Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-01
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OE MURDERED Nan
Late "Dick" Williams Turn ed
Tide of Public Sentiment ii
Maytag Murder
WILLIAMS LOVED nv ~. NV
WILLIAMS I OWED " MA, inv
New sharon Miner Who Died in thi.
City Monday Was Visited by over
Fifty People Since He Reached M ar.
.haiItown From PARKWAY Nevada.-
Maytag Shooting Recalled.

That Richard F. Williams. Of New
Sharon, was loyal to a brother Mason
at a time when his character needed
defense, was learned Monday evening
when the body OF the Nevada miner
was placed on board the lows Cen
trail train, for conveyance to its last
resting. place at New Sharon, the old
Williams home.
Dick Williams was true to the
vows he took when he accepted the
principles Of Free Masonry, and in 50
doing turned the tide OF public senti.
ment in remote gold camp, when
a mob Of rough miners surrounded q
lone tent where Edward Maytag,
formerly Of Laurel. lay dead from tw,
bullets from an assassin's gun.
Began to Abuse the Dead.
1t was thru Jake" TRACER, of New
Sharon, williams mining partner, that
this trait Of Williams, partner was
learned It was early last June, at
Chafee, New, that man named Cock
rill shot Ed" Maytag. The men hal
disagreed over some matter during the
night, and Cockrill, known in the min
ing camp as "Teck," emptied his gun
at Maytag in his tent Altho killings
are not an unusual happening in q
gold camp, a crowd Of curious onloOk-
ers gathered. and some began to In
innate that Maytag had got what he
deserved; that he was bad man."
1t was then Dick" Williams came to
the dead mans defense. He knew
Maytag was a Mason, to which fra
ternity he also belonged. He admon-
ished those near him on making such
remarks of the dead, and said that he
did not profess to know what Maytag
had been Just before his death, but
one thing he did know, and that was
that at one time Maytag was good
man. Williams words had their eff
feet, and did much toward turning
the tide. Of sentiment in favor Of the
dead man.
Mr.. TRACER says that Maytag's slay-
er was never punished for his crime,
and is still in the camp.
Williams Loved by Many.
The deep love and regard with
which "Dick" Williams was held at
New Sharon was evidenced on all sides
during the few days the maffias been
sick at st. Thomas. Morethan fifty
persons, all Of them coal MIXERS, cam.
to the city, knowing they guild be OF
no service, yet venting tg do what
they could, or at least to >spw an IN
terest in the sick mans che. They
were told that their fritd could
never recover7 that the eh meant
only a question Of few dys. But
they came, sat in the hosphl parlor,
and talked alb out "Dick." Tore than
once tear brushed away from the
visage Of mAn whom one you'd not
expect to display much feeling, even
in death.
Mr.. williams comes of along line
Of Welsh ANCESTRY that has followed
the mining business. His flther and
grandfather were coal miners and
operators beforA him, and farther back.
in Wales, were Ibis sire's siresengaged
in the mining business. While he OPP
Grated mines Himself, he was one OF
his men. and THEY loved and respected
him.
The funeral ait New Sharon promises
TO be one Of the largest ever neio 10
the town.