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.
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the door a crack Ny husband spoke
to me, and forced his way into the
ROOM | 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 q walk and talk
things over l didn't want him in
my room at the hotel He said, 'All
right and | turned and began dress
ing.
Suddenly he grasped me around
the neck. tilted my head back and
kissed me, roughly Then he pulled
my head still farther back and l 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 a wave of
fire spread over my face and into my
eyes. The pain was so terrible that
it seemed to choke me. Then
screamed and screamed"
The house physician, DIR. 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 DOln eyes, WOulu ne ue-
stroyed by the acid
Knight saws 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 Tindall
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 weiwere living in Baltimore
she tried to hang herself Then she
accused me of it. | saved her from
drinking caroolic acid Monday night
al the hotel, and now she is saying ]
threw it in her face. | think her
mind must be deranged."
Knight was at the hospital. wait
ing to see his wife, when he was ar
rested following her statement. He
is a 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
| CnllQ OF 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. 2l0S Broadway, last
| Thursday.
Knight says he traced her to the
Lanier Hotel, Macon, Just as she was
| leaving for Atlanta. He boarded the
same train and Swallowed" her TO the
| Piedmont Hotel. Then came 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 a record run by the am
| buance. while the woman. weeping
and suffering from her burns, called
on DR.. w. c. Robinson, the house ply
stefan, to save her
Il 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"
Knirht Weeps in Cell.
Knight spent most of his time
! Tuesday weeping in his cell at police
| headquarters. He tearfuliy declared
that ne knew he should have nothing
to do with the woman. but that his
| love for her was so great he could
not help himself
she has terrible influence over
me- said Knight. Il have tried 20
break away form her, but | can't do
it. l know ! ought to, because every
time anything happens she tries to
blame me.
Il have always loved her. and love
her now, even though she has had
me arrested and probably will put me
in prison"