FULL TEXT: Helen Byrd, 38, 1002 Douglas street, was charged
today with felonious assault in connection with alleged assault in connection
with the alleged stabbing yesterday of 45-year-old Sam Wood at his home at 735
South 5th street.
The woman was taken into custody yesterday afternoon by
Detective Sergt. Leo Schott and Detective Bill Piner, who were investigating a
hospital report that Wood had been stabbed in the eye with an ice pick. The
injury reportedly occurred yesterday morning but police were not informed until
several hours later when Wood went to the hospital.
The Byrd woman’s preliminary hearing was set for Nov. 1 by
Magistrate James P. Hull. She was committed to the county jail in lieu of $5,000 bond.
[“Woman Charged With Stabbing,” St. Joseph News-Press (St.
Joseph, Mo.), Oct. 17, 1963, p. 6A]
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