Bisbee daily review., 1918-11-19
FORMER COCHISE MAN
 HELD FOR MURDER IN
 MARICOPA COUNTY
WILLIS WOOD, NOTED CRIMINAL, WHO HAS SERVED TERMS IN cocHIsE COUNTY. MURDERS COMPANION NEAR PHOENIX

Willis Wood, who has been in the tolls of the Cochise county jail and i officers on a number of occasions. now faces a serious charge of murder in Maricopa county. Woods in the early days of Cochise county was mixed up with the AlxOrd-Stiles gang, and served term in Santa Fe. New Mex. icO After serving his term he came back to Cochise county and was sen fenced to serve term from here to Florence for stealing a horse from Biddy Doyle of this city, and selling the horse in Wilcox to H. A. Morgan.
 The crime of which she is now held was deliberate cold blooded murder as will be seen from the following story taken from the Phoenix Gazette: Notwithstanding carefully laid plans for the murder of Charles H. Lyshon of Las Vegas, New. and for the dispo- sition of the body after the murder. Willis Woods, alias Bill Taylor, failed to cover his only possible tracks of the tragedy. As a result Woods is in the Maricopa county jail facing a first degree murder charge for one of the most atrocious killings recorded since Kenneth c. Falston was slain.
 Woods made the mistake that others of his kind frequently do in endeavOr- ing to cover after their crimes-he did not take into consideration the in- nermost workings of a youngsters heart. And because he believed that he had seduced the only witness to the crime to life long silence, Woods faces paying the penalty for his act in the Arizona state prison at Florence.
 Shot Without Warning
 The murder of Lychon was commit ted on the Black canyon road, about 20 miles north of Phoenix, early on the morning of Tuesday, November 5. Woods, alias Taylor, was in the rear seat of ther automobile, which was the property of Lychon, when a fit of an- ger seized him, he told officers in an alleged written confession. Lychon was riding in the front seat of the ma chine at the time.
 Without warning he drek his 45 cali bre Colts revolver from his pocket and, pressing the muZZle to the back of Lychon's head, fired shot into the latter's brain. Death resulted almost instantly, it is believed
 Leonard Thompson, a 15-year-old boy of good appearance, was the third member of the party and witnessed the shooting. Coerced by Woods, the boy aided in the burial of Lychon's body in a shallow grave dug by Woods about 300 yards south of the old well in the community.
 Come to Phoenix
 Then Woods and Thompson proceed ed to Phoenix. but instead of stopping here went on to Tempe, where they registered at the Casa Loma hotel. The next day Woods sold the 1915 model Hudson touring car to a Tempe garage, the consideration being $100. Then they boarded a train and pro- ceeded back to Las Vegas, Nev. Dur ing this time Woods used Lychon's name.
 During all of this time, Thompson told officers here today, his lips had been sealed by Woods on threat of the death penalty. Woods repeatedly told him he said, that if he made any attempt to tell what had transpired on the desert he would kill him. Through out all of these days Woods would never permit the boy out of his sight nor would he allow the youngster to converse with anyone.
 Liquor His Downfall
 But when the pair arrived in Las Vegas Woods craving for liquor got the best of him and soon he was in- toxicated. Consequently the boy roamed the streets at will. His pecu- liar manner aroused the suspicious ol officers and he was ultimately arrest | ed. Then he gave up the story of the terrible murder, the crime that had been weighting down his soul and had | made his life during the few interven- ing days a horrible nightmare.
 On the strength of his story Woods | was later arrested and told that the | boy had escaped Woods imemdiately | laid the crime at the door of the | 
 Search Streets Here
 Officers of Las Vegas then commun- icated with Sheriff w. H. Wilky Aft | er a partial confession was secured by | Ldo NEEdS NnCs hAitu DnCitlA Wilky as to the description of the ground where the body had been buried. A search of the vicinity was results, however. and the . party returned to Phoenix. Las Vegas officers were then wired for more complete details as to where he body was buried. On receipt of he same another searching party jour neyed to the scene and worked for hours but still without result.
 Because of the description of the as forwarded from Las Vegas, however, the officers were convinced hat the person giving the information was well acquainted with the com nunity It was thereupon ordered that Woods and the youngster be brought 70 this city.
 Boy Locates Body
 The pair arrived in Phoenix Satur- | lay Shortly before noon, Woods, in company with several officers, made rip to the scene, Woods previously agreeing to show the officers where ne had buried the body. His nerve seemingly failed him when he arrived n the vicinity however for he stperpd