Evening star., 1955-10-05
Husband Kills
Himself After
Beating Bride.
Left Love Notes
Telling Remorse
For Mistreutment

A remorse-stricken husband
shot and killed himself early
today after beating his bride Of
seven weeks. Washington police
reported.
Detectives said he penned
love notes to his wife, then shot
himself with the same rifle with
which he had struck her q short
thine earlier.
William E. Carter. %. Of 1881
10 street NV. died In Emergency
Hospital while his wife, Steph-
lanie, 28, was being treated foi
| q head wound ct District General
Hospital.
Detective Sergt. George r
lDonahue said Mrs, Carter, wed
August 10 after q courtship 0i
six months, became hysterical
when she learned Of her hus-
bands death after returning
home from the hospital.
Cleared for Job
Police said Mr.. Carter, un.
iemployed since his discharge
from the Army shortly before
the marriage. !. had just received
final clearance on his application
for employment with the Post
once Department.
After talking with Mrs. Carter
police reconstructed the events
this way:
Mrs. Carter returned home
about ] am. from her job at the
Crescent Restaurant. On her
way home. she had stopped at
Ia drugstore.
Her husband had been drink
ing. An argument developed
over the fact that she was late
getting home.
Mr.. Carter produced a 22-cali-
Der single shot Remington rifle,
Mrs. Carter Gained her hus-
bands wrath and took from him
three cartridges. She said she
believed at the time that was all
he had.
Edged Toward Door
At the same time, she began
Iedging toward the door. She
said that she and her husband
had argued on previous occasions
and that on those occasions she
usually left for . few minutes
TO give him time to cool on.
When she opened the door, her
husband became angry again,
and struck her on the head with
the butt Of the rife.
Mrs. Carter fed down the
stairs. got into a taxicab and
went to District General Hos
ipital Nine stitches were required
10 close the wound on her head
When she told police what had
happened, Pvts. J. p. Haley and
p. A. Evaninko were sent to the
o street address to talk to the
husband.
knocks Unanswered
Pvt. Evaninko said their knocks
lat the door to the second fool
apartment were unanswered. A,
their second knock, they heard O
moan inside.
The policemen called for q
Fire Department hook and lad
der truck. When 1t arrived
Pvt. Evaninko climbed the
ladder and peered into the sec-
ond-fioor window.
| He saw Mr.. Carter lying on
the bed, with the rife across
his chest. and bleeding profusely
from the head.
+ Firemen battered down the
apartment door with their axes
and Mr.. Carter was taken tc
Emergency Hospital, where he
ldied at Cos am.
Police said they found SIX
fpaees Of notes, on 3-by-5-inch
Inotepaper. in-the bedroom with
mfr. Carter.
In his notes he told his wife
he loved her and didn't mean
1.-THE bad things" he said about
lher.
You're wonderful" one Of the
notes said.
| Police said Mr.. Carter was
taken to District General Hos
lpital September 10 for q weeks
observation after he apparently
tried to kill himself by using
gas while the couple lived In the
11400 block Of Rhode Island ave-
nue. NV.
Although Mrs. Carter told po-
Ilice she believed she had taken
away all the rifle cartridges in
1.-THE apartment. police found a
Incarly-full box. Mrs. Carter
said she saw the weapon for the
first time when her husband
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