Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-01
WAS GIVEN A DEATH PENALTY.
l.. l.. WILLIAMS DEcLAmED MS
WIPES NuHDEitEIt.


ter the Charge WINS Given.
Dallas. Tex, Nov. sO.--The famous
murder case Of l.. Il. Williams. charged
With killing his wife ON the 10th of last
May, came to an end at o'clock this
afternoon by the jury returning yer-
dict Of guilty Of murder In the first de-
gree and assessing Williams punish
ment at death
The Gazette readers are all familiar
with the history of this foul crime
with which Williams Is charged. 1t
was n crime unprecedented In the GRIM
inal annals OF Dallas county. and since
the case was first called, last Tuesday
afternoon, the court room has been
crowded both day and night 1t was
not the evidence OF others that con-
vlcted Williams. T. was his own con-
! fesslon. At FIRST he denied II, but
when he was confronted BY such con-
yicting evidence, shown the bloody
bandage. the bloody pillows and bed
clothing he confessed everything He
told the whole story--about how. on
the night OF Tuesday. May 10. he arose
from his bed. and seeing his wife
asleep. took hand-ax and struck her
death blow on the head, and imme-
diately afterward threw her body out
of the window, which was on the sec
ond story, and buried the remains
where they fell. 1t was on the follow
Ing Tuesday, Just one week after the
dastnrdly crime, that the awful dis
cOVery was made. There We're found In
a shallow grave the remains of VIII
liamF wife, IA terribly decomposed
condition.
Suspicion at once pointed to Will
Hams, and he was Immediately arrest
ed, The most peculiar circumstance
OF the whole ease Is that Williams, al
though he made no confession, never
maderany attempts TO conceal the EVIL
dences. He went to work next day in
the furniture shop; never tried TO clear
away the blood that covered the floor
and hesmeared the bed clothing. An
other remarkable fact Is that williams
all through the trial has manifested
the most absolute unconccrn, never
showing any emotion whatever, and
when the verdict was read this even
ing the closest scrutiny revealed not
change OF his countenance, His eyes
remained fixed on the jurymen and re-
talncd the same llrm. determined glare,
In his refusals TO talk to any one his
voice was MS clear Bs ever. and nothing
of the least emotion.
County Attorney Glllesple wound up
the concluding argument in Inc vii
liams murder case at If q. m. today.
There was large crowd present to
hear the charge OF the court and to
wait n while in expoctntlon that the
Jury would not be out long.
When Judge clint concluded his
charge, Colonel II. b. Seay. counsel for
PENDANT, created sensation and hung
requesting the court 10 witbdrnw ita
general charge IN the iurv ANA In srh-
stitule the special chnrep. thnt ire
prosecution had utterly failed 10 show
on tho trial that tho Mrs. Williams
killed NV WlIllnna 1yns no Ni,s -,
Wiulnms the Indictment chnrg,d him
with killing. and that as the stnte had
nowhere shown that Tho dcfend,,t voc
guilty MS charged that the Jury yyotiid
therefore return a verdict az nem,lttaI
Judge clint declined 10 wIthdraw lila
general charge. or To accent CoIohei
seay'g special charge
A references To- Cont sienogranhar
Morria' notea showed Tho name Ton
uptienred but once in no cr,,rs, ,r no
trial. The state. incidenr lly. asked
ono witness II he knew ION WIuIams
but the witness ala not answer the
question Rfirmntivrlv no IN IL" nor,e
Judge clint said no womb amen Tho
case nRaIn mud admit tostimony Ia DE-
tnbtish tho fact TINT mo Ntrs NVu-
ilaraa killed was Mrs / Am V,iuiams
Colonel seav Objected an tbs ,yro,,,1
TINT The court mad no rirht To- reonsn
a case after the general charge bad
been delivered 10 the mrv
Judre clint intlmaied u,ot no ba,,
read h little lnw himself nnd maj he
would ACT according 10 His avn iights
~, errnrdi,,~l,, ,,i,,.,1 t,.,,,,t -, sh
poenns issued Tor Mrs. Begel Mrs.
soapor Mrs. Clark and Other neIrh-
bors or deceased. TO testify that Mrs
Lou Williams was the name OF the
woman killed by Williams.