The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-31
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Charles u Clafk, was hanged tnsdsy y
llltle Valley. Caiiamuaus County, ief
The murder oi hla wife IN tho tawn of
fafmcrisIIlu last IlecenteF, Hufefhut
Cleveland having refused 10 grant Fe.
prleye. Iic made aalaiemonl 10 regafdti
The trpgrdy and tho cause leading 10 II,
substantially M follows CLARK IA thirty
years old. lie was married In the
winter Of 1879 10 Martha Marble, the sls.
tesn.ycaf.old daughter Of Edwin Marbles
wml.to-do farmer of Pennington, After
thn marriage they went TO live on a farm
or the Lyndon and frankllnyllle town
lnc. A year after they were married q
ghlld was born. CLARK drank occasion.
lily, but says he was not iniemperatc,
They lived awhile on this farm, aud
then wcnt 10 live on another
farm which Mrs. Clark's father
had purchased adjoining his own
Clark complains that his father.ln-law
did not act generously by them, as he
gave his daughter nothing to start them
In the world with except two-year-old
heller. One day last fall Anson Clement,
friend OF Clark's, called at the Iatter's
house, aud asked him to go with him to
Rushford, which he did. When he re-
turned home he had been drinking. Ills
wife refused 10 get him any supper,
aud took their child and went
10 her fathers. Clark tried persist.
entity 10 induce her 10 return To
him. lie frequently visited her at her
fathers and met her at parties and danced
with her, but she declared she would
never live with him again. "rhc only
reason she gave" says Clark, twas that
drank. But do not think that was her
reason at all. There was another person
TO whom shc hoped TO 20 ate, she had
rid herself Of me. ! know who II was,
but no good can come Of mentioning his
name now"
FEw DAYS BEPoRE THE TRAGEDY
Clark went 10 Cuba, New York, and
bought some cloth 10 make his little boy
a suit OF clothes. On December IL, be
went TO his wifc's fathers to ask his wifi,
how the clothes should be made.
"I asked II she would let the baby 70
| over 10 my mother, 10 let her make thu
Clothes" said Clark. "My wife refused
10 let him 90. Then replied that he
should go, and that | would take him te
my mothers that very night. NJ.
wife was sitting by loom, weav
Ing. A large butcher knife lay near her
When said that the boy should 20 TO III,
mothers she came up TO me with th'
knife. 'l'll see whether you'll taxi
hlm,' she said, and struck at me with th
knife. threw up my arm and warde'
off the blow and started for the door. A
took hold OF the knob she stabbed No.
In the hand. making cash from whIcl
the blood spurted In a big stream. pu
up my hand aud pushed her away. sh
struck at me again with the knife, an'
again | warded II on. Then too
my revolver from my pocket. sh
struck II from my hand and II fell o
tho floor. We both sprang TO get pos
session OF II. ! got Il and she luuge
at me again with the knife. grabbe
her right wrist with my left hand an
held her from stsbblng. She grasped M
right wrist aud held my hand with th
revolver In II above my head. We wer
each striving 10 prevent the other froI
doing any harm. cooked the reyolye
as II was held above my head aud
PULLED THE TRIGGER.
did not know the pistol was polntln
down toward her. She let 90 my wri'
aud pushed her back against the loon
saw blood on her neck. | started IL
the door again, when she sprang after m
once more with the knife In her hans
Casting her back against the wall ne
out OF the door. This was between fot
aud five O'Clock on Saturday afternoon.
went home aud changed my clothes an
started on foot through the woods fa
Bradford, IN. was captured ther'
The struggle between my wife aud N
lasted not more than minute. II seen
that Mrs. Clark was alone In the lions
when her husband called on the fatal dal
She was found dead on the floor by he
brother, who came In from feeding HI
stock on hearing the pistol shot. Mr'
Clark was said TO be the handsomest WI
man In that part OF the country"
When Clark was arrested he attcmpte
TO commit suicide by cutting his throa
lie is the eldest Of Ave children, and th
family Is one Of the best In Cattarausa
County. Clark was found guilty Of N
crime in February.