The Washington times., 1926-08-30
OfficiaI I9Oliee RcnOrt

cidwell. 81 the Fourteenth precinct,
were assigned to the case.
Official Police Report
THE official police report follows:
npf1iIandef g. Knox, white. ~
years old. 1905 Cleveland Ave. 81.
nv. while RI ain alteration with his
wife at the above address. was hi
and cut on the arm three inches
above the wrist with broken glass
bv his wife. Removed to Casualty
HOSPITAL iii their ambulance and
treated by Or. w. g. Cantrell mol
serious
The Emergency Hospital ambnl
lance was out on case At the time
ana Casualty Hospital, seven miles
from the Knox; home, Was called
and responded.
The ambulance physician found
Mr.. Knox iii bed. bleeding pro
fusely. A tourniquet was applied
and Mr.. Knox. stilI Ia his pajamas
was taken to the hospital. His
first act, after the wound was
closed. was To instruct his chauf
feur to call Mrs. Knox and assure
her the injury was not serious. Mrs
Knox, IT was stated. had called the
hospital five times while the aI1lbu-
lance was on It's way there.
The police were told that & pass
ing motorist. whose name has mol
been learned. heard Mrs. Knoz
screaming.
When he ran to the door Mrs
Knox appeared, screaming: did
itl".it was reported. Neignb0rs ap.
peared, however. and the motorist
left.
Policeman Cidwell. In substantial
ton of the official police report,
made the following statement:
81 was reporting the the station
house from b police box early yes
terday morning when the desk ser
geant instructed me to rush to the
Knox home, as a man had been
severely cut there.
He Went TO Hospital
"a few minutes later
approached the house, Sipding Mrs
Knox hystericaI. Unable to OBJ
tain any facts from her, and upon
learning from others that the man
wounded had been removed to Cas-
ualty. Immediately proceeded e
the hospital.
s.Knox was stili in the operating
II TOOIH. WAA0A - dLAkNSas TAASAAONoN
reluctant at first to discuss the af
fair. he appeared very jovial
i When / informed him Is was neces
1 sary for me to ascertain the facts
/ he told me he and his wife nat
engaged In an alteration, and tina,
| he was cut by a flying glass hurled
1 at him by his wife.
II was with Policeman Leach Al
/ the time, who with two other per
sons, heard Knox relate the few
details concerning the fight. UpOI
! the strength of this investigation
/ made the report. will stick Il
my report. as know IL to b
4 correct. Any other statements con
corning the affair are not founded
upon an investigation"
4 Tippy'' Knox's marriage t.
i beautiful Josephine Poole was hi.
1 second matrimonial venture. The
| first Mrs. Knox was Miss Gertrude
May Bowler, OF Burlington, vt
| The marriage took place in Bur
lington while the bridegroom
father was serving as Secretary o.
/ State.
They were divorced at Reno, Ma!
IA, 1917, and four months late
Knox married Miss Poole, tn,
daughter of a West Virginia mil
lionare.
On June "a, 1925, Mrs. Knox and
her two sons, William r. ant
Joseph c. Knox, left Washington
and returned to the home Of he
parents at Charleston.
She Filed Suit
She announced that she Woult
not return TO her husband. Within
a month she filed suit for a sepa
rate maintenance, charging cruelty
and. excessive use of Intoxicating
liquor.
The case was settled out of, couri
July 10, when Mr.. Knox agreed tc
pay $3.50 a month temporary alimony
and granted his wife the custody
of the children.
The couple effected reconcilia.
ton last September. The famous
rules Of conduct" which it was re.
ported were laid out for Tippy, TO-.
low:
mo over. indulgence In liquor.
"No gambling.
mo running around with Wash,
| lngton's fast set
mo moro cruel treatment, menta
or physical.
mo use of strong or profane
language.
Must become again the ardent
lover of sweetheart days
Must become a better friend OF
the Poole family.
Must learn to love Josephine's
mother.
Must be devoted to his children
"Must ne willing to observe these
rules as long as Mrs. Knox wishes.
Authorship of these rules, how
ever. his since been denied by Mrs