Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-15
TRIAL Of FARMERS
WIFE AND SECTION
FOREMAN DEFERRED

GREENSBORO, Ga, March H.
The commitment trial of Mrs. Will
Williams, charged with the murder
TO her husband, farmer of Greene
county, and of A. L. Campbell, a
young section foreman, who is in
Jail on a charge of murder in con-
nection with the same case, was on
Saturday afternoon postponed until
Thursday morning, March II, at Ii
o'clock.
Bonnie Williams, son Of the dead
farmer and Mrs. Williams, who has
been in Jail pending the preliminary
hearing, was released Saturday aft
ernoon under a $3.50 bond for his
appearance as material witness.
Justice r. H. Rhodes, of Sloan,
presided at the preliminary hearing
Saturday afternoon, and the hearing
was postponed following an objec-
ton from the defense to the chem
lists report that poison had been
found in the stomach of the de-
ceased. The defense claimed that the
chemist, DR.. Edgar Everhart, should
be in court to testify. to the accuracy
of his report, and to show that the,
stomach he analysed had been taken
from the body of the deceased. Miles
w. Lewis and N. P. Park are attor-
neys for the defense. Judge J. G.
Faust was appointed by Justice
Rhodes to represent the state.
The courtroom on Saturday after
noon was damned with people from
all parts of Greene county, manifest
ing great interest in the case.
DR.. Edgar Everhart, of At
lanta, the chemist who analysed the
contents of Mr.. Williams stomach,
and, it is said, discovered the pres
inent witness at the hearing THURS
day.
Mrs. Williams and A. L. Campbell
will both remain in Jail pending the
developments at the commitment
trial. Bennie Williams, when releas-
ed Saturday, declined to make any
statement regarding his knowledge
of the affair. Mrs. Williams and
Campbell continued to protest their
innocence Saturday afternoon, and
pleaded for an early hearing.
Thinks He Killed Himself
Mrs. Williams stated Friday that
she believed, if her husband had died
from poison, that he had committed
suicide in fit of dependency. She
had attempted to shoot her husband
one night about three weeks ago.
She said that he had accused her of
improper relations with Campbell,
the young section foreman who
boarded at the Williams home, and
no In he, 1n1 Ion
to desperation. According to her
statement, she snapped a pistol at
him, discovering after the act, that
the gun was not loaded.
My husband had a fit Of insane
and unwarranted jealousy" Mrs.
imagined that I loved the boarder.
and he would get into fits of jeal-
ousy and treat me like a dog. Ev-
cry day he would accuse me of i'm
proper relations with our boarder,
and one night about three weeks ago
when he was cursing and accusing
me, l seized a pistol, which l thought
My next move would have been to
kill myself, 1 was tired of living
and had decided to end everything"
Sheriff Nixson said that this at
tempt by Mrs. Williams had been
admitted by her at the hearing of
Ce''1S
band died. The gun she used was
not loaded, the sheriff said.
Mrs. Williams admitted giving her
husband two tablets on the night of
his death. She declared that they
were aspirin tablets, and that she
gave them to him at his own re-
quest, with drink of whisky. This,
she said, was after he had suffered
for several hours from the sickness
believed to have preceded his death.
She turned over to the sheriff the
box containing the remaining tab
let's and they are in his possession.
Bonnie Williams. son of the dead
farmer. recently had trouble with his
father, according to Sheriff Nilsson.
1t is claimed that the deceased
quarreled with his son after he had
testified in divorce suit in which
Campbell was seeking separation
from his wife. The suit eliminated
in January. it is said, and Campbell
secured q divorce from his wife. 1t
is claimed that Campbell and his wife
and that the divorce suit had been
pending for a long time.
This angle of the case is being in
vestigated by Greene county Off
Gals. They believe that Campbell's
divorced wife lives in some other
locality, since she has not been seen
here for several years.
Mrs. Williams told the sheriff on
the day after the death of her hus-
band, that Campbell had been brought
into their home as a boarder at the
request of the dead man. She said
that soon after his arrival the de-
nestle discord began which caused
quarre1s between her and her nus
hand