Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-10-28
COUPLE DIE TOGETHER
Tragic Termination OF Illicit Love
OF New Workers.
HORROR In A HOTEL
Louis q. Hampton, aor Thir;y-five
Years Connected With n Lead.
Ing Institution, siays q
Woman and Suicides.

New York. Oct. 27.-Louis @. Hamp
ton. assistant secretary OF the United
States Trust company. this city. shot
and killed Victoria A. Taczkow. beau
tiful young woman. in the Hotel Grif-
fou. West Ninth street. Friday night.
and then committed suicide. Hamp-
ton 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 trag-
edy occurred since early Friday.
Whether or not the tragedy was the
result OF compact between the man
and woman to die together has not
been determined. but circumstances
seem 10 show the young woman had
agreed 10 die with her companion
Hampton. who was about sixty years
old. leaves a wife and two children.
/ Miss Taczkow was twenty-nine years
old and lived ith her father and In
valid mother She was employed In
Fifth avenue department store.
The United States Trust company
/ Is one OF the largest and strongest
trust companies In New York. Ex-
Secretary OF the Treasury Lyman p.
Gage was its president until recently.
On his retirement Edward w. Shel.
don was elected president and Mr..
Hampton for some time had acted as
secretary.
Events leading up 10 the tragedy
/ have been traced by the police. and.
according 10 them. the last chapter OF
what looks like an Illicit romance
opened on Thursday afternoon last,
when Hampton called at the Hotel
Griffou and engaged n room. He said
/ he would return late that night or
next morning. Il expect 20 have my
wife with me" he said as he was about
| TO leave, and then. half besitating, he
said: Would you like 20 have me
/ register now" He was Informed II
would be time enough TO do that when
he arrived. Then Hampton left and
nothing more was seen OF him until
Friday morning. when about 3 o'clock
he entered the hotel accompanied by a
woman. and going straight up 20 the
hotel Office registered as Mr.. and
Mrs. Sinclair. Burlington. VT" The
woman who accompanied him was an
unusually handsome brunette. She
was handsomely dressed and carried
/ In her hand a small travelling bag. The
couple took breakfast and then went
Go a room. The woman left the hotel
several times during the day, but
Hampton remained in the room. Soon
after she returned from one Of these
/ excursions. early In the evening. a
/ light dinner was sent 90 their room
and n request sent 20 the clerk TO call
them az IL o'clock that night. we
want 10 be called AT II so we can
catch a train" said Hampton From
that time until 1880 nothing was
heard or seen OF the couple but az
that hour a maid who was In the cor.
ridor outside the room which they oc-
cupied heard what she thought was
an explosion In the street. She took
no particular notice OF II al the time
At 1905 she went 10 the room 20 call
the couple. but when repeated raps ai
the door brought no response she no
tilted the hotel Office. The door was
opened with a pass key and the mys
tery explained.
On the floor. at the far end OF the
| room. between large mirror and the
dresser. lay the man stretched out On
/ his back. In HIS right hand wa
clutched n revolver. while his hat was
held tightly in his left hand A sho
fired into his mouth had entered ths