Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-04
. She Says, but Somehow or
other She Shot LAWYER
William B. Craig.
uAp BEEN .sPURN NJ Il BY HIM. H
5 :, ..,natcly Bullet Struck a Fountain
Pen, Glanced, Making but
Slight Wound.

"a {rom her revolver I. INA 81 sttllut 80
j IA slightly injured William p.
n nroir Yesterday while in a. cor
d sdor Of the Misunderstanding, was in
landed for herself, declared Mrs. New
II y,o castle today at the police head,
quarters. where she was taken before
Il nrraignment in court after night
snent in a cell in the Tombs prison,
Heavily yelled and apparently labor
ino. under a severe mental strain, Mrs.
castle was taken to headquarters for
tho usual inspection at the detective
bureau. 5,
The indignity of being photograph
and measured was spared her.
i 10 the officers of the bureau Mrs.
castle talked freely about herself and
4 the train of events which led up 10
the sensational climax of yesterday
she went over her stage experience,
1 which she said began In San Francis.
20, where she appeared in the Girl
Of the Golden West.
Craig, who is a lawyer, now practis,
inc IN this city, she said, she mad
1 known. since lie was g. child. Denying
The imputation that she had forced her
attentions OH him she declared that.
on the other hand. he had been follow.
ing her so persistently for the last five.
months that she was afraid he would
compromise her.
[ MRS CASTLES STORY.
Il Intended 10 Kill myself y, Mrs Cas-.
tic told the detective bureaus Chief.
land had tho revolver in my hand, but
he was struck by the bulletsI had in
tended for myself. knew Mr.. Craig
went to the rooms of the Rocky Noun
tain club, in the Waldorf Astoria to
read and after he passed me without.
taking notice of my presence / said to
him, We'll. don't pass without MOTTO
ing me. lam going to finish myself
According to Mrs. Castles statement,
Craig told her to go ahead and do it.
/ Mr.. Craig has been an admirer of
Il me ever since I was a tot, she said.
II have never annoyed or molested him
IN any way. His wife and I are dis
tant cousins. but we are not now on
1 friendly terms. This is because MI.
Craig told Mrs. Craig in my presence
that he admired me. 1t is quite nat
ilraI that MIS-. Craig 81 le,1lils defend her
husband. s I would do 1t ifsI were in her
place"
Mrs Castle said she purchased the
revolver with which the shooting was
done some time ago and carried it as
means OF self protection.
Il
at the police court, would not say any
thing to Mrs. Castles charges that
he lad been annoying her or her state !
ment that the shooting was accidental
Mrs. Castles maiden name was Mary
Scott. and she is the daughter of "a. Il
Scott. merchant of San Francisco.
Her husband, at one time a.well known
lawyer in San Francisco, is said to be
at present in Alaska. The Castles have
been living apart for some time. A.
Ter coming east several years ago Mrs.
Castle appeared in several theatrical
productions.
SHE WAS HISTORICAL.
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
to shoot him. She said that when
! Craig had spurned her on her first af--
proach, she unconsciously walked with
him towards the elevator; that she
realized that he would have no more to
do with her. she drew the weapon in
tending to kill herself, but that Craig
grapped at the pistol and it was dis
charged, the bullet striking him, but
being DETECTED by fountain pen in
his vest pocket Mrs Castle said that
she then followed Craig into the eleva-E
tor and when he said that he had been
shot she turned the revolver on herself.
but was disarmed before she could
take her own life.
Mrs. William B. Craig, wife of the
lawyer who was called to the hotel i'm
,nediately after the shooting, declared
that she and her husband had known
Mrs. Castle since all of them We're
children, and declared that Mrs. Castle
had been befriended and protected by
them for several years.
Rnt4 she co IN ha i,1Ea mo
the subject of possessing my husband,'
said Mrs Craig. II was aware of Mrs.
Castles efforts in reference to my hus-4
band. as he informed me fully of her
actions ana of her desires"
NEVILLE CASTLE.
Neville Castle, the prisoners hus-
band, Is believed to be still alive and in
business at Nome. Alaska. Mrs. Cas-
tie had not heard from him in several
Years, but acquaintance of his in this
city say they have received letters
from him recently, and that he is pros
pering. After coming from San Fran
cisco. where Neville married Mary
Scott, the daughter Of the late Fl. H. y
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
avenue theater In this citStTfer nus
band is said to have Informed the
theater management that his wife was
related to the late President Benjamin
Harrison through the Scott family of
San Francisco.
THE SHOOTING.
New York, Aug. BIN the crowded
Waldorf-Astoria hotel today Mrs. Mary
a. Castle, 36 years old and pretty. shot
William d. Craig, a lawyer, The bull
let. after striking the fountain pen. in
1licted Il slight flesh wound and dropped
harmlesslyi in Craig's coat pocket
Craig. who is member of the Rocky
Mountain club. which has a suite Of
rooms in the hotel was on his way to
the club rooms. Mrs. Castle, who had
been waiting for him. tried to detain
MIN. but Craig shook her of and went
to the elevator Mrs Castle. as he
was about to step into the elevator,
shot him.
When detectives arrived the woman
was sitting ON a lounge weeping hys-
tertcally, She said she was an insur-
ance agent and had q brother, Capt.
Henry Scott, stationed at Fort Logan
near Mobile. Ala. She pointed to Craig.
who was standing near by, and after
Pleading with him to forgive her said:5
he is the cause OF my trou ble. He
has thrown me over
Frederick Dean. a lawyer to whom