The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-08
CARLTON
UNDER
ARREST
Philadelphia Detective Charges
Him With Crooked Dealing
in the Quaker City.

An important arrest was made i'm the
Banigan building this noon. The ar
rest was made by Captain Parker, of
the detective bureau. at the request OF
Detective Frank p. Geyer, OF the Phil
adelph.a detective force, who came here
IN search of his prisoner this morning.
The person apprehended was Charles
II. Carlton, manager Of the Providence
Trading Co. whose Office has for several
months been in room $50 OF The Banl-
gan building. and whose residence has
been at IL Babcock street.
According to Detective Geyer's story,
the chase for Carlton has been a long
and perpleXing one and he feels very
much elated at the successful termina-
tIon of the hunt.
Detective Geyer says that the identl-
fication of Carlton is complete. and that
ne was able TO fully establish II through
a young man named Charles Rum, who
was formerly i'm Cartons employ.
Detective Geyer's narrative is as fol-
lows. la 1891 Carlton, under the name
of G. II. Madison, opened an Office in
rooms $40 and 5ll OF the O,ad Fellows
building, i'm Philadelphia and began 10
advertise extensively as purchaser
and seller OF real estate and stores, and
also for partners supplsd with ready
cash He aid a large business. Among
those who answered Z. Madison ad-
Vertisement was Absolom FretZ VINO
kept a grocery store at l4lO MOTIFS
street. Madison agreed 10 pay $4,000 Tor
the stock and fixtures and gave Fretz
a promlsory nofe for that amount which
he secured by deposlting with FreIZ
several deeds for suburban lots. Inc
next day the detective says some men
came over from New York and skinned
the store. even taking away the horse
and delivery wagon. subsequently the
deeds were found 20 be Nalueless aPd
Geyer went 10 New York and recovered
the property.
About the same time that Fretz met
Madison. a man named w. MtAs OF
Dunmore. Pa. called upon Madison
and deposited $1,000 as special part
ner. on a guarantee OF 500 pront per
week and security in the form Of a
bunch OF deeds.
The next day Orlando WiIliams-who
was last month sent TO prison for three
years for a similar fraud-came into
the office and pretending not 10 know
Madison, except casually r+%0tiated
for a loan OF $1,000, one-haf or which
sum was contributed by Mills. on VIII
liams allegation that he owned large
tract Of and in the west. and had IT,
600 boxes OF cigars at his local factory
The place became SO hot after thaS
that Madison skipped out, the detee-
tive says. He was next located In New
York. but Jumped that place 70 avoic
arrest, and then came here and opened
up for business under the name o.
Carlton.
Since he has. been here there have
been several complaints lodged at the
city hall relative 10 his metheaS %
doing business, according TO the po-
lice. one man, 81 is alleged, lost $500.
one $500 and a third 5000. A cigar stock
was also juggled; but Carlton kept
within the law of the land. When
Detective Geyer called at the city hall
and described the man he wanted, Capt.
Parker knew where TO 60 10 find him,
and Detective Geyer's Ions hun: was
over.
This afternoon Carlton was arraigned
before Judge Sweetland on the charge
of being a fugitive from justice. He
pleaded not guilty. and was held in
$500 for trial on the 23d inst Mr.. Pat
rick Baxter became his bondsman. and
| Gen, John NJ. Brennan appeared as his
attorney