Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-18

arrived at Greensboro Saturday morn
ing and soon had the poor child's
story. Alone and among strangers.
with threats and curses from the man
who had her in his power. she was
well night crazed-she said afterward
that Hyde would curse her when she
wept and would neither let her write
home or telephone. The sisters
yielded to her entreaties to start for
home at once and on account of her
terrible dread of him they took hack
and drove through the country to
Akron, Ala, twenty miles from
Greensboro, on the Alabama and
Great Southern Railroad, where they
took train for Ellisville and as their
train was late they passed the train
on which Hyde returned to Meridian
in the railroad yards at that point.
"Instead OF taking the train back
to Ellisville, which would have landed
him at that place at about s o'clock
that night, Hyde began telephoning
to Ellisville and called up his wife.
The informant OF the Daily News
heard every word she spoke over the
phone and while he, of course, could
not hear Hyde he could tell by her
answers what he had said. In answer
to questions, she told him that she
would never live with him again-that
he had ruined her life-that he knew
she did not want to marry him and
that he must go away and stay out of
her life-that If he died she would
pray for his soul. That last was where
he must have threatened to kill him
self"
"Then next morning the family
was called up and informed that he
was very low, and little later the
news of his death came.
"Of course, it is terrible thing to
his family, just as it is to the girls
relatives--it is horrible all the way
through.
! "On the way back to Ellisville the
sisters and the girl came on a train
in charge of the same conductor who
had charge of the train the night the
girl went away at first and she asked
him why he did not interfere thai
night, He said that he had noticed
her condition, crying and sobbing, ant
had SPOKEN of it to others that night
but considering it none of his bust
ness had not interfered. When tolt
of all that the girl had gone through
he actually sobbed."
This is the story as told by one
close to the Shelby family, although
small details are omitted from tn,
story.
I Interest in the tragedy which ended
the romantic elopement of T. j. Hyd,
and Miss Clara Shelby has not abate,
. in Hattiesburg.
The following statement made b,
the father of the young widow, is tax
en- from the Meridian Star, of Mon
day:
Sunday night representative O
The Star called Mr.. Shelby up owe
the long distance phone and talke,
with him at his home at Ellisville
, Mrs. Hyde was close by, and, wit
others interested, assisted her fathe
) in answering the questions asked.
!, 'Mr. Shelby stated that Saturday
4 September Z, Miss Clara Shelby lei
home for Nashville to enter colleg
t and Mr.. Hyde boarded the same trair
5 The couple had long been goo
) friends, but nothing more as far a
5 the young lady was concerned. M
!. Hyde pressed his suit, however, an
! proposed marriage, but was rejecte,
t Determined that Miss She'll
" should be his wife, Mr.. Shelby sta
e ed that Hyde threatened his daughtt
e with death unless she agreed to we
9 him, after which he would suicid
and at the point OF pistol forced h
d to leave the train with him at Tusc