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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-07-28
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frankneSS itself on some points, he had
drawn mental circle about others
and his answers never overstepped the
lien-but through it all there was the
laughing triumphant declaration
you will see | will go free. There
will never be charge made to stand
up against me. l am willing to go to
jail and have everything sifted thor
oughly. At the proper time l will tell
everything"
Carlton has at the present time three
definite charges against him. The first
is the accusation of II. B. J. Schaub,
machinist on the submarine Porpoise,
that Carlton took from him the sum
of $500 on a pretext that the money
would be used in specializing in tax
sales. On that he stands indicted.
The second charge for which he is
under indictment in Manhattan is the
accusation of DR.. G.. A. Goldsmith, of
Stamford, Conn.,, who has sworn that
Carlton drugged him with a cup of tea
and robbed him of $500 at the st. Clair
hotel, Park Row, in January, 1900.
The third, for which he is accused
jointly with Mrs. Eleanor Van Deven-
ter, with whom he lived, is having in
his possession improper photographs of
women.
At present DR.. Charles P. O'Connor,
pathologist of the health department,
is conducting a chemical analysis of
the stomach and organs of Mary Cor
man Carlton, his wife, who died in
March of this year, supposedly from
tetanus, for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether the woman died from poi
son.
The authorities at Washington stand
ready, it is reported, to exhume the
body of Jennie Smyth Carlton, wife,
who died in June, 1904, from tetanus,
it was supposed, for the purpose of dis
covering if she died from the effects
of poison.
Suspect Tetanus incubation.
In both of these cases the authori-
ties are proceeding on Inc assumption
that in applying modern scientific
methods to murder, the man may have
actually inoculated the women with
the germs of tetanus. They have the
testimony of two persons already in
their possession that Carlton not only
often spoke of germs, but apparently
had cultures OF them in his apartments.
A motive for the murder easily proven,
the police declare, would be found in
the insurance he collected on the death
of both wives.
Photographs of Carlton have been
identified by Mrs. John e. McCandless,
living in small town in Nebraska,
who declares that they were married in
1890, after which she was despoiled of
her savings and deserted.
Mrs. Fred Carlton, of Yankton, S. D.,
has written to the police that she rec
ognizes Cartoons portrait as that of
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and who later gained temporary FREQ
dom through the kind Offices of a
bondsman, calls on him every day and
they exchange most endearing conf.
denceS.
''I'll marry her when l get out"
says Carlton. 'Shes the best friend I
have in the world"
Il love Fred devotedly and wouldn't
marry anyone else if l had to wait
years and years for him." AYERS Mrs.
Vandeventer.
And as to this, Inspector Cross says
he has occasion TO believe that the low
ing couple are already married.
"a Funny Mix-Up."
"He tried to insure her life, for 81, 00G
and they both swore they were mar
ried,'' says the inspector. "And her
own brother-in-law told the insurance
company, for which he was the agent,
that they were married. Now, that's
funny mix-up."
In his checkered career Carlton has
posed as a physician, chemist, expert
photographer, priest, Presbyterian min
lister, expert chef and owner of Bra
lillian coffee plantation. He has boast
ed of his keen knowledge Is medicine,
and has said he know how to cultivate
enough germs to supply the borough of
Brooklyn for the rest of its natural
life
Carlton has maintained a marvellous
bravado since his arrest. 1t is a char
acteristic that is one of his strongest
points. Nothing seems to nettle him,
and he affects a good humor at all
times that, with a man under such in
tense cross-ire, is hard to understand
Lack of nerve has never for moment
led him to false step since his ar
rest. Confronted at Raymond street
woman whom he caught in his spidery
web under promise of marriage, only
to forsake her for another, he gazed
coldly at her.
"For Gods sake, don't say you don't
know me-" implored the heartbroken
woman, whose life had been the tor
ment of thousand bells since. he left
her.
81 never saw you," declared Carlton,
his eyes dropping to escape her tears.
She tainted, and on being revived her
agonizing screams sent chills 10 tie
hearts of the callous prison guards.
Carlton gazed upon the creature be.
fore him unmoved.
Erred, love you. | don't want to
prosecute you."
Take her away. She's crazy" COM
manded Carlton.
And the woman in CONFUSION CT
Mysteries, was taken to hospital.
This is the real nature of the man
whom the Brooklyn police term 9
'RlIeheard."
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pictures. These pictures are now in
the possession of the police, and the
statement of one Marie Brossman is to
the effect that Carlton at one time
threatened to transpose a negative of
her head to the body of another wom-
an. She has told the police that he
limited thai by that means he had been
able to accomplish much
Inquiry from Chicago.
In addition to this there is the in
quiry of the Chicago police, asking for
more particulars about Carlton, de-
claring that Carl Horton, who ran a
matrimonial bureau at No. 155 Wash
ington street, that city, several years
ago, resembled Cartons published pic
lures. That man was arrested, but was
acquitted and left town.
1t will be seen easily that except for
the three crimes on which he now
stands charged and the one which
Awaits the outcome of the chemit's
analysis the testimony is not yet con-
ciusive. The police have not yet gath
cred together all the strands of evil
the cup of tea is found. ST. Louis has
sent word that Carlton is the young
McCandless, of Polk county; who en-
listed in the United States army at an
early age, deserted and served two
years Imprisonment in Fort Leaven-
worth, the military prison 1t is there,
it is asserted, that he learned to cook
1t is there, it is thought, he learned
to brew a cup of tea by pouring hot
water upon the tea leaves, upon which
lay a slice of lemon. That is a COM
mon enough way nowadays in cities
and abroad, but it is not the way they
make tea in the country districts,
where :..le old-fashioned boiling or
sleeping is still used 1t was strange
enough to have Helen Murray remem-
Der it of John E. Candless; for Jennie
Andrews, of South Dakota, to use that
as one of her means of Identification,
and for Lucia Mitchell, Mrs. Kettering,
Rose Cerier. Mrs. Kingrey, the Peter
son girl, the parents of Jennie Smyth
Carlton, and the mother and brother
of Mary German, as well as the Mrs
Hattie Schultz and her bandmaster
husband in Sands street, Brooklyn,
where Carlton boarded, all of them re-
fer to it.
Schaub, who has accused him of
grand larceny, alleges that he was Of
fered tea to drink. DR.. Goldsmith has
sworn that the drug which De Martinez
administered to him to produce uncon-
seriousness was in cup of tea The
McCandless of the army and the Carl
ton of the navy brewed the tea
The foregoing is the arraignment by
the police. There is something to be
said for the man around whom SO pow
erfll a net is closing. Carlton himself
nan talk for himself and talk uniatlv
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-25
Ladies' Relay Race.

