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in rLt\\L. HUDDLESTON Pi PLEADS GUILTY SECOND DE6REEthetruemmoJames Huddleston, Nephew (h of Principal Admitted Aggravated Assault and Battery ,Tlonesta, teept. 21.—The semi-final ta« climax in the Huddleston case came I’h* suddenly yesterday in the Forest ccun- I daj ty court when Lyman Huddleston, charged with the murder of William 8to McKee, pleaded guilty to second degree murder, and James Huddleston, nephew of Lyman Huddleston, charged with being an accessory, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and bat- ea tery. The men will probably be sentenced late today.The circumstances leading up to the killing of William McKee on the night of June , last, are familiar to nearly everyone in this and nearby counties, where the case has attracted widespread attention and the court house I was crowded to capacity yesterday, as was the case Tuesday, with curious persons who had come from lar and ivad to be present at the trial. A murder trial is an unusual thing in Forest •u nty, and it had been expected that C**lings in this particular case Would be somewhat extended, it not not being known, of course, that the defendants would plead guilty.True bills had been returned against the two men by the grand jury earlier in the day. counsel for the defendants making it known later to the court ^that the men desired to plead guilty, I ™*i... „ ... x.........i onvis we rar tng car the a 1rt ha the the arc the a pi nol md ing clu str hai lift iLyman Huddleston appearing and Ionarcprtware:ipleading guilty to second degree mur tier and James Huddleston pleading guilty to aggravated assault and bat-,.,yIt was charged by the commonwealth that shortly before midnight on June 7, 1022, Lyman Huddleston shot and killed William McKee, aged 60, near the home of the latter :U West Kee marry a daughter of Huddleston, ston, was with Lyman Huddleston at the time of the alleged shooting and was held as an accessory. Lyman Huddleston is f*0 years of age anti his nephew between 18 and 10 years of age.The Huddlestons called at the McKee home to demand that young Me-Pviuiut* iff uriimiiu iiictt jiuuiik dit-J Keo marry a daughter of Huddlestone 'whom he was charged with wronging.McKee ran away but was caught The 1 uncle arrived after shots had been i« fired and went to the assistance of his son, and was shot through the , heart.G
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Bradford Evening Star and Daily Record
Bradford, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Sep 21, 1922
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