Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-10
HUSBAND THREW
ACID ON HER,
SHE SAYS
Man and Woman Tell Different
Stories of Bitter Quarrel in
Piedmont Hotel.
Continued From Page I.

here, so could be near my little girl.
Il left my husband and went to stay
for a few days at the Lanler Hotel.
He found me there Monday. We
was going to Atlanta. He said ne
wouiont believe it until he saw me
buy the TICKET. In fact, he went down
to the depot with me, watched me get
my ticket and saw me on the train.
Il thought he left the train there,
but it seems he came on to Atlanta.
He followed me to the Piedmont Ho-
tel, and rs | was nearly undressed /
heard knock at my door.
Il turned off the light and opened
the door a crack. My husband spoke
to me, and forced his way into the
room. l turned on the light, and he
stood there. looking at me queerly
Grasped Her From Behind.
Well said |, now you're here.
suppose We go for a walk and talk
things over. | didn't want him in
my room al the hotel He said, All
right and | turned and began dress
ing.
Suddenly he grasped me around
he neck, tilted my head back and
hlSStu me- iOuSulN. IltIl ne DUilCh
my head still farther back and tried
to scream. thought we was going
to cut my throat. He had threatened
to do it more than once.
He raised his other hand Then
something that felt like wave of
fire spread over my face and into my
eyes. The pain was so terrible that
ii seemed to choke me. Then
screamed and screamed"
The house physician, DR. w. c.
Robinson. was called and gave the
suffering woman attention until the
ambulance came, 1t was said at the
hospital that the sight of one, and
possibly both eyes. would be de-
stroyed by the acid
Knight SAYS he is Mrs. Knights
third husband He married her year
ago last September,
She has caused me any amount of
trouble" he stated, by receiving at
tentions from men 1t was that sort
of thing that caused Judge Tindail
to take her little daughter, Thelma,
from her last December.
Declares Charge Is False.
This story she is telling about me
is utterly untrue.
while we were living in Baltimore
she tried to hang herself Then she
accused me of it, | saved her from
drinking caroolic acid Monday night
at the hotel, and now she is saying ]
threw it in her face. | think her
mind must be deranged."
Knight was at the hospital, walt
ing to see his wife, when he was ar
rested following her statement He
is q railroad man. running on the
Georgia, Southern and Florida out OF
Macon
Wants to See Her Child.
! Mrs. knights fight for recovery Is
| spurred by this desire-to see her
| little daughter Thelma McClain, the
child of a former marriage.
The little girl 10 years old, was
placed in the Home for the Friend :
less here last December by the courts,
after legal disagreements between
Mrs. Knight and her third husband.
They then moved to Macon, but the
mother was brooding over her child's
absence, imposed by the courts, and,
after a quarrel, she disappeared from
their home, No. POS Broadway, last
Thursday.
Knight says he traced her to the
Lanier Hotel, Macon, just as she was
leaving for Atlanta. He boarded che
same train and Swallowed" her to the
Piedmont Hotel. Then came a tragic
scene.
Mrs Knight drove up in one cab
and registered as Mrs. w. X. Hard :
ing. minute later, her husband got
her room number. 456, from the reg
lister, entered it just behind her, and
confronted her His wife had just
removed her hat and opened her suit
case. The acid incident followed.
Then came record run by the am
bulance. while the woman, weeping
and suffering from her burns, called
on Dr. W. c. Robinson, the house ply
stefan, to save her.
II want to see my child" she said
over and over
And that is what she looks forward
to-a visit from her little daughter
as she talks with the nurses at the
Grady Hospital and they tell her she
will surely get well.
PlainclOthes officers Green and
Fortson investigated the case last
night, and did not make a charge
against knight. They reported at
tempted suicide"
kni~ht Weeps in Cell.
Knight spent most of his time
Tuesday weeping in his cell at police