Hamline.-One of the exciting
events of the Minnesota state fair
this year will be the ladies' relay
race, which will go on during the en-
tire week-four miles day for six
days. Each rider will use four horses
a day, changing at the end of each
mile in front of the grand stand.
Fleet horses and skilled riders from
Montana and other western states
have been entered The fair is held
during the entire week, Sept. 40: Half
rates have been made by the rail
roads.
Dan Patch, the fastest harness
horse in the world, is to go against
his worlds record of 1856 on Mon
day, opening day, only.
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News Notes.

Hastings-The second annual street
fair and carnival will be held Sept 81
to 80
South st. Paul-Jason Wilson, a
section crew, committed suicide by
cutting his throat.
Minneapolis-The graves in the Old
ST. Anthong cemetery one the east
side are being picked over and over
these days by chi clsens.
Minneapolis-The labor market has
been swept clean of able bodied, de-
sirable men, and there is an enormous
demand at present for laborers of any
description.
Mankato-The Duluth, st. Cloud,
Glencoe and Mankato railway seems
assured, at least so far as the portion
of it between Albert Lea and Manka-
to is concerned, distance of ffty-four
miles.
st. Paul-The week ending Saturday
Aug. 12, was banner work for the
public baths. There were more than
40, 900 bathers during the week, the
income amounted to 81, 12L IA and
there were no accidents.
Erhard A boy named Herman
Schultz, was arrested at Breckenridge
on the charge of raising bills, and has
been bound over to the grand jury,
bail being fixed at $500.
Owatonna At the conclusion Of
Miss Wilder Johnson's trial for poison
ing in the municipal court Judge New
salt bound the defendant over to the
grand jury on ST. 900 bail.
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intelligently and logically; that f.
where there does not intervene a date
or a place or a name he desires at this
time to withhold.
A Dangerous Man.
"He is a dangerous man to have
loose" is the way Inspector Cross puts
it. "How many woman have fallen a
prey to his greed and viciousness It
would be hard to say. How he won the
love and confidence of these women is
beyond comprehension. He is a man
of low, petty practices, man of the
meanest type. He fascinated innocent
women and they were as toys in his
hands"
Miss Marie Breslin, upon whom Carl
ton tried a unique scheme of blackmail
by means of an obnoxious photograph.
fell under Cartons hypnotic eye.
"He asked me to marry him before
his second wife was dead" says this
pretty Brooklyn miss. 81 was her
bridesmaid, and l was shocked when
he spoke to me. l felt myself under
his terrible influence. / had hardly
the strength to refuse him, but, thank
God. I did. Then he told me he would
get me by foul means, and don't know
what might have happened if he had
not been arrested. l always hated him,
but his influence over woman was SO
strong that no one without desperate
effort could get away from him."
Cartoons feverish anxiety for fem
mime love has not deserted him since
his incarceration at the Brooklyn Jail.
Mrs. Vandeventer, who was herself
thrust into cell when Anthony Com
stock heard of her having posed for
photographs found in Carltac's trunk,
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news OF MINNESOTA.
MosQuftoes.

st. Paul.-Residents of Minnesota
need not worry over mosquitoes, ac-
cording to a communication received
from the United States bureau on pub
lie Vhealth received by DR.. Ell. M.
Brackeu, secretary of the Minnesota
board of health.
Mosquitoes are in Minnesota, ac-
cording to the Washington officials.
solely by the sufferance of the resi-
dents of the state. The householder
who is troubled with these pests needs
only to empty the tubs, buckets, cans,
Hover pots and vases about his house
once in forty-eight hours and see that
pools of stagnant water are filled up
or covered with coal oil
Mosquitoes breed only in water; If
the breeding places are destroyed,
there will be no mosquitoes" says
the Washington officials.
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Many Women Claim Him as
