FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, October 10, 1901 ANOTHER MURDER ________ Otis Yates Shoots and Kills Roy Hornbeck at Elvins ________ About 7 o'clock Wednesday evening, October 2d, says the Lead Belt News, Otis Yates shot and killed Roy Hornbeck in Elvins. As best we can learn, the trouble was the result of family differences. Hornbeck was married to the sister of young Yates several months ago. All parties connected with the affair were young and perhaps more or less indiscreet. As time went apace, the young wife of Hornbeck left him, at the same time charging him with a flagrant disregard of his marriage vow. The brother of the wife took the matter in his own hands, and the row ended in the killing of Hornbeck. There seems, however, to have been no war of words at the time of the shooting. Frank Baker, who was an eye witness to the final tragedy, says that he and several young men, among them Hornbeck, were standing near Butts' drug store when Yates came up and addressed Hornbeck, and asked him "what in the h--l he meant?" Hornbeck told him that if he wanted to talk to him to come out to one side. Accordingly the two stepped aside, and when a few steps away Yates pulled his pistol and fired, the ball striking Hornbeck near the left nipple. The latter fell and a runner was sent for Dr. Butler, but when the doctor arrived the wounded man had expired. The coroner was at once notified and came over and held an inquest during the night, after which the remains were turned over to undertaker Rinke for burial. Marshal West arrested Yates and notified Sheriff Highley, who responded promptly and took him over to the county jail. It was at the home of the Hornbecks that Beshircs was mysteriously killed about a year ago.