The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-07
KILLING TAKES
PLACEATPOPLAR
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a pane of glass and a 3-incl
door casing. After passin,
through Williams head the bul
let lodged in the wall back O
the sofa on which Williams wa,
seated at the time he was shot
The local police and the county
authorities say they can under
stand this feature but as yet
Il they are unable to explain {
D bullet hole in a pane of glass il
! the living room where Williams
was sitting. There is certain
mystery about this hole in the
t second pane of glass that the
authorities say must be cleared
UP. At the time he was shot
Williams was sitting on a sofa
in what might be called the liV-
ing room. This living room is
on the north side of the house.
To the east Of this living room
there is a bedroom. It may be
some twenty feet away from
the sofa that Williamspxupied.
On the east side of thasbedroom
there is windosand it was
from outside this room that the
bulletwas fired. It broke the
.pEne of glass, passed through
The door casing of the bedroom
door, struck Williams, plowed
through his head and lodged in
the wall.
Two or three feet from where
Williams sat there is a window.
1t is on the west side of the
house, almost at a right angle
from the course the bullet took
but the fact remains that there
is a bullet hole in this pane of
glass. That is the stickler how
this pane of glass come to be
broken. AS far as the authori-
ties know there was but one
bullet fired. Yet there is that
broken pane of glass at almost
a right angle from the course
the bullet took.
Whoever shot Williams stood
outside of this bedroom window
With the bedroom door opened
as it was the murderer would
have a clear view of Williams.
1t would be possible to shoot
Williams from this angle but it
would not be possible to shoot
him and at the same time break
this pane of glass. The break
ing Of this pane of glass might
be explained if the bullet had
DETECTED or broken but the au-
thorities say nothing of this
kind happened.
There were two or three peo-
pie in the living room when the
shooting occurred. These peo1
pie who are Mollie Bauers Will
liams, her brother, Dave Buc-
kles, and Mrs. Williams son. |
Thomas Pickett, have been |
questioned by the authorities. |
AS a result of statements these |
people have made and certain
other circumstances Joe Bur
shia was taken into custody this
by Sheriff P. J. Nacey. |
who came to the city last night
after being notified of the
shooting.
Of Joe Burshia's actions last
night this much is known. Soon
after the shooting of Williams
he appeared at the Jesse Mason
home in the north edge of town
and demanded entrance. It is
said that he told some children
to leave the house. These
children are said to have left
The house in their bare feet.
Burshla then locked himself in.
John Elder knocked at the door
II the Jesse Mason house soon
utter and asked to be admitted
tder says that Burshia asked
linn what he wanted but that
le did not unlock the door. Elder
aid he wanted to get in and de-
lares that Burshia refused to
pen the door with the state
nent that "You don't want to
nix in this"
Sheriff Macy and Marshall
ack Hanson watched the house
III night and this morning at
ay break Burshia gave himself
p to Macy.
Sheriff Macy told Burshia's
ather, Noel Burshia, to go into
ne house and talk with the
oy and tell him that it would
e the better way to surrender
eaceably but that in any event
e must give himself up. When
IS father first talked with him
Dung Burshia is declared to
ave refused to do this. He
ter changed his mind and sur
to the sheriff.