Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-27
We'll Known Man Infatuated With Young Woman Took Her to Hotel
 Criifou and Killed Her
MAN LEAVES 4 FAMILY
Woman Identified By Her Brothers Man Wa. Secretary of U. s.
 Trust Co For 5 Years.

New York. Oct 27--Louis c. Hamp-
 ton, assistant secretary of the United
 States Trust company of this city,
 shot and killed Victoria I. Taczkow,
 a beautiful young woman, in the Ho-
 tel Griffou, in West 9th street late
 last night and then committed sui
 eide. 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 ear
 ly yesterday. Whether the tragedy
 was the result of pact between the
 man and woman to die together, has
 not been determined. but the circum- stances seem to show that the young
 woman had agreed to die with her companion. Hampton leaves a wife and two children. Miss Taczkow was 9 years old 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.. c. Hampton was assist ant secretary is one of the largest trust companies in New York. Ex- Secretary Lyman J. Gage wns the president until recently and on his re. tirement there were number of changes in the personel of the off cers. Mir Thornell. the secretary re- tired. and Mir Stewart became presi- dent for a short period. Later Ed ward w.. sheldon was elected presi- dent and Mir Hampton for some time acted as secretary.
 The events leading up to the trag- edy have been traced by the police, and according to them the last chap ter In what looks like an Illicit TO- nance opened on Thursday afternoon last, when Hampton,-a distinguished looking man. of medium height. with iron gray hair. called at the Hotel Griifou, and engaged room. He said he would return late that night or the next morning.
 ''I expect to have my wife with me-" he said as he was about to leave, and then added: Would you like me to register now?"
 The maid said 1t would be time to do this when he arrived at the hotel 10 take up the room.
 Hampton then left and nothing was seen of him until Friday morning when about Q o'clock he entered the hotel accompanied by woman. and going straight up to the hotel office he registered as "Nfr and Mrs Sinclair. Burlington, Vt"
 The woman who accompanied him was an unusually handsome brunette. She was wearing tailor-made skirt, white shirtwaist and carried in her hand small traveling bag.
 After registering the couple went to the dining room and breakfasted and then went to their room. The woman left the hotel several times during the day. hut Hampton remain cd in his room. Soon after she re- turned from one of these excursions early in the evening, a light dinner was sent to their room. and a request was sent to the clerk to call them at II o'clock last night. -EF-
 "we want to he called at il So that we may catch traln." said Hamp- ton.
 From that time until half past ten nothing was heard or seen of the cou- ple. hut at that hour a maid was in tha 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 if at the time.
 At I0t55 she went to the room to rall them. hut when her raps brought no response she notified the hotel of- Ice. Accompanied by the proprietor she returned to the third floor and af- fer rapplng several times the girl ppened the door with her pass key.
 On the floor. at the far end of the room. between large mirror and a dresser. lay the man stretched out on his back. In hls right hand vas -iutched a revolver. while his derby hat was held tightly In the left hand. Blood was everywhere around Linn. md hasty examination proved that , sho, firet into his mouth had en- tered his brain. Killing him Instant y. -
 Directly in front of the bed. and 'hrre half seated. half lying on the .frp nearest to the man was the wo- nan. also dead. and hathei In biooi- Her feet were on the floor. while her ,esd was resting on the bed clothes. with her left arm shielding her face. ,s though instInctively to protect it
 Tn her left arm. the one used as ,hIeld. were three bullet wounds. ,ous ef which appeared much more nan fesh wounds. hut under the left | ,rmpst. was a fourth wound. the re- ,t.lt of q shot frrd after sise had ,sssp.i her arm to her face The bull er had been fred evidently after the ro,nan had sunk back onto the be-f- rhen she had been shot in the arm. or 1t entered her Sciy In . down rarl direction. and must have gone hrrueh fhe hezrt
 rt was re.II1ed at once that both | ,si p.se.i the point vhere the ser -Srp< Of . physician vo1h be of use- nd she enroarrrs o.7ce was uofife.i | vrs rs a result of the curuns-'s in- -c--fr-ttnu of srtirbes fouDf ca the .~fsrs that the Identity of the vic 1 'un vas es<ahlishe-l In sdifien so |
 vnluable watch and cfh<r jewelry |