Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, July 13, 1911 FRED WILLIAMS, a former resident of Lamoni, was stabbed to death at St. Joseph on Saturday night, July 1, as the result of a foolish quarrel between himself and a young man by the name of Sollars. The report of the unfortunate affair reaching Lamoni, states that the young man was engaged in driving a delivery wagon for one of the grocery establishments of that city and on this particular evening the wagon was standing in front of the store and Mr. WILLIAMS was getting ready to drive away with a load of orders that were to be delivered. A few feet away people connected with a neighboring business house, were sprinkling the streets with a hose. Sollars happened along and taking the hose from the hands of the party doing the sprinkling turned the hose on young WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS took the joke good naturedly, Sollars being a supposed friend, but told him not to do it again. WILLIAMS went into the store for a moment and then came out again to mount his wagon and as he did so Sollars turned the hose on him again. WILLIAMS became angry and running up to Sollars slapped him on the face. Sollars quickly drew a knife and stabbed WILLIAMS in the stomach and then took to his heels. The injured man was hurried to Ensworth hospital where he died on Tuesday of last week. Sollars was captured at Omaha on the same day that WILLIAMS died and was taken to St. Joseph and lodged in jail under a charge of murder in the first degree. The funeral of the dead man was held Wednesday of last week at St. Joseph. MOSES WILLIAMS, a brother of the young man, resides near Lamoni on a farm. He attended the funeral. WILLIAMS was about 23 years of age and the sole support of his mother and he bore an excellent reputation. Feeling against the murdered at St. Joseph is high. --------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 9, 2009 [email protected]