16
edits
Norman Mailer's Stabbing of Adele Morales: Difference between revisions
Norman Mailer's Stabbing of Adele Morales (view source)
Revision as of 20:22, 3 October 2022
, 1 year ago→The Incident
(Added newspaper I pulled from for info.) |
|||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
Norman Mailer would often abuse many types of drugs and alcohol. Mailer also had a short temper and would happily engage in Head-butting, arm-wrestling, and random punch throwing. For much of the '50s, he drifted, frequently drunk or stoned or both. * McGrath, Charles (2007). "Norman Mailer, Towering Writer with Matching Ego, Dies at 84". The Mailers had been married six years. Norman was waiting on a hearing of a charge of disorderly conduct. He had gotten into a hassle over a tab of $7.60 a week before at Birdland. Adele told the arresting detectives the night of November 20 that he had been displaying "homicidal tendencies". Their family had been attempting to get him to see a psychiatrist. | Norman Mailer would often abuse many types of drugs and alcohol. Mailer also had a short temper and would happily engage in Head-butting, arm-wrestling, and random punch throwing. For much of the '50s, he drifted, frequently drunk or stoned or both. * McGrath, Charles (2007). "Norman Mailer, Towering Writer with Matching Ego, Dies at 84". The Mailers had been married six years. Norman was waiting on a hearing of a charge of disorderly conduct. He had gotten into a hassle over a tab of $7.60 a week before at Birdland. Adele told the arresting detectives the night of November 20 that he had been displaying "homicidal tendencies". Their family had been attempting to get him to see a psychiatrist. | ||
==The Incident== | ==The Incident== | ||
They hosted a party on November 19, 1960. The next morning, people at the party got incredibly drunk in the early hours, and quarrels broke out. Mailer and his sister got into a fight about her campaign that he did not agree with. He started hitting her, then the Mailer couple themselves got into an argument when Adele tried to defend her. Some say that Adele taunted his literary talents during their tiff. He stabbed her by the heart in her upper abdomen, and in the back, both by a penknife. She was not taken to the hospital until three hours after he hurt her. When arrived at the hospital she said that she was at a party and fell | They hosted a party on November 19, 1960. The next morning, people at the party got incredibly drunk in the early hours, and quarrels broke out. Mailer and his sister got into a fight about her campaign that he did not agree with. He started hitting her, then the Mailer couple themselves got into an argument when Adele tried to defend her. Some say that Adele taunted his literary talents during their tiff. He stabbed her by the heart in her upper abdomen, and in the back, both by a penknife. As she lay there, hemorrhaging, a man at the party came to assist her and Mailer snapped, saying "Get away from her. Let the bitch die."<ref>*{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-why-do-we-ignore-the-abuse-of-women-400397.html |title=Johann Hari: Why do we ignore the abuse of women? |date=November 15, 2007 |website=The Independent |publisher=Independent Digital News and Media |access-date=2022-10-03 |ref=harv }}</ref> She was not taken to the hospital until three hours after he hurt her. When arrived at the hospital, she said that she was at a party and fell onto glass, though doctors were skeptical. She told the police after that "He didn't say anything. He just looked at me. He didn't say a word. He just stabbed me". Morales never made a full recovery. She developed pleurisy and found herself coughing up black phlegm several times throughout the day. Several years later, she fell into poverty and became an alcoholic. | ||
== The Aftermath== | == The Aftermath== | ||
Mailer was arrested at the hospital around 10 pm. Initially, Mailer pleaded “not guilty,” but later changed his plea to “guilty” to avoid harmful publicity for his family.{{sfn|Lennon|2013|p=269}} | Mailer was arrested at the hospital around 10 pm. Initially, Mailer pleaded “not guilty,” but later changed his plea to “guilty” to avoid harmful publicity for his family.{{sfn|Lennon|2013|p=269}} | ||