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thought the estate he left will run .up In the' neighborhood-of one hundred thousand dollars.- Ho was shot to death .on a lonely mountain path, platola and' shot/guna . being used, and hie hndy .was hidden, nud not found for several days after the kilt-,ing. The Lawson..boyfe, however, told their uncle, .Oreen Deatherngcf Ito particulars of the murder, and the names - .of the supposed guilty parties soon .leaked 'but.. Isom Law-’son one of the parties arrested for the murder, hilled lils-father a few yearn back, for. which- crime he was sentenced to the penitentiary for life, hut through the niaudiu se’nti-‘ moat'\\hat has-been engendered of late (and the* efforts of tho sob sisters 9quad” • a parole was secured and he was again turned looose to prey upon humanity.. • Den Goldoxi, counLy attorney of Knox will endeav-: or to secure a full pardon for Isom,• 50 ae! to. render. It.possible tlt;j..try him for .the niurdor of the Rev. Toni! Williams, and ia‘ the event that .he is found .gulty, have him electrocuted.' Tho preacher leaves besides theyoung widow, three children who are ail grown, and who’ propose using the fortune left by the (lead man to avenge his murder.Only a short time ago the Rev. Williams was in this city, endeavoring to make arrangements for leasing 42 acres of the celebrated Dean seam of.coal, which ho.had bean keeping -off the . market for many - ycarc. Several of our cittezns were contemplating taking part in leas-. ing and operating the tract, but the . murder of Mr. Williams will put an end to .the scheme, as tha lease had never been turned over by Mr- Wih . Hams and his death renders it null and void. : **•
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Middlesboro Pinnacle News
Middlesboro, Kentucky, US
Thu, Jul 19, 1917
Page 3
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Jane K.
TN, USA 28 May 2018
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