The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-15
FLon Fisher Will Not Be
Brought Into Court Until 1t
Is Known Definitely Wheth-
er His Wife Will Live or Die.
Ut WAS HIS PURPOSE
TO KILL TWO PERSONS.
Following This He Meant to
s Take His Own Life---Fish-
er'S Mother Says He Is Suf-
fering From a "Spell."

Up to noon today, Mrs. Lon Fisher
iwho was shot down by her husband
Saturday evening, while standing on
Ithe corner Of Eighth and Main streets,
lis still alive, but was reported to be
very low, and that her death was ex-
pected at any time. The two shots
labout an inch apart on her left side.
just under the heart. One of the bull
lets is lodged in the woman's back.
The other bullet pierced the stomach
and the ball is still lodged there. This
latter wound is the most serious one.
Since being taken to the hospital she
has been kept constantly under the in
fluence of opiates.
At the city Jail Fisher spent a most
restless night, Saturday. He would
wildly cry and pace up and down the
cell. Toward morning he lapsed into
a fitful slumber. When he awoke Sun
day morning he still maintained his
vengeful, surly attitude he maintained
at the time he was arrested. Fisher
stated that he purposely shot his wife
and that he hoped she would die.
When he arrived at police headquar-
ters after his arrest. he remarked that
! he was not insane or drunk and that
shis crime was a premeditated one.
Made Change Of Front.
Sunday afternoon he changed front.
When a police officer came in to see
him he asked what he had been arrest
ed for. He was told that he was held
on charge of shooting his wife. Fish
Ier then stated that he remembered
nothing of the affair. 1t is believed
that Fisher is now trying to feign in
sanity, and that the prospects of a
fhangman's moose or life Imprisonment,
IFS not as pleasing to the young desper-
ado as it was when he was arrested, at
which time he remarked that he was
willing to pay the death penalty for his
crime.
Sunday. morning one of the firemen
stationed at the city building talked
with Fisher through his cell window.
''Is she dead?' Fisher asked the fire
man. He was told that she was not.
We'll. If / could get loose from here
Il would finish the job Fisher re-
piled.
Awaiting the Outcome.
The police refused to allow newspa-
per men to see Fisher this morning,
He was to have been arraigned in the
city court, but when Officer Weston
berg returned from the hospital about
$50 and stated that Mrs Fisher was
very low. 1t was decided not to arraign
him until the outcome is known. In
case she Unexpectedly survives her
wounds. Fisher will be charged with
assault and battery with intent to kill.
If she dies he will be charged with
murder in the first degree
Fisher denies that he was drunk
when the shooting took place. He
says that he drank a couple of beers.
but was not in the Wayne Supply COM
pany as was stated in Sundays ac-
count. and then started out to get"
his wife. why did you shoot her."
he was asked ''Oh | don't know" he
replied in an irritated manner 1t is
stated that Fisher was very jealous of
his wife. and that he believed she had
kept company with a young colored
man while Fisher had been confined
in the county Jail and that he thought
she had been untrue to him. At the
time of the shooting Mrs Fisher was
standing next to her sister. Mrs Lau-
ra Lewis. 1t is reported that Mrs
Fisher. a short time prior to the shoot
ing. had asked Mrs Lewis to go and
find Lon. as she believed he was fol-
lowing her
A Sensational Episode.
Mrs. Fishers fearful screams when
her husband pointed his revolver at
her and gripped her by the arm. will
ring in the minds of the many people
who were standing close by when the
murderous attack was made The
shooting was by far the most sensa-
tional episode that has occurred in
this city for years. When Fisher
started TO run he fired his revolver in
the air Immediately a large crowd
of men started to chase him and there
were cries of lynch the niger Fish
er threw his gun over his shoulder and
pointed it towards his pursuers. pulling
the trigger several times Fortunate
ly the trigger did not work. but its
venomous clicks caused the pursuers
10 disperse in all directions. This
added to the confusion. People were
knocked down, women screamed and
a baby was knocked out of its cab by
the rush of the frightened people. Of
ficer LAWYER and Chief Bailey were
the only ones to continue the chase