The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-19
NO WRATH SO GREAT AS THAT
OF A WOMAN SCORNED.
(. G. KORNEGAY KILLED
By Mrs. Haynie, with Whom He Had
Maintained Marital Relations-The
Story of Woman's Weakness and
a Mans Perfdy.

In the Office of. the freight depart
ment of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific railway on Commerce street,
.C. c. Kornegay was shot and killed at
about 9 o'clock yesterday morning by
Mrs. Haynie, with whom he had main
tanned marital relations since about a
year.
AS developed, Kornegay was from
Goldsboro, N. c., where he deserted, as
alleged, his wife and children. He was
a man of splendid physique, being six
feet one inch in height and we'll proper
toned. He was of pleasant address and
genial in manner. He had been in the
employ of the railway company as rate
clerk for about four months. He had
introduced Mrs Haynie. as his wife,
and no one being wiser, accepted this
statement as fact.
AS the story is told, Mrs Haynie is
from Greenville, Miss, where she has a
legal husband and several children.
About a year ago Kornegay came to
Greerville and met Mrs. Haynie, who,
it appears, fell desperately in love with
him. The intimacy of Mrs. Haynie
with ,Kornegay aroused Mr.. Haynie's
suspicious, then came jealousy, and it is
said that in a moment of evaporation
Haynie whipped his wife, striking her
with a shoe Following this unpleas-
antness Mrs. Haynie yielded to the
pealdings of Kornegay, who she claims
seduced her from her husband, her chill
dren and her home At the time she was
led to believe that Kornegay was sin
gle man and would marry her.
1t appears that since Mrs. Haynie and
Kornegay have been in Shreveport they
have quarreled repeatedly until Friday
night, when the climax was reached.
Their estrangement was aggravated by
her discovery that he was married in
North Carolina and had abandoned
his wife and children
They were donicile at Mrs Hogan's,
i722 Crockett street. After having raised
sleol he beat her and abused her out
Irageously and threatened to abandon
her and kill her if she did not leave
town It was then that she realized her
lpredicament, and yesterday morning Sc
cured a pistol determined on having
some redress. 1t is not known whether
she was on murder bent or had the pis-
| tol as a safeguard of protection against
an assault from Kornegay, but it is a
| fact that when she reached the doorway
Iopening into the freight office she held
the pistol in her hand AS she opened
| the door she was face to face with Kor-
negay, but if they exchanged words,
whatever they may have said was not
heard by those nearby In an instant
after the door had been opeded there
was heard the report of a pistol shot,
and then three others i'll quick success
ion, the three shots being fired as Kor-
negay was running from the door He
fell in his tracks dead One shot had
struck the jaw, one the right wrist and
two in the back.
The shooting was all over in a few
seconds and then Mrs Haynie left the
office, walked down the steps to the
sidewalk, when she was overcome with
hysterical excitiment. She placed the
pistol to her head, but the cartridge
failed to explode.
AS she was walking along the side
walk greatly excited she was met BY
Mr.. w. B. Wakehan, bookkepeer for
H. Loeb, who disarned her and led her
into his office, where she became more
to the sheriff's office by Deputies Jete1
and Hughes and jailed The charge
against her is murder. She has secured
Hon. NJ. C. Elstner to defend her, Her
mother and several of her relatives re
side in Greenville, Miss While no
handsome, Mrs. Haynes face is attrac-
tive, as il set III a pleasant mold.
From all that can be gathered, Mrs
/ Hay1lie has had a most trying expert.
Ience since she left her home to go witt
Konegay In this case, as in others
There is the stern lesson, the inexorablt
penalty which follows the departur,
from virtue, And yet regardless Of t1el
/ sin, the veil of charity IS expected te
shield her shortcomings.
1 AS for the seducer, who can synpa
1thize with hima
/ There can be no greater crime thar
that of man who viii set dehberatel!
Ito work to wreck home by debauch
ipg the wife, who unguardedly may b,
over-susceptible to his attentions ant
who finally yields to the tempter.