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Edward C. Wells
Choctaw Plaindealer, March 3, 1917
Double Killing: Kit and Ed Wells, killed by John Ed Sides:
As a result of an altercation which took place just west of the
courthouse last Monday night about 9 o'clock, Kit and Ed Wells are dead
and John Ed Sides who did the killing is a fugitive from justice. Only
two shots were fired, the first takin effect in Ed Wells, after which he
ran perhaps fifty yards and fell mortally wounded and died in a few
minutes. The second shot struck Kit Wells and he was killed instantly,
never speaking after the pistol fired. Immediately after the shooting,
Sides went to his home, secured his horse and headed south, going into
the home of his father, but later leaving there and has not been heard
from since. Sheriff Dobbs and his deputies made a search for him that
night but without any success. The relatives of the Messrs. Wells were
notified shortly after the killing, and they came to town, and the
bodies were prepared for burial and carried to their homes, the funeral
taking place Tuesday. As the Grand Jury is in session this week and the
matter will undergo judicial investigation, we refrain from commenting
upon the horrible affair. The entire community was shocked and deeply
deplores the awful tragedy.
Picture of
Lennie Belle Hood Wells
Picture of the
Children of Edward
C. and Lennie Belle Wells
Research Notes
Kit and Ed were the sons of Walter Duffy Wells and Nancy M.
Childress, born and raised around Choctaw and Winston Co. MS. Ed was
born Feb 1880 and Kit was born Sep 1873. They had eight other brothers
and sisters. Ed married Lennie Belle Hood born May 1887 Choctaw Co. MS.
After Ed's death, she remarried to a Gordon, and is buried at South
Union Church Campground in Choctaw Co., under the name Belle Hood
Gordon.
Source:
Carol Wells
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