The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-21

liams declaration and saw the in
ert body of her husband lying on a
bed.
She did not tell police why she
had Secretively pleaded ignorance of
the manner in which the crime was
committed and refused to aid them
in solving the crime until late yes
terday afternoon.
Frequently wiping perspiration
from her heated brow, she told
haltingly of the night of the
tragedy.
MY husband and sat in the
yard until about II o'clock and then
went to bed. 1 slept on a davenport
in the living room and he went to
bed in a bedroom that adjoinS the
living room.
Williams" she continued in a
broken voice, had been out. I did
not hear him return. I was
awakened about daybreak and saw
light burning in the bedroom of
the hired man.
Il" she said in a low tone,
went to his room and found him
still dressed in his best clothes.
He pointed toward the door lead
ing to my husbands bedroom, and
said:
'''I have fixed that
Il looked through the door lead
ing from the dining room into the
bedroom and saw my husband lying
on the bed with pillow over his
face.
Il did not go into the bedroom at
that time but went back and laid
down on the davenport. l heard
Williams searching and rummaging
through dresser drawers in his room
and heard him leave by the back
door a short time later.
AT GAS" said the widow of the
slain man, Il arose and changed the
clothing of two grandchildren that
were staying at my home that
night.
Il then started to light the fire
in the basoline stove, when I
thought I had better go to my hus-
bands bedroom and see what Will
liams had done to him"
Mrs. Williams eyed the circle of
detectives questioning her and went
on.
Il walked over to the bed, raised
the pillow and saw his face covered
with blood. I dropped the pillow
and ran screaming from the room.
Il then sent my grandson, Rich
ard Huntsinger, 6, to the barn for
the hired man. He returned and
said, He's not here, Nom Then I
sent him to a neighbours home, Mrs.
Brick. Her son-in-laW examined my
husband and called Deputy Sheriff
Harold Cook" she concluded.
Mrs. PearSon's admission came
twenty-four hours after the burial
of her husband Thursday afternoon
in Floral Park cemetery.
Two blows from a heavy weapon
had crushed his skull, police say.
Mrs. Pearson insisted that her re-
lations with the hired hand were
those of employer to employe.
On two occasions, she said, her
husband had quarreled with Will
liamS over his negligence in caring
for livestock.
She said she knew little of Will
liams' antecedentS.
The widow of the dead man de-
clared he was IS, but described him
as handsome. She said he had ap-
piled at the farm fourteen months
ago for work. He received 50 a
week, lodging, board and laundry
service.
She said he came here from Cali
fornia and thought that his original
home was in Pennsylvania or Vir-
ginia. She did not know if he was
married.
HE dated the girls around here
sometimes" she said.
No letters leading to the address
of relatives could be found by de-
tectiveS in the few effects left be-
hind by Williams. The hired mans
writing, detectives say, showed signs
OF a good education.
Last information as to the where
aboutS of Williams was the cashing
of a $3.50 check in a downtown
store. The check was Endorsed by
Mrs. Pearson.
Her explanation for the induse-
ment and the checks possession by
the hired man was that the check
came from a milk company and
that she Endorsed it and turned it
over to her husband.
Il don't know what became of it
after that" she said.
A friend of Williams is said to
have seen him in Beech Grove early
Monday morning. He told the friend
he was hitch-hiking to Louisville,
KY.
Fractures Wrist While Working