Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-30
.UBER HAS RETURNED,
Was Engaged on Departmental
Business Of a Private Nature
| PEMBERTON WAS HIS DEPUTY
Denies EmphatiCaly The Authorship Of
The MarShal'S Letter.
GIVES A THEORY FOR 1T.
Has Bccn in n "Mix-Up," hut Cannot
| Discuss 1.-two Points of sjmiInri-
GIVES A THEORY FOR IT..
MIR. PemberfOn Explained.

Yelled hints OF expected trouble. fol-
lowed by an alarming statement that a
gentleman, who is a fairly well-known
resident of Richmond, had been muir
dered, huttered the peaceful dovecote of
more than one home in this city yes
terday..
The situation was complicated some
what by the similarity Of two hand
writings which led to the belief in some
quarters that the misgivlngs and the an
nouncement of the murder had been pen
ned by one and the same individual, for
reasons that were not apparent
Last night the supposed victim of foul
play turned up serene and smiling. with
a ready explanation for every doubt that
had been agitating the minds of his many
friends for the past twenty-four hours.
The gentleman who has filled such a
large place in the public Is DR.. Carlton
T.. Uber. who came to Richmond from
Washington about two months ago and
commenced practice as a veterinary sur
geon. He was formerly Chief Inspector
Of the United States Bureau of Animal
Industry, but resigned that position just
before he came to Richmond.
HE EXPECTED TROUBLE.
About a week ago DR.. Uber left for
Norfolk, giving out as the object Of his
visit that he was going TO stand an eX-
animation before the Veterinary Board.
To his friend, and roommate, Mr.. 7. j.
Garrett. who is one of the inspectors at
the William X. Trigg ship-yard, he init
mated. however, that for some reason he
expected trouble. The latter insisted upon
accompanying him, but DR. Uber slipped
away last Saturday night, and 1t was
not until Tuesday that Mr.. Garrett re-
ceived the following letter from him:
Norfolk. Va, June e. 1899.
'NIy Dear Garrett sent yOl note
from Occana yesterday. Have dirty JOB
with a dirty man tonight. and have some
misgiYings about IL. Hope you nave not
Worried about me. VIII explain II l ever
see Won again. If anything happens keep
cool until you hear from my People or
headquarters in Washington. look on
the inside of my black getaway coat IN
the closet and you will understand. Give
nv best regards TO all who have been
'0'' ''U CARLTON L. UBER.
Look out for me tomorrow night or
never. The stuff in my office viii pay my
hoard. bill but wait until the last OF the
week.
THE ROOT OF THE MYSTERY.
This letter was written from the At
Iantic Hotel. Norfolk. and on Wednesday
another letter was received announcing
that DR.. Uber had been killed, which
was also written from the same hosiery.
This letter reads
please report that the body OF DR..
Carlton f. uber was found near Lynn
haven last night. DR.. Uber was a United
States Inspector from 1l2 east FRANKLIN
street. Richmond. and at the time or ms
death was acting under orders OF the
United States Secret Service. A cub with
which the murder was committed was
found near the body. Washington Cd. -
NV. A. PEMBERTON,
DEPUTY United States Marshal
A STRIKING SIMILARITY.
There was striking similarity between
the two handwrtings, and Mr.. Garrett
did not hesitate to say that 1t appeared
as if DR.. Uber must have been the au-
thor Of both missives.
When DR.. Uber's coat was searched IN
accordance with his directions secret
service badge was found. which was
taken to establish his Identity as Sc
cret-service agent.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Garrett re-
ceived another letter from Dr. uoer' as
follows:
Dear Tom.-rm alive. thank God. Tell
Lizzie TO send my calls 10 II l"oEu'
10" WIZ "UBER."
Tho Lizzie referred to is the hired girl
who attends TO DR.. Uber's Office.
This last letter was written on one OF
Dr I'ber's visiting cards, and was mall
ed at Oceana.
In the mean time, advices from Norfolk
had been received that no tragedy had
taken place on Lynn Haven Bay; that
". A. PembertOn was not deputy mar
shall and that Or. Uber had gone to VIZ
,sinia Beach 10 see his mother.
DIR. UBER's EXPLANATION,
Dr rber returned to Richmond on
hoard the Pocahontas last night. He was
seen in his rooms by Dispatch report
ar and while very reticent at first, de-
clarinq that his lips must remain closed
for the present. and processing TO be
careless Of public opinion, he gave Il
very plausible explanation Of ihe "mys-
terry
- rcfne absolutely the implication
tbat I wrote the letter signed w. A.
pcmberton." he said. II am not respon-
sihle for any similarity between hand
writings. and no one ought to make any
srch supposition as that contained In
certain newspapers ! can't go into par
,icrlors about the work ] had to do. L
oou,dn,t do that, even II chose: ii was
donartment work. and there can be no
thing TO say about II for the present
,ppoINrED PFMBERTON AS HIS
DEPUTY.
",fr w A. PembertOn was my deputy.
tro &c a resident of Princess Anne coun-
~ The question raised about his name
No, annearing on the books ut Norfolk
doasn't prove anything. What Is to pre-
vont an inspector from deputsing any
one?"
DR. Irber stated that he had appointed
Mr. pemberton as deputy. and That he
had hcen engaged in "a little mix-up"
"uv theory about Pembertons letter
10 " he continued. that those who were
engaged with me In the work. didn't
think ! was dead. but they thought II
would Simplify matters with the parties
under surveillance II they could induce
them 10 believe that | was out Of the
road"
His friend Garrett. he said. flew on
the handle when he heard the report or
his death, and they both recognized that