The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-07-18
CARLTON HAS BEEN A
MUCH MARRIED MAN
GAVE WIVES HYPoDERMIc INJEc.
TIoNs OF MORPHINE.
Believed to Have Been Married Six
or Seven Times "For Re-
venge Only"

New York, July 13.-Mrs. Happic
e. Schultz, the wife of a bandmaster
employed at the Brooklyn navy yard
OF l9S Sands street, Brooklyn, in an
afidavit made this afternoon to Cor.
oner Flaherty, lent additional inter.
est to the case of Frederick e. Carl.
ton, of 116 Schermerhorn street, that
borough, the report of the deaths of
two of whose wives from tetanus has
led to talk of the exhumation of their
bodies. Coroner Flaherty spent prac
tically all day in taking affidavits in
the case
Among other things, Mrs. Schultz
swore that Carlton had given his
first wife full tablet of morphine by
hypodermic injection on the night be-
lore she went to the Long Island Col.
lege hospital" and that the muscres
in the womans back and shoulders
began to stiffen two months after
her marriage to Carlton.
Before Mrs. Schutlzs affidavit was
made John S. Bennett, counsel for
Carlton, went before Magistrate Doc.
ley, in the Ada rs street police court,
and declared that the $4,000 bail. OF
which his client is being held on
grand larceny charge was prohibitive
and pleaded that it be reduced to ST.
500. The motion was denied and he
remains in Jail.
In her affidavit Mrs. Schultz says
in part:
Il have known Carlton for three
years aud on July 2, 1904, introduced
him to Miss German, shortly after the
death of his wife. Carlton wanted
TO marry her right off, but we re.
minded him of the recent death of his
wife, and asked how he could think
OF marrying so soon again. He said
he did not love his first wife, any.
how, and that ne had married her to
give her home, out of pity.
Carlton married Miss German on
August IA, 1904 She was frequen.
visitor at my home afterward. She
began to fail. The muscles of her
back and neck began to stiffen after
Two months. In December she showed
me small scar, about the size of a
quarter on her arm. Though DR.. Sal
mon prescribed strong tonic for her
her husband refused to allow her to
take it. DR.. De Lorenz saw her after
that and opened the wound and dress.
ed it.
Just before his wife was sent to
the Long Island College hospital, Gail.
ton gave her hypodermic injection
Of morphine, containing about tab
letful Of the drug
Il frequently saw Carlton mixing
drugs. All of this either knew of my
own pnokledge or was told by Mrs.
Carlton, the first wife"
Coroner Flaherty sent for Mrs. Cor.
man, mother of Cartons second wife.
shortly after six o'clock tonight, and. |
after she reached his Office was closet: |
ed with her for almost an hour.
Learning that John D. Schwab, the |
against Carlton on the
arceny charge, knew something about
he latter's antecedents, Coroner Flah
'ety sent for him and took his sWorr,
Schwab, in his affidavit, said he had
Known Carlton since November last
md that the latter lived with him I'M
ii March 1G, 1905, at 1913 Sands
treet. lie said: Carlton always
lvoided giving any information about
lis first wife, and on one occasion |
approached him regarding the cause
Il her death. My inquiry referred 10
What was said in the newspapers re-
'arding her death. oh, they cannot
rove anything Carlton replied"
On another occasion, Schwab testi-
led. Carlton declared he had beer
larried six or seven times. AS he
1as student of medicine he was in
he habit of experimenting great
eal with drugs. He had a medicine
hest and knew great deal about
isease germs.
The police are working on the the
ry that Carlton is a second Hoch
Tho married for revenge only" an,
'ho killed his wives after securing
ossession of their property.
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