THE HANSEN-CAMPTON ELOPEMENT CASE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7081, 28 July 1884, Page 5

THE HANSEN-CAMPTON ELOPEMENT CASE.

RETURN OP THE ERBANT COUPLE. A FIGHT BETWEEN MBS. HANSEN AND MBS. CAMPTON. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF MBS. HANSEN.

Tux 1,1, Wftß&lu, which arrived yeiterday j lw the Mannkau, brought up from Nelson Peter Hansen (a l)*ne), who had been arrested there on warrant on information furnished by Superintendent Thomson, from Auckland, on s charge of wife desertion. It will bs remembered that Hansen had a ban* doned his yonng wife, to whom he had only been married six months, and had eloped with a Mrs. •Campton, of Freeman's Bay, whose husband is in the employ of Messrs. ■K. Porter and Co., ironmongers, Mrs. Campton also abandoned three children in her flight, but took with her tho youngest child. These clroumstanccs will explain the sequel. Hanson wu brongbt up in custody of tho chief officer of the W*d«», which reached Onehuoga yesterday, and wu accompanied back by Mrs. Campton, who evidently loves not wisely but too well. When Hansen arrived at Onchunga ho was taken over in custody by Sergeant Green. Mrs. Hansen was also waiting for him, and, aa might bo expected, the meeting was an embarrassing one. Tho injured wife seemed inclined to forgivo the man who had so cruelly wronged her, but with regard to the partner of his flight she had no compunctions as to tho course of treatment to bo pursued. A free fight took place between the two women, in which Mrs. Campton was likely to get the worst of it, when Sergeant Green and Constable Haslett separated them. Sergeant Green brought in Hansen by the afternoon train, Mrs. Hansen and Mrs. Campton with her child accompanying the apparently too much admired pnsoner. In the railway carriago another skirmish took place between the women, but they were again separated. Mrs. Hansen got at last into such a state of excitcment that she dashed, at the entrance to the Domain tunnel, to tha open door of the railway carriago to throw herself between the carriages, cxolaiming, in the words of Hood, "Anywhere, anywhere, out of the world !" Sergeant Green and a Mr. Moore, of Freeman's Bay, however, succeeded in clutching her dress before she oould effect her purpose, and secured her safely for the rest of the journey. On reaching the Sritomart railway station & considerable orowd gathered round to get a good look at the hero and heroines in this love adventure. Mr*. Campton'* matrimonial partner does not appear to be 80 relentiDg as Hansen's, for the good lady was left to take herself off where she pleased. Apparently she wonld have been nothing loth to have gone to the police station with Hansen. In the absence of Mr. Campton, Sergeant Green, with his usual gallantry, endeavonred to make the trip from Onehunga aa agreeable to her as tha circumstances would permit On arrival at the polico station the acting look-up keeper, who has himseif been the victim of 44 love's youn£ dream," endeavoured to get Hansen to kits his wife and be reconciled to her, but HaD&en was obdurate, and to all her tears and entreaties only remarked cynically, " She should have thought of this beforo"—meaning thereby that she should not have had him arretted and brought back. At first Mrs. Hansen's intention was to lie outside his cell door all night, but the police would not permit this. Aa she openly expressed her intention of committing suioido if sent away, Sergeant Green deemed it beet for her own safety to change her technically, with attempted suicide •in the railway train, and she was aocordinglv locked up. During tho early part of the night sho kept up a continual lamentation, which at last became hysterical in its oharacter, and the lock-up keeper had to go to 41 her own Hans Poter" and ask him to oall over to her from his cell, in order to soothe her down a little. Hansen called out, " Maggie, don't go on that way; lie down and get some sleep." At bearing the voice of her Hans Peter she soemed to be somewhat soothed, but soon after broke out afresh. The much gushed-over Hansen is sot an Adonis by any means, and that two women should get into a state of distraotion over him, only shows that there ia no accounting for taste. He Is a fair complexioned, flaxen-haired, yonth of 36 1 Mrs. Hansen is rather a pleasant-looking young woman of 20 years of age, while Mrs. Campton, who has added to Hans Peter's mixed matrimonial experiences, is also possessed of a fair share of physical charms. When the gay Lothario makes his bow to-day to the Resident Magistrate, he is sure to be honoured by a largo attendance at Court of the general rablic.