William Morris
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Name William Morris Gender Male Find-A-Grave 142108760 Reference Number 50599 Died 3 Jun 1893 Keytesville, Chariton, Missouri, USA 
- Died in Jail after shooting himself, his wife and in-laws
Buried Keytesville, Chariton, Missouri, USA - Keytesville City Cemetery
Person ID I50599 Thompson-Milligan Last Modified 12 Apr 2018
Family Georgeann Padgett, b. Abt 1868, d. 5 Jul 1893, Keytesville, Chariton, Missouri, USA (Age ~ 25 years) Married 23 Feb 1892 Chariton, Missouri, USA Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 Family ID F16769 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Married - 23 Feb 1892 - Chariton, Missouri, USA 
Died - 3 Jun 1893 - Keytesville, Chariton, Missouri, USA Buried - - Keytesville, Chariton, Missouri, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - William Morris shot his wife, fired once at his mother-in-law, Mrs. Padget, and then put a bullet into his own brain on May 15th, six miles south of Keytesville. He was an accomplice of Asa Hooten in killing George Wright in Chariton co during the summer of 1881, for which crime Morris was sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. On his return from the prison, from which he was released under 3/4 rule, he was married to a Mrs. Johnson, a divorced woman who had one child. The couple had separated and the wife refused to return to him. He knew that his wife's first husband had visited her a few days ago, and this along with her refusal to return to him, made him desperate. Both he and his wife are expected to die. (A notice in May 26, 1893 edition, Pg #3, states that Mrs. Morris was the divorced wife of Wm Thompson of Roanoke.
-Armstrong Herald May 19, 1893
Geo Morris, who shot his wife and then shot himself in Chariton co some two weeks ago, died at the Keytesville jail last Saturday night.
-Armstrong Herald Friday, June 9, 1893
- William Morris shot his wife, fired once at his mother-in-law, Mrs. Padget, and then put a bullet into his own brain on May 15th, six miles south of Keytesville. He was an accomplice of Asa Hooten in killing George Wright in Chariton co during the summer of 1881, for which crime Morris was sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. On his return from the prison, from which he was released under 3/4 rule, he was married to a Mrs. Johnson, a divorced woman who had one child. The couple had separated and the wife refused to return to him. He knew that his wife's first husband had visited her a few days ago, and this along with her refusal to return to him, made him desperate. Both he and his wife are expected to die. (A notice in May 26, 1893 edition, Pg #3, states that Mrs. Morris was the divorced wife of Wm Thompson of Roanoke.
