Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-07-18


killing of DIR. j c. Handy. At differ
ent times fragments of the story Of
this killing have been published, but
now Heney gives a complete history
of the incident 1t appears ia the
Los Angeles Express, and is here
with republished. 1t presents a re-
markable human-interest story:
"My life was attacked in Tucson,
Ariz., in October, 1891, by DIR. J. c..
Handy, then surgeon in that territory
for the Southern Pacific" said Mr..
Heney. Il endured insult after in
suit, and my life was threatened time
after time by DR.. Handy, who finally
tried to kill me. when in self-defense
i was forced to dispatch him.
II never was tried, and was not
even indicted
"Dr Handy then was two years
younger than l am at present, and
my age now is 48. That made the
surgeon 46 at that time and me 80.
DR.. Handy was powerful man both
mentally and physically. He was
considered the best surgeon in Ari-
zona, of which he was a pioneer. He
was 1.-THE and tall being about six feet
and two inches in height. He weighed
: 100 pounds.
"At that time DR.. Handy was seek
ing divorce from his wife whom he
had married ten years before when
she was 16 and he was SO. twenty
years her senior. In asking a divorce
he charged that she was a morphine
fiend and had no other grounds for
asking to be legally separated from
her. 1t is said that having married
her so young that he himself Gas he
was well-versed in medicine) must
have been responsible for her craving
for the drug, or If that was not the
case that he readily could have cured
the habit as she was so young.
she maze counter complaint to
his desire for divorce and it was
whispered and ever spoken loudly that
he had become infatuated with an
other woman and sought a divorce
solely upon that Account. Mrs.
Handy had been the mother of FIVE of
his children. During the time elaps-
ing between his legal request for a
divorce and that for the trial of the
case he had been ordered by the Judge
to supply her with alimony but he
completely ignored the courts man.
date.
Mrs. Handy sought attorneys to
represent her. She secured one, but
Handy soon scared him into relin-
gushing the case by threatening his
life,
"She obtained the services of an.
other but he too became frightened al
the threats of the Southern Pacifics
surgeon and gave the work up. Still
third lawyer was sought and found
but he also went the way of his two
successors because he feared that he
would be killed by Handy, as the lat
ter had announced his intention to
send him to the hereafter If he con-
tinued to represent Mrs. Handy.
Then Mrs. Handy came to me and
asked me to assume charge of her
defense and counter charge. Regard
less of the reasons which had caused
the other attorneys to desert the
woman, I accepted the case and did
the necessary preliminary work in it.
Then the wrath of the ogre was
turned to me. Handy reiterated his
intention to kill the man who was see-
ing that poor Mrs. Handy was proper
ly represented. BY every possible
means Handy tried to intimidate me,
but to no avail, continued my work.
Then the vilest of names were hurled
at me by the Infatuated husband and
threats against my life were of almost
hourly occurrence.
MY wrath was up and often made
up my mind to have 1t out with
Handy, but each time that | almost
had concluded to settle the affair for
ever the thought of my mother, who
was living then, came with force to
my mind and | decided rather than to
cause her one iota of trouble or
anguish that | still would endure the
murderous threats and disgusting
epithets with which Handy attempted
to smother my desire to see that Mrs
HANDY had fair play.
Finally 1t became necessary for me
to carry a revolver and | obtained
q forty-four with which to arm my
self After this, Handy sneeringly an
nounced his intention to kill me with
my own weapon.
"Still persisted in representing
Mrs. Handy
"The divorce case finally came to
trial and the presiding judge, knowing
that Handy had ignored the order
given him to support Mrs. Handy
during the time preceding the trial.
and remembering the five little chill.
dren who would be dependent upon
her II they were given into her keep
ing. gave them to Handy.
Before this. however, Hendy had
struggled them all away. even by a
mean ruse obtaining possession csI
the baby boy, only "a years old. The
Southern Pacific furnished him with
a special car with which to take them
out Of the territory.