The Washington times., 1905-07-20
Police Credit Him With
Having Welded Six
Women.
FOUR ARE STILL ALIVE
Body of Mary German Shows
Trace of Drugs-Analy-
SIS Will Decide.

NEW YORK, July 20.-That Carlton
is a wholesale bigamist, having married
at least six women, four of whom ara
still living, Is the unqualified statement
made by the police today.
Cartons wives. according to the police.
came in the following order:
Number one, Helen Murray, whom
Carlton married under the name Of
John E. McCandless, in d Nebraska
town
isumber two. Lulu Kittering. of Cow
ington. KY.
Number three. Edith Bird. living in g
town in Ohio.
Number four. Mildred Peterson. whom
he married under the name Of Martinez
and who has been referred to in con-
nection with the drugging of DR.. Gold
smith. in the ST. Clair Hotel in this city,
and with whom, the police say, he went
West and started matrimonial agency
then returned here.
Two Dead Women.
Number five, Jennie Smyth. of Brook
lyn. who died supposedly of tetanus.
which Carlton said she got by running
a needle in her foot.
Number six, Mary T. German. OF
Brooklyn, whose death was ascrIbed to
the same disease and whose body was
disinterred in Calvary Cemetery yester-
day. with view 10 determining whether
she mad been poisoned.
Under what name he married the sec
ond and third wives, the police are not
yet informed
Evidences of Drugs.
DR.. Charles P. O'Connor. tho Health
Departments chemist. began today his
analysis OF the organs removed from
the body OF Mrs. Mary German Carlton.
the second Of the wives Of Frederick Z.
Carlton. he is suspected 10 have poisoned
Il may be two weeks before DR.. O'con-
nor reports. Superficial examination al
ready made by him points TO significant
conclusions.
Whether or not there is poison in the
body. said DR. O'Connor, 4 am unable
to state positively at this time. But I
can say now that the condition OF the
vital organs IS unusual. IN a few days
shall know definitely whether il is
due TO poison
The muscles are extraordinarily
rigid. The blood is of very dark color.
Brains. lungs and heart are congested.
Such conditions are rare in bodies
that have been buried for four months.
They suggest poison, although they may
have no significance.
DR. Edward Carroll. the health de-
. parJment pdthOlogist, who disseeted the
body at the cemetery after the eXhuTl:t-
ton, agrees with DR.. O'COnnor that the
condition of the parts removed suggests
death by poison.
Disinterment of Body.
The disinterment was conducted under
the supervision of the Kings county
district attorney and was attended by
pathetic scenes. The grave in the new
section of Calvary Cemetery was opened
in the night and WAS guarded by three
detectives until the arrival of the doe
! tors and representatives of the district
attorney. 1t was screened by q tent.
| At l o'clock, the time set by the su-
/ preme court, the coffin was drawn from
/ the grave The body occupied part or
! a plot of the German family Of Bridge
street, Brooklyn. Near il rested the
mains of the girls mother, father.
/ grandmother. and sister-ln-iaw
! As the body was drawn from the
/ grave the detectives and others stand
ing about the mound uncovered their
! heads. Michael German. brother of the
/ woman, who has been working night
and day aiding the police. was present.
! deeply agitated.
The coffin was taken To q vault and
! opened. The body, in a remarkable
state of preservation, made the doctors
suspect ar once thar traces Of poison
Of preserVatiye nature. Such
! sJryChnine. might be found. The por-
tions desired for analysis were placed
/ in Jars. which We're sealed and taken
: away by DR.. 0'COnnor. His report viii
: be sent To District Attorney Clark. OF
: Brooklyn