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Dead
is Clyde Watson, also called “Tickie”, a father of nine children. Watson
resided at Kuru Kuru with his wife and their seven sons and two daughters.
His
body was discovered lying in a pool of blood in the doorway of the bar on the
business premises. There were bullet wounds to his head, but up to late
yesterday the motive for the killing was unknown.
Proprietor
of the Motel, Mr. Hector Talbot, told this newspaper that around 18:00 hours
on Thursday, he retired from his daily activities and went over to his
dwelling place.
 Six of Clyde Watson’s nine children at their Kuru Kuru home yesterday, just after learning that their father had been shot. (Picture by Cullen Bess Nelson) |
However,
on getting out of bed around 5:30 hours yesterday, he discovered that the
lights in the bar were still on, and wondered why. The proprietor explained
that the lights are usually taken off around 5:00 hours daily.
Talbot
said he went downstairs and, accompanied by an employee, commenced taking the
lights off. Suddenly, the employee came upon Watson’s body, which was lying
in the doorway next to a couch.
Horrified,
the two men hurriedly retreated, then telephoned the nearby Police Outpost to
report the grisly discovery.
Talbot recalled that the door to the bar had been left half-open, but there were no signs of forced entry, nor did it seem as if a burglary had taken place.
Meanwhile,
at the home of the dead man mid-morning yesterday, Watson’s children ranging
in ages from two to 12 did not appear to know that their father had died. The
eldest, Samuel, said that himself and another brother had just left the house
to go to lessons, when someone got off a bus and told them that their father
had been shot in the head. They hastened back home and told their mother,
Chlorine, who then headed down to the hospital.
 The doorway to the bar, where Clyde Watson was shot and killed early yesterday morning. (Picture by Cullen Bess Nelson) |
Watson
was employed to operate the night shift, while the previous bartender was
assigned daytime duties.
A
mason by trade, Watson was described as a hard-working man, who did his utmost
to provide for his family. Just the day before his death, he had commenced
building blocks for a neighbour. At the time of his death, Watson was in the
process of laying a concrete foundation to extend his house.
His
sons said that after building blocks the entire day Thursday, Watson left home
around 18:00 hours to go on duty at the ‘Big T’ resort. He never returned
home.
He
leaves to mourn, his wife Chlorine, nine children and other relatives.
Bandit
shot after allegedly biting ring off man’s finger
An
unknown person shot a known bandit yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of the
Route 45 minibus park after the bandit and another man had robbed a man of a
gold ring.
According
to a Police press release issued yesterday, Mark David, 26, of Sophia, was
shot at about 16:45 hours (4:45 p.m.) yesterday after he and another
accomplice had allegedly bitten a gold ring off a man’s finger.
The
Police release stated that David had appeared before the Court on Thursday to
answer a charge of robbery with violence. He was placed on $25,000 bail.
When
this newspaper arrived at the Georgetown Hospital yesterday, David had just
been taken to the Accident & Emergency Unit. He was bleeding profusely
from several gunshot wounds.
The Police are investigating the incident.
Saturday, May 10, 2003