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Article about Dolly Williamson from the November 1st issue of the Daily Picayune, New Orleans newspaper.

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Mayor Williamson's Wife Killed by a Burglar.

HATTIESBURG, Miss., Oct. 31. -- [Special.] -- Shortly after midnight a burglar entered the residence of Mayor J. M. Williamson, editor of the Democrat, through an open window, and upon being discovered by Mrs. Williamson in her bedroom, shot her, fracturing her left collar bone, severing the larger artery underneath. Dr. S. J. Stevens was immediately summoned, but death had resulted from internal hemorrhage before his arrival. Unfortunately the assassin made good his escape. Mayor Williamson, who was attending the southern road congress in Atlanta, Ga., as a delegate from this state, was at once wired. A coroner's jury is making a thorough investigation. The entire population is aroused, and efforts are being made to capture the murderer, who, if caught, will meet with summary punishment.