William Werney (Gold Hill scandal, 1889)
Werney [2][1]; suspecting infidelity, he took his son and a six-shooter to Henry Schrader’s house, burst open the door, and found his wife with Thos. Holman “in flagrante delicto” [2]. Werney was about to kill Holman but thought of his children, who would be left without a protector if he went to jail, so he spared him [2][1]. Retiring down the gulch, he carelessly shot himself in the left hand [2][1]. Werney drunk and raping her [2]. Holman was arrested and examined before Judge Jones, claiming Werney had discarded his wife and that he and a companion named Cooper had only gone to give her money out of charity; Judge Jones held Holman under $500 bonds to await grand jury action [2][3].
Sources
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-04-05 (1889)Gold Hill has been luxuriating in all the delights of a well developed case of scandal. It seems that William Werney had reasons to believe that his wife was not true to her mar- riage vows, and began an …
- Gold Hill has been luxuriating in all the… (1889)Gold Hill has been luxuriating in all the delights of a well developed case of scandal. It seems that William Werney had reasons to believe that his wife was not true to her mar- riage vows, and began an inv…
- Gold Hill has been luxuriating in all the… (1889)and while she was in that condition commiting the crime of rape. Holman was arrested and examined before Judge Jones, when he brought forth his story of what happened last Saturday night. He claims that Werney …