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PERRY TIDWELLWitnessNo Date Is SetcFor Hearing InTidwell Murderi1 eenpreliminary hearing in the Tidwell murder case and William Leon Fisher. 41. charged with the murder, is being held in the county jail without bail.iFisher is charged with first degree murder in connection with the January 2 death erf Vernon Wilson Tidwell. 40. a !Holly Pond chicken farmer.Tidwell apparently died following a fight with Fisher about a mile south of Holly Pond early on the nifht of January 2.The warrant, which charges Fisher with the slaying, says _ he “unlawfully and with malice j aforethought, killed” Tidwell by ; “kicking and heating him a-bout his body.” IFisher was arrested on the murder charge at his Rock Springs (Blount County) home early on the morning of January 3.»Tidwell’s six-year-old son. Perry, witnessed the alleged fight betw'een his father and jFisher.Tidwell was a World War II t veteran, having served in the » Phillipines as a paratrooper. I He was the winner of the pur- 'pie heart and bronze star during battles of New Guinea. His wife is Maxine McGinnisTidwell, 'i
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Cullman Times Democrat
Cullman, Alabama, US
Sun, Jan 10, 1965
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