The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-08-21
A DESPERATE DEED
A Wife and Mother Abandoned,
Destitute. In Despair
Poisons Herself and Her Two
Sons

Mrs Charles Carroll is dead; 30 II hel
son, George Carroll, aged six years.
What 10 life
Some men cling 10 It, even when in ex.
tremities; others would welcome Death,
as boon-a release from trials and trlbu
lations, from misery, from heart aches,
nom despair.
The death OF Mrs Carroll snd her son is
pathetic and the recital by her son, Clyde
Edwards, aged eight years, reveals con
ditIon In her marred life which 10 filed
with gloom and disappointment. 1t lie
such an experience 40 would break good
woman's heart, and lead her to welcome
Death, as the harbingsr Of peace and rest.
Weary Of Life, abandoned by her hus,
band, broken hearted and In despair, she
became desperate and determined on
removing from earth her two sons, the
offspring Of her husband, and herself.
through the medium OF polson-morphine-
OF the three Clyde Edwards survive.
With no hope OF improvement, with q
future a. dismal 40 . rayless night; with
no voice to encourage, no hand to uplift
her from the dependency BY which she
had been oVerw helmed, Mrs Carroll gave
her two sons, in soda pop, on Monday
morning, the poison, morphine, OF which
her Youngest child, George, drank the
fullest, while ths eldest, Clyde, refused to
drink his portion because 1t was bitter,
Mrs Carroll having gulped what was left
II q. faNa a. In h.
mill, where her husband, . bricklayer,
was at work, Tut on the way her youn gest
sDn, overcome by the poison, fell, and the
mother and her son, Clyde, too, were soon
helpless. It was about ~ o'clock . m.
when these untOrtunates were Seen in
their Agonizlng condition, but for soma
unexplained reason, they were not re-
moved TO the Hospital until II m, although
the police hesdquArtsr. (statiOn) lac been
advised and urged to give them attention.
The eldest son, Clyde, survived. His
mother and brother sucoum bed to the fatal
dose.
Such 10 brief IL the story, sad and
touching-a story which would move the
heart, even OF man OF stone.
Who 70 TO blsm1? Who should be held
responsible for the death Of this won an
and her soni
The CAROLS are Strangers in shreVe
port, being known only to few. Carroll,
sr, ealae 10 this city from Joplin, Kansas,
with his two sons, George and Clyde.
Mrs Carroll followed and returned to
Joplin with her sons. About two weeks
ago Mrs Carroll returned with them to
Shreveport.
We do not know what we're the differ
encss between this man and wife. but her
act would indicate that some great provo
cation led her, in desperation and despair,
to poison he's sons and herself.
Where 10 the woman, even Of the lowest
estate, who would, except when bsreft Of
reason or prompted by the the most extra
ordinary condIuon or circumstance, lead
her to deed 90 rash and unnaturali
Perhaps the Caucasian 10 rather senti
mentsl and lie inclined 10 view such misfor
tunes with prcfound sympathy, but we
would rather be sympathetic and Senti
mental than cold and formal. We would
rather have IN inmeasurable store
OF sympathy, Of confederation for
such an unfortunate woman than to class
her a. murdersress- murdered her
child and then herself" ~ one WhOSe
''death relieves the officers Of the law OF
the necessity OF any extended investigA
tion," and pity It is there will not be
''any extended investigation"