The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-15
AGED MAN SLAIN
At FORT WORTH
j. B. Snead Of Amarillo Fires
Upon Victim in Hotel
Lobby.
HEARING IS POSTPONED
Preliminary Trial Of Slayer VIII Be
Held Wednesday-Special
Grand Jury Session
Ordered.
Associated Press Special.

/ foTt worth, Texas, Jan. To-
Contrary to expectations the exam
ing trial of J. B. Snead, who shot
and killed A. G. Boyce, Sr., aged ~
years, in the lobby of the MetropolI.
tan hotel Saturday night, was post
poned from today until Wednesday
Meanwhile an extraordinary SEES
sion of the grand jury was ordered
Tor tomorrow to investigate the
whole Boycc-Snead case, and especi-
ally Saturday nights tragedy.
County Attorney Baskin announo-
ed that the state would stubbornly
resist all attempts for the release
of Snead on bond.
Snead today denied the story at
tributed to minister that at Rev.
- B. Mayfield,s sermon at the coun-
ty jail yesterday he went forward
and promised to lead better life.
The killing of the elder Boyce
was tragic sequel to the flight OF
Mrs. Lena Snead, wife OF a
/ Snead, the man who did the killing
with Albert O. Boyce, Jr-. son OF the
| murdered man, from this city . fen
months ago The shooting occurred
| shortly after o'clock Saturda,
night in the lobby of the Metropoli
tan hotel, crowded with people al
| the time.
| Snead fired five shots at Boyce
| four OF them taking effect. He used
32-ca1iber automatic and the bull
| lets lodged in the abdomen, ranging
between the navel and groin.
Boyce was seated in the lobby of
the hotel a short distance from the
main entrance when Snead entered
by the main doorway. Snead's first
shot took effect, striking Boyce in
the pit of the stomach. Boyce jump
ed and pitched forward, but at the
same instant Snead's revolver crack
ed and three more shots landed in
the abdomen Snead fled by side
entrance and ran into dark street
where he was arrested by police
man. who had given chase, He re-
fused to make statement to either
| newspaper reporters or policemen,
| Snead and his wife, little more
| than a week ago, effected reconcil-
iation and returned to Texas from
| Winnipeg, where she and young
Boyce were caught Saturday after
noon the elder Boyce succeeded a
getting all indictments against ms
son dismissed by the county attor-
| ney. This. it was thought, would end
the case.
The flight of Mrs. Snead and
young Boyce attracted attention
lthroughout the country. The search
for the missing couple extended
from Fort Worth to ST. Louis,
thence to Chicago, Atlantic City,
New York and finally to Winnipeg
where they were arrested. AS soon
as the couple were arrested Snead's
attorneys had indictments returned
against Boyce charging abduction
i and theft. A requisition was imme-
diately applied for but this Cover
| nor Colquitt refused to grant as IT
depended solely on the question OF
whether or not Mrs. Snead was IN
sane at the time she ran away with
Boyce.
Canadian alienists found her sane
and refused to hold her after the
arrival of her husband. Boyce later
was allowed to go free and announ-
ced that he would go to Alberta
Western Canada, and go into the
cattle business.
Young Boyce, when he left Fort
Worth, carried exchange to the
amount of $4,000 or $4,000 in cash