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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23

There have been inquiries for further
descriptions and identifications from at
least five insurance companies and
guarded statements that there was
some suspicion that there might have
been fraud in that way, s.5 =. ....z
The charge of blackmail rests on the
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 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,
h addition to this there Is the in
quiry of the Chicago police. asking for
more particulars about Carlton. de-
claring that a Carl Horton, who ran a
matrimonial bureau at No. 155 Wash
ington street, that city, several years
ago. resembled Cartoons published pic
lures. That man was arrested, but was
acquitted and left town.
1t will De 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-
c4usive. The police have not yet gath
cred together all the strands of evil
dence, but in every allegation so far
the cup OF tea is found. st. Louis has
sent word that Carlton is the young
McCandless, of Polk county, who en-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23
ENGLISH or THE JAPANESE
Newspaper Announcements Made in
the Best Phrase Of the
I'd ~-- Publishers.

There have been some slight dis
turbances among the foreign trade as
to the appearance of those Baltic fleet.
Yet, our sugar which has been import
ing from Manila and Java, has not
been effected so far, as the present
market is not very active, says the
Toxic Industrial Review. 49,.
/ The "Habutaye" market in Yokoha-
ma has been hindered toward India
and europe, while some brighter view
has been entertained against Austria
liam And American demand.
L A firm in Kobe-one of the most
reliable as an export house Of chip as
we'll AS Observation-Disclosures to secure
g connection with a large and sound
importing house in Europe.
S. One of the Oldest houses in dealing
the bronze wares In Osaka is seeking
after some good correspondents In the
United States. Il ..3. .
"A gentleman in Toxic desires to
write some articles to foreign papers
in respect to this country for various
subjects. He will take scme reason.
able Compensate
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4 EREDERTIY f, CAR TOW \

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" #@... ~. a> .- =
Laugkingly Defiant. % a5
1t was just as the inspector had
said. When Carlton met men-report-
ers from the newspapers and others
frankness itself on some points, he had
drawn a mental circle about others
and his answers never overstepped the
1ien-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. j am willing to go to
Jail and have everything sifted thor
oughly. At the proper time l will tell
everything" ..ss= 5 4 IL PM s..'s s =. =:
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 Kim the sum
of 500 on pretext that the money
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23
IN FEDERAL COURTS.
THE FOURTH TRIAL OF CALEB
J. POWERS FOR MURDER. @
The Now Famous Kentucky Case Has
~ Been Taken to q United States
Tribunal-Was Pronounced
w.. Guilty Three Times. I'D.

London, Ky.-Caleb Powers II to
have another chance for his life.
The man who has thrice been con-
victed Of completely in the assassina-
ton OF Gov. William Goebel Of Ken
lucky, and who has been in prison for
nve years, is to be taken before the
courts OF the United States to answer
to the charge of accessory to the Goe-
bel murder.
once again is this most noted case
TO be reopened. The arrest of Pow
ers, acting as secretary OF state of
Kentucky, came as the elimination of
scenes in and about the capital of the
commonwealth which have beggared
description, and in their tragic intensi-
ty have been beyond reasonable belief
OF persons who have learned of them
through reading or hearsay.
Kentucky repeatedly has been rent
by the bitterness which has been en-
gendered by the political incidents
which preceded the brutal assassina-
ton of Gov. Goebel, and which was
intensified by the flight and capture
or the republican secretary of state,
from whose windows in the capitol, it
it has been charged repeatedly, the
fatal shots were fired.
Convicted by unanimous vote of the
jury which listened to the evidence
and the pleadings at the first trial,
the sentence of Powers was fixed at
imprisonment for life. At the two
subsequent trials he has been found
guilty. Again he was sentenced to
life imprisonment, and the last time
the sentence of the judge was that the
young man be taken out and be hanged
by the neck until he was dead.
AS counsel to represent Powers,
Former Gov. Richard Yates of Illinois
and Former Gov Frank S. Black /of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23

years and years for him." AYERS Mrs.,5
Vandeyenter. 81. u
And as to this. Inspector Cross says
he has occasion TO believe that the low
ing couple are already married.
/. 81 A Funny Mix Up
He tried to insure her life for $4,000
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 8
funny mix-up." u ~: s9@..: q ss
Besides the various other strange en-
terprises in which Carlton has figured,
as promoter, it Is darkly limited by
the Brooklyn police that he has been
conducting on an extravagant scale
matrimonial bureaus In different cities.
This, 1t is taken, Is not entirely out OF
his line Of work as plotter after
hearts. Queer love codes, names of
women in many cities printed on slips,
and photographs of many more, were
resurrected from his effects. All Carl
ton would say to this when the police
asked him about it was:
"Ah, go find Quit"
In his checkered career Carlton has
posed as 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 of medicine.
and has said he know how to cultivate
enough germs to supply the borough Of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23

