The Washington times., 1905-07-20

Ing on. I can say that this man Carlton
Is a dangerous man. He has been cum
ming and shrewd. 1t looks now as though
he is at the end of his string
Goldsnith's Story.
Inspector Gross told Commissioner
McAdoo his latest suspicious against
Carlton. He also consulted with Dis
tTict Attorney Jerome. who had heard
the story OF Dr. Charles Goldsmith, of
Stamford. Conn, alleging that in 1900
Carlton. then travelling under the
names of Edward Martinez and J. L.
Cartier. robbed him at the ST. Glare
Hotel, 120 Park row. Goldsmith has left
the city. promising to return if needed.
Cross told Mr.. Jerome that he had suf-
fcient evidence TO keep Carlton In jail
without action on the Goldsmith epi-
sode
Detective Sergeant Walden made out
subpoenas for the attendance before
Coroner F1aherty of Mrs. Mary Breslin,
of Wyckof street, Brooklyn, who says
Carlton told his wife in her presence
that ne wished she would croak," and
of Mrs, Charles Bayne, of zoe Sands
street. who declares Mrs. Carlton told
her that Carlton refused to give her
medicine that had been prescribed for
her
Anxious to Find aillie.
The detectives are anxious TO find
Nillie Peterson, of Jersey City, who
declared in pitifuI letters to the St.
Glare Hotel that Carlton after marry
ing her In 1909 ran away with her money.
The woman did not give her address in
the letters, but had replies sent TO Gen
eral Delivery, Jersey City The Jersey
City police have been asked to locate
her.
The New York police believe this wo-
man knows about Cartoons exploits
prior 10 his appearance in New York
In 1900. A photograph with the initial
m. in one corner is among the hun
dreds found in Cartons trunks. and
this is being used In the effort to find
the mysterious Mile
1t is suspected that this woman is the
one who conducted matrimonial
agency in Cincinnati six years ago with
Carlton, under the name of Msthven.
No trace of the woman who was with
him at that time and was known as his
vile has been found.
From Cincinnati comes a history OF
carton s career. II IS said his right
name IS James E. McCandlas. and that
he was born in Louisiana. Polk county,
Nc. April 23 1868.
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the hrst on record being In August, 1888,
when he was arrested On suspicion and
sentenced to jail at Clayton. No He
was then mixed up in a mysterious
robbery in railroad yards
On October /, 1888, he got a thirty-d
sentence at St. Louis for lettering On
being released he enlisted in Company
u, Sixth United States Infantry. al st,
Louis, as J. z. McCandIess, and said he
vas civil engineer. Later at Fort
Riley, Kan. he deserted and was caught
at Columbus, Ohio, on March %, 1891,
and dfshonorably discharged from the
army. a TWO years sentence was also
imposed and he served this term at
Fort LeavenWorth jail.
Influence Over Wcmen.
on his release he went back to ST.
Louis and met g respectable young
woman, named Rose CorcIe, who had
some money. She fell in love with him
and they agreed to be married. Carlton
get 2 bogus minister and Rose discov-
cred the trick Just as the knot was
about to be tied and threw Carlton
over
Next Carlton, then known as c. r.
Farley. get job in ST. Louis restau-
rant, raised the prorrietor's checks and
ded. He drifted toward New York IN
1894 he married a widow. Mrs. Wilette
Sherwood Bird. of Westwood, \. J., hav-
ing been introduced BY an acquaintance
whom he met In New York He was
then known again as McCandless.
After his Wife's money gave out they
both secured positions at sani-
fftrium AT CornWall-on-the-H Hudson,
being known as Charles and Letta Far
ley. When Carlton forged Il check for
sac IL got SO warm he had 10 clear 0ut.
He enlisted IN the army again. and al
Fort Barrancas, Fla. deserted Next
day he married widow at Gordon,
Ala. whom he soon deserted.
About that time Mrs. Lulu Kittering,
a widow, Of Rochester. advertised for a
husband. and Carlton answered under
the name OF Edward de Rodriguez.
They were married III Rochester In 1897,
Carlton posing as Il BRAZILIAN coffee
planter. He soon tired OF her and she
found herself alone in the world
Carlton returned TO his wife in Cor
don long enough for them TO perpetrate
plot 20 blackmail some wealthy mer-
chants. When they We're discovered by
the police Carlton ran away, leaving
his wife
The police say they are accommodating
damaging evidence as TO the supposed
scheme or Carlton To tntimldate Brook
lyu women His process is much the
same. they say, as that which was used
IN a Cincinnati scheme six years ago.