Al Talbot was a race track gambler and owner of the Gem bowling alley in Reno, Nevada.
The youngest of 12 children, Al Talbot's given name was Edouard Alfredne Talbot. The Talbots were a French-Canadian family with roots that could be traced back to 16th century France. Edouard emigrated to the US in 1878 and became a naturalized citizen in 1892. At first he called himself Edouard Talbot, but by the time he lived in Reno, was known as Alfred E. Talbot, the Prince of Gamblers due to his fondness for racehorses and probably because of his French-Canadian accented manner of speaking.
In 1902, Al married Lydia Mae Locke, an ambitious and troubled seventeen year old with a sweet voice, in Denver, Colorado. Lydia had been living in St. Louis with a sister, Polly Jane Schmidt, when she suddenly eloped with Al. While Lydia believed she was marrying a never-married well-to-do silver magnate, Al was in reality a thrice-divorced, hop-smoking, abusive individual involved in borderline criminal activities and not above beating up anyone who owed him money.
Lydia, who usually went by her middle name, performed opera in vaudeville and for special events under the name Madame Talbo. Al paid for vocal training and other costs associated with his wife's career.
The couple often had a tumultuous, violent, and physically abusive relationship. Al inflicted severe facial bruises and frightful injuries on Lydia, who on one occasion responded with a pistol shot that missed its target, instead hitting a mattress resulting in the couple's eviction from their hotel residence. Despite, or because of, lengthy periods of estrangement, the couple remained married for over seven years.
On October 28, 1909, Al was summoned to the law office of Judge J.D. Jones, his wife's lawyer, on the second floor of the Clay Peters Building in Reno, Nevada, to discuss terms for a divorce settlement. During the meeting, the negotiations turned hostile and when Al and Lydia physically grappled with one another, Lydia shot Al in the chest with a revolver she had hidden in her fur wrap. Al never recovered and died several days later from his wound. Lydia stood trial for second degree murder, but was acquitted due to Al's abusive behavior towards Lydia and because the prosecutor's case did not allow the jury to consider a manslaughter conviction.
Al's body was buried in his brother's cemetery plot in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada.
The youngest of 12 children, Al Talbot's given name was Edouard Alfredne Talbot. The Talbots were a French-Canadian family with roots that could be traced back to 16th century France. Edouard emigrated to the US in 1878 and became a naturalized citizen in 1892. At first he called himself Edouard Talbot, but by the time he lived in Reno, was known as Alfred E. Talbot, the Prince of Gamblers due to his fondness for racehorses and probably because of his French-Canadian accented manner of speaking.
In 1902, Al married Lydia Mae Locke, an ambitious and troubled seventeen year old with a sweet voice, in Denver, Colorado. Lydia had been living in St. Louis with a sister, Polly Jane Schmidt, when she suddenly eloped with Al. While Lydia believed she was marrying a never-married well-to-do silver magnate, Al was in reality a thrice-divorced, hop-smoking, abusive individual involved in borderline criminal activities and not above beating up anyone who owed him money.
Lydia, who usually went by her middle name, performed opera in vaudeville and for special events under the name Madame Talbo. Al paid for vocal training and other costs associated with his wife's career.
The couple often had a tumultuous, violent, and physically abusive relationship. Al inflicted severe facial bruises and frightful injuries on Lydia, who on one occasion responded with a pistol shot that missed its target, instead hitting a mattress resulting in the couple's eviction from their hotel residence. Despite, or because of, lengthy periods of estrangement, the couple remained married for over seven years.
On October 28, 1909, Al was summoned to the law office of Judge J.D. Jones, his wife's lawyer, on the second floor of the Clay Peters Building in Reno, Nevada, to discuss terms for a divorce settlement. During the meeting, the negotiations turned hostile and when Al and Lydia physically grappled with one another, Lydia shot Al in the chest with a revolver she had hidden in her fur wrap. Al never recovered and died several days later from his wound. Lydia stood trial for second degree murder, but was acquitted due to Al's abusive behavior towards Lydia and because the prosecutor's case did not allow the jury to consider a manslaughter conviction.
Al's body was buried in his brother's cemetery plot in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada.
