Williams news., 1918-12-20
ED DUFFY MURDERED

The people were shocked and saddened Friday night on hearing that Ed Duffy had been murdered by two men who were endeavoring to rob Duffy Brothers Store. The crime was committed at about 10; 20, only a short time after the motion picture show had let out. MT. Duffy lived long enough to state that he had gone to the back door of the store when someone shot him He ran thru the store, thru the front door and across the street toward w. H. Allison's Tailor Shop, and fell just a short dis tance from the shop.
 MT. Allison and MT. Lasalle were in the shop at the time and heard him cry out that he had been shot. They went to him and took him inside. He lived only a few minutes longer and was only able to state that he had been shot at the back door of the store. Two bullets penetrated his breast just above the heart.
 Many people were still up and about the streets, and the local officers, aided by large number of deputies, set out immediately in search of the murderers. Two suspicious looking characters had been observed prowling about the alley back of the Parlor barber shop and several persons had seen them we'll enough to be able to give a good description Of them MT. T. Ii. Cureton saw man tallying with the descrip- tion given by others. running as tho for life across Grant ave. and in between Smiths and Wade's residences just after the shots were fired.
 About 12 80, MT. Raleigh Reese who had received a good description of the men, started for the express office with his motion picture films. He cut across by the Babbitt-Polson ware houses and on coming out on the tracks saw a man peek ing thru the log train standing at a freight ready to pull out MT. Reese sized him up at once as the man wanted. He was unarmed and waited for a few moments, trying to think what to do, and then seeing that the man intended to come his way he stepped between two log cars and waited until the man was close by. He then-spoke to him and the man replied re- marking upon the bad weather The man then asked if MT. Reese knew where he might put up for the night and MT. Reese after little deliberation suggested that he might come overtown ad he would fix him a bunk in back of the pool hall. The man agreed but changed This mind as soon as he reached the last track. He stated that he would build a fire along the track and spend the night. At Hast it was agreed between the two men that MT. Reese should !go with him to the Harvey House and get bunk for him there. They started for the harvey house, but were forced to wait for the freight that had been preparng to pull out.
 As the freight passed by, MT. i Reese noticed someone hang ing onto the train and as the man passed he recognized him as Marshal Burns who was on the watch to see if anyone should attempt to board the train. MT. Reese called to him and he got off. MT. Reese then asked him if he had ever seen tn man with them, before. Bob- by started sizing him up and Mir. Reese added, '"This is the man you've been looking for. IThe Marshal poked his gun in 4the mans ribs and ordered his hands up. Together, he and MT. Reese searched the man land found 3S Colts and near ly hundred rounds of ammu- milton. After hand-cuffing him they started for the jail. when lit occurred to them to search
 him again. A second gun was found stuck under the band of the trousers on the left side