Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-02
KILLS SELF AND GIRL.
TRUST COMPANY OFFICIAL IN NEW
YORK IN SCANDAL THAT ENDS
IN TRAGEDY.
STORE CLERK is VICTIM
Registers at Hotel as 'Mr. and Mrs. Sim
clair of Burlington, Vt."-Com-
panion Handsome.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Louis G..
Hampton, assistant secretary of the
United States Trust company of this
city shot and killed Noctoria Yaczkow.
a beautiful young woman, in the Hote.
Griffou in West Ninth street last nigh,
late, and then committed suicide.
Hampton was infatuated with the
woman and they had been seen together
many times during the past month. They
had been at the hotel where the tragedy
occurred since early yesterday. Whether
or not the tragedy was the result of q
pact between the man and woman to die
together has not been determined. but
the circumstances seem to show that the
young woman had agreed to die with her
companion.
Leaves Wife and Children.
Hampton who was about 60 years old,
leaves a wife and two children. Miss
Taczkow was % years of age and lived
with her father and invalid mother. She
was employed in a Fifth avenue depart.
ment store
The United States Trust company, of
which L. G. Hampton was assistant
secretary, is one of the largest and
strongest trust companies in New York.
u.
recently, and on his retirement Edward
W. Sheldon was elected president and
Mr.. Hampton for some time acted as
secretary.
Police Trace Tragedy.
According to the police, the last chap
ter in what looks like an illicit romance
opened on Thursday afternoon when
Hampton called at the Hotel Chiffon and
engaged a room. He said he would re-
turn late that night or the next morn
ing. Il expect to have my wife with
and then, half hesitating, he said:
"Would you like me to register now?"
The maid replied that it would be time
enough to do this when he arrived at the
hotel to take the room.
Hampton then left and nothing more
was seen of him until Friday morning,
when about 9 o'clock he entered the
going straight up to the hotel office, he
registered as ''NIr. and Mrs. Sinclair,
Burlington" Vt.
The woman who accompanied him was
an unusually handsome brunette. She
was fashionably dressed and carried in
her hand a small travelling bag. The
couple took breakfast and then went to
their room.
Leave Call for II p. m.
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 loom, and a request was sent to
the clerk to call them DIT II o'clock last
night
I'VE want to be called at II so that
we may catch a train" said Hampton.
From that time until 1880 nothing
was heard or seen of the couple, but at
that hour a 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 par
ticular notice of it at the time At
1885 she went to the room to call the
couple, butwh her repeated raps at the
door brought no response she notified the
hotel office. The room was opened with
a passkey, and the mystery was ex-
planned.
Evidences of Tragedy.
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 tight
ly in the left hand. A shot fired into
his mouth had entered his brain, killing
him instantly. Directly in front was was
the bed and upon it was the woman, also
dead. Her feet were on the floor, while
her head was resting on the bed clothes,
with her left arm shielding her face.
In her arm were three bullet wounds,
none of which appeared much more than
flesh wounds, but right under the left
arm pit was a 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 downward di-
rection. and must have gone through the
heart.
At the United States Trust company
office Thursday. On Friday he tele-
phoned that he was indisposed, but would
be at the office today. An officer of
the company said that Mr.. Hampton's
duties were secretarial only. 1t is be-
lieyed that his books were correctly
kept.
Mr.. Hampton had been employed by
the trust company for thirty-five years
and was a Drotege of former President
John A. Stewart, now chairman of the
board of directors. He was regarded at
the office of the company as an able and
efficient man and of good habits.
Victims Brother Bares Secret.
The first positive Identification of the
victims of the tragedy was made by
tbe dead mans brother. He at once rec
ognized a pair of silk garters with gold
buckles as the property OF his sister.
One of the buckles bore the letters
'sV. l. T." while on the other was in
scribed IL. G. H." Young Taczkow
also told the police that the man I'M
doubtedly was Louis G.. Hampton, who
had been very attentive to his sister for
some time.
Hampton told US that he intended to
marry my sister when his mother died"
said Taczkow. Il never knew much
about him. but he seemed to be honor
able in his intentions and appeared to
be very fond of my sister Victoria was
a good girl and never stayed out all
night. We thought we knew where she
was every minute of the time"
Louis G. Hampton had a summer
home at Highland, in Ulster county,
this state, and Mrs. Hampton and her
daughter spent the last summer there.