the Carl Marin who married her,
robbed her and deserted her in the
same year. ~ y
Mrs. Eta Kingrey, Of Gordon, Ala,
Is coming north to be satisfied that in
Carlton she will be 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
bigamy. for they claim to have outside
evidence to show that in one particular
case Carlton posed as De Martinez.
claiming to have been q 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. s. !. .s...s=. s...s
The charges Of swind1ing the tnsur-
ance companies, the police admit, are
wholly without anything substantial
on which to base suspicion at this time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23

particularly brilliant, the rank which
Emperor William, the kaiser's grand
father, considered good enough to con-
fer upon Bismarck for the herculean
work of creating the German empire
Of to-day. Won Buelow "jollied" his
way into power.
Prince Won Buelow is suavity itself.
His great forte is compromise. He is a
peacemaker. He is eloquent of tongue
and pleasingly hammered. He is cap
ital joker and story teller, and the kaiser
likes nothing SO much as companion
who can amuse him and keep him i'll
good humor. When he was foreign Sec
rotary eight or ten years ago. Won Bue-
low contrived to learn that his i'm
petuous young master could be "han-
died. if it were done adroitly. He
set about to learn just how to approach
him. and in what manner he could be
made most tractable. 1t is related that
he found a pretext while foreign Sec
rotary to come into daily contact with
the emperor and improved every op-
portunity to penetrate more deeply into
the kalSer'S character and increase the
store of his knowledge how to deal with
him.
Won -Buelow's greatest services to the
kaiser have undoubtedly been as peace
maker and tsmoother-over" of the rough
spots caused by the emperors impulsive
speeches, kilograms and interfering acts
of one kind and another.
Count Won Buelow is nearly 81 years
old. He is a handsome man and is said
to owe a good deal of his political sue
cess to the fact that he is a favorite with
women in the royal and political set.
Blu dramatic coincidence Won Bue-
lows rank and his already large fortune
have been increased almost simulta
neously, for the day before the chancel-
lor was raised to princehood he became
entitled to the sum of $1,375. 900 left him
under the will of his kinsman, the late
Herr Godefoy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23
THE BoNAPARTE FAMILY.
Nieces and Nephews Of the Great Sol
dior Are Numerous Through
~ out Europe.

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London.-The great Napoleon was
destined to leave but one son, and to
have no direct descendants Of his own,
but, thanks to the fact that he exalted
his numerous brothers and sisters to
his own level, and that he found timo
to arrange great alliances for them,
there are now many noted folk scat
tered throughout Europe bearing the
great name OF Bonaparte. Each and
all, whatever may be their private dis
sensions, are united in honoring and
in paying homage to the still beautiful
and most unfortunate woman who was
for close on 20 years empress of the
French.
Empress Eugene wears her crown
Of sorrow with great dignity. She has
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23
HAS A N E'W AIRSHIP.
CHICAGO INVENTOR rs BUILD
ING ONE THAT WILL FLY. Il.
With Wings Like Bird He Promises
to Go from Lake Michigan to
s 4. Warrington in Ten
:, *zSs% Hours,

ChlcagO.-Frank NJ Mahan presi-
dent Of the Lingren- Mahan Fire APP
paratus company, declares that In the
near future he will start for Washing
ton in an airship of his. own make,
and that he will reach that city within
ten hours.
Il do2't simply promise this" said
Mr.. Mahan; I'll do it. have studied
the aerial navigation problem for 16
years and have its solution beyond
the peradventure of doubt.
can make from 125 to $50 miles an
hour in the-airship propose to con-
struct. Doubters can come to see the
start, or stand at the finish line, as
they will; shall be at both places in
fulfillment OF my agreement"
Mr.. Mahan's projected airship is to
be a flying machine pure and simple.
It. will have wings like unto those of
q bird, and these wings will furnish
the sole progressive motive power,
though they are to be worked by q
gasoline engine.
This Chicago inventor declares that
tAC 0CAOPAdAc Cdu ASNV1 NC AA0AC ~
fly The genuine flying machine, he
says, must be supported by gas, and
wings will do the rest. He laughs at
propellers fixed astern and declares
that the air is not resistant enough to
give propeller blades hold"
Frank NJ. Mahan is an engineer who
is known all over the United States.
He built the Kansas City waterworks
and invented and put in place the filter
which takes the mud out of the Mis-
souri, river water so that Kansas City
people can get something thin enough
to drink.
Mr.. Mahan also built the Memphis
(Tenn.) waterw0rks, and planned
those of Dallas and San Antonio, Tex.
He showed the state of New York how
to equip it's steam canal boats so that
the wash from the propellers would
not tear out the banks of the states
waterway. He originated the high
pressure water system which the city
council proposed to install in Chicago.
He has taken out altogether 40 patents,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23

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 tbs
accusation Of DR.. G. A. Goldsmith, OF
Stamford, Conn.,, who has sworn that
Carlton drugged him with 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 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 it she died from the effects
Of poison.
Suspect Tetanus incubation.
In both of these cases the authori-
ties are proceeding on me 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 a 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
the man she married soon after the
McCa1dless 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 i'll
Carlton the man who few days later
took all her money and jewelry,
amounting to about $4,000, and desert
ed her.
Biga1my Charge Likely.
Rose Cerier. of St. Louis, has sent
word that she recognizes in Carlton
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23

