St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-21
A MONTANA AMAZON.
Mrs. Charles Omo's Terrible
Struggle to Preserve
Honor and Life.
She Has q Hand-to-Hand Com
bat With a BuPly
Ruffian.
Thrice Assaulted, She Shoots
Off the Top Of His
Head.
A Bpainerd Woman Widowed
Within Three Hours After
Her Nuptials.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BUTTE, Mont, Feb. &c. Details
reached this city to-day of a terrible
struggle for honor and life made last
evening by woman in Little Black
Tail canyon, twelve miles from Butte,
among the mountains. In little one
room cabin, quarter of mile from
any neighbors, have lived for year
and half Mr.. AMI Mrs. Charles Ono.
Mr.. Ono is woodman working on
the mountain, and often leaves his
wife alone for day or two. Mrs. ONO
is about twenty-five years old, plump
and gOOd-looking, with blue eyes and
fair hair. Her maiden name was Clara
Handiey and her parents live in Kansas.
She married ONO two years ago at
Stockton, Mo. An Irlshman named
Smith worked for ONO lastsummer, but
left suddenly on Mrs. ONO threatening
to tell her husband of a PROPOSE
ton of his. Last Tuesday Mrs,
Ono was in Butte, where
she met Smith. He inquired where
they were living. and was told. About
o'clock last evening Mrs. ONO was
lying on the lounge in her cabin when
Smith entered.
HE ATTEMPTED TO KISS HER,
but she repulsed him. After few min
uteS' conversation, Smith announced
his purpose, and seized the woman,
throwing her on the lounge. She es-
capped and ran for the door. Smith
grabbed her again and threw her on the
bed. Under the pillow was 44-caliber
revolver which Mrs. Ono seized. On see
ing the revolver Smith retreated to the
Eable and seized big carving knife. he
declared he would cut her throat from
ear to ear and accomplish his purpose
while she was dying. He lifted the
knife above her breast and the woman
pointed the gun at Smiths heart. AS
she pulled the trigger. Smith grabbed
the muzzle of the revolver and turned
through her dress and between her
knees without iniuring her. She fired
two more shots, the last of which
took effect in Smiths should
er. He then ran out of the
cabin. The woman a minute
later started for the neighbors. About
100 feet from the cabin she saw Smith
lying in the snow face downward. AS
she passed. suppOsing him dead, he
suddenly jumped up and grabbed her
again. Then came the hardest struggle
of all. The woman had only one shot
left IN the revolver. 81
DON'T WANT TO KILL YOU;
go awayw she said. II didn't walk
away out here from Butte to be de-
feated," Smith replied, and seized her
about the waist. The woman pointed
the revolver at his breast. AS
she fired. Smith threw up
her hand and this bullet passed into his
temple. Half an hour later the family
of George Beck were startled by the ap-
pearance of Mrs. ONO. white, breath
less, her clothing torn and covered with
snow. She held an empty revolver in
her hand and said she had left dead
man back in the guleh. She didn't
faint. To-day she gave herself up to
the sheriff. The coroner to-day found
Smiths body where it had been left.
Smith was teamster, about thirty-ive
years old. Mrs. Ono is to-day the guest
of Sheriff Lloyd, who will not put her
in Jail, but has given her the best room