The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28
TWO DEATHS END
ILLICIT ROMANCE.
I9uis G. Hampton, Aged oo,
Kills a Beautiful Yonng
Woman and Then Himself
PACT Is SUSPECTED

NEW YORK. Oct. 27.-Louis g.
rra,,1,tor assistant secretary OF the
T-n,ted states Trust Company OF thls
- sbot and killed Victoria c. Tacz-
lrow q beautiful young womans In the
Hotel Griffou, in West Nlnth street,
late last night and then commltte9
e,,tcs5e Hampton was infatuated
,,-t+L the woman. and they had been
topether many times during the pas.
month They had been at the hotel
,-bere tbe tragedy occurred since
,..-i,, yesterday. whether or not the
t~sgedv was the result of a pact be
tween the man and the woman 70 uis
together has not been determines ~.
The circumstances seem to show that
the young woman had aereeu ~
with her companion.
Hamnton. who was about so years
olS leaves a wife and two children.
Miss Taczkow was 29 years OLD, ana
lived with her father and inValld moth-
er She was employed in Fifth-ave-
nue department store.
The events leading UP to the trag-
e6v have been traced by the police
and. according to them, the last chap
4er Of what looks to be an Illicit ro-
nance began on Thursday afternoon
last. when Hampton called at the Hotel
Crfffou and enga ged a room. He said
he would return late that night or
the next morning.
.T expect to have my wife with
me-" he said, as he was about 70 leave,
and then. half hesitating, he said:
Would you like me to register now?"
RETURNS WITH "WIFE."
The maid replied that it would be
time enough TO DO this when he ar
rived at the hotel to take the room.
Hampton then left and nothing more
- 1,s T,yfTaN
ing. when about o'clock he entered
the hotel accompanied by a woman,
and, going straight up to the hotel Of
nee, he registered as Mr.. and Mrs
Sinclair, Burlington, VT"
The woman who accompanied him
was an unusually handsome brunette.
She was fashionably dressed, and car
ried in her hand a small travelling bag.
The couple took breakfast and then
went to their room. The woman left
the hotel several times during the day,
but Hampton remained in his room.
Soon after she returned from one Of
these excursions early in the evening
a light dinner was sent to their room
and request was sent to the clerk
10 call them at II o'clock last night.
We want TO be called at IL so that
we may catch a train" said Hampton.
From that time until 1890 o'clock
nothing was heard or seen Of the
couple, but at that hour maid was
IN the corridor outside the room which
they occupied when she heard what
she thought was an explosion in the
street She took no particular notice
OF II at the time. At 1888 o'clock she
went TO the room TO call the couple
but when her repeated raps at the
door brought no response she notified
the hotel officers. The room was
opened with q passkey and the mys-
tery was explained.
FIND BODIES OF COUPLE.
On the floor at the far end of the
room. between a large mirror and a
dresser. lay the man, stretched out on
his back In his right hand was
clutched a revolver, while his hat was
held tightly In the left hand. A shot
fired into his mouth had entered his
brain, killing him instantly. Directly
in front was the bed and upon it was
the woman. also dead. Her feet were
on the floor, while her head was rest
ing on the bedclothes, with her arm
shielding her face.
In her arm were three bullet wounds,
none Of which appeared much more
than flesh wounds. but under the left
srmpit was q fourth wound The bull
let had been fired evidently after the
woman had sunk back on the bed
when she had been shot in the arm. for
It entered her body in a downward
direction and must have gone through
her heart
Word OF the tragedy was sent to the
Coroner's Office and as a. result of that
officials investigation the identity of
the victims was established. In addi-
ton to a valuable watch and other
Jewelry found in Hampton's pockets
there were papers which directed in
euiry to the apartment house in West
Twenty third street, where he had
lived with his wife.
Hampton had been employed by the
trust company for thirty-five years and
was a prOtege Of former President
John A. Stewart, now chairman Of the
board of directors. He was regarded
by the officers of the company as an
able and efficient man and with good
habits.
Hampton had a summer home al
Highland, this State, and Mrs. Hamp-
ton and her daughter spent the last
summer there.