New-York tribune., 1885-07-06
KILLED ON STORM KING.
. Nrw.YoRK TAILOR SHOT IN THE HEAD.
rur DEATH ATTRIBUTED TO sUiciph-ei>"oA~'
ABATEMENT OF THE MANS WIFE.
,nY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIDuxE.)


x.n,-oc .Julv 5.-Lewis Hansen, mer-
,a,,or doing business IN West Twenty-thirdst''
80 rifthaye New-York, sought the secinsion oi woou
~ ,h. ton of storm King Mountain yesterday 70 comui'
u,cde and attempt the murder OF his wre ino p"'"O
80. make II strange affair. Hansen ana MS WHO ar
,ved At the Mountain House on Friday AZ noon. in.s
nted rooms that looked toward Newourg' put US JUG
go had 80 guests nearly all 1t would hod' they ie'
sr even bie trunks at the West Shore depot AZ 'ne
soot NJ the mountain They intended 20 stay 'nio.s
The rest Of the summer. On SATURDAY n'oim.s
Uansen and his wife started FROM the hotei 70 WAN ~
the ton of storm King Mountain II was about
nep they left the hotel Before going Hansen onsas0e
-, -, taNa an afternoon drive. He appeared
.,re, .,d There was no evidence OF trouble between
s;,o and HIS wife, But about IL o'clock young man
IAN 70 the hotel and informed the propr'e'oi' W.
ueacher that one Of his guests had commtteo suouo'
and had attempted the life OF his wiie neio'o
rt,ue "a the sccue of the crime, which was nearly
ss:. sw.v. AR. Meagher sent to the village be-
-, far DR. Vail. He found his guest
ar,rv sbot through tho head Mrs. Hansen
vas near bcwailng the terrible fate OF ner h"'"anu
The man died about ee-quarters OF al no"r "'o'
sheoting himself. He was nicely dressed wore eApe
.ve ,ewelry. and had largo amount OF money "nen
~, M..gber reached the place Mrs. Hansen was trying
to atom the flow Of blood from her husbands wound
With her handkerchief she appeared little exctea over
The tragic end of her husband and told the story III an
unconcerned way. -. ..
The ,uauest brought out interesting facts from
Mrs Hansen, only witness OF tho ana'r sue sA'u
49,, har maiden name was Josephine Courtnay. and
,,o, .he lived at 1853 West Fortyeighh-st New-forE
a, tho 90 of fifteen she married Rudolph Hunter an
oscer I'm the Confederate Army. She had Deeh "uo"
sixteen or eighteen years when sne marrcu h""s'"'
vbo was about forty years Old She Is about
Che bas been subject to hemorrhages anu mas peeh Nv
.anaad hr Drs Craft and White of New-York. Her
arr,aoe to Hansen took place four years ago. Jusuco
Morgan performed the ceremony and they lived no.
A4a Iexington-ave. Her health was delicate ana ,ne
Mountain House sought for its restoration. A'ef
climbing about half way up the mountain slde' Mrs'
Hansen stopped being unable to 90 further her h"
hand went on search Of spring when they hau peo
to,a as along the path In about an hour ne retreo'
He was warm and excited and he proposed that Tue!
sit down and rest. He took the reVoi'er "ione
with him IN the morning, saying that ne was sons W
celebrate the Fourth Of July in his own way Aiter
sitting down he played with dog that accompanied
chem and then talked excedly about family matters
When Mrs Hansen got up to 70 the shots were nrea-
The revolver is O new nickel-plated sinith
T. we.son aye-barrellcd, thirty-two caliore
.hoo,er and Hansen had new box OF cartr'uses
with him. 1t contained only one loaded enainper. a'
uausen said that two Of the four shots were nrcd at
n,ds o,s at her and the fourth killed Mr. Hansen
Che added that the shots fired in quick succession
She was within six feet of her husband wheh DC hfe"
at ner Still he missed her. Then she heard aho'nei
shot and turning. found him upon the erouhd WIN '
smoking pistol beside him. rie ,rieu " ''oi '
and cried for help She said that her husband askea
her in the cars on the way up Friday che was pre-
narea TO die. She answered that she did not
know as she was, and he SAID
"well. I'm always ready die and I'm going to cello
brote the Fonrth of July In my own way
She thought nothing strange Of TINS remark as ho ia"
bcen a man of remarkable passion and mueh
,ou,Ia he,ween Them had been the re-
splt Of this characteristic. He flew up al
trivial things and left home and went 10 NOTES. "hefe
he STAYED weeks on one occasion. pet uos 'n"' "
brought home had been lost and he Hew INTO an i''e"
passion left the house and stayed at the Union oqus
Hotel for two weeks. The Union Square was MS aVor
ic hotel when in such moods and ne remaineo 'heio
from two TO five weeks at iiine
The ball that killed him entered MS rsnt ten'-
nj "ud lodged in the base OF the brain Mrs
Hsnsen's screams for help were heard by young man
who is visiting the house OF Mr. Rogers III the '"s
Hansen died in the brush where he fell and the oody
remained there until the inquest held, when Un-
dertaker RYDER took charge of 1t and IL VIII
be buried tomorrow In the cehe'cry Vi
the adjoining town Of New Windsor which, Mrs Hansen
saws IA in accordance with the wishes OF the dead man
10 be buried in simple way In country Duryis sio"h'
H. has no other relative IN this country.
Coroner Young has nearly $500, handsome gold time
and other egery Ia his possession, which he says
he will keep until Mrs Hansen establishes her hentity
She IA nov at tle Mountain House Her story 10 the
coroner was contradictory At first she stated tnat her
married life had pleasant but subsequently sad
that they had not lived happy AS might be- On June
1 her husband had said TO her In the presence OF
servant Mary Kerng that II he ever got her alone nc
would fix her She learned Of his strange temperament
four weeks after her marriage He had been taking
little harsh to her. she sald just before the shooting
Although they had never separated be asked her Dc
fore the shooting II would live with him again az
usual she told nm that II he did not stop she would
have 10 leave MIN as IL was wearing her out 80
He did threaten me-. she said on the DAY OF tne
Shooting but our last words were those uttered by me
when refused to take back some had just spoken.
What these we're and what the subject talked about are
secrets locked up the bosom OF Mrs Hansen ana m
less she divrges them will ever know the I'm,
mediate cause the tragic ending OF Hansen's lie aud
the attempt to murder her,
PLANS OF TENNESSEE BOyDHOLDERS