Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
His Mother Is Not Known at
Address in Washington
He Gave.
ALEXANDRIA KINFOLK
ARRANGE FOR FUNERAL
Wifeslayer Said to Have Charged
That Wife Clicked Him, Where
upon He Killed Her.

HAMlAET, N. c., August 16.-0eorg0 s.
Nance was committed to jail without
bond today. following the finding OF q
coroner's jury which held that his wife,
Birdie Nance, who was murdered In a
hotel here yesterday. came to her death
at the hands Of her husband.
The police report that the woman was
killed by q blow on the head from a
beer bottle. Her clothing and the carpet
on the floor Of the hotel room In which
the crime was committed were soaked
with kerosene, and had been ignited,
evidently in an attempt to conceal any
clue to the identity Of the murderer.
Smoke coming from the room led
guests to believe that the hotel was on
fire. It was this which led to the finding
Of the body.
Arrange for Funeral.
kilograms were received here today
by Chief Of Police Brasewell stating that
Mrs. Robert N. Baker Of 613 Prince
street. Alexandra. Va. sister OF the
murdered woman, had left for Hamlet
with her husband. and would take charge
of arrangements for the funeral A
telegram was also received from p. A.
Reeds Of Knoxville, Tenn, asking for
particulars Of the crime, and stating that
he was a brother-in-law OF Mrs.
Nance, having married another sister.
The police suspect that Nance Is insane.
basing their belief on q statement he
has made and a report from Greenville.
s. c.. that he was once an inmate of an
institution there. According to infor-
nation received by the police, Nance Is
reported to have stated that his wife had
threatened to have him put into an
asylum, and that she cried. I'm as crazy
a a H.
Ing" Then she choked him. Nance Is
reported to have said, and when he freed
himself he struck her on the head with
the bottle, later setting ire to her.
Mrs. Nance was about thirty yeads old
and had been married eight years. She
was formerly Miss Nail, and was mar
ried in Alexandria, Va Her husband IL
about ten years her senior. The couple
have made their home in Knoxville.
Tenn, and had no children.
Nance Had Much Money.
At the time OF his arrest, 1t is reported.
Nance had $3.50 in bills on his person. q
81, 600 government bond and a slip show
ing a deposit OF $1,000 to his credit In q
bank in Macon, Ga Nance says he Is
bookkeeper. It developed today from
papers and correspondence among the ef-
fects of the dead woman that she was q
travelling representative OF a perfumery
house.
Nance is held at the county jail at
Rockingham. He gave his mother ao-
dress as "a Adams street. washington,
ID. c. A message sent to that address
was returned unuellyered.
Relatives OF the murdered woman are
at loss to account for the presence
Of the husband and wife in Hamlet,
knowing no reason why they should
have stayed there. Robert n: Baker,
the brother-fn-law, who lives in Alex
andria, Va, intimated tonight that
Nance had brought his wife here with
the express purpose Of doing away with
her.
Together in Greenville.
GREENvILLE, s. c., August 16.-Mrs.
Nance was a resident OF this city for
three months, having been here for the
purpose of giving treatment prescribed
along with q certain medicine. While
here she Is said to have made conddantes
of two women In the city, telling them
that her husband had been IN an insane
asylum for some time.
Late in the spring she left the city,
for Virginia, returning here
with her husband. They left later on
and were not heard Of until this morning.
when announcement of Mrs. Nance
death was carried in a local paper.
MACON, Ga, August 16.-George s.
Nance. who last night killed his wife
in q hotel at Hamlet, N. c.. was here
for q short time last week at hotel.
He was accompanied by his wife. He
does not live here, however, and the
hotel where he stopped supposed him
to be a travelling salesman.
Before leaving Macon he deposited
81 900 in cash in local bank. Further
than this nothing is known Of the man.