St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-15
AN OLD FAMILY SKELETON.
The Troubles Of Carlisle and Miss Crute,
His Ward.
HIS wIFE's DIVORCE SUIT
The Husband Charges Conspiracy for
the Purpose Of Obtaining Missli' &
Crute's Wealth.

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SAN FRANCISCO. March 1.-THE Car \
Isle family skeleton, which led to the 4
shooting of Dr.. Morrison MumfOrd, ed /
itor of the Kansas City Times, two 1
years ago, has again made its appear A
anee. This time it has shocked society 4
people and the public generally at 1
Napa, Cal. Mrs. Carlisle has filed
scandalous divorce complaint, in which |!
she alleges that her husband has been al 4
together too familiar with his rich ward, 4
Miss Sally Crute. She has also entered |!
suit for $4,000 damages against Miss
Crute for alternating her husbands
affections The story of the Garlic
family trouble reads like romance:
Garlic is Virginian who married and
went to Chicago. There he began
to practice law, but was debarred for
alleged crooked work. He moved to Den
yer, but could not support his family.
Then he went to Kansas City, where he
gained a good practice and made the
lucky stroke of securing the guardian
ship of Miss Crute, who was helresS TO
suburban lands which had become very
valuable by the boom that struck tn the
city. Miss Crute was worth $l50,oOO.
She went to live in Carlile'S fam
| lily. The Carliles then suddenly
set up carriage, newly furnished their
house and started out on a social
career that showed that they had
plenty of money. The mother of Miss
Crute found that Garlic had induced
the girl to give him power OF attorney
to dispose of any of her property and
tried to get control of her daughter, but
found that she and Garlic had gone to
California. DR.. Mumford, editor OF the
Kansas City Times, learned these facts,
and after fully investigating the case
published story charging Garlic with
fraud and with
LEADING THE GIRL ASTRAY.
Garlic returned from California, and.
after vainly demanding. a retractIon OF
the story, shot MumfOrd in crowded
street car. He wounded the editor, be-
side two people who sat alongside OF
him, and he himself narrowly escaped
lynching because of his cOwardly con-
duct in firing into crowded car. The
case against Garlic was never prose
cuted. Mumford was induced to
drop it by the appeals OF
the wife. Then the whole family dis
| appeared from Kansas City. went to
Chicago, stayed there a short time, ana ana
finally, early last year, came out to Cal
ifornia. Mrs. Carlisle took position as
correspondent of Chicago paper, and
with her husband travelled over this
state and Oregon. In San Francisco, in
March of the same year, Mrs.
Carlisle discovered that her hus-
band was corresponding with
Miss Crute, who was then
in Philadelphia at school. Although
the husband pretended that he had
abandoned the girl, the wife found that
he was writing love letters to her, one
| of which Mrs. Garlic discovered. She
left him at once and returned to her
home in Evanston, ILL.,, with the Inten-
ton of securing divorce. He wrote to
her every day begging her forgive
ness. coaxing and urging her to
stand by him, and promising to
lead new life if she would
come and live with him again. She says
she finally decided to come out to the
coast last June, when he telegraphed
her he had bought a ranch at Napa and
village residence. When she got
here she found Miss Crute living at the
same house. She threatened to leave at
| once, but he refused tOpermit her to take
the children, and for this reason, she
alleges, she remained. In her COM
plant she alleges that Illicit relations
were maintained between Miss Cute
and Corlile, and declares that she fin
ally fed from her home with her chill
dren, taking refuge with a neighbOr.
In January last, a few days before Mrs,
Garlic left him, the husband decided
all the property he had bought in Napa
to Miss Crute, as it was purchased with
her money. Garlic, in his answer to
| the complaint. denies any improper
relations with Miss Crute, and tells
AN ASTONISHING STORY
of his family life. He says that his
| wife was the cause of all the trouble,
and that she first induced him to obtain
| power of attorney from his ward and
| then to keep her in his house. The
| Journey to California was made at her
| instigation in order to keep Sally from
| falling into the hands of her mother.
| She also urged him to shoot
Editor Mumford to vindicate her
honor. Soon after Miss Crute's
mother tried again to get the girl to live
with her, but Mrs. Garlic persuaded her
| to stay with Garlic. Garlic produced
an agreement entered into by himself
and wife in May, 1887, in which they
| agreed to separate, and she was TO get
| Miss Crute and thus secure her
property. This agreement was drawn
up to explain their act to their children,
| for whose sake it was made,
and both Garlic and his wife
! pledged themselves in this agreement
| to help each other i'll case OF sickness.
Carlile further charges that his wife
knew he was living in Nara with Miss
Crute, and that she made no trouble
when she arrived and found his ward in
his house. He claims that there would
have been no trouble had he not
fallen sick last December and in
fear of death and exposure Of
his misuse of Miss Crute's estate
| decided the property to her. This an
| gered the wife and led to the exposure.
| Carlisle'S answer is reinforced by many
| letters which prove its substantial accu-
| racy These letters are remarkable
documents, filed with mixture of
love, religion and money. Miss Crute
| suhstantiates her guardians story,
! and declares that she is satisfied
| with his care of her estate, and
| does not believe in any of Mrs. Car
| isles charges. She is a young brunette
| of about twenty-three, with no special
| claims to good looks. Garlic himself is
much broken in health. The family
held fine social position in Napa. Car
| lille has attempted to compromise his
wife's suit by offering her property in
Kansas City, which was recently Or
| dered transferred to Miss Crute to sat
| iSfy Judgment for 5000. 1t is prebail
| BILE that compromise will be effected.
| GREENWAY HAPPY.