well, hey, i m telling you to quit following me because i m saying at this point you re following me and you re on private property and if i were you i d get the hell off it. finally, on father s day evening, 1981, detectives arrive to arrest wayne williams for the murder of nathaniel cater. once he disappeared in the back of this police car, williams would never be free again. to this day. ahead, the trial and the blow-up on the witness stand. i was probably my own worst enemy. i could see almost the shock in the jurors faces. when he said, you want the real wayne williams, you ve got him, i think the jury understood that.
henry worked with cater. he said he saw him leave this theater with wayne williams on the night of the bridge incident. henry has no doubt even today about what he saw. they were holding hands, you know, like male and female. well, if you re holding hands with one of my co-workers and both of you are males what am i supposed to do turn my head? the next time i saw him, he was in the courtroom. when wayne williams took the stand, he swore he never met nathaniel cater. on the evening henry said he saw them, wayne testified he was home, sick and asleep in bed. his mother and father, now deceased, backed him up. homer williams said he had the white station wagon until almost midnight. under cross-examination, in his third day on the stand, wayne williams blew up at prosecutor jack mallard. that morning, he was a complete different person.
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sweating, the heartbeat, blood pressure, all rise with tension. you breathe a little faster. you have a hard time getting your breath. you sweat a little more. he did all those. wayne williams took the test three times. he failed each time. i said, some reaction like i ll be darned, you re the guy we ve been looking for for two years. it surprised him that he didn t beat that polygraph test. he was convinced he could beat a polygraph test. he sat there and studied it and said what s this question right here? i said that s pretty good. did you cause the death of nathaniel cater. then he said, what s this question? i said, did you throw his body into the chattahoochee river. with the media waiting outside the fbi, the mayor s spokesman, angelo fuster was called in to handle the press. and in comes homer williams. fuster asked homer, a press
now remember, you re one of the jurors. three choices, guilty, innocent, or simply not proven. this time the verdict s yours. mary welcome was wayne williams defense attorney. good morning. good morning. how are you? this was her first murder trial. what was he like when you met him? a most unlikely killer. yeah? why? because he just didn t appear to be the kind of person that could strangle anyone or have the strength to. to her, wayne williams seemed gentle, child-like. one day i left him in jail. i said, wayne, is there anything i can bring? would you like anything? he said, would you bring me some bubble gum. williams was charged with and tried for only two murders nathaniel cater and jimmy payne, both adults found in the same area of the chattahoochee river.