The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-08
DRUG CRAzED MAN CUTS WEES THROAT WITH POCKETKN|FE Lon c. Carroll at City Jail Says He Has Used
 Cocaine P Years WIFE REFUSED TO
 GIVE HIM MONEY Carroll Says He Has Good Folks in Atlanta, But That Cocaine
 Has Kept Him in
 Trouble

Because she refused to give him money to buy cocaine Lon c. Carroll said to 1 be a drug victim, cut his wife's throat | with his pocketknife at o'clock yester- day afternoon. The tragedy occurred at s29 North Twenty-eighth street at the home of Andrew whitlock, a laborer, where Mrs. Carroll had taken refuge after her husband had driven her away from home.
 According to Officers Saunders and Will Hams, Carroll was arrested last Satur-
 day night on the charge or cruelty to his
 wife, and on Monday Recorder Douglass
 gave him a sentence, but he was released
 from the city jail on Friday afternoon Andrew Whitlock was the first to noti-
 fly the police yesterday afternoon of the
 cutting of Mrs. Carroll. According to his
 account, Carroll, drug crazed, appeared
 on the scene and began talking with his
 wife. After a few minutes and without
 warning Carroll, who had his pocket
 knife open and hidden in his hand, sud-
 denly slashed his wife's throat and then
 ran away. The police and an~ambulance
 were immediately summoned.
 However before the ambulance arrived,
 Dr. J. G. Chambers, who happened to be passing in his automobile, was pressed into service and 1t is stated that he un- doubtedly saved the woman's life. After Dr. Chambers had attended Mrs. Carroll she refused to go to the infirmary and she will remain at the residence of the Whtlocks under the doctors care. It is now expected that she will recover, al- though her wound is very dangerous
 An hour after Carroll had cut his wife he was captured by Officers Byrd and Taylor at Railroad avenue and Forty first street He offered mild resistance, but was lodged in solitary confinement at the city jail charged with assault with intent to murder.
 The police state that Carroll has been harrassng his wife for money ever since she received a small settlement from the local traction company few weeks ago for an injury sustained. It is stated that Carroll knew. that his wife still had $2o in her possession and that he went to the Whitlock house to get this money if thereupon cut her throat. The place that Carroll calls his home is at 519 North Fortieth street and there is practically no furniture in it. When the police searched it yesterday afternoon they found no food and very few clothes. although they found several empty cocaine bottles.
 At the city jail last night Carroll in a surly mood, talked to an Age-Herald re- porter. He stated that he was by trade an iron moulder and that he had some good folks" in Atlanta. He further stated that he had used cocaine for the past p years He readily admitted cutting his wife.
 'I am an iron moulder but haven't worked for sometime he said, "and am 40 years of age I have been married twice and have one son by my first wife. I married my present wife seven years ago. My father and mother are still liv- ing in Atlanta and so is my brother, G. D. Carroll, who owns the Withers Iron on Windsor street in Atlanta. l come from good people, but this cocaine has always got me in trouble. I have been using cocaine for the past 22 years"
 Carroll does not look like the typical drug victim. He is tall. robust man, over six feet in height and although quite pale he appears to be in excellent health. However, at the jail last night he was very nervous. He continually asked for cocaine.
 When Commissioner of Public Justice A. o. Lane heard of the cutting of Mrs. Carroll yesterday afternoon he immedi- ately ordered a thorough investigation into the circumstances and ordered Acting Chief Martin Eagan to detail officers to the scene to see that Mrs. Carroll did not want for anything until Monday morn Ing when it is expected that the Associated Charities will inyestigate