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Show AfiMJSlMSMOTS HER SLEEPING LOVER Follows Him From Arkansas to . Kansas City, and V . . Steals to; ffls Room at MghL - KANSAS -CITT, V ; April Mrs. Amanda Williams, . who came here recently' re-cently' from - Texas, shot and ' fatally wounded' Carroll; Mix of Fayettevllle, Ark., wbiie the latter was asleep In his room at 410 West Ninth street "early today.' At the police' station later she refused to talk. "..','.- ',' .''..'. '; Mfs. Williams and Mix were, former sweethearts. The -woman was deserted by her husband .'some time ago in a Texas town and until recently ' had been In Fayettevllle. , Mix, it appears,' came to Kansas City a few days ago and the woman had 'followed him: apparently ap-parently intent on taking his life, - Tour Ballets Find Hark. " ';. Am Mix lay asleep this morning, Mra Williams .entered his room at 5:30 o'clock, unknown to . any other occupant occu-pant of the house, and began firing at him. The first shot struck Mix In . the nose, a second one hit him in the cheek, a third in the groin and a fourth graced his left arm. The fifth bullet the last In the revolver, went wild. -Mrs., Williams Wil-liams submitted to arrest quietly.' - Had Tired of the Woman. v '" Mix, who was taken to the hospital In a dying condition, said he had come to Kansas City to get away from the wo- man. Mrs. Williams is 30 years old and Mix Is 18. The shooting occurred in - the next room to that occupied by Bud Taylor, from the window of which the latter two years ago shot and - killed his sweetheart, Ruth Nollard, with a rifle. Woman Admits Following. Later r Mrs. ' Williams consented to talk.' She said she had left Fayettevllle Fayette-vllle on Monday last to follow Mix, who had preceded her the day previous. She met him here two days ago. she as-i serted, but he , had evaded her. Mrs. Williams . admitted . frankly that the shooting was prompted by Jealousy. She said she had been deserted by her husband hus-band in Texas a year ago. and that the acquaintance with Mix,. whom she had known for years, was , renewed, . Mix was a farmer. Becomes Hysterical. Mrs. 1 Williams later. In a statement to the prosecutor, admitted that she had purchased the revolver with which she shot Mix. a month ago, and that she had planned the shooting deliberately. She was cool and collected when arrested, ar-rested, but later in her cell became hysterical and expressed extreme sorrow sor-row for her deed. . The woman says her husband is James Williams of Gainesville, Tex. At noon Mix was still alive. |