"The Kansas City Daily Times" (Missouri) Wednesday, January 23, 1884 THE VALLEY CITIES. WYANDOTTE. THE HARTMAN TRAGEDY. The mysterious assault on Mrs. Jacob HARTMAN, a full account of which appeared in "The Times" yesterday morning, will, it is believed by the attending physician, result in her death. Since she was found by her son in an insensible condition, she has not recovered sufficiently to recognize her own children and is unable to give the slightest clue to her assaulters. The presence of a man in the room causes her to exhibit great fear, which indicates that she was nearly frightened to death. The accepted theory is that she was nearly beaten to death and robbed by some person who traced her from the store of her son- in-law, where she exchanged some money. The only clue to the villain up to a late hour last night was that two persons coming down Fifth street Monday night about 5 o'clock noticed two suspicious looking men going up on Fifth street in the direction of the HARTMAN residence. The story that Jacob HARTMAN, the husband of the assaulted woman, did the deed, is disputed by relatives of the family, and say it was stated without foundation. The old lady is not expected to live through the night. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara To: John O'Brien Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:52 PM Subject: Re: Hartmann