Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-25
THE CARLTON CHARGES
SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE 10 WAR
RANT INDICTMENT.

III 1t Is demonstrated that Mamie Cor
man Carlton died Of tetanus believe will
have no difficulty in proving q case against
Frederick Carlton."-Statement Of Police
Inspector Adam Cross In New York yestes-
day.
| Mamie German Carlton died of tetanus
poisoning. OF that l am certain. State
| men. of DR.. NJ. F. De Lorme. one Of her
| attending physicians.
| From the testimony submitted to me 1
am inclined to the belief that Mamie Cor
| man Cartons death was caused by te-
tanus poisoning. Three physicians have
| testified to that"-Coroner Flaherty OF
| Brooklyn.
The above statements were made to
rerr sentative OF the New York World last
| night by three men who have played prin-
| cipal parts In the investigation of the
death of the second Brooklyn wife of Fred
| eric c. Carlton, well known in this city,
| who is held at the Raymond street JAIL
Brooklyn, on two charges OF robbery, while
| the deaths of both his first and second
| wives are being looked into.
| Inspector Cross went further
| From what ! have been told he said
Il believe Mrs. Carlton did de of tetanus
poisoning. If this is concusively shown by
the report of the chemist now Analysing
parts of her body, it is certain thu an in
| dictment charging murder will be brought
against the prisoner. If poison is found it
is doubiy certain that an indictment will be
returned.
While Inspector Cross would not go into
details, 1t Is known that his detectives
have 5een investigating possible means of
obta ming tetanCs germs. Ii has been the
INSPECTORS theof. Ill along. he admits, that
disease germs were introduced into the
| system of Mrs. Carton.
| Il was said at the Brooklyn city hall yes
terday that Chemist Charles p OConnor
| 10 of no it:l
gans taken from Mrs. Cartons body, has
made preliminary report to District At
torney Clarke of Brooklyn stating that the
results of the test thus far indicate tetanus
| poisoning. Mr.. Clarke was out of the city
and none in his office was authorized to
speak for him. AS to this Coroner F.aherty
So id:
| II have heard that the chemists report
viii! show tetanus poisoning. This has al
| ways been my theory.
Inspector Cross, 1t developed yesterday
| has been accommodating evidence tending to
! show that Mrs Eleanor Vandeventer held
/ in Raymond street Jail as an accomplice of
Carlton in the Matchmaking schemes. work
| ed by means OF trick photographs, has been
| involved with Carlton in his various opera
tons for years back The inspector has
! learned that Carlton. In almost every city
where he has been traced, was accompanied
By woman and the descriptions OF this
companion sent by the police of these
cities tally with those of Mrs. Vandeventer
Cincinnati Police Knew Her.
| The inspector received word yesterday
| from the Cincinnati police that the photo
graph of Mrs. Vandeventer which was
| sent there corresponds with the description
! they have of woman who is believed to
have aided Carlton in the operation of
matrimonial bureau in that city. Her pho
| tograph has been mailed to a dozen other
cities in the hope of getting more Informal
| ton. At No. 119 Schermerhorn street
Brooklyn. where Mrs. Vandeventer and
Carlton lived prior to his arrest on the
charge of robbing Henry Schaub, ma
| chinist at the Brooklyn navy yard it was
said yesterday that the couple were often
visited by another woman. who was intro
duced to Carlton by Mrs. Vandeventer. In
spector Cross believes this woman was an
intended victim in one of Cartons plots.
The inspector received a letter yesterday
| from a resident of St. Louis. whose name
he withheld, urging him to investigate the
death near st. Louis some years ago of
Charles Rush, soldier of Company G. 9th
United States Infantry. He says Carlton,
who had enlisted in the army J. Z. Nc
Candless, was the last man seen with Rush
The inspector has wired the St Louis police
! for particulars of the murder.
Another Arrest Expected
| 1t is known that Detective Sergeant Wal
den is shadowing another person who is be-
| lieved to know something of Carlton and
his schemes Inspector Cross intimated
that another arrest might be made in a
/
| learn where Carlton got all the money he
! is known TO have had in the last ten years.
| So far as Inspector Cross ascertain,
| Carlton never did any work. yet he has
| possessed thousands of dollars at different
| times
Carlton yesterday asked permission of the
| keepers at Raymond street jail to see Mrs
| Vandeventer alone. but was refused.
Inspector Cross attention was called yes
| terday to the efforts of Mrs. James Carter
Richards of No. 2S5 Boulevard, Rockaway
| Beach, to locate her husband, who deserted
| her several years ago. Mrs. Richards, in
| letter to the Denver police, said her hus-
| band took her money and left her in finan-
| cial distress three weeks after her mar
| riage in Brooklyn. He told her he was 60
| ing to Denver, where he owned gold mine.
The Denver police, it is said, know moth
| ing of the man. and it was suggested to
| Inspector Cross that, Carlton was known
| to have Travelled at one time under the
| alias of James Edward Cartier. he and
| Richards might be the same Individual. In
| spector Cross instructed one of his men to
| call on Mrs. Richards and have her try to
| identify Carlton at the jail. telephone
message to the Rockaway Beach police,
however. revealed that the woman left
| there on Saturday. and it's not known
when she will return.