The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23
A TRAGIC EVENT
At HAWLEY HOME
A. S. HAWLEY CHARGED WITH AT
TEMPTING TO MURDER HIS
WIFE.
UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
Screams We're Heard by Neighbor
Who Rushed in and Prevented
Fatal Results.
(From Wednesdays Dally.)

(tTOm WednoSdayS Ually.)
A. S. HaWley was arrested this NOR
ming on the charge Of attempting to
murder his wife. 1t seems that about
O'Clock this morning that the neigh
bors living near 438 Third street heard
screaming and ran over to see what
was the matter. Mrs. Mike McHugh
who lives on Second street was the first
to arrive on the scene and as she enter
ed the door on the southwest corner of
the house she found Mrs. Hawley ly-
ing on the floor bleeding from wound
on the back of her head. She had on
a jacket and was dressed as though
about to go out on the street.
"What is the matter, did you fall?"
she cried.
Eyes, she fell down cellar" replied
Mr.. HaWley.
Mrs. McHugh endeavercd to have
Mrs HawIey taken to bedroom and
asked about getting doctor. Hawley
then ordered them out and said he
would take care of his wife himself,
anG that they did not need any doctor.
He then dragged his wife across the
room and stumbled and fell onto her.
Mrs. McHugh then became frightened
and ran out to find a man and got DR..
Kelley and NJ. f. Foley.
MIR. Foley, arrived first and found
Mrs. HaWley endeavoring to tell Mrs.
Archer and others who had come in,
how it all happened, but HawIey had
picked up rag on the floor and was
Stuffing it into his Wife's mouth and
was choking her telling her to keep
still, and ordering everyone around to
get out, according to the statement of
several who were then present. Mr..
Foley grabbed him roughly by the back
of the neck and threw him into another
room and shut the door. A couple of
doctors soon came and dressed three
wounds on the back of Mrs. HaWley's
head. They seemed to have been made
with a blunt instrument. None has
been found however which appears to
have been used for that purpose.
Did Mrs. Hawev Fall Down Stairs?
When Marshal Buckley arrived and
wanted to take Hawley into custody,
he objected seriously saying that he
had done nothing, that his wife had
fallen down cellar. He showed brok-
en- jar of butter at the foot of the cellar
stairs which he claimed she was carry
ing and blood Smeared on the corner Of
one of the steps.
On being questioned, Mrs. Hawley,
hardly able to talk clearly, asked not
TO be left alone with her husband, but
she did not seem to be sure that he
had struck her. The blow was from
behind and she did not see her assail-
ant.
Although her statements were hesi-
tating Mrs. Hawley seemed to indicate
that her husband committed the deed.
F'There is the man, she said, 'that
dia it, take him, only be sure that he
Besides the blood smeared on one of
the bottom stairs of the cellar there,are
three other patches on the floor of the
southwest room.
HaWley declared that he would not
be taken alive and that he would blow
his brains out first with shot gun. No
shot gun was found however.
Sheriff Stackhouse and Undersheriff
Battles together with Marshal Buck
ley finally persuaded Hawley to go
with them to jail.
Does Not Know Details.
AS soon as she found that her hus-
band had been taken away Mrs. Haw-
ley did not hesitate to affirm that he
had done the deed, but she could not
tell with what she had been struck.
Although she is very low it is ex-
pected that she will recover. Her
brother, Victor Peck, of Madison, was
telegraphed for and arrived this after
noon. In the absence of District At
tOrney Gottry from the county, At.
tOrney V. III. Cady will act for the
state. The defendant was brought up
this afternoon in Andro's court and
the hearing was adjourned until later
Hawley had been addicted to the
use of strong drink, and last evening
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