Randolph County AlArchives News.....Williams, Ralph & Ray given life in prison for murder of Guy Yates  .
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"The Cleburne News" .
Heflin, Cleburne Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, FEBRUARY 6, 1941

TWINS GIVEN "LIFE" ON MURDER CHARGE

Wedowee, Ala. Jan. 29

Ralph Williams, charged with murder in the first degree, was placed on trial 
Tuesday morning in the circuit court of Randolph county. The trial consumed 
the entire day and part of the night. After deliberating twenty minutes the 
jury returned a verdict of guilty and fixed the punishment at life 
imprisonment.

On Wednesday morning, the case against Ray Williams, a twin brother, was 
called and he entered a plea of guilty of murder and his punishment was also 
fixed at life imprisonment.

The boys, 19 years of age, were charged with killing Guy Yates, a taxi 
operator, near Roanoke on the night of August 17, last year.

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