Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-09-26
REV. DIR. CARLTON INTERVIEWED.

Correspondent-It is rumored, Doc
tor, that your son opened the packages
of depositors and distracted the con-
tents, resealing the envelopes, so as to
make them look as though they had
not been tempered with.
Doctor Carlton--I had heard nothing
of that, and therefore can say nothing
about it, save that I do not believe the
report.
Correspendent-Then it is said that
you not only know of your sons hiding
place, but are actually harboring him
here in your house.
Doctor Carlton-That statement I can
emphatically deny. I give you my word
of honor that do not know where
Charlie is, nor have l known since last
Friday morning.
Correspondent-Where and when did
you last see him ?
DR.. Carlton-In the office of the
Union Trust Company on Friday morn
ing. found him busy at his desk
signing checks. When he turned to
speak to me I noticed that he had been
weeping, and there was wild look in
his eyes that startled me. 1 put my
hard upon his shoulder and said to him.
"Charlie, you must not let yourself get
so excited. You must keep cool and
not allow these troubles to worry you. !"
He had been very respondent ever since
the death of his wife, and his great
grief, supplemented by the strain upon
his mental and physical energies during
the early hours of the financial panic
was, I thought, more than he could
bear. and I was very anxious about
him. He finished signing a pile of
checks that had been brought to him,
and then putting on his coat and hat he
excused himself and went out. I have
not seen him since.
Correspondent-You have, of course,
made efforts to find him
Doctor .Carlton-O, yes. We have
done everything that could be done,
but all in vain. AT last we began to
fear that he had made away with him
self. We were told that when he left
he had revolver with him, and up to
yesterday morning I believed that he
had committed suicide.
Correspondent-What led you to
change your opinion ?
Doctor Carlton-I met o friend of
Charities, who told me not to feel anx-
ious as to the boys safety--that he was
alive and we'll.
Correspondent-Did this friend know
where your son was
Doctor Carlt on-He said he knew,
but he would not tell me. I suppose
he had pledged himself to secrecy. I
learned enough from him, however, to
satisfy me that Charlie was not in New
York or Brooklyn. I feel easier now
about him, but his poor mother is near
ly crazy, and will not be comforted
She fears the worst.
Correspondent-Yo son was in COM
Portable circumstances, was he not =?
Doctor Carl ton-He received salary
of ten thousand dollars year, and he
had an additional income of twenty-five
thousand dollars There was no reason
why he should have used the money of
the company. 1t was this mischievous
stock speculation that ruined him. I
have often pleaded with him not to buy
these fancy stocks, but to invest in those
which pay regular dividends. I know
that just before he left he held one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars in Pacific
mail, one hundred thousand dollars in
Western Union, and an equal amount in
Southern Pacific. He sold his Pacific
mail and Western Union stock to save
himself, but they had SO deprecated
when the panic began that he sustained
a very severe loss.
Correspondent holds valuable
real estate, does he not =?
DR.. Carlton-He owns some of the
most valuable lots in Elizabeth, for
which he paid cash, and his property at
Montclair is unencumbered. Besides,
he owns railroad bonds and other stocks
which will be worth money when the
crisis is over, and holds bonds and mort
cages which are convertible now. Last
year know he was worth three hun
bred thousand dollars and owed not a
dollar.
Correspondent-Do you think that
he was the only officer of the Trust
company who used IT'S money in specu-
lation
DR.. Carlton-I do not know, but have
heard it limited that he was not alone.
Correspondent-Have the company
done anything toward finding your son?
Doctor Carlton-Not that I am aware
of.
Correspondent Have they attached
any of his property
Doctor Carlton-They have not. Ii