Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-17
MAJ. HANSON DENIES
HIS WIFE'S CHARGES

Maj. j. F.. Hanson, through his attor-
ncys, Hall & Hall. Payne, Little & Jones,
c. D. Hill and Roland Ellis, Tuesday filed
a lengthy answer to his wife's suit for
divorce which created such profound
sensation in social circles of the state
some weeks ago
Major Hanson makes a sweeping denia.
of a majority OF the allegations in his
wife's petition. He states that for % years
he and the plaintiff lived happily without
any serious differences. He AYERS that he
was liberal with her TO an extreme; that
about is years ago he conferred on her
power OF attorney to check against his
bank account and that during this period
she drew out approximately Sl25.000, for
which she had to make no accounting
He denies that Mrs. Hanson's health was
so impaired during the past ten years
that she could not make frequent trips
to Point Iona, Cal, where the Theoso-
phist colony is located
Touching on the charges relating to his
associations with Mrs. Mitchell Jack)
Horner. the petition takes up several
pages. It is stated that the defendants In
terest in Mrs. Horner was purely that OF
a friend whom he esteemed highly. He
states that the plaintiff visited Mrs. Hor-
ner more frequently than he did, and
seemed very fond of her. Plaintiff visited
Mrs Horner Just prior to her suit for
divorce and communicated to Major Han
son many facts regarding Mrs. Horner's
matrimonial troubles. She had their Ma
con house remodeled and a room was es-
pecially fitted up for Mrs. Horner which
she called "Daisy's Room" Mrs. Han
sons sudden turning from Mrs. Horner
was amazing to defendant 1t came after
he had suggested that Mrs. Horner write
her and inform her of her sympathy in
her trouble and that she would be well
come at their home. Defendant became
suddenly excited and exclaimed: ..t,.
THAT would never do; would never
consent for her to visit US"
Major Hanson denies that he visited
Mrs. Horner in New York in June. 19O7,
and states that Mrs, Horner was in Eu-
rope at that time.
WAS NOT ABUSIVE.
Petition denies he was ever abusive
to plaintiff. T. Mrs Hanson. 1t is stated.
left Macon, unexpectedly for California
when defendant was in New York.
was then thai he went to Baltimore and
informed Mrs. Garrett of the situation.
Mrs. Garrett volunteered to come to Ma
con and take charge of his home for
him. II is denied that he greeted plain
tiff coldly when she returned to Macon
but admits he did not intend to install
her as mistress of his house because he
did not know what her intentions were In
returning to Macon nor whether she
would cease her unjust charges against
defendant and. Mrs. Horner.
It is denied that defendant treated his
wife as an. ou.cast or informed the -serv-
ants she was no longer mistress of the
house. .a4i
CONSENTED TO SEPARATION.
Answering paragraph 10 defendant says
plaintiff consented to a separation and
brought the matter up on her own mo
ton. The matter was discussed after
breakfast in the library. The details OF
the purposed separation are then gone
into. ..rr
Defendant AYERS that until Theosophy
came in as an element of discord he had
happy and an united family. His son
is blamed for influencing plaintiff in this
cult. 1t is alleged that the. Horner mat
ter was a mere incident in the cam
paign to force defendant into Theosophy
and he brands all allegations in this
connection as absolutely false.