Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-15
my WIFE LEFT ME
AND | KILLED HER;
now I'M SATISFIED
Samuel Hyde, Seated in Jail
Cell, Tells How He Wants
Death and Refuses Counsel
or Witnesses

ANDERSON, S. c., Sept. 1s-on Sep
TENDER IS there will be placed on trial in
the courts Of Anderson county. S. c.,
a young man whose case, while differing
In some particulars from the Beattie af-
fair. bears a marked resemblance to it
in many respects.
Like Beattie, the Anderson county
youth will be tried for wife-murder. but
unlike Beattie he will be ready to plead
He has even gone to the extreme of
stating that he does not desire any
attorney to defend him in the courts.
STORY OF CRIME.
The story of the crime for which Sam
uel H Hyde will face the murder charge
Is as follows:
About the first of July Hyde and his
young wife separated. According to the
story that Hyde tells, the separation
was brought about by the fact that her
father forced his wife to leave him. At
any rate. Mrs. Hyde left her husband
without any ceremony The alleged cause
of her leaving, according to Mrs. Hyde,
was Hydes treatment
Following the desertfon by hts wife,
Hyde deliberately. as he himself admits,
sat down and figured out what he should
do. For three weeks Hyde brooded over
his troubles and then reached q con-
cIusion. He decided to XIII his wife.
The murder was carefully planned, even
the costs of such am act. Hyde well
knew that the death penalty would result
and he now says that he realized fully
what he was planning to do.
TALks FREELY OF PLOT.
In his little cell in the county jail
Hyde talked freely of the approaching
trial, and of how he planned the death
OF his wife.
(, q. began preparations said Hyde, ION
the very afternoon of the killing. I went
to my room IN the Gluck mill village,
and asked my roommate to lend me his
pistol. 1 then returned TO Anderson, four
miles away. Even then thought / might
be prevented from carrying out my in
tentions. I worried about this, but was
determined to end it ALL
MY wife was good, woman. loved
her with all my heart, but as she was
taken away from me in this manner,
was not shaken in my determination to
kill her. i came back to town and wait
ed. after getting the pistok-I knew that
would shavs 70 'walt until al retired
for the night. 10 see when this took
place I, rode out on the car passing the
house two times Then at midnight,
noticed that all lights In the house was
out except the one in my wife's room,
as knew she always kept a light burn
ing low
Il took off my shoes. hat and coat and
advanced to the house. / left my coat,
hat and shoes in the porch. Then 1
opened the hall door and went into the
room, where my, wife was. Turning on
the light, I saw, as I expected that
she was in bed She sat up as / came
IL, ofv oil
she screamed.
COME TO KILL YOU"
"She asked me what / was going to
do in the house at that hour. Remem-
Der that we had been separated. told
her 1 have come to kiln you.
Then 1 began to fire. Her father and
mother were in the next room. They
came. rushing into my wife's bed room.
The old man sprang toward me. Isfired
three times at my wife. She jumped out
of bed and followed me. I kept firing.
1 was backing toward the door.
''As I backed 1 fired again. and in a
moment I saw my wife drop to the floor.
stopped to feel her heart, the beating
of 1t, to see whether she was still living.
I saw in a moment that she had wounds
sufficient to cause her death.
Having satisfied myself that my eff
forts were not in vain as to my wife. /
started Tor the door again. IL was tnen
that Mr.. Beasley, the father of my wife,
grappled with me. He caught me from
behind. throwing his arms around my
body.
SHOOTS HER FATHER.
MY pistol was now unloaded, but I
managed to put in another cartridge
while we were struggling. raised my
left arm and fired behind me- the bullet
piercing the heart of Mr. Beasley He
dropped to the floor a dead man. Dur
ing the firing I hit my young sister-in-
law, who was also In bed. This was
purely an accident
That's all there is TO my story. l am
well satisfied with what have done. My
mind is easy, have good appetite and
have gained flesh since being in jail.
/ am ready to pay the penalty for my
act. to get up in the court room and tell
the whole truth about 1t.
MY father wanted me to get a lawyer,
but / don't see any use in that waste
of money unnecessarily. 1 don't want
any of my folks to spend any money
on me now"
Hyde had a little child th@t has been
sent to an orphanage.
an engineer. IN appearance he is hand
some, speaks interestingly and Is well
liked in the community.
His statement, emphatically made, is
that he will not require any witnesses,
but will get up in court and tell the
whole story of the killing. ~