The Washington times., 1905-07-16
MRS. VANDEVENTER.
CARL TONS F|ANCEE.
MAY BE ARRESTED
Police Silent Regarding
Evidence Against
Widow.
WOMAN WITH A HISTORY
Blew Up the Maine Is New
Story Regarding Sus-
pected Man.


NEW YORK, July 15-The investi-
cation of the career of Frederick E.
Carlton, Two Of whose wives are said
to have Gied under suspicious circum-
stances, took a new turn today.
Police inspector Cross took personal
/ charge of the investigation in Brook
lyn. He indicated that he expected i'm
portant developments in the case by to-
| morrow 1t the latest
He has been In close touch with the
affair since the first intimatfon that
there was something strange about the
deaths of the mans two wives. Now.
according TO a hint that the inspector
dropped today, there are persons COM
| ing forward who are willing to talk
about the man
Carlton, in the meanwhile, remains
| in jail unable to get bail. He seems
perfectly composed and unterrifed,
even if there is a storm Of immense
| proportions towering over his head
May Arrest Mrs. Vandeventer.
day, The case now is simply one of
suspicion. But within very few hours,
| I have learned something which may
I
say what this new point in the case is
There is a p,oba bility," he continued,
| that I may arrest Mrs Vandeventer,
Cartons sweetheart, before long. 1
have two Of my best men looking her
up
| But Cross would not say what he has
against her.
The police have been IN consultation
| since Friday with a man from PhD.s
deIphfa whose name is not given, anil
who claimed that he knew some #
| the history OF the companion of Carl
j ton. He intimated that she lived in
/ Philadelphia and that there were GER
ltain actions there that affected her not
a little.
So far as the police have been able
to find out, there is nothing in the
effects OF Carlton which they seized
which can prove Of Importance in the
case.
Many Photographs.
Carlton is an amateur photographer
There We're unfinished among his pos
sessions a number OF proofs OF pictures
of a woman. The prints were from the
negatives. and IT was clear Carlton
had photographed them himself
| Then there were scores Of frished
prints of other girls. respectable women
apparently. Each of the photographs
was labeled with the name of the sub
Ject. There was never such a collection
cf women outside. probably, of the office
of a dramatic agency
Then, Carlton had letters by the hun
dreds, many of them written by women
and In the names of women'S matri
rnonial agencies to which Carlton seem
ed to belong. and several wedding rings
| There was a small medicine chest Tn,
drugs were all ,lomely remedies If tht
labels meant anything-sun cholera mix
ture paresoric, headache powders. pills
toothache drops. and corn remedies.
/ a hypodermic syringe was found il
the trunks There was no evidence o
his being a dope fend. Indeed. the in
vestigation made by the police show
he was anything else but that
Pictures of Second Wife.
There were photographs of his frs
wife, taken in Forest Park and othe
, resorts where residents of the Twenty
sixth ward are wont TO roam.
There were also pictures of Mani
German. the second wife. who met wit
s the same fate as the first But ther
were comparatively few of these.
The other women whose pictures wer
| found in the trunks were of ali ages
apparently, and conditions. And the
lived, from the photographers names
A on them, in various parts OF the coun
= try.
The police were busy today making
! careful examination of the contents c
e one of the large trunks. Nothing of u
n discriminating character was foun
It there.
s The letters were examined with niue
n care They We're from relatives an
l. acquaintances-
There were a number OF cancele
e bank checks which were mainly mad
e by Carlton to his own order. or 10
# dealer i'll photographers supplies
: The fact that there was nothing OF
- nature that could be used against u
e man made the police doubly anxious
find out who had taken away the hanC
30 satchel II Carlton is the smooth artic
n that they believe him 10 be-if he is II
e ..Elue Beard that some of the neWSp;
Ie nars would have him-he would be niue
II TOO smart to leave any incriminatlr
le evidence about.
l. rhe,e is reason to believe toda
h though, that the police have some tang
IS bic clue TO work on. There was mari
d ed activity in police circles
Detective Sergeant Walden was wit
Police Inspector Cross for a long tin
this morning. Schaub the man vi
r claims that Carlton not only took
e 500. but tried TO poison him, was al:
lie there with his other self. Augu
e Osinger.
q Analysis Reveals Nothing.
,e There is little hope that the police WI
r. he able TO substantiate what is only
IS suspicion in the mind OF MI Schau
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