The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-09
NAN KILLED BY A WOMAN
ROBERT Nj. FLOYD SHOT FOUR
TIMES BY MRS. N. M. HAYES.
Woman Says Floyd Insulted Her and
She Killed Him-Husband Rushes
in and Finds Man Dying.

Conway, Feb. Shot four times
and instantly killed by Mrs. N, M.
Hayes in her home at Tabor, n. c.,
just across the Horny line late yester-
day evening, was the fate of Robert
NJ. Floyd, q native of this county and
a student at the South Carolina Med
ical college at Charleston.
Three shots took effect in the body
and one in the centre of the fore
head.
Only a few minutes before his
death, Mr.. Floyd had driven up to
the Hayes home and had been invited
in to spend the evening by the hus-
band of the young woman. Floyd
went in the house and while Mr..
Hayes was ungearing the horse, he
heard four pistol shots. He rushed in
the house where he found his friend
lying dead and his wife standing by.
Says She Was Insulted.
Her only answer to Mr.. Hayes's
question was that Floyd had insulted
her and that she had killed him.
There is no telephone connection
between this place and Tabor but
several passengers on last nights
train brought news of the killing
around which a cloud of mystery ap-
pears to hang. The killing is the
talk here to-day as all the parties
are we'll known in this county and
prominently connected.
Mr.. Floyd arrived in Tabor yester-
day from Charleston, having come
home to spend Saturday and Sunday
with his parents near Gallivant's fer
ry.
Parties living in Conway were on
the train with Mr.. Floyd when he
got off at Tabor. He stated to them
that he stopped there to look after
his farm during the day, that horse
and buggy would meet him either at
Tabor or Loris, a nearby town, and
that he was going to spend the night
ct Tabor and drive out to his home
this morning.
Probably no further cause other
than the woman's statement will ever
be known, as Mrs. Hayes was alone
in the house when she did the shoot
ing.
From a brother of the dead man it
was learned that Mr.. Floyd had gone
to the house, where he met his death,
for the purpose of collecting for
books which he had sold during his
vacation.
There are conflicting rumors as to
Mr.. Hayes's meeting Mr.. Floyd at the
gate and asking him in, although it
is known that the two young men
were close friends. Mr.. Hayes runs
a barber shop at Tabor and it is
stated that on Saturday evenings the
rush of business at the place makes
it necessary that Mr.. Hayes remain
at the shop very late.
Bore Good Reputation.
News of the awful occurrence was
a shock to the people of this county
and especially in Conway where Mr..
Floyd has lived and worked for a
number of years. He was colporter
for the Waccamaw Baptist .associa-
ton, which>work carried him into the
best homes of this county and OF
Marion county, where he travelled
quite a good deal during the past
several years.
Three years ago he resigned this
position to accept position as head
bookkeeper in the Bank of Conway,
now the First National Bank of Con-
way. He spent several months in
this capacity until the summer of
1909, when he resigned that position
and made the race in this county for
clerk of court. He made a splendid
race but was defeated and later en-
tered the South Carolina Medical COL
lege at Charleston where he would
have graduated in April.
It was Mr.. Floyd's intention to
open a drug store in Conway this
summer. While here during the
Christmas holidays he practically
completed the organization of COM
pany for this purpose.
Young Floyd was son of Mr..
and Mrs. Math Floyd of near CALI
wants ferry in this county. He was
about 80 years of age, of splendid
educational qualifications, having
taught in the schools of the county
for quite a while, of pleasant address
and pleasing personality.
Lived Happily.
Mrs. Hayes, the slayer, is young
woman. She is a. daughter of J. J. E.