The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-04
SHE GIVES
HER ST TORY
Mrs. Castle Says She Was
Trying to Kill Herself
and Not Craig

New York, August, i-Beiore be-
ing arralGned in police court today.
Mrs, Neville Castle, who shot at Law
yer William B. Craig in the lobby Of
the Waldorf-Astoria hotel last night.
offered the rather indefinite story she
gave Immediately following the Incl
dent and declared to the police that
she did not try to shoot Craig. but
was trying to Kill herself
Mrs. Castle, who was hySterical
most of the night. denied that after
firing the first shot, she had pursued
Craig into the elevator, and there tried
! again 10 shoot him She said that
when Craig had spurned her on her
first approach she uncOnSciously
walked with him towards the elevator:
that when she realized that he would
have no more to do with her she
drew the weapon intending 10 kill
herself, nut that Craig grabbed at the
pistol and it was discharged. the bul.
/ let striking him. but being DETECTED
| by fountain pen in his vest pocket.
! Mrs Castle said that she then follow
ed Craig into the elevator. and when
he said that he had been shot. she
/ turned the revolver on herself, but
was disarmcd before she could take
| her own life,
Mrs. William B. Craig. wife of the
! lawyer. who was called 10 the hotel
| Immediately after the shooting, de-
clared that she and her husband had
/ known Mrs. Castle since all of them
were children, and declared that Mrs.
| Castle had been befriended and pro
tccted by them for several years.
But she seemed to be insane upon
the subject of possessing my hus-
band said Mrs, Craig g! was aware
of Mrs. Castles efforts in reference to
my husband, as he Informed me fully
of her actions and of her desires"
! Neville Castle, the prisoners hus-
band is believed to be still alive and
in business at Nome, Alaska, Mrs
Castle had not heard from him in sew
eral years, but acquaintances of his
in this city say they have received
letters from him recently, and that
he is prospering After coming from
San Francisco. where he married Mary
Scott, the daughter of the late Fl. II.
Scott. Castle failed in business. and
soon after his disagreement with his
wife. he went TO Alaska
While Mrs Castle was on the stage,
and appearing In Proctor's Fifth Ave
nue. theater In this city, her husband
is said TO have informed the theater
management that his wife was related
] to the late President Benjamin Har-
! rson through the Scott family of San
Francisco.
To the officers of the bureau. Mrs.
Castle talked freely about herself and
The train of events which led up to
the sensational climax of yesterday,
She went over her stage experience.
which she said began In San Francis
co. where she appeared in the 'Girl
Of the Golden West"
/ Craig, who is lawyer, now practic-
ing in this city, she said. she had
known since he was a child. Denying
the imputation that she had forced
her attentions on him, she declared
that on the other hand, he had been
following her so perSistently for the
last five months that she was afraid
/ he would compromise her.
/ al intended TO kill myself" Mrs.
\ Castle told the detective bureaus
chief.S and had tho revolver In my
hand, but he was struck by the bullet
| had intended for myself | knew
Mr. Craig went to the rooms of the
Rocky Mountain club in the Waldorf
{ Astoria TO read, and after he passed
/ me without taking notice of my pres
ence. I said to him: We'll. don't
pass without noticing me am gong
| TO finish myself.
According to Mrs, Castles state
ment, Craig told her to go ahead and
! do It
"Mr. Craig has been an admirer OF
me ever since I was a tot" she said,
81 have never annoyed or molested
! him in any way. His wife and | arc
! distant cousins, but we are not now
| on friendly terms This is because
| Mr.. Craig told Mrs. Craig in my pres
| ence, that he admired me. II is quite
natural that Mrs. Craig should defend
her husband. would do 1t if | were
| in her place
Mrs Castle said she purchased the
| revolver. with which the shooting was