The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-03-24
SEQUEL or ELOPENEA'T
s. n. Hall Was Killed by Father OF
Girl He Ran Away With.
WAS A MARRIED MAN
Young Woman Taken Back Home by
Her Parent, Other Party Also
Returns and His Exist
enee Is Ended.

Little Rock. March ga special to
the Arkansas Gazette from Batesvlle.
says S. NJ. Hail. wen-known mer-
chant OF Austin, Lonoke county. was
shot and instantly killed here at 8
o'clock Wednesday night by H c.
Hancock. Of this place Han was shot
three times. The tragedy Is the Sc
quel to an elopement OF Hall and Miss
Bessie Hancock. a daughter of II, &.
Hancock. in January last.
Hall recently returned to Arkansas
and stated that he proposed to try
to live down the past and resume
business at Austin. Miss Hancock had
been brought to her home here by
her father. Hall arrived in Batesville
Wednesday afternoon. for what pur-
pose is not made clear as yet Han
cock learned that Han was here and
the developments show that ne hunted
him up. 1t was evident Hancock be-
lieved Hail had come to Batesville be-
cause Miss Hancock was here. Han
cock came upon Hall in front of the
court house at O'Clock Wednesday
night. There were no words between
the mon. hancock Immediately pulled
a revolver and began firing at Hall.
He fred probably four or five shots
three taking effect in vital parts of
the body. any one OF which was suf-
ficient to cause death. Hall fell after
the first shot. dying almost imme-
diately. After the shooting Hancock
surrendered to the sheriff and was
placed in Jail.
Much excitement followed the trag-
&c occurrence. Hancock made no for
| NAL statement OF his reasons for kill
ing Hall. beyond the simple remark
that Hall had led his daughter away.
Miss Hancock is a niece OF Hairs
wife. She is about twenty-five years
of age and of attractive appearance.
! For several years she taught school,
but until a few months ago she had
| been employed as a clerk In Hairs
store at Austin.
About January 20 last Han left
Austin. saying that he was going to
St Louis to buy goods Miss Han
cock left Austin about the same time.
| Several days later the town was
| given great shock. A letter was
| received from Han. written in Mem
| phis 10 his wife setting forth that
| Miss Hancock was with him and that
| his wife would never see him again,
as he and the young woman were
going away. In the letter Hail no
| titled his wife that he left her $4,000
/ i'm the bank and toat his stock or
goods at Austin was hers.
There has been no expectation
| among Halls acquairt4uces that he
| contemplated such a step. He was
/ PROSPEROUS ina business and lived I'm
/ apparent content and happiness with
his wife and five sons the latter rang
ing I'm years from four 20 eighteen.
Few. n any persons had even a sus-
piCj1u that an attachment existed be-
tween Hail and Miss Hancock After
the couples departure and the re-
Ceipt ur the letter from Hall nothing
more vas heard from him until few
weeks later when HAN tereuhoned 10
Austin from So. Louis. lnquiring as
e. the welfare Of his wife and chill
dren. From St Louis the couple went
20 one OF the Dakotas. where IL il
supposed Han Intended 10 sue for a
divorce so hat he could marry Miss
I Hancock
Miss H1nCock's father started In
search " the couple with the deter
winatou 90 bring his daughter home.
IL is said that be found her foo Mon
tan4 few weeks ago She came home
with him. and. as stated. Hail soon
followed