Her death certificate indicates Mrs. Alice Clark was born in 1885 in Tennessee, daughter of Dan and Mary (Maupin) Brackin.  Alice died April 17, 1925, and was buried at Trinity Cemetery.  The information below is transcribed from newspaper articles.

Source:  The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, 18 April 1925, page 24

R. S. CLARK REMOVED TO JAIL AT JACKSON
Threats Made Against Man Accused of Uxoricide.

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn., April 17.– Fearing mob violence. Sheriff E. C. King took R. S. Clark, 58, farmer charged with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Alice Clark, 38, to the jail at m Jackson, Tenn., late last night.  The couple had been married less than a month.

Clark was arrested yesterday following the burning of his home near Tibbs and the discovery of his wife’s body in the corn crib at the barn.  Indications were that the woman had been beaten to death.  A coroner’s jury yesterday returned a verdict that Mrs. Clark met her death at the hands of her husband after witnesses told of finding a bloody brick near a gate and a pool of blood in the barn lot and Mrs. Clark’s four-year-old son by a former marriage said that step-father had “been fighting” his mother.

Clark is reported as saying that his wife was injured in a fall in their house before the fire and that he took her to the barn to be out of the way of the flames.  No explanation was given as to the origin of the fire which is said to have occurred about midnight, though neighbors knew nothing of it until about 3 o’clock.

Feeling [sic] ran high in the section around Tibbs when the circumstances surrounding Mrs. Clark’s death became known, and threats are said to have been made against the accused man, who is a prominent farmer and land owner.

Will Kinney, John T. Gray, Jr., and H. Gray, of the firm of Gray and Gray, all prominent attorneys, have been retained by relatives of Mrs. Clark to assist in the prosecution, according to statements today.  As far as is known, Clark has not retained counsel.  He, however, stoutly maintains his innocence and insists that his story is true.

A rumor, lacking in confirmation, today was to the effect that bloody clothing belonging to Clark had been found in the barn where the body was discovered.

CLARK BADLY BURNED.
Farmer Says He Didn’t Know He Hurt Wife.

JACKSON, Tenn.. April 17. – R. S. Clark, Haywood County farmer, arrested yesterday charge of slaying his wife at Tibbs, that county, was brought to Jackson at an early hour today and placed in the Madison County Jail for safe keeping.  The Madison jail is one of the strongest in the state and Sheriff R. A. Mainord maintains sufficient deputy force to offer adequate guard.

When seen at the jail this afternoon by a reporter, Clark stated that he didn’t know he had hurt his wife.  He stated that he awoke in the night and found his house on fire, but after that he couldn’t remember anything.  His hands and feet were badly burned land his face had been scorched.  Sheriff Mainord stated that Clark told him that all he ever had was family troubles.  The man either does not want to make a statement or is mentally unbalanced.  He is locked in a cell with other prisoners and seemed interested in the story regarding the death of his wife.

Source:  Nashville Banner, 17 April 1925, page 1

CHARGED WITH BRIDE’S MURDER
R. S. Clark, Haywood County Farmer, Lodged in Brownsville Jail.
BODY IN THE CORNCRIB
Four- Year- Old Son of Dead Woman Gives Damaging Testimony at a Hearing.
BLOODY HAMMER FOUND

Brownsville, Tenn., April 17. — (Special.) – R. S. Clark, a farmer living in the Eleventh district of Haywood county, was brought here Thursday afternoon and lodged in jail on the charge of murder, following the discovery of the body of his wife in the corncrib of the barn early in the morning.  Clark, who is 58 years old, married Mrs. Alice Davidson about three weeks ago, and since then had lived with his bride and her 4-year-old son on his farm, where the tragedy is alleged to have occurred.

The residence was destroyed by fire shortly before midnight Wednesday, and Clark claims that he carried his wife from the burning building to the barn.  He says that shortly before the fire originated she had fallen, striking her head, and therefore it was necessary for him to carry her to the nearest available. shelter.  She was his third wife, two former wives having been divorced from him.  So far as can be learned, the couple had lived peaceably since their marriage.

The coroner’s jury was impaneled by magistrate Tamm Graves and the investigation led to a verdict that Mrs. Clark had met her death at the of her husband.  They found a brick near the gate of the yard said to have been smeared with blood on one end and to have shown bloody finger-prints on the other end.  About halfway between the gate and the barn they found a pool of blood.  In barn they found a hammer with a handle about fourteen Inches long, said to have been covered with blood from end to end.  Blood was scattered about the corn crib in which the body was found and was found in several places about the barn lot.

The 4-year-old son of the dead woman testified at the hearing held before Magistrate. W. T. Currie in Brownsville Thursday afternoon that Clark had attacked and beaten his mother Wednesday night and that she had crawled to the barn.  Clark was committed to jail without bond to await a preliminary hearing which will be held Monday morning at 10 o’clock.

Dr. G. T. Scott examined the body and found that there were ten wounds about the head and that the skin was bruised in many places over the body.  There was no evidence of any burns on the body.  The skull was fractured in two places.

The dwelling was in rather an isolated place and no one noticed the burning building except Tamm Graves, and as the fire had died down at the time he thought it was a fence row burning and did not investigate.  About 3 o’clock Clark, it is stated, went to a Negro cabin near and sent for some of his white neighbors.  Tobe Smith and Clyde Hopkins responded to the call and found the body of Mrs. Clark.  The community was soon aroused and the investigation begun which culminated in Clark’s arrest.