Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-16
DEATH OF WOMAN
FOLLOWS TROUBLE
W|THHER HUSBAND
Bruise on Wife's Body
Causes Arrest of Joseph
S. Williams.
CORONER DISCOVERS THAT
GIRL HAD CLOT ON BRAIN
Investigation by Police Reveals
Young Man Struck Victim FRI
day Night During Quarrel.
DIED EARLY MONDAY MORNING
Accused Drove Hall and Sweet on
Night of Bootlcggcrs' Deaths
on Valley Road.
DIED EARLY MONDAY MORNING
Accused Drove Hall and Sweet OH
Night of BoOtlcggcrs' Deaths
on Valley Road.

chauaeur. IS under ARE arrss. charged as
suspect in the killing OF his twenty
ono, Year old wife. Daisy Louise. who
died az : o'clock Yesterday morning at
her home, 3oI West Grace street.
Williams is tho chauffeur who drove
the party OF prohibition agents to
Fishers Hi last spring when Ray
mond Shackleford and Lawrence Hud-
son were shot TO death as bootlcggcrs
by dry agents. 70 !r OF whom now face
trial on murder charges
Arrcs, OF Williams followed a Cruel
ling examination by police oniccrs yes
Mrs. Williams had died from blood cloi
on ne brain, which the police believe
resulted from blow struck b. the
husband last Friday night.
Admits Striking blow.
Aceord.nE 70 ,he authorities vii
his hand during IN aitcrcation. Friends
testified that she acted curiously Sat
urday and Sunday. and according To
shortly after miniEh, yesterday. WI
lam ,;ams stated. ,aeiording TO !he police,
woman died Two hours later -, a.
sPfeparatons were being made 10
NJ Whitfield WAS summoned, and aftsr
an examination discovered that there
were no signs "f death by acute indI-
rom Il blood cloi on the brain, or apo
pieIy bruise was discovered on
Mrs Williams neck. and tho Coroner
notified the Police Department
Detective Sergeants j. f WILEY and
Gordon p. Smith Immediately called
Hso,;ia miiiians ana relatives o' his wife TO
IoEce Headquarters ard. after ouos-
iioning tho witnesses. placed tho ms
band under arrest
Fight on Friday Night.
II was learned. according to the
authorities, that one alteration be-
tween Williams and his wife occurred
EtidaE might at the home OF Mrs.
Il Va = fi.-r
electrical and shop engineer for the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. who
lives at sla North Seventh Street. The
,aonhr ,aonfr OF ,, sne dead girl told about this
MY daughters life has been miser-
able" lie said. While had never
seen her abused by her husband be-
fore Friday night. she had told nc OF
various Instances. on Friday night.
Williams came to our house and |
heard him abuse her for no reason
friends by dancing.
.fie took hold of her. carried her
closed the door My wife teiephon"d
70 the police. hut I notihcd them MOI
to come and then settled the matter
with Williams personally. do not
know what he did 10 her then"
Quarrel Is Continued.
As far as the police could learn.
Williams and his wife left the Bebout
went to their own home 1T 307 West
Grace Street; where the. quarrel con-
tinued and Williams is alleged TO have
struck his Wife again.
Sergeant Organ at Police Headquar-
ters verlhed the statement that a call
had come from the Bebout home Friday
nc answered. 1t was Cancelled
Williams told the police. according
into commissions early yesterday morn.
ing and that he called Dr. &. \ Blan-
ton. 500 West Grace Street The ply
the summons and found the young wife
suffering from hystera and apparently
EhsonsSious Ehs aa sn vio,. OF what she was doing
down on the bed. he said.
Atter giving her some medicine the
physician I, left. only to get a second
Wallace Rlanton. answered This cali
and on his arrival at the Wiilia ms
home found the woman dead. No
body at that time by the physician.
but when the undertaken asked for
a. death certificate DIR. Blanton re-
us, rnssd II, 70 give 1t until an autopsy was
Brufsc Is Diseioscd.
EIamination OF the body by the
corner disclosed a bruise on tho girls
neck and the blood clot on the brain.
resulting in the police Investigation
aR.l subsequent arrest.
Williauhs has a Police Court record.
-Four years ago no was arrested on
charge OF stealing an automobile. but
was freed He later served a iail
sentence in Frederick sburg for boot
logging. and the police say he has
been involved in other court iitiEa-
tons in various cities.
On the night when the two alleged
bootlegGera. Hudson and Shackieford,
were shot to death on the Valley Road
near Fishers Hill. Williams was the
driver Of tho car which carried the
prohibition agents now accused ~ the
murder of the men, Williams has been
one Of the witnesses for the defend
ants and was on the stand at Manassas
at the trial of Prohibition Inspector
Hall. in which there was a disa gree
ment OF the jury.
boy OF Four Survivea
There Is a four-year- old son, Joseph
Thurman Williams. surviving tho dead
mother. According to relatives the
alteration on Friday night was one
Of many in the. Williams family. and
that Mrs. Williams had often told
her parents Of attacks by her husband
Immediately after tho autopsy yes
tcrday Coroner Whitfield called a cor
oner's jury and the body OF the yonng
woman was taken to Woody's under.
taking narlors, where 1t was viewed.
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