Norman Mailer Arrested Here in Stabbing of Wife at Party
The New York Times's first report of Mailer's arrest in the stabbing of his wife Adele — taken into custody at University Hospital, where she had gone for major surgery.
“Norman Mailer Arrested Here in Stabbing of Wife at Party.” Article by an unidentified writer. New York Times, 22 November 1960, 25.
The report records Mailer’s arrest at 10:30 p.m. on 21 November at University Hospital on Second Avenue in Manhattan, where Adele had gone for major surgery after he stabbed her with a penknife at approximately 5 a.m. on 20 November.
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