The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-13
flEES HONE N
middle Of NIGHT
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While Brother 3, I Searches, Mrs
Thee. Hanson Flees Two
Miles TO the River. !:
ABANDONs 8
ON ROOF OF SHED
Pushes Screen out and whole Town
Searches Before :Hemains are Found
In shallow waser-Feared mat she
Would Kill Herself.

Hooo, aged 81, drowned. herself Ia
n Goose river shortly after 4 O'Clock
this morning, after leaving. the home
OF her brother. "A. B. ,Landt, BY climb.
leaving her ,~2-year-old child On the
roof Of a low lean-to by means Of
which she descended to. the ground.
Her body was found In the shallow
water at bend Of the river about two
miles from town at 1880 o'clock this
morning.
The body vas clothed only in a
night robe. and the. feet were bare.
An attack of acute melancholia. is
believed to have been the cause OF
Mrs. Hanson's rash act.
She was we'll known in, Grand
Forks. her husband being a son Of O.
6. Hanson Of this city, who was. for.
merly county sheriff.
Tame to Northwood Sunday.
Mrs. Hanson was brought to North
wood Sunday by her brother. Mr..
llandt, president, of the First National
bank of Northwood.. She intended to
visit him for a few days and then go
to Milwaukee. Wis, her former home,
for a visit.
Her husband. Theodore Henson, re-
NAMED OH his farm. a short distance
outside of -Northwood.
1 Pushed Screen Out.
At about 4 o'clock this morning Mr..
Landt was awakened by the sound of
q fall outside of the house. He went
out to investigate. and found the
screen from Mrs. Hanson's window ".
ing on the. ground.
He then FASTENED to her room and
found that BOTH the woman and; her
2-year.old baby were gone. :.
The roof of:the low shed lay direct
" beneath the window. Mrs. Hanson
had evidently descended to the ground
by this means.
'babS on Roof.
Looking down at the root Mr.. Landt
Glscerned a vague shape which on in.
,vcstigation proved to be the child, un.
A hurried search Of tn. ground, .,r.
rounding the housesby Mr.. Landt fail.
ed to reveal any sign of the missing
woman. Mr.. 'Landt then proceeded
to give h alarm to the neighbors.
Hundreds Join Search.
Before daylight dawned the news OF
the affair had spread to practically
all h residents ,of Nurthwood. and
hundreds Of them Joined in the
search.
A gigantic Gordon was formed. and
every inch .of.rthe grouhd was thor
oushly searched.
- BODY
1t was not until 1890 o'clock this
morning, however, that Mrs. Hanson's
body was found in the Goose river by
sievert Dryhaug. a farm hand.
The body lay face downward, in the
shallow water of a bend Of the river,
only a few feet from the shore.
Mrs. Hanson had apparently thrown
herself head first from the bank. and
had died with practically no struggle.
Their were no marks. OF. violence on
the body.
Coroner E, F. Murphy and Sheriff
Joseph Benson acre notified. They
o'clock this afternoon. So.
Weman Feared Suicide
Tho: only clue to the cause Of the
tragedy:is. furnished by pr. George w.
Callerstrom Of Northwood,. who was
consulted by Mrs. Hanson.a q. few days
ago.
She told him at that. time that she
was suffering from fits of deep mel
ancholy, and feared that she, might
commit suicide during one of them
II they continued.
.rOn Verge of Breakdown.
The neighborS OF MIS-. n say
that she. had been on the verge of q
nervous breakdown for some time
past, Last frludy one oI ner cHllureu
was lost for several hours. ana at that
time the unfortunate woman was
deeply agitated. $3.50
Two Children Survive.
Besides her husband. brother and
the child left on the roof. Mrs. Han.
son is survived by another son..
years old.
She had been married to Mr.. Han
son for about eight years. She came
to Northwood from Milwaukee only a
short time before her marriage. Be-
fore being. married to Mr.. Hanson she
taught music at Northwood.
The funeral will be held at North
wood, BUT the time has not been set.