, 1923-02-28
HARRY MALLON KILLS
SELF BEFORE WIFE
PUTS SHOT GUN BARREL IN
MOUTH AND PULLS
T~RIGGER-SUICIDE
MENTALLY UN-
BALANCED

Harry Mallon, a la well known
in Cody and vicinity committed sui
eide on. Tuesday morning about z
O'Clock at his homestead some four
miles west of the Carl Thomson ranch
by placing the muzzle of a 410 gauge
shotgun in his mouth, AMI pulling
the trigger. Death was almost in
Simultaneous.
His wife was present but unable to
prevent the rash act, she was lying
on the bed, and as she raised her
head to see what her husband was
doing, saw him in the act of pulling
the trigger. His body fell in front of
the doorway, and Mrs. Mallon was
forced to step across it in order to go
to the Thomson Ranch to secure aid
and to notify the Sheriff and Coron-
.er.
Mr.. Mallon started for his home
from Cody Monday forenoon, and up
on arriving at the Thomson Ranch,
left his al and procured a saddle
horse to make the rest of the trip
home. His wife says that he was ex-
tremely nervous and quite irritable
altho he gave no hint of the act that
he apparently contemplated.
Mrs. Mallon say that after a very
restless night, Mallon arose at a A.
M. and proceeded to prepare some
breakfast. After eating he sat and
smoked for a time after which he re-
turned to bed and laid down. He
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aimlessly walking around the cabin
and talking to himself. After a short
period of silence his wife raised up to
see what he was doing just in time
to see him commit the deed, but not
soon enough to prevent it.
Coroner Vogel and j. d. Buchanan
left for the ranch as soon as word
was received of the tragedy, and re-
turned with the body about v e
O'Clock last night, after which a cor
oners inquest was held.
Mallon comes from a good family,
two sisters residing in Billings, one
the wife of ]. F. Clark and the other
is the wife of J. H. McElroy, both of
whom are prominent in Billings bust
ness circles. Mr.. Clark will arrive
in Cody today to take charge of the
funeral arrangements and other mat
tiers connected with the deceased.
Harry Mallon was born at Huntley
Montana, and was 46 years of age.
Some indication of the mental con-
dition of Mallon may be CLEANED from
the fact that about 3 o'clock Monday
morning he called Sheriff Loomis
from the Park Garage, and said that
he wanted to see him Immediately
upon important business. Sheriff
LOOMS hurried to the garage where
he found Mallon, who told. him that
he had overheard some people plott-
ing against him, and that he wanted
the sheriff to protect him.
Sheriff Loomis urged him to re-
turn to his room, and told him that he
would see if he could find out who
was plotting. Mallon seemed loath
to return to his room so sheriff
Loomis took him to the court house
and placed him on a cot in his private
Office.
The sheriff says that Mallon seem
to be entirely rational, and that
there was nothing in his manner or
conversation to indicate a deranged
mental condition.
Early in the morning Mallon arose
and going out to the sheriffs gener-
al office found a rifle that was stand
ing in a corner. Taking the rifle out
into the hall he fired four shots from
it. Sheriff Loomis rushed owe to
the Court House and found Mallon
standing in the hall with the rifle in
his hands.
He explained to the sheriff that he
surely thot that there was someone
sneaking around in the room, and
that he tried to get him.
Sheriff Loomis advised Mallon to
get a bite of breakfast then get his
car and go home. Mallon agreed to
do as the sheriff suggested and he
left town within two or three hours
from that time.
The sheriff says that the last he
saw of Mallon, he was to all appear
ances, entirely sober and rational, and
that he gave no indications that he
contemplated taking his own life.
The body will be taken to Billings