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Article giving an update on the murder of Dolly Williamson. From the Nvember 3, 1891 issue of the Daily Picayune a New Orleans paper.

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Funeral of Mrs. J. M. Williamson - Two Arrests Made in Conjunction With the Murder.

HATTIESBURG, Miss., Nov. 2 -- [Special.] -- The funeral of Mrs. J. M. Williamson, wife of the mayor of our town and editor of the Democrat, who was foully murdered on Friday at midnight, took place this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Business was entirely suspended and almost the entire community manifested their deepest regret at the death of the very estimable and loveable woman. The services at the Methodist church were conducted by Rev. J. S. Parker, pastor, assisted by Rev. J. M. Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian church, in the presence of an overflowing congregation.

The coroner's jury is still in session.

Susie McLeod, the young woman who was stopping with Mrs. Williamson on the night of the murder, and her lover are confined in jail here, the suspicion being strong against the latter, and that the girl knows more than she has thus far told.