The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-09
Warden's Office Crowded With Friends Who Show
 Loyalty to the
 Prisoner SAYS NEGRO WOMAN SHOT AS SHE RAN AFTER NEGRO MEN WheelOck Retains Lawyer and Is Removed to Coun- ty Jail-Mrs. Wilkes
 Father Prominent

w. K. Wheelock, 1427 North Twenty fifth street, manager of the ticket office at the Terminal station, who is now in the county jail, charged with the mur- der of Mrs. Fred Wilkes, aged 32 years. 123o North Twenty-fourth street, who was shot through the heart with a 3S-calibre revolver Thursday night by an uniden- tifed person, at Fourteenth avenue and Twenty-fourth street, north, still denies the charge placed against him. The charge was preferred by City Detectives Ben Brown and Thomas R. Cartwright and Coroner Charles l.. Spain.
 Wheelock alleges that he and Mrs. Wilkes were out for walk in the vicinity of the old reservoir and all of a sudden two negro men came by him and Mrs Wilkes in a run and negro woman was following them. The negro woman shot Mrs. Wilkes, thinking that she was one Of the negroes, according to the prisoner. He also stated that he ran after the woman, took the revolver away from her, but was unable to hold her. He had the pistol in his hand when the police ar rived on the scene of the murder.
 BELIEVE HIM RIGHT MAN
 "We are of, the opinion that we cap tured the right man when we arrested Wheelock," stated Detective Brown last night
 ''We talked to Wheelock for more than four hours this morning and he told sev- eral different stories about the killing and why he and Mrs. Wilkes were in the Vi- cinity of the reservoir. The first story was that Mrs. Wilkes wanted to talk to him about her husband, who was going to be operated upon at an early date, as he was out of town. and he was the only one that she knew with whom she could talk over the matter. A few hours later when asked where he was going when the murder took place, he stated that Mrs. Wilkes wanted to talk over business proposition with him."
 Mr. Wheelock has engaged Vassar L. Allen as his attorney, who will make ap- plication for bond at an early date. MT. Allen talked with WheeloclS in the North side city jail yesterday morning for sev- eral hours.
 MANY FRIENDS VISIT HIM
 Yesterday morning the wardens office of the Northside city jail was crowded with friends of the prisoner. Detectives Brown and Cartwright went to the home of Wheelock yesterday morning, but Mrs. Wheelock would not talk about the mat ter.
 Mrs. Wilkes had been connected with
  the last five years. being employed as one Of the record keepers. She was g. daughter of J. l.. Nails. who resides on Lookout mountain. MT. Nails was former ly a well-known citizen of this city, be- ing a member of the county board of revenue at one time. He was also land agent for the University of Alabama which position he held for a number of years At the present time he is engaged in the land business on Lookout noun tain.
 The deceased is survived by her father, q. l.. Nails, two sisters, Miss Edna Malls of this city, and a sister in California, and her husband, Fred Wilkes, who has been employed in Anniston.
 Both Mrs. Wilkes husband and father arrived here at o'clock yesterday morn ing and made funeral arrangements, which will be held from the Johns Un- dertaking companys private chapel at noon today. Interment will follow in Wal nut Grove cemetery.
 MT. Wheelock has been engaged in rail- road work in this city for more than 9 years For number of years he was ticket seller at the Louisville and Nash vile station, and when the Terminal sta ton was built he was made assistant ticket agent for the Birmingham Ter minal company. When R. w. Luckett resigned as ticket agent at the Terminal station two years ago, Mr.. WheelocS was made ticket agent. He is married and has two beautiful children.