wife's name was Betsy Jane (born 1879) and his mother was Mary Elizabeth Hyder (1839-1909)
Crossville Chronicle December 17, 1931
Thursday forenoon James Wyatt was killed, it's alleged, by his son Julian Wyatt, by being hit on the side of the head with an axe while working in the field. He was buried Friday.
Sheriff Swicegood and deputies went to the Wyatt home, about 13 miles south of Crossville and arrested Julian Wyatt and brought him to town. The accused has a preliminary hearing before City Recorder F H Washburn Monday. Judge E G Tollett granted Wyatt bail in the amount of $1500. As of press time, he's still confined to jail.
The facts seem to be as follows: James Wyatt and his 3 sons, Julian, 21, Walter 19, and A Lee, 14, were all working in the field near the house. The father and youngest son got to scuffling and it seems the father got mad and got hold of a pole some 3 or 4' long and threatened to strike the young boy with it. Julian remonstrated and told the father if he intended to punish the boy, to do it with a switch. In order to prevent the father from hitting the young son, Julian is said to have grabbed his father, who got away twice and as all the boys thought, intended to get a gun that stood against a tree some distance away. When the father made a third attempt to get to his gun, Julian is said to have grabbed a double-bitted axe and hit his father on the right side of the head with the side of the axe. Dr W S Dooley, who examined the injury, stated that the blow was so hard that the skull was crushed and broken badly.
The injured man died a few hours after being hit.
There was no evidence to show that any effort was made to get the gun and empty it or to remove it where the father could not get to it. Recorder Washburn felt it was a clear case of murder and remanded the man to jail without bond. Bond was later allowed as was stated above.
A few years ago the deceased was sent to the penitentiary for a period of years for incest. He is reported to have been a violent man and abusive to his family, frightening them at times so that some or all of them left home temporarily.
∼Tennessee death Index 1931
Wyatt James W. Cumberland Co. 12/10 Record# 28370
Crossville Chronicle December 17, 1931
Thursday forenoon James Wyatt was killed, it's alleged, by his son Julian Wyatt, by being hit on the side of the head with an axe while working in the field. He was buried Friday.
Sheriff Swicegood and deputies went to the Wyatt home, about 13 miles south of Crossville and arrested Julian Wyatt and brought him to town. The accused has a preliminary hearing before City Recorder F H Washburn Monday. Judge E G Tollett granted Wyatt bail in the amount of $1500. As of press time, he's still confined to jail.
The facts seem to be as follows: James Wyatt and his 3 sons, Julian, 21, Walter 19, and A Lee, 14, were all working in the field near the house. The father and youngest son got to scuffling and it seems the father got mad and got hold of a pole some 3 or 4' long and threatened to strike the young boy with it. Julian remonstrated and told the father if he intended to punish the boy, to do it with a switch. In order to prevent the father from hitting the young son, Julian is said to have grabbed his father, who got away twice and as all the boys thought, intended to get a gun that stood against a tree some distance away. When the father made a third attempt to get to his gun, Julian is said to have grabbed a double-bitted axe and hit his father on the right side of the head with the side of the axe. Dr W S Dooley, who examined the injury, stated that the blow was so hard that the skull was crushed and broken badly.
The injured man died a few hours after being hit.
There was no evidence to show that any effort was made to get the gun and empty it or to remove it where the father could not get to it. Recorder Washburn felt it was a clear case of murder and remanded the man to jail without bond. Bond was later allowed as was stated above.
A few years ago the deceased was sent to the penitentiary for a period of years for incest. He is reported to have been a violent man and abusive to his family, frightening them at times so that some or all of them left home temporarily.
∼Tennessee death Index 1931
Wyatt James W. Cumberland Co. 12/10 Record# 28370
wife's name was Betsy Jane (born 1879) and his mother was Mary Elizabeth Hyder (1839-1909)
Crossville Chronicle December 17, 1931
Thursday forenoon James Wyatt was killed, it's alleged, by his son Julian Wyatt, by being hit on the side of the head with an axe while working in the field. He was buried Friday.
Sheriff Swicegood and deputies went to the Wyatt home, about 13 miles south of Crossville and arrested Julian Wyatt and brought him to town. The accused has a preliminary hearing before City Recorder F H Washburn Monday. Judge E G Tollett granted Wyatt bail in the amount of $1500. As of press time, he's still confined to jail.
The facts seem to be as follows: James Wyatt and his 3 sons, Julian, 21, Walter 19, and A Lee, 14, were all working in the field near the house. The father and youngest son got to scuffling and it seems the father got mad and got hold of a pole some 3 or 4' long and threatened to strike the young boy with it. Julian remonstrated and told the father if he intended to punish the boy, to do it with a switch. In order to prevent the father from hitting the young son, Julian is said to have grabbed his father, who got away twice and as all the boys thought, intended to get a gun that stood against a tree some distance away. When the father made a third attempt to get to his gun, Julian is said to have grabbed a double-bitted axe and hit his father on the right side of the head with the side of the axe. Dr W S Dooley, who examined the injury, stated that the blow was so hard that the skull was crushed and broken badly.
The injured man died a few hours after being hit.
There was no evidence to show that any effort was made to get the gun and empty it or to remove it where the father could not get to it. Recorder Washburn felt it was a clear case of murder and remanded the man to jail without bond. Bond was later allowed as was stated above.
A few years ago the deceased was sent to the penitentiary for a period of years for incest. He is reported to have been a violent man and abusive to his family, frightening them at times so that some or all of them left home temporarily.
∼Tennessee death Index 1931
Wyatt James W. Cumberland Co. 12/10 Record# 28370
Crossville Chronicle December 17, 1931
Thursday forenoon James Wyatt was killed, it's alleged, by his son Julian Wyatt, by being hit on the side of the head with an axe while working in the field. He was buried Friday.
Sheriff Swicegood and deputies went to the Wyatt home, about 13 miles south of Crossville and arrested Julian Wyatt and brought him to town. The accused has a preliminary hearing before City Recorder F H Washburn Monday. Judge E G Tollett granted Wyatt bail in the amount of $1500. As of press time, he's still confined to jail.
The facts seem to be as follows: James Wyatt and his 3 sons, Julian, 21, Walter 19, and A Lee, 14, were all working in the field near the house. The father and youngest son got to scuffling and it seems the father got mad and got hold of a pole some 3 or 4' long and threatened to strike the young boy with it. Julian remonstrated and told the father if he intended to punish the boy, to do it with a switch. In order to prevent the father from hitting the young son, Julian is said to have grabbed his father, who got away twice and as all the boys thought, intended to get a gun that stood against a tree some distance away. When the father made a third attempt to get to his gun, Julian is said to have grabbed a double-bitted axe and hit his father on the right side of the head with the side of the axe. Dr W S Dooley, who examined the injury, stated that the blow was so hard that the skull was crushed and broken badly.
The injured man died a few hours after being hit.
There was no evidence to show that any effort was made to get the gun and empty it or to remove it where the father could not get to it. Recorder Washburn felt it was a clear case of murder and remanded the man to jail without bond. Bond was later allowed as was stated above.
A few years ago the deceased was sent to the penitentiary for a period of years for incest. He is reported to have been a violent man and abusive to his family, frightening them at times so that some or all of them left home temporarily.
∼Tennessee death Index 1931
Wyatt James W. Cumberland Co. 12/10 Record# 28370
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