Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-08

told me he was sure that his wife would
run and hide when she knew he there.
and that her relatives would say that she
was not there.
When Grove UP to the house one of
Timmons' little boys. who was in the
yard, ran in the house and closed the door,
This door led to the portion of the dwell
ling occupied by John, the son Of William
Hinton and his wife, and Mrs. Timmons
and her two children. The other part was
occupied by old William Hinton and his
daughter. We got out Of the cart and tied
the horse to an apple tree in the other
yard Old Mr.. Hinton came out and sat
down in a chair outside OF the door of his
quarters TimmoEIs walked up to him.
knelt down by him, put his arms around
him and began to cry.
Meeting Old William Hinton.
For Gods sake he said to Hinton,
tell Ie where my wife and children are.
ITO this Mr.. Hinton replied, saying: She
Is not In here
Then asked MIR. Timmons to walk away,
as l wanted to have private converse
ton with Mr.. Hinton. Timmons walked
around the house, looking up to the win
dows. saying 10 Hinton, as he did so: L
Know she is here 1 saw my child when we
drove up
The old man and myself walked down
toward the barn talking over the trouble
between Tirnmons and his wife, and in
.ew minutes returned to the front of the
mouse, where luminous Joined us. Hinton
TO do with it, She is your wife. If she was
here 1 wouldn't drive her away and
neither will try to persuade her to re-
turn to YOU
Mrs. Timmons Sees Mr.. Keys.
"A; this time a woman came to the door
OF the other part of the house. and l in
quired of her if Mrs. Timmons was there.
She told me that she and asked me
to step in went IN and asked to see Mrs
IUnrncQS he Iatr1
and told me her husband had treated her
20 DadIy, and she would not return to live
Win hlIn- After L entered the house. by
.he way, the woman VINO had asked me il
i3csed the door and pulled the window
shades down. / tried to prevail upon Mrs
Ilmmo1s to change her mind and consent to
return TO her husband. telling her of his
ursdoubted repentance and describing his
sorrow at the separation.
Al 1lrst she would not listen to arg1,-
htnt- liInmonS came TO the front window
Whlle we were talking, and called through
IL 10 let him come in, if only to see her
race Mrs Timmons declined, telling him
ttat he had treated her so badly that she.
aidnt care to see him ever again. | asked
her again to allow her husband to come in
ara have talk with her at least and she
again declined, saying she knew he would
hurt ner if he did in.
Timmons Allowed to Enter.
The woman who had admitted me sail
he would not be permitted to hurt her,
and at last Mrs. Timmons consented to
see her hrband, and he entered the ROOM
He sat on one side of it and his wife on
the other, with Mrs. John Hinton daugh-
ter-in-law of old John Hinton ana myself
between them Timmons asked to see his
children, and his wife called to them 10
come down stairs The oldest boy refused
To come. and began crying, but the younger
one came and sat his fathers knees
and kissed him Timmons then pleaded
with his wife to return to him, bat she
was obdI rate and steadily declined to
agree to do so She said however that
he could take the older boy and she would
Keep the younger enc. He declared that
NJ didn't want the children, but wanted
her Meantime, while the husband and
WIFE were talking, old Mr.. Hinton came in
ard took seat near the door He did not
join in the conversation by as much as a
wcrd, but merely sat and listened.
Pleading for Her Return.
After Timmons had pleaded and argued
with his wife for three-quarters of an
hour. curing which time there was no
sign Of anger or recrimination on his part
but only repentant and earnest protests
of being 4, good man in the future, he got
up and went over and put his arm around
her, crying bitterly, and begged her to
return to him.
She still declined. however to consent 10
do So 1 looked at The tine, and it VAS
3 O'Clock, and / told TimmonS we would
have to leave, we must get home before
dark He begged me to stay little while
longer Twenty minutes later / again told
Timmons that we must go, and started out
to get the horse. Timmons still had an
arm around his wife ard was begging her
to kiss him goodbye. saying he was going
to leave, but she refused
The Murder Occurs.
Il went out OF the door and had probably
gotten fifteen yards from the house when
I heard the quick reports of pistol. The
shooting was extremely rapid. 1 think
there were three shots fired inside the
house Then Mrs John Hinton ran out
of the door and started toward a cornfieid
nearby. She was followed closely by Tim
mons, Who held his pistol up pointed to-
ward her and within two feet of her back.
He fired once at her when she reached
the corner of the house. She still ran
screaming. and at the ecge of the cornfield
luminous again fired al her. At this shot
she threw up her hands and staggered but
did not fall She turned 10 th. left and
Timmons ran to the right and ran in my
direction He still held the pistol in his
hand He ran toward the woods and the
last L saw of him was when he stopped
at the edge of the woods for d moment and
fingered his pistol He then disappeared in
the woods
The Scene in the House.
Il ran into the house. Old Mr. Hinton
was lying on the floor dead in a pool of
blood and Mrs. Timmons had been carried
Il immediately nO-lf61 Mr.. u. z
Thomas, 4 neighbor of Hinton, and told
MIN OF what had occurred, and together
We went to Ednor post office and notified
a doctor and the authorities at Rockville,
then returned 10 Linden. and on my yay
back notified Deputy Sheriff Jones of the
snootng- No one who mad seen or talked
with T1mmons yesterday could have by
any possible means conceived that he had
any stcn desperate intentions. 1 had no
loed thAt I1mmons was armed
Excitement of the Neishbors.
Immediately upon the news of the tragedy
being learned, and it was rapidly dissent
mated throl gh the county by telephone
from Ednor. large crowd gathered. Inapy
OF them berg armed and much talk of
lynching being INDUCED ill., The examina
ton OF the victims showed that Mr. Hin
ton had been shot twice through the heart
Dying Instantly. ard that Mrs Timmons
had received a ball in her right ear Mrs
Hinton was shot under the shoulder blade
Dr. j. X Bztson and Charles NJ Idings
were quickly ut the scene. 1t was discov-
cred mat the shooting had been done at
such close quarters that the ear of Mrs
TimmOnS and the bea ri of Mr. u;,to, ia