The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
History of Last Killing
 in Sneed-B0yCe Affair

AMARILLO. Tex, Sept. 14.-JOhn Beall Sneed. Of Fort Worth, whose wife eloped to Canada last January with Al Boyce, shot and killed Boyce in front of the Methodist church today. Sneed shot and killed Boyce's aged father in a hotel in Fort Worth last spring.
 Sneed shot the elder Boyce with. out warning. He killed the son ill the same way. Sneed. disguised in old overalls and hunting coat, lay in wait with a shotgun at the church AS Boyce passed Sneed stepped out and shot him He was immediately arrested and placed in jail
 HAD GUN AND TWO REVOLVERS The shooting occurred within a block of the business district of the city. on the principal street, and shortly after the shooting Sneed sur rendered to the local authorities. giving up an automatic shotgun and two automatic revolvers Bystand- CTS. hearing the first shot. turned to see a man. apparently tramp, with heavy growth of beard and wear ing overalls, advancing to the cen ter of the street, firing on his victim with a shot gun. Approximately ,e ,l,1 l.. Boyce's side. Sneed would give out no statement He waived hearing and further developments await action of the grand jury, which convenes shortly
 Sneed was tried at Fort Worth for the murder of the elder Boyce, but the jury could not agree. Pend ing a new trial he was out on bail. No one knew that Royce was in this city. One rumor is that he had communicated with Mrs. Sneed and that he was decoyed back from Canada by a note from her.
 The killing of Al Boyce by Sneed is the last ill long list of trage- dies which began last January, when Mrs. Lena Sneed ran away from a sanitarium in Fort Worth where she had been placed by her husband for nervous and mental trouble
 Mrs. Sneed, in company with Al Boyce. left Fort Worth and there was a sensational chase after the couple by Beall Sneed across the United States into Canada, where they were found in Winnipeg.
 Sneed prevailed upon his wife and on account of letters which pass ed between Captain A. S. Boyce and his son and the assistance al legged to have been given young Boyce by his father, Beall Sneed shot Captain Boyce to death in the lobby of the Metropolitan hotel in Fort Worth.
 The shooting followed a confer ence with Mrs. Lena Sneed and her husband a few minutes before. There were numerous witnesses to the shooting This was the sec ond tragedy in the series which fol lowed the abandonment by the wo- man of her husband and children. MANIAC KILLED ELDER SNEED.
 Following closely on the trial of Sneed for the murder of Captain Boyce, came the news of the tragic death of Beall Sneeds father. who was murdered by an insane tenant The demented farmer, who was pos sessed of the idea that Mir. Sneed had done him an injustice regarding his farm land, committed suicide.
 Following this tragedy was the mysterious death of Edward Throck- morton, who was to be the principal witness for the state in the trial of Sneed for the murder of Captain Boyce Throckmorton, son of a former governor of Texas, became suddenly i'll returning home a few days before the trial. He had been all day with two strangers. suppos ed to be detectives.
 Anna. I've been doped," he said to his wife. He lapsed into uncon tion failed to place responsibility for his death.
 KILLING ON A STREET CAR.
 A few days later. discussion of the Sneed case led to the killing