The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-03
Mr.. AND MRS. HANSEN
RoSina Says That Fer Husband Was
Not a Kind Companion.
EXTREME CRUELTY CHARGED
A Divorce Granted to Eta. the
Wife of homas M. Averill-Mo
Bodily and Mental injury AL
leged-E ask Case Continued.

Rosina Hansen has a very serious
grievance against her husband. Hans
Hansen, which she thinks should be
sufficient grounds for divorce. In her
complaint, which was filed in the district
court yesterday by Attorneys Howell &
Harvey, she Debates that she was mar
ried to Hans in Butte in November, 1854,
since which time he has frequently sub
jected her to acts of extreme cruelty. The
parties live on a ranch six miles south
of Silver Bow, and Mrs. Hansen has
been doing mans work on the farm.
In August, 1883, she says, she was as
saulted. by her husband, on a load of
hay. He choked her and then threw her
off the wagon down on to the ground,
and her life was endangered. In June,
1893, in the presence of one John Riding,
Hans ran after her with club and
threatened to kill her and drove her
from the house. In August of last year
he struck her three times upon her head
with his fist and then seized a table fork
and told her If she said another word he
would run the fork through her heart
and body. She evidently didn't say an
other word and is therefore alive to-day.
The complaint further alleges that ne as
saulted her and knocked her down SO
often that she cannot enumerate them.
He also frequently threatened to kill her.
For seven years he has also been guilty
of habitual intemperance to such a de-
gree that he has been disqualified from
attending to his business. The parties
own a ranch of 100 acres and the plaintiff
demands permanent alimony and asks
that the court award her the furniture
of their home. '.'
Judge Mediation yesterday granted a
divorce to Mrs. Eta Averill after hear
ing her testimony against the defendant,
Thomas M. Averill The plaintiff is a res
ident of Helena She testified that she
married the defendant in Des Moines,
Iowa, Aug. Fl, 1892. In April, 1898, while
they were living in Des Moines he as
saulted her and threatened to kill her.
year later, at Defiance, Iowa, he again
threatened her life and assaulted her.
His treatment of her became so violent
and unbearable that she was compelled
to leave him, which she did on Oct. 3d.
1894. The defendant is at present some
where in Iowa. Mrs. Averill's father also
testified in the case and said that his
daughters husband was a man of most
violent temper and extremely jealous and
ugly in disposition. He was so jealous
that he would not permit any man to
talk to his wife and kept her closely bon
fined in the house. He abused her fire.
quently and on one occasion drew a re-
volver on her and threatened to kill her.
The hearing of the Rask divorce case
dar for long time, was yesterday strick-
en- off and continued indefinitely.
The sensational family troubles of the
kaltenbachs is In fair way of becoming
amicably settled. 1t is understood that
the woman will take the child and return
to her mother in st. Paul and Kaltenbach
will get his divorce. He filed an affidavit
yesterday asking the court to restore the
child to its mother. He says the child
was taken from her on April % by orders
of the court and has since been taken
care of by Deputy Sheriff Hauswirth and
has been frequently visited by the moth
er, who has been very kind to IL and
has not offered to injure ii in any way.
Kaltenbach says he has reasons to be-
lieve that her threats to injure the child
were not sincere, but were made only to
arouse his fears and sorrow and that she
did not intend to carry them out. He
said he believed that If the child were
restored to the mother it would not suf-
fer and he asked that she be given its
custody again.