NOTE: This type of violence by women was common in the late 1800s and early 1900s. See link below the article for a collection of scores of similar acid throwings committed by women, many of them stalkers, dating from the 19th century to the present. Men also committed the same crime, but violence by women is focused on here since orthodox narrative has erased much of the truth about domestic violence initiated by female criminals.
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TEXT (Article 1 of 2): Richard Graves was the victim of a woman scorned
yesterday afternoon, and it was his prompt act in covering his face with his
hinds that saved him from permanent disfigurement. He secured a warrant from
Police Judge Fritz for the arrest of Jennie L. Kleimenhagen for throwing
carbolic acid in his face with the intent to disfigure and injure him.
Graves
is employed by Wells, Fargo o Co. as a freight handier at the ferry und lives
at 6 1/5 Sacramento street. For the last two or three years the woman has lived
with him as his wife, but on March 28 he told her they would have to part, as
he was tired of giving her all the money he earned.
The
woman visited the different offices of Wells, Fargo & Co. making complaints
against Graves, and on May 1, Superintendent Thomson at the ferry depot gave
her $10 from Graves on her promise that she would not molest Graves again. She
wrote a receipt for the money, in which she made the desired promise.
Yesterday
when Graves went to his lodging-house he discovered that the woman was lying in
wait for him. She pulled a mustard can from under her jacket and with an
offensive remark threw the contents at Graves’ face. Instinctively he threw his
hands up to his eyes, and the liquid, which proved to be carbolic acid, burned
his hands severely, but his eyes were saved. The acid was also scattered over
his shirt front and his vest.
The
woman dropped the can and ran away, and Graves was too dazed by the unexpected
attack to follow her. He picked up the can and brought it with him to the Hail
of Justice, and it will be used as evidence against his assailant. She lives on
Fifth street, between Howard and Folsom.
[“Woman
Scorned Seeks Revenge - Richard Graves Swears Out a Warrant for Arrest of
Jennie L. Kleimenhagen – Charged With Felony - Avers She Threw Carbolic Acid in
His Face Because He Had Parted With Her,” San Francisco Call (Ca.), May 7,
1904, p. 9]
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FULL
TEXT (Article 2 of 2): Richard Graves, an employe of Wells, Fargo and Co. in
the freight department at the ferry, for the second time came near to death at
the hands of Jennie L. Kleimenhagen last night. He claims that Mrs.
Kleimenhagen chased him three blocks on Market street with a revolver and
attempted to shoot him.
The
trouble culminated over a separation between the man and woman, who had been
living together for some time. On the 6th of this month Mrs. Kleimenhagen lay
in wait for Graves at his lodging house at 6 1/2 Sacramento street and threw
the contents of a bottle of carbolic acid at his face. Graves’ hands were badly
burned by the acid.
The
two people had been living together at 6 1/2
Sacramento street for more than two years. On March 25 Graves left the
woman. A few days later she sought him at the ferry where he was employed. The
woman was inclined to raise trouble, but was induced to declare a truce by the
payment of $10 to her by Superintendent Thompson of "Wells, Fargo and Co.
Thompson acted as mediator for Graves, who proffered the coin. Mrs.
Kleimenhagen took the money and agreed to let Graves have his peace.
The
acid throwing episode occurred a few days later. Graves secured a warrant for
her arrest, but as yet the woman has not been apprehended.
Last
night about 7 o'clock Graves was visiting a penny arcade on Market street, near
Fourth, when he perceived the woman he had left, watching him. He saw that she
had a revolver under her coat and tried to escape through the rear of the
arcade. Finding no exit there he was forced to go into the street. As soon as
he emerged from the establishment the woman, he says, made a move as if to draw
the revolver. Graves ran down the crowded thoroughfare pursued by the
infuriated woman. After three blocks’ hard sprinting, he managed to elude her.
He
immediately found a policeman and reported the matter. He said he was afraid
Mrs. Kleimenhagen would yet kill him if she was not arrested. He complained
that the police had done nothing to arrest the woman and was referred to
Captain Martin.
Mrs.
Kleimenhagen now resides on Fifth street, between Howard and Folsom. Graves
fears that she will show fight when the police attempt to arrest her.
[“Jennie
.Kleimenhagen, for the Second Time in a Week, Tries to. Kill Paramour Ricliard Graves, an Employe of Wells-Fargo,
Fears He Will Yet Be Murdered,” San Francisco Call (Ca.), May 10, 1904, p. 14]
SEE: “Acid Queens: Women Who Throw Acid” for a collection of synopses of similar cases.
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