New-York tribune., 1885-07-07
TIE STORM KING TRAGEDY.
DOUBT WHETHER HANSEN SHOT HIMSELF.
WHAT Ills BooKKEEPER sAYs-HIs BUSINESS fhos-
DEMONSTRATIONS WITH HIS WIFE.
Not nntil they read the details of the Storm

WHAT HIS pooKKyrpEK SAYS his BUSINESS PROS
PERoUs-RELATIoSs WITH HIS WIFE.
Not until they read the details of the Storm
King tragedy in yesterday mornings papers oiu .n0
employees OF Louis Hanson know oil MS s"uuo"
and mysterious end on the top Of tho mountain.
Mrl Hansen had handsomely fttei up rooms I'D tno
Booth Building at Twenty -thiri-st. and Sixth-aVe''
and carried on a thrifty and prosperous business ns
tailor his customers being for the most part wa's
brokers and downtown bankers. W. I. Mitchei Ms
bookkeeper, said to q TRIBUNE reporter:
1--WE we're all dumbfoundcd hero at the
story in tho morning newspapers. None OF us peeVe
that Mr. Hanson committed suicide for the reason tha'
his manner never indicated any such intention lie was
a quiet man; by hard work he had secured consiacr'
able fortune and his business was excellent he
never referred to his domestic Affairs Dut HIS
wife was In the habit OF coming her 10
see him and the couple would go to dinner togethe
They had public sao Of their household furniture AT
No 4i4 lie Lexingtonave. June IS, and believe the
sale was by the wish and under tho dircctlon Vi ''
Hansen. He had not been living with her Tor some
time staying at the Lexington-ave house. "n''o no
slept here I'm his saesroom and took his meals out o
never stayed at the Union Square Hotel except 10 eat
few meals there he left us OH Friday morning ~
10 o'clock hc was In tho best OF spirits. asked MIN 10
sIgu check for the payment Of the thirty empoyes
but he said that he would draw the check on ''onup
when he returned from up the river e sid uood'o'o
to us all and went away smiling with the so'
want Mary KertnR, who had Decn scnI w 'hio' AA""
to fetch him."
"Dd he ever carry pistol u
"Neyer The boy hero who brushed his clothes ana
looked after him in the morning says that his trousers
never had even pistol pocket never heard MIN say
an angry word to his wife. Mr. Hansen came
10 this country from Copenhagen In lsos. he
has several sisters aud brothers there He worKeo
for several years for Rock the Ffthave. tailor, as
enter and then be san business his own account at
No IL East Fourtoenths After his marriage no livcd
successiyely at No. 81 Ffthave.. No. l4l East SIX
teenth and Mt Ma ilsonavc. and Pftyninth-st The
servants say that Mrs. Hansen was woman OF dom-
neerinc and few OF them stayed long In her en-
ploy." 40 p.oaa a.
friend OF the dead man. the last person who spoke
to Hansen as and hi. wife began their accent OF the
mo Intain on saturday lie ana had little CONVERSE,
ton" sail Mr. WilInnrib. He seemed In hls usual
sprits asked him why he selected strange resort 10
spend the Fourth At and he rep ei that the ocay Ns
not strange 10 him. he had been In tue NlIhge ol
Cornwall several times before only came W. ~, nc
days as shall retrrn ON Monday. saw MN anu hIs
wife sitting I'm hall of the hotel little whc peioe
they went on on their walk. There was n0hing uruSn'
IN their demeanor TO one another. saw hcf hterwhru
-ittng by bis side when lie lay dead mp on he m"un"
She seemed cool aud collected throughout -
II Il said that because OF lncolnp",ini'y OF onol
legal proc cnedlngs had been in-tltnicl Tor repal"
,et wcen Mr. aud Mrs. Hansen. but tcy had Dren hDa
doned Mr. Han-en's fortune estimated NJ 80 wv"
Dr. De Krc.t, No. 30 West Thrtirth-st. was one oi
the physicians vino attended Mrs. Hansen IN seNerh
severe Hts of sickness which she had suffered ne -au
that lie had difcuty In controlling her tenn er NJ lcs
but he spoke in high terms OF her character lne
people who live a No. 1863 West Forty s where
Mrs Hansen lived before she married Hansen uu no,
remember her They said that many women llvcl III tue
house whcih Is an house. and some Oi thch
had been elected for various reasons