The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-04
MYSTERY OF DEATH MAY BE CLEARED UP Williamson Had Relatives At
 New Decatur KEPT SECRET OF WOUNDS The Man Who Fingered 12 Days and Died Without Disclosing Gunshot
 Wounds Left Decatur In
 Good Health.
KEPT SECRET OF WOUNDS

Decatur, March 3.-(Special.)-It has just been discovered that Henry Prints of New Decatur is d relative of the man who gave his name as Wilkins, and who died recently near Town Creek of mys- , terious knife and pistol wounds, the se- cret of which wounds he carried with him to his grave.
 When seen by your representative, Mrs. Henry Prints said: .The man who died near Town Creek of mysterious wounds was brother-inslaw of my husband, hav- ing married my husbands sister. His name was not Wilkins. but Edward Will Hanson. He was known to his intimate friends as Bud He was a native of Giles county, Tennessee. and lived. for a number of years near Lynville, Tenn. His wife died some time since and he has five children living some place in Arkansas.
 Edward Williamson was at our house a few days ago. He left on a Saturday morning-I think 1t must have been Feb ruary 15. He told us when he left that he was going to take the westbound Southern Newsboy train for Town Creek,
 
 Star, in Lauderdale county. could not say that he took the train here that morning, but he said he was going to do so.
 He did not seem to be worried about anything when he was at our house, but on the other hand he seemed to be in the best of spirits and health. When here ne had oho 4oIJ sis- only $10 or s16 was found on his person."
 Mrs Prints was aunabe to throw any light on the manner in which Williamson received his wounds or why he should keep them a secret. She was quite sure that he was not wounded when he was at their home here, and says he must have been wounded after leaving Deca- tur. But how or where? These are ques- tions which cannot be answered. Town Creek is about 26 miles west of Decatur on the Southern railroad. It is about seven miles from Town Creek to the Ten nessee river, where Williamson was taken sick and died. It is almost certain that he left Decatur on the morning of Febru- ary 15 for Town Creek, and when he reached Town Creek he at once hired rig and drove to the Tennessee river. Thus 1t must have been that he received the two pistol and four knife wounds either on the train out of Decatur or else on hisp drive from Town Creek to the Ten nessee river. This was either the case or else Williamson had the wounds while in Decatur and kept the matter a secret, as he did while being attended by phy- sican during the P days before he died at farm house on the Tennessee river north of Town Creek.
 Mrs Prints says that the case is as mysterious to herself and husband as it is to the public generally, and that she knows of no reason whatever that would have induced Williamson to keep the se- cret of his wounds which finally resulted in his death
 Williamson was buried on the banks of the river north of Town Creek. Henry Prints will have the remains disentered and shipped to his former home In Ten nessee for interment
 Williamson's relatives will investigate and try to learn how Williamson received these wounds and why he carried the secret to his grave.