The Washington times., 1905-07-14
Possible Tragedy in Death in Washington.
Husband Held in New York on Suspicion
OF Numbering Another Wife.
TINY STEEL'S WOUND TRIVIAL.
YET FATAL IOCKJAW ENSUED
No Suspicion of Foul Play at Time---Phy-
sican Explained Case to Coroner Who
Signed Death Certificate.

The death of a wife in Washington
from lockjaw followed by the death of
a second wife in Brooklyn fr3s:i the same
cause T.,ay result seriously to Frederick
E. Carlton. graduate OF oxford. q
man IN a mysterious past, and for
some time commissary steward on the
Dolphin. while the bcAt was at the
navy yard here.
Coroner Flaherty, of Brooklyn, sus-
poets tnst a cat was inoculated with a
certain deadly virus that produces u
disease known among sailors as
''Farcy,' and that the virus of the sick
animal was injected into the blood OF
the second wife of Carlton She died
in me Long island College Hospital on
March u tetanus having resulted from
a mysterious injection Of her right arm
Died cf Tetanus.
Less than i year Defore-oE May 16,
1861 ,ar1ton's frs wife died here from
tetal1s The wound which caused the
trouble was made by a needle
Each of Cartons two wives were in
for s3, coo, and they died only a few
months apart.
To further add TO the suspicion of the
authorities it developed that he was
again engaged to a Mrs. Eleanor Van
dcrventer, who for the past three
months had lived with him at lie
Schemerhorn street, Brooklyn. where
Carlton was arrested on Tuesday
Visiting husband Here.
The first Mrs. Carlton. who was
Jennie Smyth If Brooklyn. died in
Washington in May, 1904, of lockjaw.
This Mrs. Carlton came to visit her
husband here in Washington several
weeks before her death.
Carlton was comrnissary steward n
board the Dolphin and was rooming at
800 D street, southeast. during the Dol
pfin's stay in Washington. He OBJ
ta:ned a leave of absence and sent for
his wife.
She proved a most attractive young
woman and was not long in making fast
friends with everyone in the house.
After she had been here a short time
she and her husband were in their room
and they decided to take a walk.
Mrs Carlton had been sewing She
wore a house gown and slippers. When
they decided to go out she dressed. In
putting on one OF her shoes a needle.
which had been inside the shoe, stuck
in her foot.
A Trif 1g Wound.
Mrs. Carlton laughed as her husband
extracted TIE needle, which, he is said
to have said later, only went under the
skin for the distance of about an eighth
of an inch Carlton and his wife then
went for walk.
Several days later Mrs Carlton COM
planned that her foot hurt a little Her
meals were sent to her room, but the
foot soon got better.
Just a week from the day the acci-
dent happened Mrs. Carlton became
severely III. DIR. John Hodges was call
ed in. He pronounced the case one of
| lockjaw-
! Carlton sent for Dr. Spear, then sur
geon at the Naval Hospital DR.. Spear
! operated on che foot Mrs. Carleon did
/ not get better. In another week she
/ WAS dead
| The mother and brother of Mrs. Carl
| ton arrived in Washington the day be-
! fore she died The remains were taken
TO Brooklyn aud buried
Just after ohe funeral Carlton return
! ed TO Washington. gathered his effects
together and went back TO Brooklyn.
| telling the people in the house that he
was going to leave the navy, and direct
ing that any mail or other matter which
came for him should be addressed to
! him at the home Of T. 3. Schaub. who
| is now the complainant against Carlton
Coroner Nnt SuSDICiOuS