Founder of the what is now the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP), Leu was a conservative Catholic who called for the Jesuits to be appointed to the Lucerne College, which in turn led to Freischarenzug revolts of 1844. His murder was the result of the tense political climate in the run-up to the Sonderbund war. Ebersol had been shot by the radical farmer Jakob Müller, while sleeping on the 19th / 20th July, 1845. Müller, an alcoholic, committed the crime in the hope that he would be financially rewarded by the Liberals. He was beheaded in January 1846.
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