The Washington times., 1910-06-11

against the elevator door. she turned
the weapon upon herself. The attorney
sprang forward and wrested II away
from her just as she fired, and the sec
ond bullet went wild.
There was panic among the fashion,
able idleTS in Peacock Alley" and some
women tainted. House detectives hur-
ried to the corridor and arrested the
woman, taking her and Craig in taxi
cabs to the Tenderloin station. The
woman was unable to make any lucid
explanation Of why she had tried 70
shoot the attorney. His wife. who went
10 the station declared that they hal
all been friends in San Francisco, and
that she and Craig had been benefac-
tors of Mrs. Castle when she needed
food and shelter
The next day Mrs. Castle was ar
raigned in Jefferson Market court and
was held in $500 bail for trial She
seemed 10 be very repentant, and sew
eral times called out TO Craig: oh,
VIII, for the sake Of my mother. drop
this case and get me out OF it,
She was living IN a luxurious apart
ment in the Colonial Studio building. 80
west SlXty-Seventh street She de-
scrlbed herself as an insurance agent
and actress, and said she was a niece OF
Mrs Monroe Salisbury. a noted society
leader on the Western coast. and that
she was a cousin of the late President
Harrison and was also distantly related
TO the late Admiral Sampson. Whether
AAAfSt dAltEtu relationships were II uG
was not determined at the time.
Mrs. Castles brother, Capt, Henry
Harrison Scott, then stationed at Fort
Morgan Ala, came 10 her aid imme-
diately, secured her release on bail, and,
II is said brought powerful influence 10
bear to have her escape the cOnse-
quences Of her shooting.
Indictment Dismissed.
She did escape. The grand jury, on
September l. last. dismissed the charge
of felonious assault and, upon its an
nOuncement that it had found ns in
dictment, the bail bond was returned
and she went scOt-free.
Craig was the only witness before the
grand jury What he testified was
never revealed. District Attorney Je-
rome declined 20 discuss the case
There was some talk then OF her re-
turn to the theatrical world. She had
been in minor parts in The Girl Of the
Golden West" and THE Princess and
the Butterfly" in California, and in the
East had appeared in two or three
sitiOn on the Keith circuit But these
were not successful
When she first came TO New York, in
1901, she achieved considerable notorlety
by disappearing from her boarding
place for several days. The police and
her friends sought her, fearing suicide
or foul play. She was known then
merely as Mrs. Castle. a wealthy san
Francisco woman. She reappeared in
a few days, and II developed that she
had gone away on the advice Of a press
agent, 20 get her name in the papers, SO
that she might attract people to the
theater where she was 70 ap-
pear during the succeeding week
Marriage Denied.
The next thing heard OF Mrs. Castle
subsequent to the shooting of Craig was
in April OF this year, when it was said
that she had married Porter Charlton in
Wilmington. Charlton was found in the
Hotel Woodward, in this city, and was
indignant when he was asked II his
wife was not the woman who had Gre
ated the excitement in the Waldorf.
she is not that woman" ne said.
she was Miss Mary Scott when mar
ried her. no. Mrs. Castle
Then Charlton published the following
paragraph as an advertisement in all
the papers here
Porter Charlton. son CT Judge Paul
Charlton, Of washington, married on
March u, Miss Mary Scott, OF Council
Bluffs. Iowa The ceremony was ber-
formed by the Rev. DR.. Clay in Phila-
delphia. and my wife never knew Mrs.
Mary Scott Castle"