El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-05
Seventy Five Miles F ON
ttIr n The Guada-
Iupe Mountains.
SLAYER ESCAPED
A Reward of a thousand
Dollars offered for Him
But His Whereabouts
Unknown,

r. l.. Hall the wealthiest and most
prominent ranchman of Ell Paso coun-
ty was shot and killed at noon yester
day by Fayette Seeley. alias Red
Seeley, a cowboy.
] The shooting occurred at Halls
ranch 10 miles north of Van Horn.
Not only was Hall killed but his ranch
foreman. Hal Herring. or Harrington,
was shot through the body and per-
haps fatally wounded.
The man responsible for the shoot
ing fed Immediately and at present
his whereabouts are unknown and the
sheriff's Office has little hope that the
fugitive will be arrested in this county.
The first news of the killing reach
message to the sheriff of the county
1t came from Boone's deputy at Van
Horn, Joe Cannon, and was simply a
brief statement of the facts with the
announcement that reward OF $1,000
had been offered by the relatives of
the dead man for the apprehension of
the murderer
LASSitcIhShI over tie WHICH
is thought to have been entirely un-
warrented is said to be intense at Van
Horn. Reports received here this
morning failed to state whether or not
the fugitive was being pursued, but
the presumption is that posse of citi-
zens are following his trail. Owing to
the remoteness of this point from the
csene of the killing no officers were
sent out from here by the sheriff, but
Mr.. Boone wired to number of sur
rounding towns, furnishing various
persons with a description of Seeley
that had been posted.
Bob Hall. the dead man, was well
known in this city. He is described.
! by District Attorney Dean and Will.
Ten Eyck, who knew him well. as be-
ipg big hearted. whole souled sort
of 4 man, liked by everybody He. had.
/ a family consisting of wife and three
children and was regarded as the most
prominent man of his locality Joe
Cannon, deputy sheriff, at Van Horn,
, was his son-in-law and when Joe mar
ried his father-in-law gave him 5000
head of cattle as a wedding present
Hall was in Ell Paso about two weeks
ago ana while here received a cash of
fer of 100000 for his ranch, which
he refused. He carried insurance on
his life to amount of $50. 900 which will
be paid to his heirs.
CauSe of ShOOtiny
The immediate causeOf yesterdays
killing could not be ascertained, but
it probably was the result of an old
grudge.
1t was learned from Attorney
Charles Patterson of this city that
Hall and Seeley had difficulty about
year ago and in the fight Seeley was
worsted. He procured a warrant for
tie arrest OF Hall and when the hear
ing occurred at Van Horn Attorney
Patterson went there to defend the
ranchman He was acquitted.
Ever since that time Seeley has been
considered Halls worst enemy and
further trouble between the two men
had been expected for months. 1t
therefore created little surprise among
those in this city familiar with the
situation when they heard that Hall
had been shot by Seeley.
Place of Shooting.
/ The ranch where Hall was killed is
situated on the Delaware river. seven
ty-five miles north of Van Horn in
the edge of Ell Paso county and very
near the Guadalupe mountains. Once
across the border into the rough coun-
try OF New Mexico it is feared that
Halls slayer will be hard to capture.
Southern New Mexico Sheriffs have
been notified of the killing and warn
ed to look out for the fugitive.
Seeiey is described as being man
twenty-three years of age, five feet six
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