The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-25
HANSON SUED FOR DIVORCE
SENSATIONAL CHARGES AGAINST
THE CENTRAL'S PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Jack HOrner the Subject of Too
AssiduOus Attention on the Part
of the Major.


of the Major.
Mrs. Cora L. Hanson of Macon,
wife of Maj, ]. Fletcher Hanson,
president of the Central railroad,
cotton mill owner and capitalist, and
said by her to be worth 100000,
has filed a suit for divorce against
him in the superior court of Fulton
lcounty.
Mrs. Hanson says that Maj Han
son in 1907 became infatuated with
one Mrs. Jack Horner, and was assid-
uous in his attentions to her for
months, both publicly and privately.
Although notorious divorce proceed
| ings were pending between Mrs Hor-
ner and her husband in the Fulton
county superior court in June, 1907,
Mrs. Hanson says her husband in
sisted that she receive Mrs. Horner
as her guest in Macon, and that Mrs.
| HOrner make their home hers at her
pleasure. Mrs. Hanson alleges cruel
treatment incidental to this condi-
ton. She says that Maj. Hanson
called her liar, shook his finger in
her face SO that she had to retreat
toward the wall to dodge; that he
gave the management of the house
I hold to one of their daughters, Mrs.
Garrett; that servants were ordered
to obey Mrs. Garrett, and that on an
other daughters protest, Mrs. Rose
White, of California, whom they call
Fan, Mrs. Garrett threw a glass
of water in her face.
Mrs. hanson also says that she was
in such fear of her husband that she
often slept in the bath room with
only a single cloth as her covering.
She repeatedly refused to open her
home to Mrs. Horner, she says, and
her husband, becoming angry, threat
ened to abandon her and go to Eu-
rope.
Mrs. Hanson does not ask for ali
mony. She says that there has been
an agreement of this kind between
them She does ask for attorneys
! fees, however, and for a total divorce.
She says her husband is worth $780,
600, and that she has sixty shares
of stock of the Bibb Manufacturing
Co., worth $4,000, and an annual in
come of "a, 500 from property in her
possession. She is represented by
DUPONT Query, Joseph H. Hall and
Warren Roberts of Macon.
Mrs. Hanson says he threatened to
sell out and go to Europe, saying he
/ could have no social standing in Sa-
vannah because of her.
| Religious Belief Cause of Trouble?
Hon. Roland Ellis of Macon, one
of the attorneys for Maj. j. F. Han
son, gave out the following state
ment relative to the suit for divorce
| filed by Mrs. Hanson:
"If the report in yesterdays pa
pers as to the contents of a libel for
divorce filed against Maj. j. F. Han
son be true he is done, in my opinion,
a grave injustice. The most indul-
gent and generous husband and
| father, so far as his neighbors could
know, and l have lived within
stones throw of his home most OF
my life, it is not conceivable that the
charges as reported could be serious
| ly considered.
'As one of his attorneys in this
unfortunate affair, which has been
brewing for some two years, I can
not go further into details than to
state that he has borne, with almost
Isuperhuman patience, more than the
average man under similar circum-
stances would have done.
The connection of his name with
that of the lady mentioned is a cruel
ty to both; and his answer, to be
properly filed, will show that the
llamentable family estrangement is
due primarily to religious differences,
which divided his entire household
two years ago, most of whom, in
Guiding his wife, are living at Point
Iona, Cal, where the Theosophical
society, If that is the correct name,
has its Headquarters. >"