The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-28
TRAGEDY IS
 SENSATIONAL Beautiful Woman Is
 Murdered. MAN COMMITTED SUICIDE Was Secretary of New York Trust
 Company. Registered at Hotel GriHou as Man and Wife and Were Found Ly- Ing in Roona-s:Jgid In-
 isatlOn.


 | ton. Assistant Secretary of the United States Trust Company. of this city shot and killed Victoria I. Taczkow. a | beautiful woman. In the Hotel Grinou | in West Ninth Street late last night and then committed suicide. Hampton was infatuaved with the woman and they had boen seen to- gethcr many times during tho past month. They had been at the hotel where the tragedy occurred since early yesterday. Whether or not the tragedy was the result of a pact between the man and woman to iie together has not been determined. but the circum- | stances seem to show that the young woman had agreed to die with her companion.
 Hampton. who was about SO years old, leaves wife ana two children. Miss Taczkow was 29 years old and lived with her father aud invalid mother She was employed in a Fifth Avenue department store. The United States Trust Company of which L.. G. Hampton was Assistant Secretary, is one of tho largest and strongest trust companies in New York.
 Secretary Lyman J. Gage was its President until recently, and on his re- tirement Edward W. Sheldon was elected President and Mir. Hampton for some time acted as Secretary. The events leading up to the tragedy have heen traced by the police. and accord ing to them the las, chapter in what looks like an illicit romance opened on Thursday afternoon last. when Hamp- ton called at the Hotel Griffou, and engaged a 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 abou, to leave, and then half hesitating, he said. would you like me to register now?' The maid replied that it would be time enough to do th,s when he ar rived Rt the hotel to take the room. Registered Assumed Name. Hampton then left and nothing more was seen of him until Friday morn inf. when about 9 o'clock he entered the hotel accompanied by a woman and. going straight up to the hotel office. he registered as MT. and Mrs. Sinclair. Burlington. Vermont"
 The woman, who accompanied him, was an unusually handsome brunette She was fashionably dressed and car ried in her hand 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 sh" returned from ono Of these excursions early in tho evening. a light dinner was sent to their room and request was sent to the clerk to call them at II o'clock last night.
 We want to be called at eleven, hat frh Is. Hampton.
 From that time until half past ten, nothing was heard or seen of the couple. but at that hour a maid was In the corridor outside tho room which they occupied when she heard what shc thought was an explosion in the street. She took no particular notice of it at the time.
 Rnps Brought no Response.
 At five minutes to eleven she went |" the room to call the couple, but when her repeated raps at the door brought no response. she notified the hotel office. The room was opened with pass key. and the mystery, was explained
 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 on it was the woman. also dead. Her feet were on the floor. while her head was resting on the bed clothes with hey left arm shielding her face.
 In her arm were three bullet wounds. none If which aPcared much more than flesh wounds but right under the left arm pit was a fourth wound. The bull let had hecn fired evidently after the woman had sunk back onto the bed wh"n she had been shot In the arm. fer it entered her body in downward direction and must have gone through her heart.
 Word of tho tragedy was sent to the ccroncr's office. and as result of that officials investigation the identity of the victims were established. In ad- dition to a valuable watch and other iewelry found in Hampton's pockets, there were papers which directed in auiries to the apartment house in West 23rd street, where he had lived with his wife
 At the United States Trust Company it was said today that Hampton was at the offices of the company on Thurs day attending to his duties. On Fri day he trIepnpneO tnat ne Was lHulS- posed. aut would h" Ht the office toay.
 An officer of the company said that Mr IIHlnt.: r!I', Iti"S were secretarial only. and that U' had nothing to do with the rompauN's finances. It is be- lievel. the nnirr. srtl. that his books were rarrcc.lr kcp'.
 Mir. ITqmpi,fi il. [ 5""r employed by the trust r"mpr,. inr tHiri y-!ir years qrl was ' u.n'rl" n' former '.r"sident John \ Si.Nar' -uoW NhairuHn of the In,rl o" d!lr''.''f. It. was rrEa led rt the nnirr of q {" com pnn" Us m l'lc ,rI.iT,i, .J inbu ?-' l Of p 'n lbjts
 The frs, posit'v" identification "f the victims oG tn, tragedy was mad bv the dead wDman's broth r. II" had bccn notified that young woman. wearing irwolry bearing hIs sisters initials had been murdered and went to d police siHtion f" look at the ar ticIcs which had he"u taken thorc. IT." al once recognized par o' silk sar- ters with goi1 buckles IS the prop ertv of hls sister. One of the buckles bore the letters "V. I, T" while on the other was inscribed IL c IL"