offices of the Remington-Rand Company where Mrs, Martin was employed —
as a stenographer and when she left work they followed the street
car which she took, ‘When she alighted in Kirkwood, a NeKald suburb
of Atlanta, Martin left the car and told his friend to drive on for
a block as he wanted to takk with his wife, They spoke for a few
moments on Wade Avenue near Woodbine and when she refused to return
to him, he stabbed her 1) tiimes with a pocket knife, She ran for
twenty feet to the middle of the road where she fell dead while he
fled into some woodlands where he threw away the knife which was re
covered by the police, ‘At her funeral, her aged father knelt in the
wet clay by her graveside and prayed for Mhe forgiveness of Martin
who had not then been apprehended, On Feb, 9, he was arrested by
some soliders who recognized him in a Fort McPherson wash room as he ©
prepared to shave. He said’ that he had hidden out on the Fort since
the murder and in a statement said that he was so drunk that whilehe
remembered talking with and kissing his wife that afternoon, he could
not remember having stabbed her, His conviction was affirmed on
appeal and on Oct. 16, 192, he was electrocuted in the Georgia State
Prison, His last words were a request to the warden to deliver a
message to his mother that he believed that he was “baer
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offices of the Remington-Rand Company where Mrs. Martin was employed
as a stenographer and when she left work they followed the street
car which she took, When she alighted in Kirkwood, a NeKalb suburb
of Atlanta, Martin left the car and told his friend to drive on for
a block as he wanted to take with his wife, They spoke for a few
moments on Wade Avenue near Woodbine and when she refused to return
to him, he stabbed her 1) times with a pocket knife. She ran for
twenty feet to the middle of the road where she fell dead while he
fled into some woodlands where he threw away the knife which was re~
covered by the police, ‘At her funeral, her aged father knelt in the
wet clay by her graveside and prayed for Mhe forgiveness of Martin
who had not then been apprehended. On Feb, 9, he was arrested by
some soliders who recognized him in a Fort McPherson wash room as he
prepared to shave. He said’ that he had hidden out on the Fort since
the murder and in a statement said that he was so drunk that whilehe
remembered talking with and kissing his wife that afternoon, he could
not remember having stabbed her, His conviction was affirmed on
appeal and on Oct. 16, 192, he was electrocuted in the Georgia State
Prison, His last words were a request to the warden to deliver a
message to his mother that he believed that he was s aksere
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as a stenographer and when she left work they followed the street
ear which she took, ‘hen she alighted in Kirkwood, a NeKalb suburb
of ‘tlanta, Martin left the car and told his friend to drive on for
‘a block as he wanted to tak with his wife, They spoke for a few
moments on Wade Avenue near’ Woodbine and when she refused to return
to him, he stabbed her li times with a pocket knife. She ran for
twenty feet to the middle of the road where she fell dead while he
fled into some woodlands where he threw away the knife which was re=
‘covered by the police, ‘At her funeral, her aged father knelt in the
wet clay by her graveside and prayed for Mhe forgiveness of Martin
who had not then been apprehended, On Feb, 9, he was arrested by
some soliders who recognized him in a Fort McPherson wash room as he
prepared to shave. He said’ that he had hidden out on the Fort since
the murder and in a statement said that he was so drunk that whilehe
remembered talking with and kissing his wife that a asrbe ral could
not remember having stabbed her. His conviction was affirm
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Prison, His last words were a request to the warden to deliver
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MARTIN, Charles E., Jr,
Martin, a 23-year-old white man who had served briefly in the Army at
Fort McPherson, was employed as a #X#EK soda clerk in an Atlanta, Gae,y
drug store and lived at 299 McDonald Blvd. He and his wife, Dorothy
Bryant Martin, the daughter of a minister, had marital difficulties
caused generally by his excessive drinking and abuse of her, On one
previous occasion, she had left him and he seemed to blame his fa-
ther-in-law for their difficulties. In March, 190, he attacked Rev.
Bryant who had him arrested on‘ an assault and battary charge which he
subsequently dropped when Martin afid his daughter resolved their diffi.
culties and began living together again after Martin joined the church
and made a public px affirmation of faithe In October, 190, Martin
was arrested for burglary and released on bond after which his wife
again left her. In December, he threatened her life and was locked
up for five days before being released, The Bryant family, with whom
Mrse Martin was living, was afraid of’ Martin and on several different
occasions they changed residences to keep him from learning where
they lived, On Feb. 3, 191, he and another employee of the drug
store drank: at work and when they left for the day the (Coe tl a
half gallon of moonshine whiskey which they consumed while they
und Atlanta with Martin endeavoring to learn where his wife
Waa Chan tine: Late in the afternoon they parked khme near the
MARTIN, Charles E., Jr.
Martin, a 23-year-old white man who had served briefly in the Army at
Fort McPherson, was employed as a #X#KK soda clerk in an Atlanta, Gas,
drug store and lived at 299 McDonald Blvd, He and his wife, Dorothy
Bryant Martin, the daughter of a minister, had marital difficulties
caused generally by his excessive drinking and abuse of her, On one
previous occasion, she had left him and he seemed to blame his fa-
ther-in-law for their difficulties. In March, 190, he attacked Rev.
Bryant who had him arrested on‘ an assault and battary charge which he
subsequently dropped when Martin afd his daughter resolved their diffi4
culties and began living together again after Martin joined the church
and made a public px affirmation of faithg In October, 190, Martin
was arrested for burglary and released on bond after which his wife
again left her. In December, he threatened her life and was locked
up for five days before being released, The Bryant family, with whom
Mrse Martin was living, was afraid of Martin and on several different
occasions they changed residences to keep him from learning where
they lived, On Feb. 3, 191, he and another employee of the drug
store drank: at work and when they left for the day the fo has a
half gallon of moonshine whiskey which they consumed w. e they
ound Atlanta with Martin endeavoring to learn where his wife
re encn living, Late in the afternoon they parked skme near the
MARTIN, Charles E., Jr.
Martin, a 23-year-old white man who had served briefly in the arny at
Fort McPherson, was employed as a XIMW soda clerk in an Atlanta, Gas,
drug store and lived at 299 McDonald Blvd, He and his wife, Dorothy
Bryant Martin, the daughter of a minister, had marital difficulties
caused generally by his excessive drinking and abuse of
grevions occasion, i
and made a public px affirmation of faithe In October, 1910, Martin
was arrested for burglary and released on bond after which his wife
again left her, In December, he threatened her life and was locked
up for five days before being released. i
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On Feb. 3 ld he and cidgrs Cuises aan eey
store drank at work and when they left for the day the gucphased a
air gallon cohswerine wlecen mcs they consuned while they’
Atlanta, with Martin endeavoring to Learn shere his w
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