Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-03
REAR ADMIRAL SUICIDES.
c. c. Carpenter tRellredl Shoots Himself
Through the Head IN Boston.
Had Bccn nm Inmate Of the Adams
Ncrsinc Hospital for the Past
six weeks.

Boston. Mass. April a.-Iscar Admiral
c. G. Carpenter trctlrcd) committed
suicide yesterday In a Hanitarium In
this city. Admiral Carpenter was called
from the retired list TO active duty In
charge Of the navy yard at Ports
mouth. n. H., during the war. while
Commodore Rcmcy was on duty at Key
West Admiral Carpenter hHd bril-
liant record
For the past six weeks the admiral
was an inmate OF the Adams Ncrylnc
asylum In the Jamaica PLAIN district
ana at the earnest request of his family
details have boon withheld from the
public. lie shot himfclf In tho head.
For number of years previous 10
his retirement Admiral Carpenter auf-
fcrcd from nervous disorders and soon
after being released from service. went
under medical trcttcmnt lie had APP
pafcntly recovered. but six weeks ago
there came relapse and no WIS again
placed In an asylum. Again ne seemed
TO Improve aud tho family had hope
that he woul be himself again.
Charles e, Carpenter was born In
Greenfield, Mass. In 1884. lie was mp
pointed midahlpmnn from that State In
1850 and was attached to the ploop
Portsmouth " the Pacific squadron.
from 1851 TO 1855. lie wAn In the naval
academy from 1855 10 1856. was appoints
cd To- midHhlpman In the latter year.
Later he served on the steam frisatcs
Mcrrimac. Roanoke. Colorado and Doll
phin. lie was mgdc u lieutenant In 1868
aud attached TO the steamer Mohawk.
which captured the SLAYER Wildne OF
the coast OF Cuba. with 900 slaves on
board. Carpenter was transferred In
IA. al ~ Ha Ia
Atlantic squadron, and was soon pro-
NOTED to utcnant-command"r.
He next saw service ON tho monitor
catnkiii % the South Atlantic biuckad-
INK ncct. and was ON board during
the operations and attncke upon the
d"fenncr of Charleston In 1863. After
the close " the war he went 10 the
ASiaiic station with tho aloop Hart
ford.
Ills first comand was the steamer
Wyoming. on the same squadron nerv-
ing ON her for ono year. then return
he was stationed at the Portsmouth
navy yard, during which time he was
commander. Goa duty hlternntcd with
duty at Portsmouth for ten years fol-
lowing.
In iSs3 he was commander OF the
Hartford. which carried the English
and American eclipse expedition % 1855.
From isSs to 1890 he commanded the
ship Wabash at the Charleston navy
yard. finally being transferred to Ports
mnuth as captain OF the yard. and
later NJ commander. lie received his
commission as commodore In 1898 isld
aa rcar-admird n year later.
AH commander OF the Asintic squad
ron IN 1894 ho Ww many ~ the naval
movements of the chino..iapancre war.
Under his orders was fired the first and
only shot By an American man-of-war
at "a Chinese ship. thereby enforcing
demands Of this government and AVERT
ing the impending breach OF relations
between the United States and China.
His action was commended by our
government
Admiral Carpenter was retired In 1896
but during the Spanish war WIS re-
called 10 act aA commandant OF the
Portsmouth navy yard In place OF COM
modorc lirincy.
Admiral Carpenter leaves widow
and family, one son being assistant
surgeon In the navy. -. ~. Carpenter.
Another son Ia with the crnmp Ship
building company. and a third lives
with Mrs. Carpenter ana her two
daughters Mt Portsmouth.