The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-26
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DURING FIT OF. INSANITY OVER
HOLY ROLLER RELIGION, A
TULSA FARMER MAKES TER
RlBLE ASSAULT ON WIFE.

Tulsa, Okla, Feb. 25.-While in a
fit of insanity over the Holy Roller
religion Earl Stanley, a farmer, liv-
ing of the Lee Clinton farm near
West Tulsa this afternoon assaulted
his wife with an axe, almost chopping
her head from her shoulders. He
was found stamping her in the head
and face with his feet when Patrol
man Francis of West Tulsa and
Others arrived upon the scene. His
wife was rushed to a local hospital
in an ambulance and it was author
to get a glimpse of her condition
that she cannot live but a short time.
When the police patrol arrived on
the scene of the terrible tragedy,
Stanley was on the ground with three
men on top of him holding him until
more assistance arrived. H. was
placed in the patrol and Immediately
taken to the police station where he
regained his senses. He apparently
remembered what had taken place,
and said that the spell came on him
in an instant.
After he had been placed in his
cell he made the following statement
to a reporter, who called him to the
bars for an interview:
"My wife and | had been talking
about the Bible and different scrip
lures that it contains. | remember
losing my mind all of a sudden and
don't remember very much only that
was beating her up. | guess
either didn't get enough religion or
got too much. | am anxious for the
doctors to examine me because | don't
want to stay in Jail. | have plenty
of money in the bank and am willing
to pay a guard if they will let me OUT
In response to a question asked
him about the Holy Roller church,
Stanley said: "They have been
having a meeting over there and we
have been going regularly, know
that's what was wrong with me. ]
wouldn't have done it for the world
if | had been at myself, because |
love my wife and children better
than any man that lives. We never
have any trouble at all to speak of,
and we were merely talking about
the Bible, when | lost my presence OF
mind"
Stanley has been a farmer on the
Clinton farm Tor the past fifteen years
and is one of the widest known citi-
zens of Tulsa county. Several per
sons who have known him for many
years rushed to the police station to
see and talk with him about the
affair. He was glad to see them when
they came, and asked their earnest
support. He wus very insistent upon
someone going his bond that he
might go to the hospital to see his
wife
While in the Jail he talked with
as much sense as any other prisoner
incarcerated there. He asked which
hospital his wife was taken to and
how bad she was hurt, each time
making some sort of remark that
would atone for his wrongdoing.
He has four or five children, the
oldest of which is about y years old
and the smallest a few months old
baby. He was also anxious about
the little one and wanted to know If
he had harmed it in the least. When
told that he had not, he sighed
breath of relief and said: Il thank
God that | didn't, for heaven knows
that | couldn't help It,"
His hands were red with the blood
from his wife's head, as was also his
shirt and trousers. His back was
a solid mass of mud caused from
fighting the officers when they tried
to quiet him and hold him until the
patrol wagon arrived.