Brooklyn for the rest of it's natural
life
'.Germs?'' he said at one time. ''Why,
they're easy! Anybody can get germs.
Just dig 'em up" A.. ....
He didn't talk so volubly about
germs when Inspector Cross, few
days since, put him through the
sprouts. 49,
"Germs?'' he repeated. -"You'H have
to = ask bacteriologist about them
things -.
Carlton has maintained 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 man under such in
tense cross-fire, is hard to understand.
Lack of nerve has never for a moment
led him to false step since his ar
rest. Confronted at Raymond street
jail by Mile Peterson, a Jersey City
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.
II never saw you," declared Carlton.
his eyes dropping to escape her tears.
She tainted, and on being revived her
agonizing screams sent chills to the
hearts of the callous prison guards.
Carlton gazed upon the creature be-
fore him unmoved.
Fred, love you. I don't want to
prosecute you"
take her away. She's crazy" COM
ma1ded Carlton.
And the woman in a convulsion of
Mysteries, was taken to hospital
This is the real nature of the man
whom the Brooklyn police. term q
"Bluebeard.'
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23
Won BUELoW, THE JoLLIER
Meteoric Rise Of tho Imperial Chan
cellor Of Germany, In Seven
3:z< s Years. tt%%=

Berlin. From plain herr (Mr.) to
Prince Won Buel0w in seven years is the
story Of the rise to renk and power OF Ger
manys imperial chancellor and prime
minister, whom Kaiser Wilhelm ele-
waited to the dignity Of princehood the
crown princes wedding day. European
politics are believed to contain no ex-
ampleof q career SO meteoric, and Prince
Won Buelow, who is . modest man, is
perhaps the most astonished of all at
the sky rocket speed at which his i'm
perial master has pushed him up the
political ladder. He has attained, as
reward for services which even his most
enthusiastic supporters do not brand "a
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Gle Will Soon Be Tried for Murder for
the Fourth Time.)
New York, the man who placed the
name of Roosevelt before the repub-
lican national convention in Chicago
last year, were retained.
They at once started on q new
track. Charging intense. bias against
the state courts of Kentucky and al
1eging the impossibility of fair and
impartial trial before judge and jury
in the state, they entered plea for a
writ of 'habeas corpus before the Unit
ed States court. 1t was question as
to whether the federal judge would
assume jurisdiction. In an opinion
which required three hours in reading
jurisdiction was assumed and the writ
OF habeas corpus was granted. The
immediate result will be that Powers
will be tried for the fourth time before
the federal court.
The first trial of Powers began on
July Z, 1900, in the Scott circuit court
on change of venue from the Frank
lin circuit court, granted by Judge
James c. Cantrill. The verdict of the
jury was guilty and Powers sentenced
to life Imprisonment.
This judgment was reversed by the
Kentucky court Of appeals, the men,
bers being republicans.
The second trial was held in Oc-
tober, 1901, in the Scott circuit court.
and the verdict again was guilty. The
sentence was fixed at Imprisonment for
life and the Judgment was reversed for
a second time by the republican court
of appeals.
The third trial was not held until
July, 1904, in the Scott circuit court.
This time Powers was sentenced to
pay the death penalty on a verdict of
guilty. Again the case went to the
court of appeals, and the verdict was
reversed. The court at this time was
composed of four democrats and three
republicans. One of the democrats,
Judge Henry S. Barker, voted with the
republicans in reversing the Judgment
Of the lower court
Powers has been in Jail continuously
since May, 1900, and a year ago was
taken to Louisville for safekeeping.
Friends of Powers all over the coun-
try started a movement to secure emf
nent counsel in an effort to clear him
of the murder charge. Funds were
raised in many states, and Former
Gov. Richard Yates of Illinois and
Former Gov. Frank S. Black of New
York were retained as counsel -.
Some weeks ago motion was made
at the opening Of court at London to
have the case transferred to the Unit
ed States circuit court. This appeal
was argued by Cows. Yates and Black.
The decision takes the case to the
United States federal court at Mays
Vile, and before this tribunal Powers
will have his next trial. n.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23
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 Nork.-Gah0riau 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 its strong
est clew in the effort to prove a man
one OF the most remarkable criminals
OF the age in the simple art of brew
ing a 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 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 F.. Nc
Candlass. 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 Gross 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 halls searching
cross-examination of Carlton the other
day turned to the men waiting, and,
with a smile that was not wholly that
OF triumph, pointed at the retreallng
figure OF Carlton departing between
two policemen, saying:
There goes, in my opinion. one of
the remarkable criminals of the age.
l confess I 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
II have just talked to him for an
hour and half. He declared to me
he would answer frankly, and vet
when questions were put to him that
he did net 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
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