Their Welded Husband.
HELD ON MANY SERIOUS CHARGES
Suspected of Poisoning Two Wives by Unique
Methods to Collect Their Life Insurance
He Puzzles the Brooklyn
Police Force.

New York.-Gaboriau Poe or conan
Doyle might have thought of it for
their heroes, but never in the world
of real life before, it is safe to say
has a detective force found it's strong
est clew in the effort to prove man
one of the most remarkable criminals
Of the age, in the simple art of brew
ing cup of tea.
Yet to-day that may be called the
principal connecting link by which
they are hoping to obtain stronger
evidence to show that Frederick E.
Carlton, now a prisoner in Raymond
street Jail, Brooklyn, has been guilty
several times over of murder, repeated
grand larcenies, many bigamies, whole
sale blackmail and swindling of insur-
ance companies.
Their first cup of tea has been found
almost at the time one James E. Nc
Candlass, a farm boy, left his home
at Louisiana, Polk county, Mo-, in
the latter part of the eighties, and the
last sees Mary German Carlton dying
IS years later in a furnished room
house in Sands street, Brooklyn, from
tetanus. During those Is years they
have found tea brewed in half the
states of the union, in 20 of its great
cities, in the army and in the navy,
and always in the same way. The tea,
of course. is only the first step. The
second is the conformation, and that,
the police promise, will be for the liv-
ing.
Inspector Cross Puzzled.
Police Inspector Adam A. Cross.
known as one of the most intelligent
and best educated of the uniformed
force, borough inspector of Brooklyn,
after an hour and a half's searching
cross-eXamination of Carlton the other
day turned to the men waiting, and,
with smile that was not wholly that
of triumph, pointed at the retreaIlng
figure of Carlton departing between
two policemen, saying:
There goes, in my opinion, one of
the remarkable criminals of the age.
/ confess / cannot wholly make him
out. A very high degree of cunning,
a smattering of education along pecul-
lar lines and a criminal instinct
driven by an inordinate desire for
notoriety have combined to produce a
man who would stop at nothing, who
could cover his tracks we'll for years
and then when discovery did come sup
ply him with the effrontery to stand
undismayed before overwhelming evil
dence.
81 have just talked to him for an
hour and half. He declared to me
he would answer frankly, and yet
when questions were put to him that
he did not care to have asked he
would vail his frankness under re-
fusal or the plea that his counsel had
instructed him to keep silent. He
laughs at all charges except perhaps
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took al her money and jewelry,
amounting to about $4,000, and desert
ed her.
Bigamy Charge Likely.
Rose Cerier of st. Louis, has sent
word that she recognizes in Carlton
the Carl Marin who married her,
robbed her and deserted her in the
same year.
Mrs. Eta Kingrey, of Gordon, Ala,
is coming north to be satisfied that in
Carlton she will De able to identify
the Eduardo J. Martinez who married
her in 1898 in Alabama, took all her
savings and then deserted her. On
this identification the police believe
they will be able to base charge of
evidence to show that in one particular
case Carlton posed as De Martinez,
claiming to have been Spaniard spy
and to have inside knowledge of the
blowing up of the Maine.
Mile Peterson, of Jersey City, has
positively identified Carlton in Jail as
the man who made her his common
law wife and deserted her. She does
not say Carlton ever robbed her, but
she has sworn that he endeavored to
have her life insured.
The charges of swindling the insur-
ance companies, the police admit, are
wholly without anything substantial
on which to base suspicion at this time.
There have been inquiries for further
descriptions and identifcations from at
least five insurance companies and
guarded statements that there was
some suspicion that there might have
been fraud in that way.
The charge of blackmail rests on the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-25
Red Letter Day.

