Show fARMR IS IS' 1 Il If OF f M r Williams Convicted in One Specific Charge Out of Many Slayings Reported Committed C COU COURTHOUSE OU Covington 1 II G Ga April 9 John John S S. S Will Williams Williams Wil Wil- l liams ams today was found o nd guilty of the murder of negro p peons ons on his pl plantation in in Jasp Jasper r county The j jury rf re recommended e c q J ed mercy eI y Tills This automa automatically fixes the sentence sen- sen sentence sen sen- tence at life imprisonment imprisonment r The Thee jury returned its tg verdict at a. a m m. today It had deliberated over the case since 3 51 p p. p m m. yes yes- yes yes-I Judge Hutcheon immediately sentenced sentenced sen Williams to life imprisonment His attorneys moved for a new trial Williams Williams' stoical expression did n not t change but Mrs Williams broke brok down and sobbed aloud Williams was convicted specifically of ot the m murder of or Lindsey Peterson a negro farmhand whose body bound and weighted with a sack of rocks was as found with that of another negro em em- on Williams' Williams farm in Yellow river in this Newton county just over oyer the theline theline theline line from Jasper county Dodic Bodied of nine other negroes said to have been peen killed to conceal peonage e conditions have been found buried on the farm tarm or elsewhere The star witness for the state state- was vas CI Clyde de Manning negro farm boss who testified to having thrown Peterson into the river at Williams Williams' order orders I |