The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-08

Boyce, Jr., were students together at
Southwestern University, Georgetown,
Tex, but love for Lena Snyder, the
beautiful daughter Of a well-to-do
landowner of Central, Texas, made
the two young men first rivals, then
bitter enemies and eventually caused
the feud which, up to the present time,
has cost the lives of six persons.
Miss Snyder seemed to be fond of
both young men and, not until after
she had married ]. Beal Sneed, did
she discover that she was really in
love with Boyce. She did not have
the strength of character to resist the
impulses of her heart and, soon after
her marriage to Sneed began to
have secret meetings with Boyce,
which became more frequent after the
Sneeds took up their residence at
Amarillo, where Al Boyce, Jr., lived.
On the night of October 10, 1911,
Mrs. Sneed informed her husband that
she loved AL Boyce and would not
live with him any longer. Sneed, who
was devoted to his beautiful wife, be-
came furious and would have killed
her and himself had not one of
his little children come into the room
at the time. On the following day.
however, he had her taken to a pri-
vate sanitarium for insane persons, at
Arlington Heights, near Fort Worth.
A few weeks later Mrs. Sneed man.
aged to send letter to AL Boyce, her
lover begging him to release her from
her prison.
AL Boyce drew a large sum Of mon
ey and went to Fort Worth, bribed
one Of the attendants of the sani-
tarium and through him secured the |
release of Mrs. Sneed. Boyce and |
Mrs. Sneed eloped to the north, going
first to st. Louis, then to Omaha. At
Omaha Boyce learned that Sneed was
in hot pursuit and without delay he
fled with Mrs. Sneed to Chicago and
thence to Winnipeg, Manit.- There
they were arrested as undesirables on
December &c, 1911, and when Sneed
reached Winnipeg, having been in
formed of the arrest, Boyce fled
Sneed took his wife back to Texas and
again placed her in the same santa
rum from which she had escaped.
In some manner Sneed learned that
Capt. A. c. Boyce, the father of AL
8oyce. was in full sympathy with his
ION and was plotting to get Mrs. Sneed
tut OF the sanitarium. Young Boyce
lad been indicted on the charge of
Induction, but his father brought about
he dismissal Of the indictment. which
act also greatly embittered Sneed
Igainst him. The two men met in the
obby of hotel in this city on Jan.
larry IL of this year and after an ex. 6
mango of few words, ]. Beal Sneed I
rev his Pistol and fired several shots
Il the old man, killing him instantly.
Sneed was arrested and tried but |
tter being out 112 hours the Jury re-
urned and reported that no agreement |
ould be reached. A new trial was c
rdefed and this will come IN next I
week. Speed kept himself in retire
lent after the mistrial and few per- |
ons knew definitely of his where 2
bouts. AL Boyce, the lover of Mrs.
need, was supposed to be In British !
columbia and 1t was reported that he
ad purchased a ranch there and in
ended to live there.
On September IA of this year sneed '
nd AL Boyce met in one of the prin.
lpal streets of Amarillo, Tex. Sneed
mo- according to the statement of
ertaln witnesses, was disguised as a
ramp approached the unsuspecting
'oyce and killed him by several shots
rom an automatic shotgun. The mur.
erer surrendered and was later in.
lcted, but the trial has not been set
1r hearing. Sneed will be repre
ented at the coming trial by some of
he best legal talent in the state and
confident of his acquittal after the
Try shall have learned the full extent
his grievance against Al Boyce and
Ie father of the latter.
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