st. Paul Sept. 10, will DE
red letter day for Congregationists
of st. Paul, for on that day they will
entertain seventy of the most promi-
nent ministers of denomination, who
will stop over on the return from Seat
tie to the East. The ministers are the
commissioners of the American board
of foreign missions. They will come
on special train. arriving early in
the morning and departing late in the
evening of the same day.
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Drowned.

Duluth -Gray Holston, twenty-three
wears of age, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
d. E. Holston of this city was drowned
in Duluth barber. He was one OF a
sailboat and fell overheard during a
sudden squat, which required the at
tention of everyone on board to man
age the craft.
The young man could not swim,
and, weighed down with heavy cloth
ing, he was unable to save himself.
He came to the surface but once.
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the man she married soon after the
McCandless episode. She declares that
she was robbed and deserted.
Mrs. James Martinez, of Covington,
KY, is positive that Carlton and the
Martinez she married in the early nine
ties are one ana the same person.
Mrs. Lulu Kettering, of Rochester, n.
Y, now using her old name, was court
ed and wed in 1897 by one Eduardo de
Rodriguez, self-styled Brazilian plant
er. They came to New York city i'm
mediately after the wedding and Mrs.
Kettering swears she recognizes in
Carlton the man who few days later
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The Census.

ST. Paul-Almost two. million per-
sons were found in Minnesota by the
state census of 1905. The official
count is 1,975,S71.
Ramsey county's figure was so
much larger than expected that cal
culations were upset. Two weeks
ago the total was placed at approx
mately 1854, 200. That was before the
remarkable results of the dragnet
campaign in the capital city were
known or suspected.
Some of the northern counties just
reported also surpassed expectations.
The result is extremely gratifying to
Secretary of State Hanson and George
+. Wright, director of the census,
who have had the matter in charge.
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Rebel Money.

Minneapolis. "A man who is evident
ly is unaware of the fact that the war
of the Rebellion is thing of the past
has been busy for the last few days
passing confederate currency on unsus-
pecting Northeners. Two complaints
have already reached police headquar-
tiers and it is thought several more
will be received as the man is working
with reckless abandon and seems to be
determined to make the most of his OPP
nortunitieS
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one, that of having improper photo
graphs in his possession. He declares
he has an ample defense to every other
accusation, and yet he will not even
afford the police the slightest assist
ance in arriving at the truth of any
Of the charges against him. He says
he does not care how many come for
ward to accuse him, he knows that
at the proper time he will be able to
go free"
Laughingly Defiant.
1t was just as the inspector had
said. When Carlton met men-report-
ers from the newsDapers and others
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-25
Killed by Paris Green.

