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Tragedy In Georgia

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
March
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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Homer, Ga., March 26.- J. F. Willia was killed last week by his daughter Lillian and his wife. The news of the tragedy did not leak out for several days until a son, Francia, 11 years oíd, told it to neighbors. Daughter and mother were both arrested and given a preliminary trial. The boy testified that his father come home from work about dark and eallêd for his supper. After beginning to eat his meal, a clifficulty arose between the father and mother, but the fornier sat down before the fire, when Lillian, a girl about 15 years old. struck him with the ax, cutting a gash iu his skull. Willis threw back his head and the rnother took tlie ax froui the girl and cut him across the throat with it. Willis died a few minutes later. The girl savs she struck the blow with the ax after having cut her father's throat ■with a razor while Willis was choking her mother to death. After drawing the razor across the throat of her father and seeing that he was not dead, she picked up the ax and finished him. Her plea was that she did the. deed to save her mothër's life. The jury, at'ter-being outforsome time, rendered a verdict of not guilty.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News