Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-11-23

morning last, was enacted a bloody tragedy
SO inhuman, barbarous and revolving in its
details, that its contemplation appalls the
the senses and chills the blood with horror.
That the evil passions of human nature,
reused to an ungovernable pitch of fury.
sometimes urge men to the commission of
crimes SO terrible that the mind instinctively
shIinks from their contemplation. is true /;
but it Seems absolutely impossible that a
being wearing the guise and claiming the at
tributes of humanity clothed with reason
and in full possession of his faculties. could
commit deed so hthdish in its conception
;..1 uarDarous in its consumation as the one,
the particulars of which. we are called upon
10 relate. On the morning mentioned,
jeremiah McKisson, q quiet. peaceaule and
order,- citizen of Rich Gulch, met a violent
and bloody death at the hands of Bryan
Falloa. We have no desire to pre-judge the
accused, nor to prejudice public sentiment
against him. He must answer for his deeds
b-fore the proper tribunal; but the facts in
the case. as developed by the testimony adj
5uced before the Coroner's jury. and the
relations of eye witnesses, are public prop
erry. and such we lay them before our
..eIa. In addition to this, justice to the
dead demands it.
fallon and McKisson were naishbors, their
!5nl..es joining each other: that Of Fallon'
ly.ng lack of Mckisson's from the main
1oad. Considerable il-feelins existed be-
tween the parties in consequence of the
le.r-dGti tons committed by McKisson's stock
e=.5:ag into Faiion's ranch, and we are in
formed that threats had been made by both.
each other; bat Mckis~on had recently
erected a dwelling near the main road for
the purpose Of removing as far as possible
from his neighbor and thus avoid getting
into difficulty. The only outlet to Fallon's
ranch is through McKisson's, and unfor-
:unately for both the road used by Fallon IN
hauling wood, ETC., runs within few feet of
McE;sson's new residence. The immediate
cause which led 10 the homicide. was the in
ttntion OF McK;sson to build fence around
his house. which would necessarily cross and
close the road used by Fallon. Although
another thoroughfare could have been easily
constructed within few feet of the old one,
Fa,!on declared that his highway should not
b. obstructcd. On Saturday morning last,
eh0ut o'clock, Fallon was at work repair
,ag the read near Mcki>son's house. Nc
-A.sson, at the same time, was engaged i'll
digging rost-holes for the fence. Angry
words passed bctwe, the men, but their i'm
FarL will probably never be divulged; death
has placed the seal Of silence upon the lips
OF che forever, and proper regard for his
safety will impose secresy upon the other.
Just previous to the commencement of the
shooting by Fallon. man by the name of
John O'Neal, an acquaintance of both par
ties, rode up. dismounted from hi, horse and
was about entering the house; but hearing
angry words between the men, and not wish
ing to see or be implicated in any difficulty,
he turned back; as he did so, he heard a
p;stol shot. At that time he says az cKisson
las digging post-Eole," and that "Fallon
was fifteen feet distant from him." Fallon
rapidly advanced towards McKisson, firing
tSo more shots in quick succession. Not
satisfied with this, although one of the shots
inflicted mortal wound, Fallon seized his
yi.t:m by the collar, threw him to the ground
and Deat him over the head and face with his
pistol until it broke in pieces in his hand.
The skull was fractured SO badly that the
brains oozed out. Upon hearing the first
shot fired, Mrs. McKisson ran to the assis-
lance of her husband and while Fallon was
beating him, endeavored to get between
them. The demon, with ferocity which
would put to blush the foulest fiend in hell,
threw her to the ground, placed his foot up
on her. and while In that position, with one
blow from his powerful arms he drove the
chiscl-pointed end of pick into the back of
lie dying man with such force that it pene-
trated the lungs. Assistance was speedily
on the spot and everything that medical
skill and afiectionate care could suggest was
done. lie fingered in state of utter insrn-
slbilty until 3 O'clock, Sunday morning,
when death relieved him. An inquest was
neld upon the body, by the Coroner. DIR.
linrchne-. the testimony adduced, togeth-
e. with the verdict Of the jury, we publish
, aft h.,
SION o, lie crime, Fallon rode rapidly to this
Yiace II quest Of a lawyer. Finding that the
gentieEnan he wished to see mad gone to San
ha,tcas he started for that place. but over
took he object of his search at the Junction.
Meanwhile Deputy Sheriff Bates had been
HORNED or the occurrence and started in
pursuit of Fallen, whom he met returning to
tom. 1t is but justice to the accused to
state that he made no effort to escape. lie
l. now in Jail, and as he valves an examina-
ton. nothing further can be elected until the
meeting of the Grand Jury. Fallon's ver-
sion of the affair is that McKisson struck
MIN first with shovel and that he was CON-
PEELED to kill him in self defense; not one OF
the witnesses before the Coroner's Jury cor
r1oora.es lis statement. however. Indeed
Il it were true, no provocation, however
great, could justify the diabolical manner it
which Falon treated his victim after he was
mortality wounded. All of the pistol shot:
took effect; ne in the neck, the second ir
the breast. little above the left nipple, and
lie last in the left thigh. The wound in the
breast was declared mortal one by the
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