Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-31
A MOST MYSTERIOUS MURDER
Strange Fate of Miss Olive
Carlton of Detroit.
WAS ON HER WAY To CHICAGO
Murdered and Her Baggage
Taken Away.
No Clue to the Crime or to the Persons who
Procured Her Baggage from the Railroad
station in Chicago-A Crime that Prom
lies to Prove Celebrated Case.

Chicago, H., Oct. 25.-News has
reached Chicago of the murder, in or
near Detroit, Of Miss Olive Carlton, a
sister-in-law of Edwin #. Holmes, who
has a residence in this city. Mr..
Holmes is wealthy lumberman en-
gaded in business at Osceola, Mich,
whbre he makes his home most Of the
time. His daughters, however, live in
the residence in this city which for
mefly was presided over by their aunt,
tho murdered woman.
Miss Carlton was murdered Septem-
BET 28th, but the mystery attending
her disappearance, which her brother
inllaw had been investigating for the
last three weeks, has just been cleared
MP, only to bring forward new mys-
terry as to who her Gurderers were.
The robbery Of about 5000 in money
and gold watch which she carried,
furnished the motive.
The victim OF the, murder and rob.
berry left ST. Clair, Mich, for Chicago
on the afternoon of September 2Sti.
At Detroit, Miss Carlton was Obliged
TO have her baggage transferred and
rechecked, and to purchase ticket
for the remainder Of her journey to
Chicago. This necessitated her going
from the Brush street depot 10 the
| Michigan Central station in Detroit.
After visiting the latter place all
trace of her movements is lost.
That she reached the Michigan Cen
trial station in safety is, certain, from
the fact that her baggage came through
to Chicago, but where that baggage is
now is the most mysterious part of
what promises to be a remarkable case,
| fInl Il . -
learning of the disposition that was
made of it after its arrival in this city
might lead 10 the apprehension of
| the assassins.
With boldness that stamps them as
of the most daring type, thoy or the
one, il no more were concerned to all
appearances followed the baggage TO
Chicago after having made away with
its owner. AT any rate some one in
Chicago took possession of it by means
of checks taken IRON the pocketboolS
of the murdered woman. This is tho
only valuable clew thus far discovered
by which TO follow up the mystery.
Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. &c. Regarding
the mysterious disappearance of Miss
Olive Carleton, a local paper to-day
prints the following:
Olive Carleton, spinster OF means and
culture, sister in law of Capt Z. f.
Holmes of this city and sister of
Horace Carleton of ST. Clair, Mich,
was murdered on the evening of Sep
TENDER "a, in Detroit, Mich, within a
short distance Of the Michigan Central
depot at Third street and the Detroit
river. Her body was taken from the
Detroit River, September Both, at Am
herstburg, the Lime Kiln crossing,
Canadian side, badly mangled,
Although the body was richly clad,
and there was every evidence Of vio-
lence having been done, coroner's jury
returned verdict that the identity OF
the dead woman was unknown and that
she had met her death by accidental
Idrownipg. Later it was thought she
had committed suicide.
A local detective agency of this city
made it seem more than probable that
Miss Carleton died victim of the or
ganized body of train thieves, conf
dence men and murderers, whose opera
tious between Detroit and Chicago hav'
already resulted in the murder of one de
tective of the Grand Trunk RaiIroi
Co. and the plundering of innumera|
people.
All the evidence in the possession Of
the detectives indicate that the woman
was murdered. Her skull was fractured
and her left eye gouged out. The
officers are inclined to believe the
woman's wealth was known to some
one, and that she was decoyed from the
hotel in an attempt TO protect her prop
erty and yaluables, and then murdered.