The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-19
Willis Mount Gets Another Man,
This One White.
Evidence Points to a Gold Blooded
Murder in Gambling Den
Over Q Saloon.
MOUNT HELD WITHOUT BAIL

Willis Nutty, o jockey aged 20,
whose home is in New Columbia,
Massac county, Illinois, was shot
down and almost iustsntlykilled about
midnight by Willis Mount in the third
story of the Stag saloon, on North
Fourth street between Broadway and
Jefferson streets. The room in which
the murder was committed was gam
bling resort, but all the occupants but
one or two had fed when the police
arrived. The proprietors Of the Stag
disclaim all knowledge of its exist
ence.
II has been very difficult TO get any
thing definite about the killing. but
SO far as can be learned it was cold
Flooded murder Mount was only re-
Gently exonerated Oh charge OF kill
ing George jackson, colored. near
Ninth and Court streets on September
/ 8. and had siEce been about the city.
Nutty had been riding Mr.. Yves
Flowers race horse and had been in
the city since the beginning Of the re-
cent carnival lie was about 30 years
old, small and said to be game to the
bach bone.
A few peonle along the street heard
the two reports Of Mounts pistol. MIR.
Ike Hollowoll,a member of the fire de-
partment who was ON watch, rushed
over ana met Moapt coming out the
door ut the foot OF the stairs. He asked
him who did the shooting and Mount
replied he didn't know and went on
down the street.
DIR. Adrian Hoyer arrived about the
same tine. They found young Nutty
in the throes OF death, with blood all
over everything. The room locked
like a slaughter house. John Whitnell
was about thu only one in the room
when they arrived. but 1t is under
stood VIII Bishop was also there and
saw the shooting. Nutty was shot in
the mouth and in the back. between
the shoulders.
The crap table was still there. and
some one tried to get II out OF the room
and thus remove the evidences of the
kind OF business that led 10 the TRACE
dy, but the table could not be gotten
through the door.
The dice, according to Mr.. Hollo-
well, were on the floor IN the blood,
not foot from the dead mans hand
and Mr.. Hollowell picked them mp.
Coroner Peal was notified. and had
the body moved to Nspce & Spauld-
ing's. County Attorney Eugene Graves
was notified aud secured the state
ments of some of those alleged to have
been there engaged in the game.
Lieutenant Frank Harlan sent Off
GERS out after Mount, and he was
caught and brought IN about 3 O'Clock
by Officers Potter and johnson. Lieu
tenant Harlan asked hin il he wanted
to make any statement and he said
that he did not, adding lyon would
have done the same thing yourself"
Mount was seen in his cell at the
lookup by a reporter ana asked for a
statement, but he said he had none to
make. If be has any defense he did
not say that he had.
His victim was quite we'll known
here. He had been boarding at the
Commercial house, and was known
among many as ED" Nutty, and al
ways registered his name that way.
but his name was Willis Nutty. His
parents are both dead, but he has quite
q number of we'll known and infiuen-
tial relatives in Illinois, and was a
relative of the Shelbys of Ballard
county, Ky.
Immediately after police court this
morning County Attorney Eugene
Graves held an investigation in Judge
Sanders office, as q result of which q
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