The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
CHARGED
WITH MURDER Of
HIS YOUNG WIFE
autopsy Showed That Neck Of
Mrs. Clyde Thames Had
+ Been Broken WhereupOn
Husband Is Indicted.

BRooKHAVEN, Miss, Sept. 5 tSpl.)
clyde Thames, the husband Of Mrs.
da Thames. whose booy was disin-
erred at Antioch church cemetery in
4aWrence county Or last Tuesday n
he neck found to be broken, has been
indicted by the Lincoln county grand
Jury now In session in this city, upon
ne charge OF murder, and Is now con-
lined in the Lincoln county jail. Wit
lesses who attended the investigation
that was made at the cemetery and
other persons thought to have any
knowledge Of the facts surrounding the
Heath OF the deceased. went before the
Grand jury on Wednesday and the grand
iury returned a true bill charging the
husband with the murder OF his wife,
on Thursday.
Sheriff W. Ed Smith went immedl-
lt6ly to the home OF the accused man,
coated in this county, and arrested
him and brought him to Brookhaven,
\ where he was lodged in Jail. Thames
was in the field picking cotton at the
time Of his arrest and up TO this time
has made no statement relative to the
crime. It is understood that he will
employ counsel. The criminal docket
will be called on next Monday morn
ing at which the defendant will be ar
raigned upon the charge,
Mrs. Thames was buried on Aug. s,
at Antioch church cemetery, just across
the Lincoln county line in Lawrence
county, Her death was presumably
caused from heart failure, as 1t was
q physician for this trouble prior to
her death, Rumors Of foul play, how
ever, were so persistent after the body
had been inferred, that her father, nj,
d, HerringA Of Bogalusa, La, and other
relatives and friends decided to exhume
the body and make a complete exami-
nation of its condition in the presence
of q reputable physician. After the per-
mission mad been secured to exhume
the body. Or. r. T. Conn, the county
health officer of Lawrence county, was
called upon for this service, and in
the presence Of the other officers from
Lincoln and Lawrence counties, and
| the presence OF the relatives and friends
of the dead woman, made this exami-
nation. The examination made at the
graveyard at Antioch church on last
| Tuesday revealed the fact that the
woman's neck had been broken prior
to her death, and witnesses were i'm
| mediately subpoenaed before the grand
| Jury, now in session in the city Of
Brookhaven, to testify In the matter
with the result that a true bill was
returned Thursday morning against the
husband,
The defendant is a young man, APP
Eparently rs years OF age, and has beer
living in this county for n number OF
years, where he is engaged in farming
operations. He was married about fly
or six years ago to Miss Ida Herring
and two children were born TO them
one child now five years OF age, anC
the other an infant Of ~ years. The
grewsome disclosures made at the x
animation of the body On last Tues
day has created a good deal of excite.
ment throughout the entire county
where both families are well known
Herring, of Bogalusa, La, was in Brook,
haven on Wednesday taking ar active
interest in the examination being made
before the grand jury, though his nam'
does not appear as a witness on thu
indictment.