Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-31

here" I said: sWell / will go along
with you We then began to plan
to leave Ladysmith and on March 9
we left on the 1915 train. l went
home and got my clothes ready and
he went out with me. l told my
mother l was going to Minneapolis,
that | knew a woman there and was
going to see her. / knew Mrs. Charlie
Morrill,. She lived at 4647 Garfield
street. l stayed there by myself, but
Joe didn't. He stayed uptown. Joe
Hoss (the name under which Herman
or Miller is now going) bought tick
cts when we left Ladysmith.
Here Mrs. Haas recited dtails of
her relations with the man, which she
said took place at the Morrill, home.
Continuing she said
While l was living in Minneapolis
found work in garage run by
man named Abrahamson. I scrubbed
the garage. While 1 was scrubbing
this man attacked me and I fought
him off and in the scuffle I blOOdied
his nose. l brought suit for $4,000
against him, but dropped the case
| before it went to trial because
had no witnesses.
We then went to Mankato, Mimi,
| where we spent three days at Sal
walton Army headquarters, passing
| ourselves off as man and wife. That
| was where the train was held up.
| Mr.. Hoss bought tickets from Mime
apolis to Denver where he expected
to get work. When the train was
held up near Mankato, Joe lost his
diamond ring, his railroad tickets,
gold watch all his clothes and mine
Went to Lawrence
| Mrs. Haas statement of the alleged
telling of a stop of a month on a
farm in Iowa, their arrival in Kan
they spent three weeks with Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert McNish, cousins of Mrs.
Haas. From Lawrence they went to
Kansas City and from there were
sent to Tonganoxie by an employment
agent. The farmer to whom the
couple was directed did not employ
them and they found employment
with Hamilton, the liveryman. They
entered his employ June 80.
Story of Attack
| Mrs. Haas statemen of the alleged
attack by Hamilton follows
| Hamilton came in the back door,
He did not say anything to me but
came up behind and grabbed me by
| the wrists I had a pain of water in
my hands. He began pulling me back
and I dropped the pan of water and
told him to quit and let me do. He
| then let go of my wrists and grabbed
me across the breast and we tussled
and fought in the kitchen for about
five minutes. l was yelling all the
time telling him to quit. He kept
hold of me and gradually dragged me
into the bed room. When he got me
to the bed room, he tried to throw
me on the bed, but threw me on the
floor. l finally hit him on the hand
and he got up. He offered me mon
| ey to keep still about what had hap
pened and then ran out the door.
have never been in trouble before.
This statement was made by Mrs
Haas after she was removed from
Tonganoxie to the county hospital
Hoss made a similar statement, in
which he said he married the woman
in Ladysmith five years ago. Evident
ly he has been passing himself as
the real Haas since leaving Lady
smith, but in her German way he
spells it "Hoss.''
A Rotten Pair"
Letters and kilograms from the
sheriff and chief of police in the
possession of B. f. Endres brand the
couple as "a rotten pair" The sher-
if says he will gladly come to Leav-
enworth to testify against the ficti-
tious Haas.
In the city Jail last night Hoss
blamed the woman. He denied that
he ran away from Ladysmith with
her, saying he met her in St. Paul.
The woman says she never before
was outside of Wisconsin.
"She had right to go away with
me-" he said. "Haas was mean to
her and I have made living for her
and treated her decenty.
did that garage man in Mime
apolis attack herr"
"He certainly did, but I told her
to drop it, as she had no witnesses"
Assistant County Attorney Dolde
last night telephoned the marshal of
Tonganoxie to notify the twenty-five
witnesses that they need not appear
for the Hamilton preliminary hear