Purcell of Dunwoody

J. William Purcell was the victim of a crazed man, shot in the hip and thigh by Mr. Clark. The statement of Dr. Puckett ...I had been called up from Chamblee by telephone early Tuesday morning and told that Clark had gone crazy and was trying to shoot and burn up everything in sight. I was told to warn all the merchants against selling him any firearms or ammunition. I got up early Tuesday morning and intended to go down to the sore of Nash & Clark to tell them not o let Clark have anything. When I reached the store I found that Clark had arrived before I had. He was standing in front of the door talking to Cheek. I heard him ask for some 26-calibre Smith & Wesson shells. I called Cheek out of the store and told him on the outside not to let Clark have anything. While he was talking with me Clark stepped up to Nash and asked him for the cartridges. Nash did not know the man's condition, and was talking with him when Cheek went back in and told Nash not to sell them. Clark shot and wounded J. William Purcell and wounded three others, and killed William Cheek. His father was Elder E. S. Purcell of Dunwoody.