO
owned a large interest IN the y. f istn
State bank. and did MS business Win
the institution
When John BreidenthaI was state
bank commissioner years ago ne came
70 St. Paul ana engaged in q contro-
concerning the manner in which the
bank did business. Both men became
vexed. Breidenthal growing so angry
that he ordered the bank closed ana
shut it up for day or two
Took His Money Out
O'Bryan's father-in-law never forgaVe
him for this and subsequently when
he found that Breidenthal, who galheu
control of 2 chain of Danks IN Kansas,
rad obtained an interest in the St. PAU
State bank. he severed his connection
With it. and O'Bryan did business with
shannon came to St Paul to be cash
Ter Of the st. Paul State bank under
the new management. Four years ago
one of his patrons became vexeo pc
a,,se shannon would not allow him to
draw money on deposit after the banks
had agreed to restrict the payment OF
DEPOSITS because of the financial panic.
He interested O'Bryan and the latter
4atber-in-law in organizing another
hanlx-the Mission State.