Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-10
FOUND A WOMAN IN THE CASE
Developments of the Coroners Jury in the
Gotham Killing
STORY OF CARTOONS A LITTLE MIXED
Both Were Interested in tho Same Young
Woman-rhcir Domestic Afrairs Juas
Little Confused - Story
OF the Crime.
TORY OF CARTOONS A LITTLE MIXED
There's a woman in the case.

Ihere's woman in the case.
Yesterday morning TUE BEE printed q dis,
patch from Fremont, giving the particulars
so iar as then known, of the killing of Au
gust Gotham by Charles Carlton. Only from
what Carlton told the sheriff of Dodge
county ON giving himself up was anything
known OF the crime, oven the identity of tho
murdered man being covered py three ad-
dresses found and the general statement
that lie was tramp. From what was de-
velopcd yesterday 1t is safe to assume that
the tragedy was about the last In little do.
nestle affair that will be all cleared up be-
fore the end of the trial
August Gotham recently came to South
Omaha from Norfolk, his family coming
with him, and the household goods were
established at j aud Twenty third streets.
Now, Gotham was about IL years of age and
had four children, the oldest a boy OF 10 tho
youngest boy of l. His wife had been
dead some time when he met at Norfolk q
young woman, or rather a girl of 49, Feeling
the need of wife he made matrimonial
ovorturcs to the maiden, and they accord
iugly went over to Iowa last November and
were married. When the Gotham family
left the Norfolk home for South Omaha tho
young stepmothcr started with the Others
but somewhere near Fremont she dsap-
peared, and from that time till his death
Gotham saw no more of her.
Hunting n Span OF Mules.
Last week n span of mules belonging to
Gotham strayed, and on Wednesday he
started i'll search of them. Quite naturally
he concluded they had headed for Norfolk,
and so he started in that direction Before
leaving he gave to his son, Louis, SlS5 and
left him i'll charge of the family. With him
the dead man took some $50, most of which
sum was found on his person after his
death.
The next heard from Gotham was the re-
port from Fremont of his death. At tho
corOncrs inquest yesterday it came out that
he had found his missing wife. On reaching
Omaha from Norfolk, Emile the oldest of
Gotham's sons, disappeared, and it was sus-
pected that he had returned to Fremont and
joined his stCpmothcr This suspicion is now
removed from the young man. According to
to the testimony of Mrs. Gotham, she was
married last week at Tildcn, Neb,, to Charles
Carlton, who is now charged with killing her
lawful husband just how Gotham made
the discovery will probably never be known.
1t is known that he met the man who
killed hlm, and after short conversation
with him was shot
Facts From Fremont.
So far as facts concerning the deed are
cOncernc$this dispatch from Fremont gives
about ali that have yet been brought out:
FREMONT Mob, June 9.-ISpcclal Tele-
gram to THE BEE. The court room was
densely packed with men this afternoon 20
learn more of the particulars of the shooting
yesterday. The evidence showed that
Charley Carlton, while coming to the city
yesterday with IA team, met August Goth
an ana after few words conversation
passed him, and taking another road re-
turned home and sent his wife and father
away from home before Gotham arrived.
After killing Gotham he told several
ncighborS what nc had done and came to the
city and told the sheriff he had shot tramp
and was locked up.
Mrs. Charles Carlton, is years of age,
testified to being married TO Charley one
week ago last Monday. She saw the dead
man and knew him TO be August Gotham.
Continuing, she said Il came from Til
den, Neb., with three boys and one girl.
They were my stcp-chidrcn The dead man
was the father of the children"
She admitted to the sheriff this morning
that they were married in Iowa last Novcm-
ber a pOst-mOrtem examination found
three gun shot wounds in the head of
Gotham The jury adjourned until tomor-
row