The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-15
SNEEO'S GUN
BARt>dGA|N
This Time He Assasslnates Son Of the
Man Whom He Shot Down
Short Time
Ago.
ANOTHER BoYCE DEAD
Feud Which Started With Elopement
Last Winter Has Resulted
In Bloody
Story.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
AMARILLO, Texas. sept. 14.-John
Beall Sneed, murderer of Captain A.
8. Boyce and principal in the Boyce-
Sneed feud which has startled the
people of two nations by its tragic
incidents. this afternoon shot and in
stantly killed AL Boyce, who eloped
with Sneed's wife last January The
killing took place in front OF the
Methodist church here.
A beard of several weeks growth
furnished complete disguise, and
those who saw the shooting thought
Sneed hunter.
Immediately after the shooting
Sneed walked to the jail and surren-
dered himself.
The killing Of Boyce is the last
tragic incident in long list of trag-
Iedies 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.
I Mrs. Sneed, in company with al
Boyce. left Fort Worth and there was
l a snail chase after the couple by Beall
] Sneed across the United States into
1 Canada. where they were located in
i Winnipeg.
sneed prevailed upon his wife to
& return ~ Texas: A-cazaes .on
account of the letters which passed
!, between Captain Boyce and his son
4 and the assistance alleged to have
been given young Boyce by his faith
er, Beall Sneed shot Captain Boyce to
death in the lobby of the Metropolitan
hotel in Fort Worth. The shooting fol
lowed a conference with Mrs. Lena
Sneed and her husband. There were
numerous witnesses to the shooting
This was the second tragedy in the
series which followed the abandon
ment by the woman of her husband
and children
Following closely on the trial oi
Sneed for the murder of Captain
Boyce came the news of the tragic
> death of Beall Sneed's father, who was
murdered by an insane tenant in the
t postotfice at Georgetown. The dement,
: ed farmer, who was possessed of the
: idea that Mr.. Sneed had done him al
3 injustice regarding his farm land, i'm
! mediately committed suicide.
Since the trial the movements of al
i the principals in the case have beer
I kept as secret as possible to avolo
!. unnecessary notoriety. it vas general
Nv supposed that AL Boyce was still il
= Canada.
The shooting occurred in the prin
cipal street of the city within tW'
! blocks of the business district. Score
: who were near the scene could Civ
;. no ineligible account of the affair
SO quickly was the tragedy enacted
A party who had just passed an
spoken to Boyce turned at the repor
: of the gun, and saw Boyce drop t
J the walk At the same time Sneee
who appeared to be tramp, &C
9 vanced to the middle of the stree
working the magazine of an automati
gun.
Heavy loads of buck shot took e
|" feet in Boyce's right side and deaf
/ must have been instantaneous. News
n paper men were not permitted to Sc
Sneed tonight and neither he or hi
el attorneys had any statement
s make.
n When the warrant was read Snee
r waived hearing and further action d
G. pends on the grand jury, which CO..
IS venes Monday morning in regula
e, session.
e Boyce was thirty-eight years of as
n and had returned to Amarillo but
n few weeks since. to make his first vi
g it here since his elopement with Mr.
d Sneed
O. So far as could be discovered t
n night. no one knew of Sneed's pre-
ence in the city