New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-24
AN OUTRAGE IN 10 VA.

II first got into print in the home papers AZ Des
Moines. But these are all controlled by men, ana
| Of course the account was greatly distorted hs
| usual they stood by the man in the case ana maue
| IL appear as unfavorable for the woman as they
| could. But "The Woman's Defender, OF Chicaso'
| organ of the Western Rights OF women society,"
| has taken it up and proposes to see that Jusuce
| is done q defenceless wife
| Tbe nersons involved in the unfortunate affair
ore Mr.. and Mrs. Hoensacke, of Des Moines. Ibey
| have been married about twelve years. VI course
| Uoepsackle has exerted the right OF his sex TO
| no n brute. but since eight years ago, when MrS'
UoensackIe Joined the Rights Of Women Society,"
life has been much easier for her. as she has unoer
stood better how to insist on her rights VI course
| we need scarcely say that Mr.. Hoensackle Is ex-
| tremely close with his money so far as his wiie
| Is concerned. He has always had plenty Of money
| 10 buy good clothes for himself, including SILK
bats and a new overcoa: every second winter
| but when Mrs. Hoensackle has mentioned bonnet
or dress or anything of that kind, he has been in
the habit of instantly starting to talk OF hard
times failures in Wall Street, general depressons
| on the European Bourses and many other things
about which he was not altogether clear, but which
| she well knew were brought up simply to throw
| dust in her eyes and thus keep the money from
her But since joining the Rights Association MIS-
IIoensackle has been able to improve her CONDITION
a great deal, even in this respect. Mr. Hoensackle
has rnanv times during the past eight years taKen
out his pocket-book in Acknowledgements store or
a tailor-shop to pay for gloves or clothes that nc
did not need, or in drug store to buy beer which
would have been actually harmful to him, ana
found that the five or ten or twenty doilar piii
which he thought he had was not there. lie mas
| spoken to Mrs. Hoensackle about these
strange disappearance, but TO no pur-
nose except to get vigorously charged with
having been intoxicated and lost the money. But
of course we need not say to the woman reader
who belongs to any Rights Associations, nor to
the man reader whose wife belongs to any
RIGHTS Associations that Mrs. Hoensackle had
in every case exercised her legitimate privilege
to visit the Hoensackle pocketbook in the dark
hours of the night and to extract the ahouhe
she needed 1t appears that the suspicious Hoen-
sackle at last became convinced Of this, and took
Enthusiastically brutal way Of resenting 1t.
One night about two weeks ago Mrs. Hoen-
sackle arose at late hour with the intention
Of abstractng about $50 with which to get
new winter bonnet. Mr.. HoensacKle Slept
soundly he having come home that night WIN
his breath strongly impregnated with the odor
of GIN whiskey and other liquors In TACT she
made him confess that he had had whiskey
|
of beer She had expressed her mind concerning
such actions freely. Indeed, Mrs. Hoensackle Is
opposed to his going into drug-stores at all. We
repeat that Hoensaclkle was sleeping heavily; and
that Mrs. Hoensacke softly. She soon
found the pocketbook and opened the clasp
twenty-dollar bill met her gaze She inserted
her hand to take it, but as the tips of her fingers
touched it the purse closed with snap, and her
hand was tightly caught in the clasp. 1t was
sort of a spring-gun purse devised by the wicked
Hoensackle She tried in vain to release 1t.
Then she made some pointed remarks to Hoen.
sacsle, but he did not awaken. She struggled
with it some more, and again spoke to him in
clear. firm voice. Hoensackle slept on. She
shook him violently and expressed her unguarded
opinion of him. The brute continued to sumber.
Once she thought he smiled, but instantly he
began to snore. Her imprisoned hand began to
pain her and she went out to neighboring
police station, where the sergeant on duty pried
the purse open with some burglars tools that
they had just captured. Mrs. Hoensackle made
sure OF the $40 bill and returned to her home
This is the outrage that the newspapers OF
Des Moines seek 10 make light Of When the
press of this country is controlled by women, as
it will be some day, such things cannot be- As
il is. the "Woman's Defender" is doing what
it can for Mrs. Hoensackle, and advises her
editorislly to sue for divorce.