Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-07-06

A MURDERoUS ATTACK IN A PRrv.
HousEHULD-A DIVORCED VIM
ATTEMPTS TO SHOOT nm &
.sUccEssoR-THE FUZZY
ORA WOMAN sCORNRp.


/ Iron the n o. Times, of June oeth1
| Between half. past III and II Oh.
yesterday morning, while Mrs. A.
Holbrook was engaged at her tolIaS
in the second floor, front room of -
residence, No. 4O8 Constance strsss
between Orange and Richard, che II.
came conscious that some one had r..
tered her apartment, and turning g
observe the visitor was instantly ff15
upon by we'll dressed woman, stand.
ing in the door.
Horror stricken at the evident A.
tempt mt assassination, Mrs. uolbrook
faced her assailant, aud after tina Ala
charge of a second shot snccecded 1.
cintchlng the weapon. The two wo
men struggled in death like coutcse
for some seconds, aud the pistol =
length dropped upon the door. "A
This juncture the would-be murdos-
seized. quart bottle of bay MN.
which was standing on the busSnI
and began beating Mrs. Holbrook wit&
1t over the head. 1t was quickly. shiy.
cred into hundred pieces, and tie
Infatuated woman. snatching . China
vase from the mantel-piece, continued
the attack. a..
The report of the pistol attracted
the attention Of an aged colored cook,
who gave the alarm, aud white
servant named Mary rushed 60 ths
rescue. She seized the assailant, iwhe
proved to be Jennie Bronson, the
divorced wife of DIR. Holbrook) iron
behind, aud the present. Mrs. Hol,
brook, succeeding in extric&ting hef.
self, rushed out of the house.
The unfortunate lady, covered viii
blood, first went in next door to the
residence of Mr.. Rainey, where
servant furnished her with basin a
water and q change Of clothing, and
the family being absent, she then took
refuge at the residence of Mrs. Mar.
tin, just opposite. The attack created
the widest excitement, the servants
left in body, and, In probably les
than five minutes, Jennie Bronson
held possession.
THE WORK OF DEMOLITION.
Flushed with triumph, the woman
at once commenced q whoscsaio A.
tack on the furniture. Mirrors, pictures
and aImoir glasses were shivered int
atoms, aud whatever articles Of ioWol.
~ that could be found in second noof
were scattered about in the wil6ent
confusion. Descending TO the ground
floor, she procured IN axe from the
kitchen, aud resumed the work Of
destruction. A China closet contoiA-
ing apparently two barrels fun Il
dishes and cnt-glassware was CON-
pletely stripped Of its contents, auA
the pr0sniseu0us heap was bdDtea iu1p
fragments upon the hall Ho9r. a
side-bOard containing castors, silvee
service and wine glasses shared tie
same tate. Tho glazed doors OF
several bookcases were knocked iuto
smithereens, and the dial plate Of
handsome clock broken to ffsgments,
the sounding board of q new plane
smashed to pieces, and . portrait Of
Mr.. H0lbro0k hurled from its place On
the wall and cut to slreds.
An hour later, when our ropoetur
reached the scene, he found tho draw.
ing room, parlor, dining room aud
ball heaped with the debris, and "a.
deed, had the establishment boon
Jared by the explosion Of nitro els.
cerine, or shaken by 6rst-class earth.
quake, the demolition could not have
been more complete. ~
THE EXCITEMENT.
I A curious crowd Of ladies', chiIdroa
and servants still fingered in front Of
the hOuse, hut even at that time iufor.
nation concerning this most unfor.
tanate contrcten.ps was difncult 70
CLEAN. M
A lacy living in the immediate vici.
nifty, and fearing from the shots that
murder was being perpetrated, sent
her servants in all directions for the
police. At least twenty minutes elapsed
before an officer could be procured, hut
at length little boy succeeded \
finding Officer Dorsey, Of the StxtA
Prccint, who at once came to the house.
MEDICAL AID.
In the meantime DR.. Thomas Nichol.
son, residing on Magaziue street, near
the scene, had been sent for aud e.
reached the h0nse first. The Doctor
found Jennie Bronson in the posl6e.
She had ceased her work at that dina,
aud was eBdeavOring IT,, staunch u
blood from q slight wound o. ~
finger. The doctor extracted . pisce
Of broken gfass from the cutaull hear
ing that Mrs. H0lbrook was acrOss the
street, Immediately repaired 10 that
domisil. Tho only rsmask Jeunie'
Bronson made vas "D--n hee, fwspt
to kill her,
Mrs Holbrook, whom the Doetw'
found to be quite faint from la ~
blood, presented most doplOrub1o'