Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-29
A TEXAS BRUTE
Assaults HIS aLFe and seats ana q fcks
Her Into Insensibflity.

GALVESTON. July 25.-Last night about
10 o'clock Mrs. Hanson, dressm aker and
milliner, ~as sitting on the steps of her
house, on Sixteenth and Church streets, cor
versing with Mr.. Killon, an inmate Of her
house, when she was confronted by John
Hanson, her busoand, aud a man named
Wilson. Hanson, fred by the demon of
jealousy, approached her with the remark,
"My name is Hansop," -- you, and
Jumped at his wife quick as a q ssh, seized
ner by the throat and threw her on the side
walk, and then jumped on her aud brutslly
kicked her until she was insensible, when he
left and, accompanied BY Wilson, entered
the house and proceeded TO his room
and threw his ruok down stairs.
In The meantime Mrs. Hanson had
been conveyed to her room snd
restoratives applied, and had just returned to
consciousness when Hanson and Wilson
burst into the room. The former drag ged
the suffering woman out of bed and again
beat her fearfully about the face and body.
in which he was aided by Wilson. In the
progress OF his demoniacal work Hansen drew
a knife and gsshed his wife terribly across
the forehead, then picked up her inseusible
form and carried her to the balcony with the
intention of thro wing her into the street.
when Dolly, her little ten. vear-old daush.
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fright, seeing her insensihle mother borne
away, gave piercing screams, when Wilson
rushed 10, seized her by the throat, stran-
gled and struck her several blows across The
face, with the remark, 81 will teach YOU. Won
little heifer, to holler." The msp, Killon.
whe was talking to Mrs. Hanson when che
was approached by her husband and Wilson,
antic, pating trouble, went to his room
When the brute threw tue trunk down stairs
he stepped out and hurried sf.er
a policeman. Hanson and Wilson.
becoming ALARMED at their brutal
work and the results, took the ~inseusi-
BILE woman back TO her room, threw her on a
bed and attempted to make a hssty exit
from The house, when they were confronted
by Officer Warren and a large crowd, attract
ed by the piercing screams of Dolly. and
taken in custody and lodged in Jail. A the
preliminary examination this morning be-
lore the recorder, little Dolly's recital of the
shameful treatment which her poor mother
had been subjected to caused a murmur of
indi nation to ripple through the court, and
when at last the little one burst into tears
and could go no further, a determined look
seemed to settle on the faces of many pres
emit. Opinous looks were cast in the direc-
ton of The prisoner. The poor woman who
has been 30 ou.rsgeoasly treated is said to be
in a deplorable condition. Dr.. West, who
is attending her, saws it will be several days
before she will sufficiently recover from
the effect OF the punishment received to
fully recognize those about her. A fearful
cash, fully an inch and a half long, extends
across her forehead, made by a knife IN the
| hands of her husband several of her teeth have
been knocked out, her face and body disclose
one mass of bruises, and her throat, where
| the imprints of Hsnson's hands are when he
| attempted to choke her, contain a cavity
| caused by the contraction of the flesh on each
side, large enough to permit the entrance of
ones little finger. The two beings who com.
mitted this deed are both powerfully built
and able-bodied. Hanson Ia a cotton screw
man. and the occupation OF Wilson is mo-
known. Judge Fontsine committed them
in $1,000 bail each, to await the action of the
grand jury.