Williams news., 1918-12-27


 last week Friday, are now in custody and an almost com plete confession of their guilt has been secured from them. The case will come to trial at the next session of the Superior court, but with the confession in addition to the evidence al- ready secured against the two men, there can be but one yer dict for a jury to find, and 1t IS the unanimous opinion of all who know the particulars of the case that the sentence should and will be the hang mans rope for both of them The full story of the crime as gained from evidence gathered from witnesses and from the mems own story appears below
 Edward c. Sickles and Earl Baily arrived inWilliams the middle of last week after ac- complaining a number of thefts along the Santa Fe from Need les to Williams. At Kingman they robbed Rabbits store talk ing a number of guns and other booty. They committed other petty thievery at other points.
 Upon arriving in Williams they began at once to look the town over with a view to rob- bing whichever store they should consider most easily ac- cessible. On Friday night, De- cember 2Oth, they were seen early in the evening behind a number of the business build ings on the south side of Bill Williams Avenue, where, as it afterward developed they were looking over the different rears of the buildings in order to de- eide which to rob. Both men went to the picture show at the Sultana and immediately after ward were seen in the alley back of the Parlor Barber shop by Chas. Wade. Near the same time Lyle Button saw them at the corner of his fathers work shop, with the light from the Sultana Pool hall shining on their faces. He was later able to identify them positively.
 Only few minutes after this both men entered the yard at the rear of Duffy Bros store to try the windows and doors with the intention of breaking in. They entered thru the gate opening onto Second Street. They tried one of the rear doors and one of the windows, when they heard someone in the store. The back door of the hardware department was open ed shortly afterward and MT. Edward Duffy came out and got a stepladder at the back of the store and took it inside. The two men in the meantime hid Tn the shadows made by the light shining thru the open door. After this MT. Duffy again came out and got a box which he took in to break up for his mornings kindling. He came out a third time, whether for coal or for what purpose is not known. At this point one or both of. f.the men-their testi- mony differs on this point shouted fhold up your hands, and instantly afterward the shot was fired which resulted in the death of MT. Duffy. The two men fled over the back fence while MT. Duff fy ran into the store and on out the front door of the grocery department, as related in last weeks News. He fell just in front of MT. Allison's Tailor shop and died shortly after be- Ing carried inside by MT. Ali son and MT. LaSalle. Dr. lief fr1es was summoned at once. but by the time he arrived Ed was beyond recovery; MT. Duf- fy was able to speak but a few words telling that he had been shot at the back door and that he had plunged thru the glass In the door of the grocery de- partment.
 Both of the murderers in the effort of Jumping over the back fence-which is high and made Of sheet lron-cut one hand on the fence. One ran south and the other west. Both circled and