After a seven hour trial during which the jury deliberaged for only
ed to die. There was no
appeal and Le sahy was hanged at Folsom Prison on February 8, 1911,
PLACER HERALD, Auburn, Calif.s., Nevetioer 26, 1910
After a seven hour trial during which the jury deliberaged for only
ed to die. There was no
appeal and Leahy was hanged at Folsom Prison on February 8, 1911,
PLACER HERALD, Auburn, Califs, November 26, 1910
After a seven hour fart during which the jury deliberated for only
convicted and sentenced to die. There was no
appeal and Rear was ey at Folsom Prison on February 8, 1911,
PLACER HERALD, Auburn, Calif, November 26, 1910
After seven hour trish during wikch the Jury deltboraged
‘teyanl ted Tay ~
LEAHY, Michael
leahy, a 33~year-old white man, Was employed as a railread worker
at Roseville, Placer Cos, Calif., as was J. M, Chateau. Leahy, who
was Single, became infatuated with Mrs., Chateau, the mother of a 17-
year-old daughter, and they began having an affair. When Chateau
found out that his wife was seeing Leahy without his knowledge, he
confronted her and told her that she would have to make a choice be-
tween him and Leahy. She decided to Stay with Chateau and when she
told Leahy, he begged her to elope with himx which she refused to
do. He returned on May 9 and again asked her to run away with him
warning her that, if she did not, he would "take her support away,"
She still refused to leave and early the next morni Leahy went to
the Chateau home and hid in the woodshed. When Mr. Chateau went
out around 6 o'clock to get some wood, Leahy emerged and shot him,
Chateau ran and Leahy chased him with an axe, striking him several
times until a neighbor interveried and, at the point of a shotgun,
marched Leahy ta town and turned him over to a constable, At his
trial, Leahy maintained that he had gone to the Chateau house to
see Mrs. Chateau and that when Chateau had emerged from the house
he had pub his hand in his hip pocket. Leahy feared that Chateau
was reaching for a pistol and said that he had shot in self-defense.
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LEAHY, Michael
leahy, a 33-year-old white man, was employed as a railraad worker
at Roseville, Placer Co., Calif, 2 48 was J. M, Chateau. Leahy, who
was single, became infatuated with Mrs.. Chateau » the mother of a 17-
year-old daughter, and they began having an affair. When Chateau
found out that his wife was seeing leahy without his knowledge, he
confronted her and told her that she would have to make a choice be-
tween him and Leahy. She decided to Stay with Chateau and when she
told Leahy, he begged her to elope with himx which she refused to
do. He returned on May 9 and again asked her to run away with him
warning her that, if she did not, he would "take her support away,"
She still refused to leave and early the next dea Rian Leahy went to
the Chateau home and hid in the woodshed, When Mr. Chateau went
out around 6 o'clock to get some wood, Leahy emerged and shot him.
Chateau ran and Leahy chased him with an axe, Striking him several
times until a neighbor intervened and, at the point of a shotgun,
marched Leahy ta town and turned him over to a constable. At his
trial, Leahy maintained that he had gone to the Chateau house to
see Mrs. Chateau and that when Chateau had emerged from the house
he had pub his hand in his hip pocket. Leahy feared that pees
was reaching for a pistol and said that he had shot in self-defense.
'» Michael,
he had gone to the Chateau hot
Chateau and that when Chatean had emerged from the hovce
from the
he had pub his hand in his hip pocket. Leahy feared that Chateau
was reaching for a pistol and said that he had shot in self-defense.
