Mountain advocate., 1920-10-29

Fatal Shooting On Rsilrsed Street
Fellows sriths Arrsst ~ A.
leked WHISKY Chsrss.

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Wiley L. Smith, q popular employ
Of the Louisville a Nashville Railroad
Company. was shot and killed Tuesday
about midnight In front OF the Busy
Bee Cafe by George Lockard.
Some time In the early part Of the
night Jocksrd and a mannamed Nor.
gan, posins a. deputy constabl'.
came to Smith to engage himto take
them TO Grays In his automobile tn
arrest some fellows they claimed had
robbed a store. After an agreement
hadbeen reached for the taxi charges
Smith asked a hoy standing by for his
car In which to make the trip After
stsrting.sn argument arose between
Lockard aud Morgan and the boy own
Ing the car, they trying to keep HIM
from going along on the trip. He In
sisted on going and did 60. and after
getting outside Of the corporate limits
Of the town they reached or pretend
edtO reach back In the car and get
bottle containing a small amount az
whisky. They drew their pistols Oh
young Smith, charging him with the
offense Of having whisky in the car.
Smith refused to go any farther aud
requested that they bring him back to
the proper authorities and let him or.
rsnge bond. They returned to the city
and Smith put up 500 cash bond
with the chief Of police. On his way
to the hotel he stopped at the Busy
Bee restaurant and purchased a pacx-
age OF cigarettes. While there Lock
ard and Morgan came In and started
talking to him, using abusive Ia q.
guage. Smith went out OF the door
and looking hack saw them following
him again. He turned and started TO
walk backwards of the sidewalk say
Ing. IF you shoot me don't shoot me
IN the back" Morgan again eng iged
him In . boisterous way and atabout
the same time Locksrd jumped behind
another man who was standing there
and fred, Smith fell mortslly wound
ed and lived only q few minutes.
Smith. It Ia claimed, had on hls
person q sum Of money amounting to
between $4,000 aud $4,000 before he
was killed. Only $500 or $500 could
he found when an examination was
made soon after he died. ], ii, Lew
is, itisssid, was seen searching Smiths
pockets after he fell sndwhen accused ,
Of taking the money he returned a
watch, pOcketbOOk and some other
thing, denying thathe found any mon
ey on Smiths person. A warrant was
secured and he was arrested and plac-
ed in Jail charged with robbery. |
was arrested by Policeman
Weaver and taken to Williamsburg |
aud placed in Jail An Investigation
BY the grand jury which was in ses-
sion, resulted In the RETURNING Of in
dictments against Locksrd charging |
them with. wilful murder. Morgan
was arrested Friday and lodged in
Jail. s.
Locksrd came here from Knox coun-
ty and was once indicted for deserving
his wife and children.
Young Smith was q son Of Noah
Smith. a. prominent farmer and mer-
chant Of Elys. in Knox county. He
was 9 graduate Of Sue Bennett Me-
mortal School at London and the
Knoxville Business College at Knox
lille. He had held the position of
thief clerk in the dispatcher's office
It hiddIesbOro for some time and for
he past Two years M fireman on the
w. Division Of the l.. L n. He was
we'll liked by all who knew him and
made friends wherever he went. His
remains were shipped to Elys Tues
lay and buried In the family burying
ground, the Order Of Odd Fellows, Of
which he was q devoted member, hav-
ng charge of the eremonies.--Corhln
Times.