Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-04-09
A FiendiSh Deed
{ (From the Yerington Times)

Not only were the people OF Yer
ington Mortified on receipt OF the re-
port that Miss Lucille Gallagher had
been iiendishly assailed by a woman
III Jerome, Arizona, last Thursday.
but expressions of indignation came
from all over the county.
While seated at breakfast in a restu-
rant i'll company with Miss Elsie Hum
phries, also a school teacher, in Te
rome, Thursday morning woman
named Irene Hopkins, entered the
restaurant, and, unobserved, poured the
contents OF bottle OF carbolie acid
into tumbler, and grabbing Miss
Gallagher by the hair, held her head
back and threw the acid into her face
and rubbed it into her eyes.
Medical aid was immediately sum
moned and everything possible done
to alleviate the pain and prevent in
jury to the unfortunate girls eyes and
disagreement to her face.
An Imaginary Grievance
Investigation by the authorities
jerome revealed that the attack was
the result of an imaginary grievance
OF long standing. Trouble began
when Hopkins, the woman's husband
left his position with the United Verde
Copper Company to take up war
work at Washington Miss Lucille
Gallagher and another Jerome teacher
were in Washington at the time. Hop
Sins and fellow engineer, attached
to the staff of the United Verde Com
pany, accidentally met the girls on the
street and invited them to dinner, then
to theatre. Mrs. Hopkins heard Of
the party more than year ago and
undertook to horsewhip Lillian Baer
Miss Gallagher's companion.
She came to 'fonle several weeks
ago and announce to her acquaint-
ances her determination 10 get" Miss
Gallagher. The girl was warned to
be on her guard.
Perpetrates Vicious Attack
Miss Gallagher and Miss Humphreys
were eating breakfast in the Hotel
Conner, where most of the Jerome
teachers take their meals. The Hop
kins woman entered the dining room
dressed in long fur coat, and carried
a muhf. Several times she passed the
table where the girls were sitting and
then entered a small dining room tc
the rear of the main cafe, where sht
emptied a six-ounce bottle of carbolc
acid into tumbler. Hiding the bottle
behind a radiator, she put the tumb-
Ter into her muff and approached ths
booth where the girls were eating
Selling Miss Gallagher by the hair
she pushed her head back and dashet
the acid, into her face. Then she drop
ped the glass and rubbed the acid into
the teachers face trying to force hei
eyes open. Patrons of the place rush
ed to Miss Gallagher's aid and it wa.
necessary to throw Mrs. Hopkins to
the floor to restrain her. Miss Gallag
her was rushed to the hospital two
blocks away, where prompt medical
aid was available.
Mrs. Hopkins went to her room and
was packing her effects when she was
arrested. A revolver and cartridge.
were found in her possession.
The news of the attack spread
through the town and public indigna.
ton crystalized so rapidly the OF
ficers took the woman to Prescott
the Yavapai county seat, to avoid !;
possible attempt at violence. 1t wa
learned that since Hopkins lost his po-
iton with the mining company Mrs
Hopkins had threatened to kill the gen.
eral manager and head physician Of
the company.
She Is Highly Esteemed
Miss Gallagher has the sympathy Of
the entire community, where she i
highly esteemed, the dispatch states.
Both young women are OF the high
est possible character" it says. miss
Gallagher is of an especially retiring
disposition and is seldom seen at any
social gatherings. There was absolute
ly nothing wrong at the dinner party
which provoked the wrath OF Mrs.
Hopkins. 1t was simply case OF four
people from the same town meeting
A Native of Yerington
Miss Gallagher was born and reared
in Yerington, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Gallagher She grad
uated from the University of Nevada
with the class OF 1917 and shortly
thereafter was appointed as a teacher
in the schools OF Jerome, Arizona, the