The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-09-21
CASE OF w. D. WILLIAMS
HEARD IN CIRCUIT COURT.

The case of the State of Ten
nessee versus w. ID. Williams.
charged with the killing of David
May es, youth Of Fulton county,
Ny, i'm Union City, ON the morn
ing of May IL, 1916, little after
midnight, was tried at Union
City last week and Williams Civ
en- from one To five years tor
manslaughter.
Mr.. Williams was called 20 90
stand and testified in his own be- .
half, RECRUITING the shooting of
the boy, substantially as follows;
Williams and the boy came 7
down Harrison street, and at the
corner of Reynolds Theatre the /
boy started 10 run south ON Depot I
street. officer Williams called at
the boy To stop and fired IN order
To brighten the boy and cause HIM
To stop. In running the boy turn
eel 10 the left along the street.
Mr.. Williams Nurposely fired out
of range and slightly upwards,
he thought, in order TO miss the
boy. The boy had evidently
turned 20 tire right IN the range.
The boy fell and the officer ran
up 10 him, asking him If he was
hurt, having no idea he had shot
him. But the boy said he was
wounded, and MIR. Williams
found it was true, the clothing
being stained with blood.
MIR. Williams Immediately call
ed for help and sent for Dr. blan-
ton. He called Tor AN automo-
bile and picked the boy up and
then came up the street 10 the
Niles drug store corner. There
he placed the boy on the walk,
waiting for the physician. Here
Mr.. Williams told the boy he was
in u dangerous condition, and
the boy replied that he was go
ing to die. The boy added: 1
forgive YOU for verything you
have done it was not your tault,
but mine.
Judge Jones ruled as ncompe-
tent the testimony referring 10
Mays dying declaration to the
effect that he held the officer
blameless.
j. L.. Allen, of Cayce, was
placed ON the stand. lie has a
general merchandise store. Hls
place was broken into one night
in May Just prior to the shooting
here of David Mays and mum
Der of articles, including pocket
knives, cigarettes, flashlights and
some cheap jewelry. MIR. Allen
valued the jewelry, which was
used as prizes for a punch board
game, sold to him by a travelling
man from Fulton, by the name Oh
Jenkins, very highly, when he IN
stituted a search of David :
trunk or chest at the boy s home
ON the night after the shooting o"
CURED here. MIR. Allen admit
ed when cross examined by TIT
State that he did not know tn
actual worth of the jewelry, an'
no one deputized him TO go scare
David's trunk. Counsel for de
Tense tried to prove that David
character was not good, that n
was of a rowing disposition, b
the witness. Articles found
David's trunk, among which wa
Ii packages of cigarettes, wer
shown to witness, identified an
filed as evidence. These article
after being found IN David
trunk had been truned. over !
an Obion county deputy for tn
ease. A lavalliere taken from ID
vid BY MIR. Williams was ident
fled by Mr.. Allen as his. II
empty case was found IN David
trunk.
On the other hand a large nun
her Of prominent citizens of Il
Caycc EeighboIhOod testified
he good character OF the q
ceased.
David was n member OF one
FNllton's countys best families,
ing a grandson of W. III. Urea
Of near Hickman