Mr. Watts 2
Character Key Number:
2322
Display Name:
Mr. Watts 2
Sort Name:
Watts, Mr. 2
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
The man with the badge outside Grandpa's house in Mottstown in "That Will Be Fine" reminds Georgie of "Mr. Watts at Jefferson that catches the niggers," so it seems safe to say that Watts is either the sheriff or one of the deputies or, perhaps, the town marshal (277). The fact that all the people he catches are black probably reflects the fact that most arrested people in Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha are black, not that Watts has a special commission to catch Negroes.