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SHOTGUN SLAYERhSTILL GRASPS ATo;• fI-\nno-)UiliafieTHREAD OF LIFEI IThiWith Ills ultimate death concededInevitable, William N. Ed*\vard«, who slow his wife and stop-da ugh ter, Tuesday, still grasp* desperately at each hour, and refuses to die, according to n telephoned dispatch from Hinton, last night.It is Just a matter of hours, claimhis attending physicians, until reaction sets in, and that, claim thev. will bring about his death. And in the meantime he exists without «chin, and with part of his nose, tongue, mouth and jawbone shot away. If he is aide to think, he doubtless lives over again the terrible moment when he realized thatho had shot his wife, and his step daughter, in a fit of nnger or near insanity.That thought was too terrible to make life worth living. Tuesday, andhe turned the same shotgun on hime.*..Mrs. Edwards, who had been married prior to her union with him. was a daughter of Charles All*ert, of Summers county- It was learned that, Insides her 14 year old daughter, Ode Thompson, who was ilr-tkilled, she had a daughter living in Berkley, who left Wednesday for,r,k Hinton to superintend funeral ar-r,!rangements. Mrs. Edwards is reported to have been 42 years This was not his first matrimonial venture. Edward's first wite died aliput four years ago, leaving a number of children, who were at school, Tuesday, when the shooting 'cured. He inter married a Mrs,Ellison, of Monroe County, hut she left him on account of ids cruelty,it is alleged. About one year ago he secured a divorce and marriedMrs. Gussie Thompson, of I’ijM'ste: last April. He was 53 years old.MAPMinCR AIAMPF1
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Beckley Post Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Fri, Oct 16, 1925
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