The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-09-04
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
MAN SHOOTS DOWN WIDOW IN
TOWN OF SENECA.
Slayer Then Kills Himsclf-Had Been
Persistent Suitor for Her Affections

Slayer Then Kills Himsclf-Had Been
Persistent Suitor for Her Affections
Cuim;nated in the Tragedy.
J. F. Hinkle shot and fatally
wounded Mrs. E. L. Anderson, a
widow with three children. there at
her hime on Main street at Seneca,
"Wednesday between 1880 and 2
O'Clock. and then .kille / himself.
Mrs. Anderson died at 1920 that
night.
1t is rumired that Mrs. Ander-
son refused to marry Hinkle and
this Is said to have caused the trag-
edy..
Hinkle shot at Mrs. Anderson's
daughter. Christine. once and then
at Mrs. Anderson twice, and after
wards shot himself once, the ball en-
tering his head below the chin and
passing through the roof of his
mouth. lodging in the brain. He died
instantly.
One ball entered Mrs. Anderson s
left side. passing through the abdo-
men. apd one broke her right arm.
Hinkle used IA Colts pistol.
Hinkle went into the room where
Mrs. Anderson was sitting with sew
eral boarders and said to her: 81
would like to pay my board" and
asked her 20 come into the dining
room, which she. did. Upon her re-
fusal to marry him he shot her.
Hinkle left three letters. one ad-
dressed to DR.. Doyle Of that city. one
to the Atlanta Journal and one to the
public. In DR.. Doyles letter he
requested him to buy cheap coffin
and bury him beside his first wife in
SeRace cemetery.
Mrs. Hughes of Richland. a sister
OF Mrs. Anderson, arrived about four
hours before she died. Mrs. Ander-
sons brother. DR.. Cox of Pendleton,
was also with her in her last hours.
The verdicts Of the coroners S jury
is in accordance with the above facts
Mrs. Anderson was 4 native OF An.
dersin county. wide and priminently
connected.
Another Account.
A dispatch from Walhalla, says
Coroner J. W. Holman received no.
tice Wednesday at 2 o'clock to go to
Seneca to investigate a double trag-
edy, which occurred at Seneca, eight
miles from there, shirtly before
O'Clock -
The tragedy was one If the most
narrowing Oconee has witnessed in
years. j. r. Hinckle shot and mortal.
ly wounded Mrs. Emma l.. Anderson
proprietress of the Anderson board
ing house while they were in con-
versation in the dining room of Mrs
Anderson's home, and as soon as he
had committed the awful deed, Hinck-
le turned the weapon upon himself
firing point blank under his chin, the
ball ranging upward and into the
brain. Within a few minutes he had
expired before having spoken to any
one.
Mrs. Anderson fingered until S
o'clock that night. when she died
without having regained conscious
ness.
Hinckle fired three shots at Mrs
Anderson, one Of which was warded
off by her, one breaking her arm and
the third entering her body between
the seventh and eighth ribs and COM
ing out at the back. crashing through
her body close to the heart. Mrs
Anderson ran from the room and was
caught by some one as she fell NOR.
tally wounded.
It is stated that the first shot fired
was aimed at Mrs. Anderson's daugh-
ter, two Of her children being in the
room with her when She and Hinckle
entered the room. Hinckle engaged
Mrs. Anderson in conversation
under the preteXt OF wishing to pay
his board bill. 1t is understood cnat
he had been persistent suitor for
Mrs. Anderson's affections for some
time and that days tragedy was the
elimination Of her refusal to marry
him. Several notes were left by hin,
and are in the possession of Coroner
Holman, but their cintents have not
been made public.
For number OF years Hinckle was
piliceman at Seneca and was we'll
thought of. For some time he and
Mrs. Anderson had been quite inti-
mate. She was wiman OF beauty II
face and figure and had many ad-
nirers. Jealousy and Mrs. Ander-
sons persistent refusal Of him are
generally thought to be the two prime
factors that led to the murder and
suicide.
HinckIe was about so years OF age
and a widower, and Mrs. Anderson
several Years younger. Her husband
has been dead about three years.
PASSENGERS KILL HEX BAHH.