Show Orucl Harder Fortress Monroe Va 2A brutal murder occurred last nIght in the barroom bar-room of the Barnes Hotel at Hampton Va Thomas Phillips a quiet inoffensive inoffen-sive citizen pasting the hotel was met by an old acquaintance P Joice who invited in-vited him to take a drink Phillips refused re-fused to drink but accepted a cigar and while standing at the counter Joyce deliberately de-liberately shot him through the heart without provocation After the sheeting Joyce placed the pistol in Phillips pocket and fled He was arrestad later and ledged in jail Joyce is a olerk in the National Soldiers Home Phillips leaves a wife and four children and some fears are entertained this morning that Joyce will bo lynched An extra euard is on duty at the jail va |