Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-11

county. The injunction was
never served, as Williams had
already left when it was issued.
A two weeks search for the children
was made by Mrs. Williams. She final
ly found them at German. Entering q
school building there she secured Worth
am, the elder Of the two children. She
then drove up in front of the home Of
Mr.. Williams mother in service car,
entered the home, and left with the
younger child, who came running to her
arms.
Returns with Children
She eluded her husband, who started
after the children in short time, prob
ably less than an hour, and boarded .
train, coming to Brownsville Thursday
night of last week. tst
Williams went to Trenton, north Of
Dallas, where T. G. Scales, father Of
Mrs. Williams, lives. He was in a rage
when he came to the house, according
to Mr.. Scales, and upon finding that the
children were gone said that he would
get them "if it cost me my life" He
}eft there Friday. on his trip across the
state to Brownsville.
AS soon as Williams left the Scales
home, Mr.. Scales wired Mrs. Williams
here of what had happened. He then
boarded a train and came to Browns
vile, arriving Saturday.
Mrs. Williams telephoned to the
sheriff's department, and asked for pro-
lection. She was assured that she
would be given protection. and deputies
were instructed to watch the railway
station for the arrival Of Williams. and
to watch the highway, although it was
thought that he would come on the
train.
Mrs. Williams telephoned her attor-
ney, H. B. Galbraith. He told her that
he would send guard to the home to
protect her. Guadalupe Rivera was sent
there. Rivera spent all Of Saturday
night around the house, and was joined
Sunday by his brother, Juan, who went
out merely to visit Guadalupe, he said
Williams made the trip to Browns
vile in fast time. When he reached
his home here he was driving his heavy
sedan on three tires and rim, not stop
ping on the road to get another tire
capped an accident north Of Hariingen
in a traffic jam on the highway there,
going off the road to the right to keep
from colliding with a wagon.
Son Gives Warning
As Williams drove up to the house his
younger son saw him. and ran to his
mother. Mrs. Williams Immediately
locked the front door. As the door was
locked, Williams started on around to
the back Of the house Just as he start
ed to open the screen door by the rear
entrance, Guadalupe and Juan Rivera
approached him from the orchard in
back of the building. One shoeywas fir
ed, the bullet barely grazing Williams
body. The second shot struck him in
the abdomen, and he fell BY the rear
steps.
In his statement to officers Williams
is understood to have said that at the
first shot he threw up his hands, hay
ing my God, man, don't shoot me; this
is my home.' Sheriff Robertson re-
fused to make public the statement,
saying he will give it direct to the
grand jury.
Guadalupe's statement to Sheriff Sam
Robertson, when the man admitted that
he did the shooting, was that Williams
made the hip movement. Guadalupe said
nothing during the instant preceding
the shooting, and Immediately after.
Mr.. Scales arrived at the house from
a residence across the street, where he
was when Williams drove up, immediate.
ly after the shooting.
Guadalupe and Juan Rivera waited At Y
the residence until officers arrived,
while Williams lay on the ground back
Of the house until the ambulance from
the Hinkley undertaking establishments
arrived and took him to the Mercy hos
pital, where he made his statement -
Sheriff Robertson.
Deputy Sheriff Pete Gam was thsA
first officer on the scene. when ~
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