The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-26
DOUBLE MURDER
A Hill Engineer Kills Bis Wife and Her
Farther al Anderson.

PROUD he KILLED Wife
Only Regret is He Had to Shoot His
Wife's Father, With E'1A.om She
Lived, and His W,iie's Sister, Who
Was Sleeping With Bis Wife When
He Shot Her.
81 went to the home to- kill my
wife and I succeeded. I'm well pleas
ed with my little deed and am ready
to die for it any time; my ony re-
gret is that I had to shoot my wife's
farther and that accidently shot
her little sister. The old man caught
me from the rear and l had to shoot
him in the tussle that followed. I
did not know the little girl was in
the bed with my wife and did not
know I had shot her until the officers
told me this morning that had done
So"
These few words from the mouth
of Samuel N. Hyde sum up the ma
terial points of a double murder COM
mitted by him in the village Of Orr
Cotton mills at Anderson at an ear
ly hour Tuesday morning. The dead
are: NJ. V. Beasley, aged SIS years,
and Mrs. Emma Beasley Hyde, aged
25 years. The wounded is Miss VIII
lie Beasley, aged Is, but her wounds
are not serious. Hyde is rs years
of age. He surrendered to Sheriff
King Immediately after the shooting,
and when at the Jail this morning
gave out the following interview,
which has been substantiated by 9TH
er witesses of the dreadful tragedy:
"My wife and I had been separated
about three weeks. Ny father-in-
Law, Mr.. Beasley, told me not to
come around his house, as it would
cause trouble. love my wife, and I
wanted to see her Since could not
live with her, was resolute to
kill her, and put an end to the af-
fair. fully made up my mind in the
matter Monday afternoon before sun
set. In order to carry out my pur-
pose, I went to the house Of friend,
who lives just below the city, and
while he was away from home I went
into his room and into his trunk
where I found his 80 calibre pistol.
I put the pistol is my pocket and
then returned to the city. At 10
o'clock boarded the Orr mill car de-
termined to carry out fy intention. I
got off the car and walked past the
home of Mr.. Beasley. The lights
were burning and could hear voices
I went down in the mill village to
give the people time to go to bed. I
passed the house two or three times
beore I finally decided that they had
retired.
'It was my wife's habit to keep a
dim light burning in her room, ano
when I saw that the lamp had been
turned down, I knew that everybody
was asleep. I went to the rear OF the
house, took off my coat, shoes and
hat and placed them on the porch. ]
then got a chair and forced an en-
trance through the kitchen window.
I passed through the kitchen and hall
to to my wife's room. I didn't know
which bed she occupied, so turned
up the light AS / did so, she raised
herself on her elbow and called out to
know what I was doing and what I
meant by coming there. didn't an
swer her., but began firing. ! emp
tied my pistol-five shots in all. At
The third shot she fell back in bed.
'.I then turned and started through
the hall. Her father had been at
tracted by the shots and he grabbed
me as I passed out of the door. He
grabbed me from the rear, and in the
tussle I put one cartridge in my pis-
tol. I aimed the pistol under my left
arm and fired. The ball pierced his
heart, and he fell dead to the floor.
1 then rushed out Of the house. 1t
was my intention to come to the jail
and surrender, but so many people
gathered that decided to take to the
corn field just in the rear Of the
house.
ga friend of mine Joined me in the
field and he went to telephone the
sheriff A little while later the sher-
iff came down the road in his buggy.
I recognized him. T ran out in the
road and hailed him, asking to be
taken in the buggy. ! got in with the
sheriff and he brought me to the Jail.
My wife was a good woman-the
best that ever lived. No one can say
a mean word about her. loved her
with all my heart, and when I found
out I couldn't have her to live with
me, decided to kill her and end the
affair. I'm glad the deed is over.
hadn't taken anything to drink.
Samuel Hyde was character we'll
known on the streets of Anderson.
Six years ago he enlisted in the Unit
ed States army. He was assigned to
artillery service and served out his
enlistment. In 1908 he and the slain
woman were married. To them was
born one child, boy. In 1909 Hyde
decided to return to the army After
serving l'ttle less than one year he
tired of the life and bought his dis
charge.
Since returning to Anderson he
and mis- wife have lived together ex-
cent on two or three occasions when |
her father would interfere and take
her back to his home for protection.
HYDE drank heavily at times, and her