Owatonna man named Pishkey,
living in the outskirts of the city, pre-
pared some paris green and spread it
over his potato patch. Some of the
poison was blown into a pasture in
which were some cows belonging to
Edward Manthey. The cows ate free
ly of the grass and as a result several
them were made sick of which one
d;ad
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-06-16
MASONIC BALL AND BANQUET

The Masons of the camp did them
selves proud at their grand ball and
banquet last Thursday evening. The
way the affair was conducted by the
Goldfeld Masonic Club, one would
never suspect that it WAS the first at
fair of the kind that was held under
their direction. Miners Union hall
was tastefully decorated for the oc-
casion and dancing was commenced
promptly at 9 O'Clock. the grand
march being lead by Odds and Mrs.
W. George Hunter. The hall was
packed with Masons and their friends.
1t was the social event Of the year.
In addition to the dancing there was
Il whist contest which was followed by
an elaborate banquet. NJ. {. lsh was
the toast master and appropriate
toasts were responded to by a number
of members of the fraternity. The fol
lowing committees had charge of the
evenings entertainment:
Executive Committee. ). Thomp-
son, chairman; c. F. Bernard, G. g.
Noble, J. /. Kafus.
Reception Committee (ball room)
Max Meyer, chairman; II. C. Davis,
&. A. Sherron. l.. Horton, Mrs. M G.
Ish, Mrs. W. George Hunter, Mrs. l..
Horton, Mrs. DR.. Liggett.
Reception Committee [whist room)
W. George Hunter, j.. Dewitt, f. b.
Evans, II. b. Magill, Mrs. II. B. Ma
gill, Mrs. G. +. Bernard, Mrs. James
Fowler, Miss ~Daugherty.
Door Committee (ball Ioom)-S.
Thornton Langley. Whist ROOM. l..
Kalfus.
Ticket Seller. r. Bernard.
Floor Director-M. C.. Ish.
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l.lizing a good profit and viii continue
10 do 20. Stocks are all low yet 50
,iosc who failed to get in at the low
est figures a realize handsomely by
Iuying now.
1his firm has it's private wire be-
tween San Francisco Tonopah and
Goldfeld in working order and can ex.
ceute buying and selling orders with
IT,. greatest dispatch. Outsiders will
receive prompt attention to their or
ders by telegraphing in their orders
to us AZ either our Tonopah or Gold,
Geld office. or our Office in San Fran
cisco at No. 31S Pine street.
We quote subject to market fluctu,
g, ions.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-06-16
v~ailinp themselves of the beneficial

.availing themselves of he beneficial
privileges it offers. 1t Is a place
where our boys and girls may go and
lie benefited by going. 1t is the only
public place in our town hat IS open
to the bows and girls of the community.
Don't feel that You are contributing
to charity when you give to this cause.
Regard it as a public benefit to the
whole community. a guarantee is
hereby given that every penny whlch
NAV be realized from this entertain
ment shall and will be used to the
up~building of humanity. Give the
boys and girls a chance.
Admission-Adults Soc, children 25c.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-06-16
OLD BROWNS HOPE MINE.
Famous Old Producer at Ida to be
Reopened.

The Old Browns Hope mine, which
has produced "velvet' to the mount
of thTee-qarters of a million dollars
Turing the past t~hirty-fve years from
half a score of gopher holes, is ., be
converted into a model mine Ind
equipped with a fine hoist and CON
centrating plant, says the Ida Enter
prise. The property was purchased
several weeks ago by James L. Crit
tenden, T. w. Jones and associates of
San Francisco, and forms the basis of
the Brown Hope Mining company. 7.
w. Jones arrived Monday from San
Francisco, and will remain on the
ground and give the development of
the mine his personal attention. An
old shaft, so feet in depth, is being
cleaned out, and will be equipped with
a steam hoist and converted into a
working shaft with the least possible
delay.
The Browns Hope was one of the
first discoveries in Ida district, and
was a producer from the ~sagebrush
down. 1t was purchased in 1874 by
John B. Hiskee for 5000, and it is
related that within five days after the
mine was turned over to him, Nj. His
kee had taken the purchase price from
the ground. The lowest diggings are
but 120 feet, and the old workings
contain a considerable tonnage of free
milling ores that were not considered
of sufficient value to work by the old,
crude concentrating process then in
vogue, but which can be made the
source of a handsome revenue through
the agency of a modern milling plant.