Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-27
Louis G. Hampton Shoots and
Kills Victoria c. Taczkow, a
Beautiful Young Woman.
HE SIXTY AND A MARRIED MAN.
When He Had Taken Her Lite
Took Pistol and Ended
His Own.
They Went to a Hotel and Registered
rs Husband and Wife--Case Is a
Mysterious One.

Now York, Oct. 27.---Louls @. Hamp-
ton assistant secretary OF the United
states Trust company of this city, shot
and killed Victoria c. Taczkow, beau-
tlful young woman, in the Hotel Crit
fou and IN West Ninth street late last
night. and then committed suicide.
Hampton was infatuated with the wo-
man and they had been together many
times during the past month They
had been at the hotel where the trag-
edy occurred since early yesterday.
whether or not the tragedy was the
| result OF a pact between the man ane
the 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.
| Hampton, who was about 60 years old,
| leaves n wife and two children. Miss
| Taczkow was 70 years OF age, and lived
! with her father and invalid mother.
| She was employed IN Fifth avenue
| department store. The United States
! Trust company Of which l.. q. Hamp-
| ton was assistant secretary, Is one or
| the largest and strongest trust COM
! panies IN Now York. Secy. Lyman J.
| Gage was us president until recently,
and ON his retirement Edward W. Shell
| don was elected president and Mr..
| Hampton for some time acted as Sec
| retary.
BEGINNING OF THE END.
The events leading up to the TRACE
dy have been traced by the police and
according 10 them the last chapter IN
which looks to be an Illicit romance.
began on Thursday afternoon last,
when Hampton called at the Hotel
| Griffou and engaged a room. lie SAID
he would return late that night or inc
| next morning.
II expect to have my wife with me-
| he said, as he was about 10 leave, anu
then half hesitating, he said:
Would you like me To register
now?" -, 80
| uo,e enough 10 do this when he ar
rived az the hotel TO take the room,
Hamilton then left and nothing more
was seen OF him until Friday morning,
when about 8 o'clock he entered tne
hotel, accompanied by q woman mn
s,oh,g straight IN to the hotel office
he registered as "Mr, ana Mrs' oin'~'"ii'
burlington, Vermont ,.
| THE woman who Accompanied ni,p
was an unusually handsome brunette.
she was fashionably dressed ana car-
ried i'm her hand a small travelling oas.
rho couple took breakfast and tnen
wont TO their room. The woman ieit
! the hotel several times during tne Gay
| but Hampton remained IN ms rooin;
| soon after she returned from oiie y.
| these excursions early In the evening
,ii'nt dIrrer was sent TO their room.
ard a request was sent to the clerk 10
cslI than al n o'clock last night,
1--WE want to be called at IL O'Clock,
90 ,hat we may catch a train said
| Hampton
| THE FATAL SHOT.
| From that timo until half past 10
| nothing was heard or seen or the cou-
| ple but at that hour a maid was IN tns
| corridor outside the room which they
| accounted when she heard what she
thonght was an explosion In the street.
! she took no particular notice OF IL at
| the time. q,
At seven minutes TO II she went 10
| the room 10 call the couple, but wnen
her repeated raps at the aoor proasne
| ma response she notified the hotel once.
| THE room was opened with pass Key
and tho mystery was explained
THE VICTIMS.
On the floor at the far end or the
| room between a large mirror ana
| dresser law the man stretched out on
| Ma hack I'm his right hand was
| cin,ched n revolver while his hat was
| bsl6 tightly In the left hand. shot
| f,red into his mouth had entered his
| braJn killing him instantly. Directly
In front WINS 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.
la her arm were three bullet wounds,
,ora of which appeared very much
more than nesh wounds, but right under
thc Iest arm Dit was fourth wound.
| Tho b,illet had been fired evidently after
! The woman had sunk back on TO the
| hod yyhen she had been shot in the arm
| for II entered her body IN a downward
| dirartion. and must have gone through
| the heart
IDENTITY ESTABLISHED.
word AZ The tragedy was sent TO the
| oororar's office and as a result OF that
ofYiclars Investigation the identity OF
Inc victims was established. In addi-
lion 10 a valuable watch and Qther
iewelry found IN Hamptons pockets
fbere were PAPERS which directed IN
o,,iry 10 the apartment house on West
Tventy-third street. where he had lived
with his wife.
AZ the United states Trust company
II was said today that Hampton was az
the office OF the company ON Thursday
attending To his duties. on Friuay ms
tsjephoned that nc was indisnosed but
would be at the Office today. An oincer
az the company aald that Mr.. Hamp-
TOMS duties were secretarial only ana
That he had nothing 10 do with the com"
nory's finances II Is believed, the OFF,
Ger said, that his books we're correctly
kept. ,.,.,
Mr.. Hampton had been employed
by the trust company for 80 years
ard WAS protsge OF former Pfesl-
dent John A. Stewart. now chairman
OF tho board OF directors. he was
regarded by -he officers OF the COM
psny as an able and efficient man
and with good habits.
PROTHER IDENTIFIES SISTER
The hrst positive Identification OF
the victims OF the tragedy was maze
by the dead womaps brother. he
had been notified that young wo-
man wearing iewelry bearing MS US,
tcr's initials had been murdered ana
won't TO "a police station 70 look at
the articles which had been taken
there. He at once recognized PAIR
OF silk garters with gold buckles as
the property of his sister. ono OF
the buckles bore the letters V. l. n.
while ON the other was Inscribed L.
a. II. Young Taczkow also told the
police Tint the man probably was I.
a. Hampton who had been very at
tcntive to his sister for some TIME