The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-17
b0YCE KILLED
FOR TRYING TO
WIN MRS. SNEED
L, tiers Sen, by Young Ranchman
Caused Wealthy Texan to
Plot Against His Wife

Amarillo, Tex, sept. Id ne mo
tive which prompted John Beal
Fed to lie in wait for and kill Al
b wee here Saturday afternoon be-
IN ne known today through his coun-
u Walter Scott and w. P. Nc
.fau. Letters sent by the younger
Rcyce from his Canadian ranch to
Mrs. Lena Sneed in an effort to win
nor away from Sneed second time
cr used the banker 10 plot against
he life of the young ranchman VINO
asst November eloped with the wire
oyce's letters reached Mrs Sneed
II time when she and her husband.
laving become reconclled, were nv
ne in Georgetown.
Fearing that Boyce again would
prevail upon his wife to desert him,
Sneed cautiously planned every de-
tsil of the assassination. ii is assert
al. Sneed, on advice OF his counsel
ain refuses@ to talk to newspaper
uen or friends.
Mysterious Companion Sought.
The authorities today are bending
aeir efforts to arrest the mysterious
Granger who was Sneed's companion
the little cottage he had rented
ear the Boyce home.
The house is near the First Meth
dist church, where the shooting oc-
urred. Sneed refuses to divulge the
mans identity
In renting the cottage Sneed gave
lis name as w. A. Walker.
The windows of the cottage were
creened. that commanding the Boyce
ONE three blocks away and a long
tretch of sidewalk being covered
y a perforated curtain.
Last Monday sneed rented room
| pme distance from the cottage, but
| sddenly vacated it, In both cas- 81
| aut was paid a month in advance
Sneed Used Grease Paint.
| Inside the cottage was found
| OK, in which, apparently, was re
eiyed the automatic shotgun Sneet
sed. A packet or black greas
amt, such as actors use, Showing
| igns of recent use, also was found
| " this circumstance, the polices be
| ieve the alleged darkening o
1 ;need's otherwise blond beard is ex
planned.
| On the days the cottage was occu
lied B0yee passed it on the opposit
de of the street several times, bu
ways in company of others, unit
aturday. Boyce. it is said, had hat
intimation that sneed was ne2
marilo
| Boyce had been here since Aug.
| need heard of it and believed Boye
| ~as preparing to meer mis- wife, am
anne here only week ago. No per
| IN in the city learned of his pres
| ice, so complete was his disguise
| The Potter County grand jury
| his morning began an investigation
| the killing and summoned Snee.
efore it.
Sneed's counsel expects a speedy
allotment, but declare they vii!
lear their client on the same plea
sed in the trial of Sneed for Il
lurder of Capt. Boyce, father of I
oyce, that a conspiracy existed {.
teal his wife from him
Pastor a Witness, Too.
| The Rev. Ernest r Robinson, pas
| or of the First Methodist church
$50 was called before the grant
| Try. Robinson had passed Boyc'
lly a minute before he was shot
Town and was the first to reach hi.
de-
The surveillance Of the Boyce and
need families to prevent any out
reak continues today, but there has
Ieen no open show OF hostility.
The sudden quietude placed upon
he Sneed-Boyce feud is the result
If the condition of Mrs. A. G. Boyce,
mother of AL, who is reported in
uch serious condition that she may
lie. Members of the Boyce family
ear that another outbreak would
ause her death and they are AVOID
ag all semblance OF trouble.
Mrs. Boyce was among the first to
reach her sons side Saturday. She
fitted his head into her lap and ex-
laimed, Glow much more Of this
must | stand?"
Hearing the shot Saturday, Will
Soyce grabbed shotgun and ran
Town Polk street to the crowd
eaching there only minute after
'need had been taken away by off
GERS.