Al Talbot was a race track gambler and owner of the Gem bowling alley in Reno, Nevada.
The youngest of 12 children, Al Talbot's given name was Edouard Alfredne Talbot. The Talbots were a French-Canadian family with roots that could be traced back to 16th century France. Edouard emigrated to the US in 1878 and became a naturalized citizen in 1892. At first he called himself Edouard Talbot, but by the time he lived in Reno, was known as Alfred E. Talbot, the Prince of Gamblers due to his fondness for racehorses and probably because of his French-Canadian accented manner of speaking.
In 1902, Al married Lydia Mae Locke, an ambitious and troubled seventeen year old with a sweet voice, in Denver, Colorado. Lydia had been living in St. Louis with a sister, Polly Jane Schmidt, when she suddenly eloped with Al. While Lydia believed she was marrying a never-married well-to-do silver magnate, Al was in reality a thrice-divorced, hop-smoking, abusive individual involved in borderline criminal activities and not above beating up anyone who owed him money.
Lydia, who usually went by her middle name, performed opera in vaudeville and for special events under the name Madame Talbo. Al paid for vocal training and other costs associated with his wife's career.
The couple often had a tumultuous, violent, and physically abusive relationship. Al inflicted severe facial bruises and frightful injuries on Lydia, who on one occasion responded with a pistol shot that missed its target, instead hitting a mattress resulting in the couple's eviction from their hotel residence. Despite, or because of, lengthy periods of estrangement, the couple remained married for over seven years.
On October 28, 1909, Al was summoned to the law office of Judge J.D. Jones, his wife's lawyer, on the second floor of the Clay Peters Building in Reno, Nevada, to discuss terms for a divorce settlement. During the meeting, the negotiations turned hostile and when Al and Lydia physically grappled with one another, Lydia shot Al in the chest with a revolver she had hidden in her fur wrap. Al never recovered and died several days later from his wound. Lydia stood trial for second degree murder, but was acquitted due to Al's abusive behavior towards Lydia and because the prosecutor's case did not allow the jury to consider a manslaughter conviction.
Al's body was buried in his brother's cemetery plot in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada.
The youngest of 12 children, Al Talbot's given name was Edouard Alfredne Talbot. The Talbots were a French-Canadian family with roots that could be traced back to 16th century France. Edouard emigrated to the US in 1878 and became a naturalized citizen in 1892. At first he called himself Edouard Talbot, but by the time he lived in Reno, was known as Alfred E. Talbot, the Prince of Gamblers due to his fondness for racehorses and probably because of his French-Canadian accented manner of speaking.
In 1902, Al married Lydia Mae Locke, an ambitious and troubled seventeen year old with a sweet voice, in Denver, Colorado. Lydia had been living in St. Louis with a sister, Polly Jane Schmidt, when she suddenly eloped with Al. While Lydia believed she was marrying a never-married well-to-do silver magnate, Al was in reality a thrice-divorced, hop-smoking, abusive individual involved in borderline criminal activities and not above beating up anyone who owed him money.
Lydia, who usually went by her middle name, performed opera in vaudeville and for special events under the name Madame Talbo. Al paid for vocal training and other costs associated with his wife's career.
The couple often had a tumultuous, violent, and physically abusive relationship. Al inflicted severe facial bruises and frightful injuries on Lydia, who on one occasion responded with a pistol shot that missed its target, instead hitting a mattress resulting in the couple's eviction from their hotel residence. Despite, or because of, lengthy periods of estrangement, the couple remained married for over seven years.
On October 28, 1909, Al was summoned to the law office of Judge J.D. Jones, his wife's lawyer, on the second floor of the Clay Peters Building in Reno, Nevada, to discuss terms for a divorce settlement. During the meeting, the negotiations turned hostile and when Al and Lydia physically grappled with one another, Lydia shot Al in the chest with a revolver she had hidden in her fur wrap. Al never recovered and died several days later from his wound. Lydia stood trial for second degree murder, but was acquitted due to Al's abusive behavior towards Lydia and because the prosecutor's case did not allow the jury to consider a manslaughter conviction.
Al's body was buried in his brother's cemetery plot in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada.
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