The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1912-03-05
CARR ATTEMPTS TO
TAKE HIS OWN LIFE
Alleged Murderer Tries To Make
Good His Lite Long Boast That
Ne had Never Been In Jail.

The tragic attempt of Carr TO end
his own life, followed soon after the
coroner's inquest. No one was real
y surprised at the negro for lie
has long been known IT. one of the
most desperate and fearless charac-
tiers i'll this part of the state. He
has often Dragged that he would die
before he would go to jail, and it
is said to have been a proud boast
with him that notwithstanding the
many scrapes he has been in he had
never been in Jail.
At the time the coroner's hear
ing began, Coroner George p. Bright
had the officers place Carr under
arrest. When the inquest was end
ed, Sheriff McCarty and Deputy
Embry took him in charge and start
ed to jail with him. Carr asked the
sheriff to accompany him to his
restaurant for him to get some
clothes, a little money and see about
lone important business papers
There. Both the sheriff and his de-
Iputy accompanied him, and Sheriff
McCarty kept his hand on his gun
handy, if the negro should make the
slightest break. They had searched
him, and had found that he was I'M
Iarmed. lie told them that he was
Iunarmed. when he went into the
courthouse, asked them not to let the
Simpson negroes, the brothers of his
dead wife, shoot him.
The two officers entered his res
Itaurant with Carr, and he stopped be-
hind the counter and handed box
of papers to Sheriff McCarty, and
asked him to look for paper in the
box, belonging to Mr.. Menefee. Mr..
McCarty said he would let Embry
look for it. meanwhile keeping a
close watch on the negro. A green
colored wrapping paper was on the
shelf behind the counter. Quickly
wheeling toward it. the negro, had
hs back to the officers lie reach
ed mder the paper. pulled out big
90 Colts pistol, and before the Of
ficers could stop him, pointed it to-
ward his left breast and fired. Sher-
iff McCarty was standing Just 70 the
right and behind him, Immediately
grabbed him and took the r.siUi from
his hand. Carr then walked around
from behind the counter and calmly
asked the sheriff To put out the fire
which was burning his coat where
the powder had burned it. The Of
ficer did so and pushed Carr into
CLAIR. The blood began to cash out
of the wound in his breast, and Inc
sheriff said "Weli. Anderson. guess
you are now ready to confess that
You killed your wife" However,
Carr refused to utter word, and
became SO weak thar the officers .
placed him upon the counter where
he reclined at full length.
y physician was sent and DR.. G.
G.. Perry responded When lie ar
rived Carr was moaning terribly. Hc
talked. at intervals, saying that he
was very much abused man and
lad been misunderstood and mis-
treated. lie did not say anything
about the death of his wife. lie re-
peatedly said that he wanted his Two
sisters to have what property he had
and that he wanted Attorney Ken
drick AlcorH to settle up his estate
and divide it between them.
W.. Perry found that Carr had
practically no pulse. but he gave linn
Il hypodermic injection and ARR an
examination of the wound, sand that
he had n chance to recover. Carr
WI, soon afterward put 60 bed ana
ia, body oI ~ V ite remo:,d IT, The
home of his brothers at Boneyvllie.
ii was expected that County Judge
Bailey would hold the eXa'lui'g
nial of Carr thi, week. bat uothiIg
will be done now, until /. becataes
known whether he viii recover from
li- self-inflicted injury or not.
Ii has been little over two weeks
since Officers found two Kegs of
whisky. containing about ten gallons
IN Cars premises. and the recent
.rand jury brought in an indictment .-
against him which was to have been
ried at the MAY term of court. The
,fficers believe that Carr was the
head for much OF the ILL
ii whisky selling which has oeen
arried on in town for many years.