, 1889-12-12
ON A MURDER CHARGE.
Michael Liebold on Trial for Kill.
ing Thomas Fallon in
May, 1887.
A History of the Crime-The Case
Has Not Yet Gone to
the Jury.

Michael Liebold, who Is charged
with the murder of Thomas Fallon
on the evening Of May "a, 1887, was
arraigned Friday morning in the
superior court. ...
The prisoner entered the court
room accompanied by his sister, Mrs.
McGowen of Chicago, who came
here few days ago to attend the
trial of her brother. Most Of the
day was occupied in getting ajury.
The panel was exhausted before
noon and a special venire ordered.
The jury was completed at 8
o'clock and a great number of wit
nesses on both sides were sworn.
Judge Blake issued an order that
the witnesses in the case be required
to absent themselves from the court
room while the examination was
going on, only one witness to be
allowed i'm the courtroom at time,
and that while he was testllying.
THE BODY EXHUMED.
The court also ordered that the
body of Fallon be exhumed for ex-
animation, there being some differ
ences as to the location Of the bullet
hole in the head. The body was ac-
cordingly taken up yesterday after
noon in the presence of Il. c. Grif-
fits, II. w. Murphy and Judge Ply
fer, the defendants attorneys, and
Coroner Mclean, Prosecuting At
torney Ridpath and DIR. Harvey.
The skull was taken to DIR. Harvey's
office for examination.
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.
After the jury had been impan-
eled Prosecuting Attorney Ridpath
briefly stated to them the history of
the crime and what he expected to
prove against the prisoner.
Thomas t'allon was the proprietor
of saloon on Mill street, opposite
the Grand hotel. The order on
which this establishment was car
ried on was not of the purest; the
frequenters of the establishment
were not of the best. On the night
of May "a, 1887, the defendant was in
the saloon. During the hours of II
and IL o'clock he was seen with the
wife of Fallon, walking arm in arm
through the streets and an alley or
the city. Liebold was i'm his room
back of the saloon both before and
after the fatal shot was fired. Mrs.
| Fallon was a woman of questionable
character and consorted with Lie
bold. There was no one i'm the room
occupied by Fallon and his wife as u
sleeping apartment on the night of
the tragedy, after II o'clock, except
ing Liebold, Fallon and his wife.
AT about 2 o'clock A. Nj.
A SHOT WAS HEARD
| fired in the building. After this
Liebold came out of the front door
of the saloon, which had been
closed, Liebold having the
key and unlocking and re-
I locking the door after leaving.
He proceeded to the Office
of DIR. Morgan, whom he awoke and
told that Fallon had shot himself.
The doctor accompanied Lieboldlto
the house and entered the rear door,
which was unlocked by Liebold.
FallOn was lying on the floor of
the room when the doctor arrived,
dead. DIR. Morgan asked Liebold
where the pistol was with which
Fallon had shot himself, to which
he replied, In an excited manner,
81 put ii behind the counter"
Nothing further was thought of the
matter at the time and six days
after Fallon was buried Mrs. Fallon
cast aside her mourning robes and
married Liebold. They soon left
the city together, with $4,000 of Eal.
Ions money, and began life Oi
wandering and dissipation. Mrs
Fallon took sick about year after.
ward and died at Salt Lake. After
this Liebold wandered from place tC
place, and while at ColfaX one night
he became respondent and
OVERCOME WITH REMoRSE
and confessed to William Eagan OF
having committed the crime. The
two men We're occupying a room to-
gether and before retiring Liebold
took from his pocket the same re
volver with which the fatal shot
was fired and said to Eagan: "It
this could tell the story 1t knows /,
would he very interesting" He ther
told Eagan that he had taken Fal
Ions life with this weapon and de
tailed to him the particulars of the
crime. -
Liebold was arrested at Moscow
Idaho, by Chief of Police Warren
last July and brought to this city,
He had his preliminary hearing be-
fore Judge Curry, who held him
over to await the action of the grand
jury, which brought in a true bill
against him
STILL IN PROGRESS.
The trial was continued during
the week and a vast amount of testl.
mony was taken. The case will
probably be given to the jury thit
afternoon or tonight.
Gas Workers Strike Imminent.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE negotiations
entered upon in the hope Of preventing
general strike of the gas workers
have failad and N atrtke 10 now i'm m |.