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to his wife about. going home vii
him while was there.
DEATH or MCKINNEY

NCIuVH hVbHItaI dIitI tuG |
lie was attended by DR..
Lynn and DR.. Claypool. An exaniina.
ton disclosed the fact that the bullet
entered the mans body two inches be.
low the arm.plt on txe right side. The
bullet did not come ont Of the body. |
Tho bullet piefrcd the lungs and 9th.
er vital organs, sssN4 az !
.McKinney's' death occurred at 81
o'clock Tuesday morning.
!, EXTENT OF WOUNDS nA
< Mrs. McKinney's wound istof a very
serious nature and may result fatally. |
= The bullet entered the woman's
left breast and went through the abb
domen above tKe stomach and was
found just beneath the skin on the
right side.
The bullet frpne Branch's gun en-.
tered Mrs. Brancd's body in the apex
Of the left shoulder and came out the
chest near the clavicle.
Physicians believe that the wound
is not Of serious character and that
she will recover.
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
According to. several Knox county
officials. Branch was looking for
trouble all day Monday.
About noon Monday, Branch went
to Deputy Sheriff Lytle and told him
to go to the Mckinney home and per-
suade Mrs. Branch to return hope. NJ
Deputy Sheriff Lytle vent tf the
Mckinney home and told Mrs. Hanch
she had better return ,tg her hus sbansi.'
but she stated, she, would never 10 SO.
Late Moa&dya anSinoon, Then
Branch discovered thatHwilliam5 5Bur-
ton had been released from the Knox
county Jail. he appeared at the Office
of the county clerk Of courts and re-
marked to Clerk Burris:
"That Niger had better stay away
from my wife or there is going to be
cleaning.
Branch is further alleged to have
said:
Il will go to the electric chair be-
fore will allow, my my wife to asso-
ciate with Burton1l
Oficials stated Tuesday morning
that Branch went to- the Mckinney
home for the purpose of starting
trouble. y q
Il, is belived>, that be was also, look
ing FOR Barton and no doubt would
have shot him II he had been atl tAb
Mckinney home. n
Is.Aa itSyas. .RpEtpa Xas;at ttA4bht
I Of iIis~ son-in3esas-Gae Gae0EG8 .Saxss6& the
MansfieM road a Attthaos Mo .oify.
e BattDh' D sseil1 stahel'GaI hsbme, A
is said, and has not ventu5Ad but y
the house since the shooti4e!R = II
SUICIDE REPoRT1bH
1t. was reported Tuesday Aornih y
that Branch had committee SSsuicih
lnNlneAi lately after the murdbfE 1t H
said Mat he went to the 4engleR
and ended his life with ths.stme "
yolyer which he used at tle eMcKH-
lney home. Officers made IA aseart th
Thursday morning through tlN "jd4-
/ gles" but could find not &h* tilt
would lead to the belief that SBrant th
had ended his lite. Sn II
CAME FROM VIRGINIA u
Thomas Branch, the murderer. came
to Mt. Vernon several years ago from
some place in Virginia. He is 40
years OF age and has,been in trouble
before. He was sent to the peniten.
tiary from Knox county some years
ago for rape.
For several years he was employee
as a wagon driver for the Mt. Vernon
Coal & Ice company. He was dis
charged by this company a few days
ago on account of the coal strike and
shortage OF coal.
BORN IN RALEIGH
| Clarence Mckinney, the victim of
Thomas Branch's revolver. was born
in Raleigh, North Carolinar He cape
to Mt. Vernon with his wife inst foiir
years ago. HID first went @I &ork Ms
a section man gon the PanheS SlvaHF
RAILROAD, bgut~later he weHtl p wotk
at the Pennsylvania shops thl Mt. Vef-
lnon. He held this position sht tHe
time Of his death. W.
The dead man has no relatives liv'
ing in this city. His parents and sew
eral brothers and sister reside in
Raleigh.
OFFICERS ARE SEARCHING
Late Tuesday afternoon officers
were searching through the "jungles
in second attempt 10 locate Branch
GO TO COLUMBUS
Sheriff Mosholder and Deputy Sher
iff Lytle will go to Columbus tonight
in search OF Branch. 1t is reported
that the man is in hiding in that city
Mrs. Harley Stake and Miss Ray
Runkley Of DanVille left Monday for