The Forrest City times., 1913-09-19
A HORRIBLE UxORCiDE
Woman. Seated at Table, F0ully Mur. dered, Supposedly by Estranged
 Husband-The Slayer Escapes.

was granted OiNOTce I1Om IleE Hus- band upon the ground of non-support. Later the estranged couple appeared again in court before County Judge E. A. Rolfe in suit involving the custody Of their children, in which Mrs. Williams was again successful
 After the litigation was over and their domestic troubles had been threshed out in the courts, Mrs. Will Hams returned, with her children and belongings, to the home of her mother, the widow Buck" Ellis, who con- ducts little boarding house near the sawmil and hickory mill of her kins- man, L. A. Ellis, just in the edge of Cross county, about eighteen or twenty miles northwest of this city, where the widowed mother and the divorced daughter had been living peaceably together since.
 Since their separation it is said the husband has brooded over his affairs the disruption of his home and the breaking Of family ties. Williams seemed to lose interest in everything. People say that he had grown desper- ate, During the time he lived with his wife, Williams made over what property he had to her. Since the two were divorced, Williams had in- stituted legal proceedings in an effort to recover this property, and it is said the diyorcee was resisting and fight ing her former husband upon the ground that she had right to hold the property for the support of the children. This latter lawsuit was to have been brought up for trial in the circuit court Wednesday.
 4 thorough search of this county has failed to locate NJ E. Williams, whose divorced wife, Mrs. Etley Will Hams, was killed by gunshot fire through her dining room window Tuesday night.
 No clue has been obtained as to whether or not Williams is dead. It is not positively known that he killed 1 Mrs. Williams. Officers base their suppositions on report that the man was going towards Mrs. Williams home Tuesday with shotgun under his arm and bottle of carbolic acid in his pocket However, Mrs Vii. liams has been buried and Williams has disappeared
 News was flashed here Wednesday from Little Rock that Gov. Hays had offered reward of sl00 for discovery of the slayer of Mrs Williams. anC since the message came the posse hunting Williams has largely in creased
 Recently man by the name of Ev ans and his family settled at Colt, the home of Williams. Evans, it is said went 10 work for Williams, but the two men quarreled and did not get along well together. Bud Doris. a Colt merchant, here Wednesday, said that Williams threatened to take the life of the man Evans, Tuesday Evans swore out warrant for the arrest of Williams, with the intention Of having him arraigned before a jus tice Of the peace and placed under a peace bond, but before the officers could capture Williams, he lad slipped away from Colt and DO trace of him could be found.
 When Williams left Colt he is re- ported by Doris to have carried an automatic shotgun, and also vial of carbolic acid in his pocket Doris said that Williams was heard to say that he did not care whether he lived or died, and repeatedly threatened to take his own life, but nobody ever heard him make any threats against his divorced wife.
 Later in the afternoon and towards dusk, Williams was seen crossing L'Anguille river bridge, going in a westerly direction in swinging trot towards the place where his wife lived with her mother. At this time he is described by persons who saw him as being muddy, dirty and disheyeled he was wild.eyed, and seemed to be crazy and obivious to his surround ings, He was a sight, it is said, that would have caused the stoutest heart to cringe and shudder. He still car ried the automatic shotgun.
 An hour and half later, perhaps, and just after nightfan while she was seated at the table eating her supper. surrounded by her children and chat ting with her mother, Mrs. Hattie Williams was shot, it is said. twice in the back, from the effects of which she died in a few moments without being able to utter word The mur- derer stood on the outside of the house and poured the deadly fire into his victims back, il is said, through the window, after which the night [ ! 11sN,v T l