The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-31
The Serious Charge of Inf
deity Preferred by Her
Husband.
A Separation is the Result,
Followed by a Shoot
ing Afr y.
The Alleged True Inwardness OF
the Recent Difficulty Near
Beaman Station.


gard TO the unfortunate affair:
"a warrant was sworn out yesterday for
Milton c. Fall, who is charged with at
tempting to kill his brother-in-law James
E. Hehin, two miles north OF Beaman, on
the 18th inst, BY firing at him four shots
from a revolver Fall will have an exam
ination before Squire Steelman, at Bea-
man, Saturday next, when some interesting
facts will ne brought 10 the surface, as the
case is nasty one, with
WOMAN AT THE BOTTOM OF IT."
The BAzoO was given pointer" by a
gentleman who was not conversant with
the facts in the case, and Was told that
esquire SteeIman knew all the particulars,
and as he was in the city, there was q
chance for a sensation.
A representative of "the paper published
for the people now on earth" lost no time
in hunting up Squire Steelman, but that
official refused to say word, preferring TO
let the disgusting details come TO the sur
face when the case was called for trial, so
the reporter permitted the matter to drop
for the time being.
Yesterday, however, the defendant,
Milton C.. Fall, together with his brother,
Frank Fall, and three female members of
the family, was in the city aud BAZOO
man was soon
ON THEIR TRACK.
Frank Fall, a young man who has just
abort attained his majority, was met on
Main street by the reporter, and after con-
siderable persuasion he consented to talk,
when the true inwardness of the affair was
learned as follows:
Milton Fall and James Hefiin are
brothers-in-law. the latter having married
the formers sister, Louisa. several years
ago, and four children are the result Of the
union. Fall is also married man, his
wife's maiden name being Flora Kidd.
They were married five years ago and have
three children, two daughters and one son.
For four or five years past both Fall and
HeAin have rented land of James Thomas,
two and one-half miles north of Beaman,
in section of country
KNOWN AS BUNcOM.
Their residences were something like
quarter of a mile apart, and the two fami-
lies visited each other quite frequently.
Mrs. Fall, nee Kidd, is woman about %
wears old, while Hehin, who next figures
mos, prominently in the case, is between
S5 and 40 years of age.
Up to few months ago Fall and Helm
were the best of friends, but some weeks
ago Fall began to suspect that Helm was
paving too much attention to Mrs. Fall,
and GOODNESS sprang up between the two
men Fall kept his own counsel, however,
and determined to see whether or not he
had just
GROUND FOR HIS SUSPICIOUS.
On Tuesday afternoon, July 10Th, Fall
Was blowing in his field. when he noticed
Heflin going to his (FalI's) house, and felt
confident he was going for no legitimate
purpose. Determined to convince himself
whether his wife was unfaithful, Fall made
his way cautiously to his residence, and
looking in at the window, witnessed a
sight that almost frCze the marrow in his
bones, Notwithstanding the thermometer
stood at go. To make long story short,
he caught Hefiin and Mrs. Fall fagrante
delic,u, and then there was a scene beyond
the power of the reporter to describe.
Fall says that the guilty couple denied
emphatically that they
HAD BEEN cRIMINALLY INTIMATE,
and Helm went so far as to threaten his
(Fall'sl life. if anything was said about the
unfortunate affair so that it would get
noised about the neighborhood.
HeHin soon left FalPs place OF abode,
leaving the wronged husband and unfaith-
full wife to settle matters to suit themselves.
Fall then told his wife that they would
have to separate, as he could no longer live
with a oman who had proven unfaithful
to her marriage vows. and he set about
making arrangements to take his departure,
which he did the next day, Wednesday,
July l1th,
GOING TO THE HOME OF HIS MOTHER,
a distance of three miles.
His three children he left in the custody
of his wife, and also lett to her all the
household effects, telling her she was well
come to everything, but in the future she
xould have to shift for herself. From the
day of separation up to the present time
the husband and wife have remained apart.
and the prospect of q reconciliation is slim
indeed
On Sunday afternoon, July 18th, Fall
was at the home of his mother, when Hef-
lin came riding up to the house. Just what
occurred is unknown to the reporter, as
those cognizant of the facts do not care to
say anything until
THE DAY OF THE TRIAL.
1t is known, though, that Fall fired four
shots al his licentious brother. in.law,
neither of which took effect, and Befin lost
no me in getting out of the neig hborhood.
OF course the fact that q shooting affray
had occurred soon became noised about the
community, and then it was the true in
wardness of the sffray was brought out and
the tongues of the gossippers were set
Vaughn. >,
Hefin had Fall arrested, as was stated
in Wednesdays BAzoo, charging him with
SHOOTING WITH INTENT 10 KILL,
and the examination is to take place be-
for Squire Steelman, at Buncom school
house. two and one-half miles north OF
Beaman, tomorrow.
Hefiin and Mrs. Fall still insist that