Original sentence: After several years of purchasing, restoring and selling historic homes, he was able to purchase Mercer House in 1969.On January 14, 1990, six months after the trial, he died unexpectedly in his home, aged 59, from pneumonia and heart failure.The house had stood empty for more than 10 years since its last occupants, the Shriners organization, had used the building as their Alee Temple.Williams restored the home completely and operated his antiques restoration business out of the carriage house in the rear of the mansion.Williams was the only person in the state of Georgia ever to be tried four times for the same crime - the alleged murder of his assistant, Danny Lewis Hansford, on May 2 1981, in Williams's home, Mercer House
Edited sentence: After several years of purchasing, restoring and selling historic homes, he was able to purchase Mercer House in 1969, after it had stood empty for more than 10 years, its last occupants, the Shriners organization, having used the building as their Alee Temple.He restored the home completely and operated his antiques restoration business out of the carriage house in the rear of the mansion.He unfortunately was not able to enjoy his freedom for very long; he died unexpectedly in his home on January 14 1990, aged 59, from pneumonia and heart failure, six months after the trial.Of historical significance, too, is the fact that Williams was the only person in the state of Georgia ever to be tried four times for the same crime - the alleged murder of his assistant, Danny Lewis Hansford, on May 2 1981, in Williams's home, Mercer House