New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-07
EXAMINATION OF MRS. JENNIE
BRONSON.

Testimony Before Recorder Houston
The Assault and Battery Case.
Between five and six o'clock last evening
another phase of the Holbrook- Bronson
trouble was developed in the First District
Recorders Court. Mrs. j. Bronson was ex-
amined on the charge of assault and bat
terry and shooting with intent to kill Mrs.
Eliza Jane HolbrOOk on the seventeeth of
June, at the house No. 2O8 Constance street.
Few persons having been made aware that
the examination would take place, the
courtroom was quite bare of spectators.
Accused tried to look Indifferent. and in
fact succeeded, yet it was evident she felt
deeper interest than she chose to display
The first witness was Mrs. E. j. Holbrook,
who testified as follows:
On the seventeenth of June, 1880 A. NJ,
/ was standing at my bureau eOm0ing my
hair heard some one on the stairs moving
hurriedly; looking through & side door l
caught sight of gauze veil; had not heard
the bell ring, and thought it was some OF
my young lady friends who wished to sur.
prise me; / turned my face to the glass and
continued to comb my hair; did not turn
round again until I"saw Mrs. Bronson lac
cused at the bari at the door, did not see
the pistol in her hand, but I saw muir
der in her face. and for an instant
the room seemed dark but the next
moment I felt strong and calm and felt no
fear: | made a step to meet her; she came
up to me hurriedly, and when she had got
near enough to touch me she held the pis-
tol to my heart and fired; / caught her
hand and held it, and told her to stop; that
before she fired again | had something to
say TO her: she asked me what had to say;
I told her that the ISLANDERS she had circu-
lated on me before ske left the city were
falsehoods, and that she knew them to be
falsehoods; that enraged her and she jerked
her hand away and fired the second time;
then wrenched the pistol from her hand
and called for the police; she hissed out
'|you dare not call for the pOlice;' l told
her ! did dare, and dragged her to side
window and, opening the blinds, called the
police three or four times; in the struggle
the pistol fell to the floor outside the win
dow; | got it and held to it, finding that
she could not get it from me she dragged me
by my hair, which was loose, to wash
stand on the other side Of the room;
catching up a bottle of bay rum, she
broke il over my head, intlicting three deep
cuts: after the bottle was broken she struck
me over my head with a silver cup; know
ing she would kill me if / did not have
ueIp, Call6u lOf mary Ayaus d soEFdHti
who came: accused pulled me by the hair,
striking me with her fist; while Mary
was holding her, l stepped to window and
called for the police several times; / then
went down stairs; | was bleeding terribly,
and began to feel weak, and went
across the street to neighbor's
house: DR.. Nicholson was sent for:
he came and removed glass from my
head and dressed my wounds; / could hear
Tar inn ha fIpu in m Y hRT1zpF in
about an hour / was carried back home and
put to bed with a high fever DIR. Stille
came afterward and attended me; I had
been residing there three weeks; my hus-
band was living with me; ! was confined to
my bed from Monday evening until the next
Sunday or Monday; when / got back to the
house everything in it was broken, from
the piano to the smallest wineglass: the
sounding board Of the piano was broken,
mirrors, armoirs; glasses and pictures
were broken: Mr.. HolbrOok's picture
was cut to prices; dishes and eTOekery
were JrOken the property belonged to me;
/ kept the pistol until gave it to DR.. Mich
olson; l don't knew where the shots took
effect; one of the bullets was picked up on
the floor; some one picked up the silver cup
in the street, bent; Mrs Bronson did not
state what she came there to do; DO not
know what became Of the bottle / was
beaten with; L.was beaten in three PLACES
on my head.
Physicians were then examined, but they
did not disclose any important fact not al
ready known.
Mr.. Howard, attorney for the accused, IN
attempting to draw some Of the previous
history from the family physician, when be
was stoPped by Mr.. Walker, attorney for
tue prosecution. Before the question was
fully decided, Mr. Howard waived further
examination, and asked that the case be
sent to the Criminal Court. No objection
being offered, the eass was so disposed Of.
Bonds $1,000.
DR.. Iveson G. E-McGehes died in Sum
nit Mississippi, on the first instant, Of