Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-18
THE CARLTON CASE.
Coroner Looks Up Insurance on Pris-
oner's Wives--Startling Testimony.

The inquiry which is being pursued by
Coroner Fiaherty of Brooklyn into the
circumstances OF the death of Mary Cor
man Carlton. the second wife of Frederick
f. Carlton. took new turn last night,
when. after examining number Of REQ
pie as to the general phases of the case
in his office in the Borough Hail. the
coroner slipped away to his home down
in Parkville to keep appointment with
detectives who were to bring to him
man whom he expected would give impor-
tant testimony as to the insurance said to
havs been collected by Carlton on the lives
of mis- wives.
The coroner waited up until a late hour,
and was in communication at inter-
walls with the detectives over the tele-
phone. but they apparently experienced
difficulty in finding the witness, and did
not appear with him. He will probably be
brought before the coroner this morning
III was learned that the witness who
Is sought has figured in some way in the
placing of the insurance on the lives of
the women, was very familiar with Carl
ton and familiar with the circumsta nC es
under which the rolicies were written.
A private hearing, which took place In
Coroner Fiahertys chambers in the Bor-
ough Hall. and lasted until the late after
noon. yesterday developed the fact that
another charge would probably be brought
against Carlton If he escaped the larceny
charge now pending against him. The
new charge is the result of the testimony
of Marie Breslin. who was friend of
Mrs. Carlton. who lives at $50 Wyckoff
street, Brooklyn.
The coroner said that Miss Bresln rad
testified that some time before the death
of mis- wife Carlton had. in Letter to her,
proposed that they eioDe. A second let
ter was received by Miss Breslin after the
death of Mrs. Carlton In which he re-
peated the Droposition.
While Mrs. Carlton was i'll Miss Bresl n
Ct haF Shn tnl hot
on one occasion she saw Carlton place
a handkerchief saturated with chloroform
before his wife's face.
DR.. H. B. Delatour. visiting physician in
the Long Island College Hospital, tes-
titled that he was positive that MIS-. Carl
tons death was caused by tetanus. He
has got a complete history of the case.
DR.. NJ. +. De Lorme. the first physician
TO attend Mrs. Carlton. said that when
he first visited her Carlton himself eX-
pressed the belief that she was suffering
from tetanus. This he said. was peculiar,
the woman did not die until six weeks
afterward The first symptoms of tetanus
according to Dr. De Lorme, are shown
within twelve days of death.
There were two or three other witnesses
Coroner Flaherty said that he would con-
tinue the hearings until he had exhausted
every means of Information.
Permission to exhume the body OF Mrs.
Carlton, who is buried in Calvary GEM
etery, was granted by Justice SewelI in
the supreme court yesterday afternoon on
the application of District Attorney Clarke
An autopsy will be made today by Dr.
O'Connor.
This morning Carlton was arraigned
before Magistrate Tighe in the Adams
street court on the charge of having de-
frauded II. J. B. Schau5 of SIO0 1t Is
likely that the hearing in this case will be
adjourned pending the Investigations now
conducted by the coroner and the district
attorney.
A love letter, supposed to have been
written by a woman with whom Carlton
lived, is In the possession of Inspector
Cross In this letter the woman pleads
with Carlton to write to her, and says
that If he does not ne may have a chance
TO collect the insurance her life. She
speaks of sore on her arm.