The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-24
Cliff Williams Uses Revolver,


Clifford Williams, a local plumber
and character whose name has been
on the police docket so often that
Judge Eiseley declares him a nuts.
ance, is back in Jail with serious
charge against him. Williams last
evening fired bullet at Leslie Johns
at us South Fourth street because
Johns objected to Williams going out
with his wife's sister. AS the 49,
caliber gun held by Williams was
fired, Johns lodged and the bullet
narrowly missed the mans head and
imbedded itself in the side of the
Johns home.
porch of the home after Williams had
called Johns to the door and informed
him that he was about to put him
"out Of commission"
Later in the evening Williams, fol-
lowed by Constable Finkhouse, threw
off his coat and jumped into sewer
ditch. The officer secured the gun
from the coat pocket without Will
Jams notice and then placed him un.
der arrest Williams reached into the
coat pocket and might have made
good his threat to kill any officer
sent out by Johns to arrest him." had
the constable left the gun in the
coat pocket.
Johns was employed by a farmer
on Wednesday to help butcher hogs.
In an accident on the farm a barrel
containing boiling water was spilled
over Johns hands and he went home
to have the injuries looked after. He
was in the house only a moment when
Williams, who was standing on the
other side of the street. stepped on
the porch and called him out. Williams
then drew a revolver and aimed it
at Johns head, declaring that he
would put him out of commission
Just as Williams pulled the trigger,
Johns lodged and the bullet sped
harmlessly by Johns head.
Williams then jumped from the
porch and started to run from the
house. He returned later and told
Johns that the officer who came to
arrest him would be killed. Johns,
badly frightened, ran to Justice Lam
bert's office. He found Constable
Finkhouse who followed Williams I'M
til he had an opportunity to arrest
him.
Has Bad Record.
Williams has a long chain of ro.
mances credited to him by the police
and it is one of these romances which
has led to this serious predicament
Last year his father, William Will
Jams, died as the result of a bottle
of alcohol breaking in his pocket and
then catching fire. From that time
on Clifford Williams lived with the
widowed stepmother whom he treated
badly, often beating her so that the
police were called to her assistance.
A few months ago the stepmother re-
married and Clifford has been taking
on affnitieS as fast as they appeared.
On two occasions he was taken in by
the police for being in company with
women whose husbands were away
from the city. A few weeks ago, ac-
cording to the police, Williams played
folk a man with whose wife he had
become infatuated. While living with
this woman, Williams was paying
attention to the sister of Mrs. Johns.
When searched at the police station
he denied having carried a revolver.
Il have been here often and the po-
lice have never found a concealed
weapon on my person." he declared.
Constable Finkhouse then appeared
and displayed the revolver he had
taken from Williams coat. Williams
did not deny ownership then. II guess
| have right to carry that with me
to protect myself, haven't -" he ask
ed. He was informed that it was
penitentiary offense and then viii.
Jams declared that it would be i'm
possible for Johns to make any COM
plant against him.
Johns, himself, is known to the po-
lice. Neighbors recently called the
police, alleging that Johns had beaten
his wife.