Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-11-01
Fasting Brought the
Obstreperous "Bill"
to Quick Surrender

Bill Corner, notorious character
of Graham, is confined in the Taze-
we'll county Jail awaiting the action
Of the Fenedarl Grand Jury on the
charge Of having failed and refused
to register under the selcctive service
act. Corner is thirty-siX years of
age, but is not willing to comply with
the Act of Congress in reference to
registering.
Any state, federal or municipal law,
rule or regulation is odious to Bill
For years the county and town Of
ficers have had trouble with him. 1t
seems that every time warrant is
served on Bill he resists arrest and
starts a fight, and the Graham off
GERS understand that they must be
prepared to overpower him on every
occasion. Bill has loads of high tenn
per and vicious disposition. In
these taentrums, seems to be againts
every man and thinks that every
mans hand is against him. On one
occasion Bill is sad to have commit
ed a misdemeanor in the town of
Graham, and before the officers could
get him he succeeded in reaching
his home, and barricaded himself in
the house, surrounded with artillery
of all kinds, and defied arrest, threat
ening to kill any officer that attempt
ed to come in after him. The officers
decided that discretion was the bet
tire part of valor and proposed an ar
mistice. However, Bill refused to
consider an armistice, and thereupon
the officers made a strategic with
drawal.
On the present occasion Bill has
been confined in the Tazewell county
Jail about thirtv days. During his
confinement he has shown his usual
obstreperous disposition, but on Tues
day morning his loneliness got the
better TO him on account of having no
fellow prisoner to listen to his cussin',
so Bill decided to start something to
break the montony. He ripped off a
| slat from his bunk and reached thru
the jeil bars and broke out the glass
in all of the windows and also broke
the window sash as well. He refused
to listen to reason and threatened to
kill every person that came around,
and was liberal in cussing and abus-
ing the officers. He refused to give
up the slat and threatened to kill the
jailor if he came, in the cage to get
it, placing himself before the Jail
door with piece of iron in his hand
ready to strike. The Commonwealths
Attorney was sent for, and he went
to the Jail, took in the situation, and
advised the jailor to let Bill keep his
weapons, stating that Bill owned real
estate, and was financially respon-
sible for any and all damage that
he had done or could do, and suit was
instituted Immediately before a JUS
tice of the Peace in the name of the
Board of Supervisors against Bill for
$l00 damages. The jailor was also
instructed not to give Bill anything
TO eat until he quIted down. Bill
no doubt, had undertaken to play
"erazy," and it was the idea of the
officers to test him out. When the
notice of the damage suit was serv-
ed on Bill and his meals discontinued
Bill saw eight" and since then he
has been as quiet as q lamb. After
missing three meals the jailor asked
Bill to hand out his weapons and with
this request he humbly complied.
When Bill started to play crazy il
never entered his mind that he woulo
be liable for all damage he might do
and have his rations taken away. He
is now as discreet in the language ht
uses as the Superintendent of Sun.
day School.
1t seems that Bill is hard work
er and has accumulated some proper.
. ty and while everything goes smooth
ly, he is all right, but when somebody
crosses Bill "the fat is in the fire.
FOR RENT OR SALE.