Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-07-21

1t is not necessary. thatsfle grief and
agony OF the Carl ons shonId.be obtrlded
upon the readers attention.. Grief and
agony aud sorrow are the same the world
over, aud by slow degrees the same ply.
stefan cures them all-THne. So with the
Cartons; Time came with its healing
power. end their sorrow and anguish
passed into a sad memory.
Then they Game to New York, and
finally took possession Of the promises in
Harrison St., which brings us to the day
proceeding the night Of the commission of
the murder.
Attached to the Carlton household was
a servant who oficiated somewhat in the
capacity of q maid of all work, and du.
ring the short time she had been in the
employ proved herself to be, so far as
their observation extended, worthy of
confidence. Quick on foot, neat and ii.
dy, and good huinored, she seemed to be
zone in d thousand"
On the morning Of the 10th, at the
breakfast table, as the girl Maria after
wards stated, Mr.. Carlton seemed de-
pressed in spirits.
q had a strange dream last night" he
remarked TO his vile; | say strange, be.
cause it is seldom so foolish a fantasy as
a dream is ever remembered by. me. a
thought l saw our boy struggling in
what'appeared to be a sea of blood; at
times he w~ould-sink from my sight, and
when he arose again his arms aud hands
were reeking with the blood! Gradual.
he neared me, and | could then note his
features. oh, ROW wild and haggard
they were!'
Mrs. Carlton, no believer in dreams OF
any other mind-wandering, smiled at his
earnestness, and ~endeavored to make him
cheerful, but all to no purpose.
AS evening approached, Cartoons men
tai depression increased rather than di
minished. Mrs. Carlton and girl, about
eight o'clock, left the house. for the pur
pose of purchasing sundry articles needed
in the culinary department., and were
gone nearly two hours.
AT nine, the daughter retired to hel
apartment, which was in the front room
third floor, directly over that Of her pa.
rents,
Between the hours of nine and fifteen
minutes past ten the murder of Benjamin
Carlton occurred, in the rear room on the
second floor, this room communicatiqgxbv
double doors with the front ~apafafeat.
Soon after his wife had gone out, Carlton
left the parlor, and ascending the stairs
and entering the rear room, was never
seen alive again by those who loved him
so dearly.
Upon returning to the house, and while
crossing the street from the opposite side
Mrs. Carlton, casually looking toward
the second floor windows noticed what
she thought for the moment to be g
strange face peering out between the cur
taius. 1t was not Cartoons, of that she
was certain, for the face as she then saw
it by the light of the street lamp directly
in front of the door, wore a monstache.
AS if the person had caught her glance
aud wished to avoid, the curtains were
pulled together, and at almost the same
time, the room which was light became
darkened as if the person had hurriedly
passed into the real room with the lamp,
But as much as Mrs. Carlton afterwards
thought of these circumstances, at the
time they occurred they made but little
impression upon her.
As she entered the hall and closed the
front door the little clock on the parlor
mantle struck ten.
so late, Maria" said Mrs. Carlton
" How quickly time flies, Mr.. Carlton has
got tired Of waiting for me and retired
THAT was him at the window" said
the girl as the two passed through the
tea room, and SO into the basement.
No" was Mrs. Cartoons reply. at
was not, and now when l think Of it, it
is just as likely as not that we are both
or only our fancy. Of course there
couldn't be any one up stairs in that room
and Mr.. Carlton there; in bed too. You
can attend to closing the front shutters
and fastening the doors, Maria. while l
run up stairs to the bed ROOM"
Mrs. Carlton, leaving the basement,
passed up the stairs, and into the front
o OH the second floor, carrying in her
hand a small fluid lamp, intending with
1t TO relight the larger Il which her
husband had extinguished upon retiring.
But upon advancing toward the centre of
the room, thus getting in front OF the bed,
the head of which was toward the door,
she found it vacant, and the clothing I'M
disturbed. The globe lamp. was not in
its place upon the stand between the win
dows, and the curtains from which she
imagined She had beheld the strange face
peering out into the street below gave no
appearance Of having been moved. They
were as she had arranged them that al
terpoon. Mr.. Cariton-Benlo twice
she called. There was no answer. All
was silent as death. The sliding doors
communicating with tie back room were
pushed apart as usuals "W.here.can be
> This dialogue IL as nearly as poss ible a lit
eral transcript from the cgidepee given before the
coropef's jury aud afterwards ia court during the
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