The daily gazette., 1883-03-20
THE CARLTON MURDER.
6osToN's SECOND MISTER
iOUS TRAGEDY.
NO CLUE TO THE ASSASSIN.
The Dehdly Assault on Mrs. Carlton at
Her Home in a soston Suburb-A Crime
Shadowed I'm Mystery.

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shadowed I'm Mystery.
Boston, March l9.-The murder of Mrs.
| Carlton at East Watertown last night is
deep in mystery. No clue has been found
and the case promises to rival that of Mrs.
Bell, In this city, whose murderer has never
oeen discovered. 1t was at first supposed
that Mrs. Cartoons husband might know
something concerning the murder, but It ia
now certain that he has no knowledge what
ever Of the crime. He is at home tonight,
overwhelmed with grief. Robbery was not
attempted, for everything IN the house has
1 been found intact. 1t is supposed that the
| stone with which Mrs. Carlton was killed
was brought from distance
East Watertown is a suburb of Boston,
about eight miles from the City Hall. The
house where Edward E. Carlton lived, with
MS family, is situated half a mile from the
Cambridge line Mr.. Carlton keeps a
restaurant in Cambridge street, Boston, and
has been In the habit of going home only
TWO or three times week. He was not at
home yesterday. The wife, Eta G. Carlton,
at the time OF the murder was in the house
with her two children, Fanny, about years
OF age, and boy about two and one half
years of age, the servant having gone out
upon visit.
MURDERED IN HER OWN HOME.
The statement made by the little girl,
Fanny, was that she and her brother were
up stairs and her mother was preparing
them to go to bed, both being undressed
While they were talking together the front
door Dell was twice rung, and the mother,
leaving the children In the dark, went down
stairs to answer it. There was no light in
the hall, the whole house being in darkness
Soon after the mother went down the little
girl heard the door open and voices which.
as she says, sounded like quarreling. This
was about 7.30 o'clock in the evening. After
listening for several minutes the child be-
came frightened aud ran down stairs In her
night dress, with bare feet aud Ltumbled
over TIE body OF her mother, which way lying
in the hall. Wild with terror she ran out Of
the 'front.' door, across the street to the dwell
ing of Mr.. A. d. CLANCY, which was nearly
opposite her home, exclaiming, Something
mas happened to mamma P Mr.. CLANCY
Immediately ran out and entered the Carlton
house and found the body lying In the hall.
A soon as possible he procured light and
then the dreadful scene was apparent. Ia
the hall-whioh was an unusually wide one
he saw the body of Mrs. Carlton living
prostrate, covered with blood. Beside her
was shawl saturated with gore and near it
was large paving stone, with masses of
hair clinging to it and covered with blood.
All over the oil-cloth we're large pools of
blood, giving signs of deadly struggle.
The unhappy woman was moaning and was
carried to her bed, where she died in two
hours.
KILLED WITH PAvING-sToNE.
An examination of the dead woman gave
full evidence that The instrument with
which the terrible crime was com
mitted was the large stone found near
the body in the hall. There was an irregu-
lar and ragged wound extending nearly
across the forehead, fracture of the frontal
skull bone, the bones of the nose broken,
scalp wound upon the top of the head, with
another directly back of the left ear and a
bruisc upon the back OF the right hand. The
theory that the murder was premeditated Is
presumed from the Tact that nothing was
stolen from the house. gold neelace hav-
ing been found lying upon the bloody shawl
Az the icet of the woman In the hall was
| found sealed envelope, covered with blood.
1t had no address, and upon being opened
there was nothing written inside, the sup
position being that 1t WAS ia the hands of
the person who rang the dooibeli and com
mitted the crime.
The crime Is one of a mysterious nature,
no possible motive except that OF revenge
being probable. The deceased was, FROM
| the statements of all persons who were in
terviewed, of an a'niable disposition and
| had no enemies. She lived al her pleasant
| home with her husband, two children and
servant girl, and is represented as devoted
mother. 1t is probable that as soon as she
opened the door the terrible missile in the
hands of strong man descended upon her
head, and after she fell the horrible act was
repeated several times, the great number of
wounds clearly showing this fact. 1t is also
probable that the first blow rendered her
senseless, as her little daughter heard no
outcries and did not go down stairs until
she became anxious about the absence of
her mother. After the dying woman had
been conveyed up stairs she said to one of
the men who had assisted Mr.. Chaney in re-
moving her, "Did you see him 90 If she
made any statement which would lead to
the discovery of the assassin the doctors
were silent regarding it.
Carlton arrived at his home at midnight
and then learned for the first time of the
shocking calamity which had befallen his
family. He appeared utterly taken aback
and broke down completely. After he had
somewhat calmed his emotions he said that
he had been in Boston all day and was at
the South End when the messenger was sent
to his place OF business to notify him of the
affair.
Aside from theories there seem to be but
few clews Mr. Joseph Bird, who had left
friend on Watertown car about 7.15
O'Clock, says he saw man with a slouch
hat sitting on the fence about the yard op-
posite, but he can give no further descrip-
tion. Maggie Donlan, little girl living in
the next house to Mr.. Cartoons, states that
she saw man go to the front door and ring
the bell and on the door being opened he
went in, but she can give no description of
the man. This is all. The whole thing is
enveloped in mystery.
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