The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-19
CARLTON MAY HAVE BIRMINGHAM WIFE Supposed to Have Started His Career Here MANY CHARGES PREFERRED Is Being Held In New York for seve,.,
 Matters-much Interest In
 Him and His
 Doines.

The police have not yet located tbo "lfe Of Frederick E. Carlton ar Fav,a.s Martinez who is supposed to he in pi. "ingnam It is said that he bas a wire Tn Birmingham and that ba star,aa ms criminal career in Birmingham ahont seven or eight years ago He is attra,4 ms great deal of attention in New io.A a. present, where the body of one oI ms former wives is being exhumed hv 1 the coroner to investigate the cause of I her death.
 lhe New York World gives the follow ing account of Martinez and A mart of hts life since he left Birmingham, frederick E. Carlton of No. 11g Schermerborn street. Brooklyn, who is accused of havink swindled H. B. sohauh. chief machinist of the submarine boat Porypoise at the Navy Yard out of snO. and whose two Brooklyn wives died sud denly under mysterious circumstances that are now being investigated, Is A man of many aliases, who has been in trouble before.
 His real name is said to be Edward Martinez. but he has travelled over the country under several other names, among them Rodriguez
 He has been a deserter from the United States army, 1t is alleged. Carlton has been admitted to bail Coroner Flaherty, who has been asked by the relatives the second wife, Mrs. Mamie Carlton, to exhume her body, will not take this step until Austin De Lisle, chemist, of Fifth avenue and Forty second street, Manhattan, has analyzed the contents of bottle with which Shaub says Carlton tried to poison him and pronounced 1t poison.
 Identified as Martinez. The Identification of Carlton as Mar tinez was made by World reporter in the Adams street police court, Brooklyn. | The reporter had an acquaintance of two weeks duration with Martinez four years ago, when Martinez was trying to sell to 8 Cincinnati paper story dealing with the identity of the assassin of Governor Goe- bel of Kentucky.
 When Carlton in the dock saw the re- porter approach he turned his head.
 How do you do, MT Martinez?' said the reporter
 Cartons face blanehed and his muscles quivered.
 Don't you remember me?' asked the reporter.
 No"
 Well I know 5ou. Don't you re- member being in Cincinnati in lsOoY "Neyer was in Cincinnati in my nfe You've got the wrong man. I've been In the navy service for six years, and can prove it.
 Carlton shifted uneasily and his hands trembled
 But you are Martinez" insisted the reporter.
 You can't prove it." replied the pris- | oner.
 | While Carlton declares he was In the navy six years, the records at the Brook 1 lyn navy yard show that, he enlisted in December 19OO, and that his service ended last December.
 Career of Martinez.
 Investigation by The World shows that Carlton, or Martinez, began a checkered career in Birmingham, Ala, where lives I a woman, his wife, who says she is the victim of bigamoas marriage After de- | serting this woman, taking, it Is alleged all her money, Martinez ten years ago 1 gradually worked his way west. He en- tered the United States army at Fort | Ieavenworth, Kan. and deserted, 1t Is said | For eight years he travelled over the coun- 1 fry posing as a physician. He always | carried a medicine chest with number o1 filled phias, some small white tablets | resemb bling morphine, and hypodcrme | syringe.
 | About six years ago Martinez appear l ed in New York with a story that he had been spy for the Spaniards, and that it was he who blew up the battle | ship Maine. l He sold the story to newspaper and got more than 5000 for 1t, according to his own story and later he admitted that 1t was all joke.
 He next visited Cincinnati with story charging the assassination of Goebel to an innocent mGn, who few days after the murder, committed suicide In Kansas. Ills story having Jeen learned ne was arrested as a deserter from the army, but the military authorities refused to have anything to do with him ana ne was re- leased
 Twice a Widower.
 On enlisting in the navy Martinez gave bjs name as Carlton. He was made a chief commissary steward, and was as- signed to the cruiser Brooklyn.
 In october, 1902. he became acquainted with Mrs. Hattie Schultz boarding house keeper at No. 19S Sands street. Brooklyn, and an intimate friend of Ma mic German. whom Martinez, or Carl ton is now suspected Of having poi soned. -
 Carlton engaged room or MT schuItz's and said he had three trunks containing important papers that ne
 wished to keep there. In 1902 he married Jennie M Smytn of Brooklyn. after brief courtship. He
 was sent to Washington on the Dolphin and his wife went there. Soon she Tell i'll and died, Carlton wrote, of lockJaw. | Phe body was brought to Brooklyn ana
 buried at Cypress Hills. Carlton collect ed insurance on her life.
 | In June 1904, Carlton returned to Brook- lyn. and again stopped with Mir. schultz. | rheve he met and courted Miss German
 Mrs. German opposed the match but in August 1904 they were married. Carlton furnished a fiat at No. Ds sands street, but left his trunks at Mrs Schultz's, where he still paid Tor his | room. Tn December he was discharged from the navy. Soon afterward his wife l fell III of a festerme sore on the neck