Stanly News-Herald
R. Cline Miller, member of the Badin police force, is in the Badin Hospital suffering from knife wounds received at the hands of a negro woman Saturday night.
From the best information to be obtained here, a “canned heat” party ended rather unpleasantly, with the negro woman cutting up a negro man who was also a member of the party. Policeman Miller, who was on duty at that time, attempted to arrest the woman. She met Miller with a nine-inch knife and attempted to stab him, succeeding in making just a slight wound above his heart. Miller then resorted to the use of his club, probably knocking her down, but was not able to disarm her before she had inflicted several painful cuts about his hip and ankle.
Mr. Miller is well known in this county and is a son of Mr. John S. Miller, formerly of this county. He is expected to be able to leave the hospital in a short time, but will probably not be able to resume his duties for some time.
From page 4 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Friday, April 29, 1926
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I wasn't familiar with a "canned heat" party, but AI said the poisonous alcohol from Sterno, used for cooking and heating in the 1920s, was filtered and drunk during prohibition. Since the alcohol was poisonous, people suffered disorientation, delirium, hallucinations, severe mood swings, loss of impulse control, paranoil, sudden agitation or rage. Canned heat intoxication was more like poisoning than regular intoxication.
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