St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-25
a HEARTLESS BRUTE.
John Carr, I'm n Drunken Rage. As
sauIts His Young Wife.
Beating and Cutting Her Head Alrno5t
Into Pulp.

Al o'clock this morning on the floor Of
'ne ponce station lay the bloody and disfg-
urea victim of mans brutality.
Her face was covered with cIot-
ted blood, her Inns were swollen
and cut, her face was covered with gaming
sdSHeS ana fresh blood ooZed from several
deep wounds in her scalD and matted the
wealth. of hair that was thrown in CON
fusion over her neck and shoulders Roth
eyes We're Oiue and swollen so that the lids
closed. 1t was Laura Carr, the vonng
wife OF John Carr. Ill,
known resident of the city I'D
son of former contractor here About
1850 o'clock she staggered into chemical
IS house and fell to the floor insensibIe.
The frightened Waterman telephoned to
the police station and the patrol was sent
out and the woman brought in. After ar
irving at the station she Tecov-
cred and told enough of her
story to give the police
clue as to her identity. and they went to
the Carr home on the corner OF Edmund
street and Harrington avenue. hoping to
md the brute who had done the deed. He
was nowhere to be found. but the interior
OF the house was total wreck. The doors
ana windows We're smashed into thousand
pieces The bed was broken up and Strewn
round and the bedding reek-
ing with blood. The walls were
spattered and streaked with gore, and the
stove was broken into small pieces On the
Ioor was found butcher-knife and an AK
ooth covered with blood. Up to late
hour Carr mad not been apprehended, but
the officers are after him and will probablv
nail him before daylight DR.. Abbott was
summoned to the station and dressed the
womanS wounds, which were confined 10
her head and shoulders. No bones were
broken but
SEVERAL UGLY GASHFS
were discovered when the blood was washed
away. From the lips of the woman it was
learned that Carr had been drinking heavily
for several days past and early last evening,
asked his wife for money. She had only
80 and, as the rent was due, she
refused to let him have it. He
LETT the house and did not return until
about midnight, when his wife had retired.
She was awakened by some one pounding
at the door and when she asked who was
there her husband yelled back ITS me.
you - and I'll have your life" This
frightened her and jumping up she started
10 run out Of the back door, but
just at that moment he kicked in
the door and rushing after her with
an AK handle in his hand he knocked her
down with it and pounded and kicked her
mead almost to pulp. Once she found
strength to rise and run, but he followed
her into the kitchen beating her with the
club as she ran. Again she fell. and he
started for the trunk to find
razor, swearing that he would cut
her throat At this point John Null
lery came in, his attention having
been attracted by the wOman's screams and
drove Carr out doors. The woman then
got up and in half-cOnscious state stag
gered to the chemical house two blocks
away. The woman has been the wife of
Carr but eighteen months Her maiden
name was Laura Gralish She is
about % years old and shows
signs of beauty and refinement.
She is seriously injured. She was made as
comfortable as possible by the physician
and officers at the station last night, and
Will probably be removed to the city hos
pital or the home of her mother to-day
CARR ARRESTED.
Carr was found by the officers at little
before O'Clock this morning. and taken to
the station. He was intoxicated He
showed marks Of having been i'll row,
his nose having been cut from his
face. This was sewed on by Dr. Bole.
Carr said that the trouble occurred early in
the evening and that his wife cut off his
nose with razor He also claimed that
she was the one that smashed the furniture
with the axe.