The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-12-11
TERRIBLE OUTRAGE.
Brutal Conduct Toward a German Lady
Travelling Alone ou the Cars.

Brutal Conduct Toward a German Lady
Travelling Alone ou the Cars.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
DALLAS, Dec. 5.-This community
is deeply shocked at the most out
rageous sort of treatment of a good
woman, the wife of en- upright citizen
of Dallas, but who is a man of lin
tied means,to which she was subjected
to by travelling man and the train
men between New Orleans and this
city. The facts are as follows: Mrs.
Baumert arrived here last night, on
the north-bound train on the Houston
q Texas Central railway, from Ger
many. Mr.. Edward Baumert, her
husband, who preceded her about one
year, ago, and who is tailor, having
saYed up his earnings and sent his
wife money enought to come over on
She cannot speak word of English
and labored under a disadvantage in
travelling alone. She landed in New
Orleans few days since, and took the
Star q Crescent route Tor Houston.
On the way she was annoyed by man
who spoke German and who made
improper advances to her. She was
travelling on an immigrant ticket, and
in order to escape his insinuating at
tentlons, went 1nta another coach, and
as there were several ladies and gen
tlemen there he ceased to annoy her.
On arriving at Houston she took the
III. & L. g. train and so did the Ger
man, who wore heavy gray beard.
In order to escape him, as she had
done on the other aoad, she took
another coach, but the
conductor gave her so understand that
she must go into the smoking car. She
did so, against her will. 1t was filled
with a lot of roWdy negroes, and
among its occupants was her evil
genius. He would address her in Ger
man, and spoke to the others in what
she took to be English. After he had
started the rowdy crowd to laughing
at her, he made further advances.
She attempted to go into another car,
but the train men would not allow
her. She made a second attempt to
reach the door, with the intention of
jumping off the train, for so
outrageous was the conduct of
tho men that she feared
the worst and was determined to Kill
herself, rather than to take any fur
ther chances among such a crowd.
AS she made for the door one of the m
caught her, when she screamed and
struggled as best she could to free
herself. At this iuncture the con-
ductor appeared. Laboring under the
suppression tn 1t the woman was in
sane, he handcuffed her and tied her
feet to the seat with rope. In her
desperate struggle she bIoke out sew
eral windows. There she was a pris
oner, unable to speak a word
of English or to make known
her troubles, while the on
ly person present who could
speak German was her prosecutor,
who pretended that she was insane.
In this way she arrived at the union
depot, where the cond'Stor turned
her over to policeman, q &c shackles
were removed, and If = Nmeantime
her husband, who r. 3 esne to meet
her, found her ancS = 8 her home,
where she was cso 3 s. She WAS
completely r.a. 5 the shock;
cuGN s sdffs, which
she ~ III to get OH.
What became g Lne gray WhlSkered
man who hnuted her all the way from
New Orleans, is not known, but it
will not be safe for him to fall into
the hands of the people of Dallas, who
know of his conduct The treatment
of Mrs. Beaumert by the Traveller,
and by the train men, will be reported
to the Houston & Texas Central au-
thoritie5. The poor woman is very
sick in bed, and under care of physi-
clans.