Cut his Wife's throat
Item
- Title
- Cut his Wife's throat
- Source
- The Montgomery Advertiser (AL)
- Date
- 7/23/01
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- Image 3 of The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), July 23, 1901 | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- adultery;knife
- Race of alleged offender
- Black alleged offender
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Race of alleged victim
- Black alleged victim
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- arrest
- Location
- in state; Birmingham, AL
- Length of story
- 203
- Description
- Birmingham, July M.—(Special)— Jerry Demus, colored, is In the county Jail charged with wife murder, committed at Ensley Saturday night. Demus says that he doesn't care If he hangs for his crime. He states that his wife had not been faithful to him and that he had grown tired of her treatment. He states that she left him recently but he prevailed upon her to return home and begin life anew. She came back Saturday. Demus adds that when she came home he sat down and looked at her and the longer he looked the madder he got. Finally he said he could not stand It any longer so he went out, procured his razor, sharpened it and returning Jerked the woman's head back and cut her throat. Demus said that that is all there is to the story. When asked If he did not think that he would be hanged for the crime Demus replied: "Yea. I know they will hang me for It. but I don’t care. It will be only two more negroes out of the way—me and her. Coroner Parria made a preliminary Investigation Into the killing and the facts brought out substantiate the story told by Demus.
