The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-02
LIFE STORY A TANGLED WEB
Man Who Had Twice Attempted to
Kill His Wife in Week Concealed
His Identity and Kept Secret With
Him in Death.

ed with the life OF Albert j. Carroll,
who shot himself at the home of his
wife, $50 Park street, just after four
0 clock Monday afternoon after he had
made an effort to murder the wife and
this mystery is proving one of the most
interesting stories ever given to the
police for solution. The bloody details
Of the death of Carroll are not nearly
as interesting as the effort that is be-
ing made to untangle the mystery that
he had so carefully guarded during
his life.
Carroll had been in Kenosha off and
on for the past four years and he is
supposed to have come here from De-
troit. He came here last on Saturday
evening in company with his wife.
They had many domestic differences
and Mrs. Carroll on account of the fact
that her husband had attempted to kill
her less than week ago, had been
the house on Monday, but had gone out
just after dinner. When he returned
the wife was preparing to take bath
Carroll rushed into the house and
catching her by the hair threw her
down on the bed and attempted to
choke her to death. For more than an
hour the woman struggled with him
and finally managed to break away
from him. She ran from the house
almost nude to the store just east or
the house and screamed for help. Men
who were in the store ran to the house
but before they entered they heard the
report of revolver. Carroll was
found dead on the bed with the smok-
ing revolver clutched in his hands.
He had died instantly from bullet
wound in the right temple.
Friends Of Mrs. Carroll took care of
her and later doctor was called to
attend her. There were bruises all
over her body as result of her strug-
gle for life with her insane husband,
| but she was able to be about the house
| later in the evening.
The remains Of Carroll were removed
to the morgue of the Rutledge Under
taking. Company and an inquest will
be held on Thursday afternoon
Mrs. Carroll told the story of the
trouble on Monday night and with it
the story of her married life which had
extended over little more than a
year. She revealed the fact that this
was the second time within week
that her husband had attempted tc
kill her.
/ Carroll and his wife were married in
I>enosha a year ago in August Previ-
Gus to that time he had worked for
three years at the plant of the Chicago
Frass Company under the name OF
81 ohm Wilson, After the marriage
Nr. and Mrs. Carroll and the children
of Mrs. Carroll, by a former marriage
went to Chicago to live. The wife and
children lived at house in South Chi
cago while Carroll made his home at a
boarding house. His wife claimed that
he would never reveal to her where
he lived.
Carroll was supposed to be wealthy
and he had on many occasions shown
j indications of wealth. He was suppos
/ ed to be an official of a lumber com
II,any at Flint, Mich, and to have
mortgages for a considerable sum on
property in that vicinity, but he never
gave his wife any large amount OF
raoney and she finally decided to re
turn to Kenosha. She came back here
a month ago and was living with hel
mother, Mrs Mary Houser. Carroll
had promised to correspond with hel
through the personal columns of &
Chicago paper and two weeks ago she
saw an ad reading, Mary. am il
a hospital, but soon will be happy
! AL. !, The wife at once wrote to the
former address and the letter was de
livered to him and the answer declar
ed that he was coming to Kenosha
He reached here last Tuesday and the
two left Kenosha and went to Racine
where they spent a day, later they
spent two days in Milwaukee and OF
last Friday went to Oshkosh Claim
/ ing that he was going to look at some
pine lands Carroll secured a horse and
| buggy and the two drove to little
place nine miles west of Oshkosh
| Then Carroll drove the horse out init