TPRONTTHD NTTrywymea a
By i LONT bats nO by Kida bad 5) Vol
on the frontier,"
RONTIER T° “J
TIER TIMES,
er
EL»
WITLIAMS, Joe
Williams, a Parker Co., Tex., bladk man who resided south of Wea-
therford, was out hunting late on the afternoon of June 13, 1868,
when he came upon a foot-travlek named Thomas Bird who had stopped
to rest by the side of the road. Williams shot him and was in the
process of robbing the body when some people who had heard the shot
arrived. He escaped in the brush and was finally captured mum about
25 miles southeast of Weatherford riding a mare thah he had stolen,
Williams was returned to Weatherford where he claimed that he had
shot at a rabbit and that Bird had accused bim of firing at him and
that he had shot Bird only after the traveler had kicked him. How-
ever, the persons that had heard the shot said that only one shot
was fired and Williams! gun showed that it had only been fired one
time. Tried on Nov. 1), 1868, convicted and sentenced to hang, he
was executed on gallows constructed out of two forked limbs implanted
in the earth and topped by a heavy limb. He rode to his emecution
on his coffin on the back of a wagon, After the noose had been
placed around his neck, the wagon was driven from underneath,
(ZNSE {1 flo &
WILLIAMS, Joe
Williams, a Parker Co., Tex., bladk man who resided south of Wea~
therford, was out hunting late on the afternoon of June 13, 1868,
when he came upon a foot-travlek named Thomas Bird who had stopped
to rest by the side of the road. Williams shot him and was in the
process of robbing the body when some people who had heard the shot
arrived. He escaped in the brush and was finally captured mmm about}
25 miles southeast of Weatherford riding a mare thah he had stolen,
Williams was returned to Weatherford where he claimed that he had
shot at a rabbit and that Bird had accused bim of firing at him and
that he had shot Bird only after the traveler had kicked him. How-~
ever, the persons that had heard the shot said that only one shot
was fired and Williams' gun showed that it had only been fired one
time, Tried on Nov. 1, 1868, convicted and sentenced to hang, he
was executed on gallows constructed out of two forked limbs implanted
in the earth and topped by a heavy limb. He rode to his execution
on his coffin on the back of a wagon, After the noose had been
placed around his neck, the wagon was driven from underneath,
(219/160 &
WIILIAMS, Joo
Williams, a Parker Cos, Tex., bladk man who resided south of Wea~
therford, was out hunting late on the afternoon of June 13, 1668,
when he cane upon a foot-travlek naned Thonas Bird who had stopped
0 rest by the side of the road. Williams shot him and was in tho
rocess of robbing the body when some people who had h heard the ot
He escaped in the brash and was finally captured mmx about]
southeast of Weatherford riding a mare thah he had etolon,
as returned to Weatherford where he claimed that he had
shot at a rabbit and that Bird had accused bin of firing at him and
that he had shot Bird only after the traveler had kicked him, How-
ever, the persons that had heard the shot said that only one shot
vvas Fined and Willians’ gun showed that t had only besn fired one
i 1868, convicted and sentenced to ha ng» he
s constructed out of two forked limbs inplanter
the earth and Ags by a heavy limb, He rode to his emecution
on his coffin on the back of a wagon, After the noose had beon
placed around his neck, the wagon was driven from underneath.
(2N5 1/60 &
2/15 /[{ho®
