New-York tribune., 1912-03-21

oor,er of evident refinement at the ONCE
of the Surveyor who desired counsel ana
was requested TO go there at once Nheh
! 7 raacbed the Custom House | found Gen
! oral Nelson H. Henry, the surveyor; Sp'
! ciaI IDENTITY Surveyor Smyth. Assistant
| so,icitor Edward Barnes and MI. Rasco
n,ity Mrs. Carson was there and tod me
,bat she had had some trouble in maRihE
| ont her declaration of jewelry ana wanted
my assistance.
The Surveyor told me that as Mrs. car
I son was 10 he arraigned IN New jersey
about 3 o'clock he would like TO send some
one ND with her to the Hotel Wolcott and
get the other loose pearls that she sd'u
she had not turned over ! had hot Iiau
anv luncheon, nor had Mrs. Carson ''du
not even had time TO talk with her
8 sked If the arraignment could not be put
off until to-day. which would give me time
IN attend 10 an important engagement }
had for 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon anu
also give me time TO arrange Tor p'""'
as | certainly did not wish TO see my Cli'h'
stay in Jail over night.
.'The Surveyor said that he was power
less I'm the matter. as he was mercy io'
,ovirg the orders Of Collector Loeb. Salo
that If he would go along with me we
ro,,Id % to see the Collector and see II
n,ot,ors could not be arranged so that nc
unnecessary hardship would he imposed
upon the woman before trial.
Refused to Release Woman.
General Henry went along with me tc
COO collector Loeb l explained the whole
situation to Mr. Loeb. I told him that tne
government already had jewels OF my c''-
ont worth $500. and that in itself "oulu
no sufficient to insure that she would DC
nresent the next day for arraiSnment tha'
neither Of us had had any luncheon, aho
that I had a very important engagement
made before l was suddenly called INTO 'h'
case. | went so far as to say that II theIt
was the slightest doubt in his mind ! "ouiu
pav the expenses of n woman oiilcer u
keep Mrs. Carson under careful watch unu
arraignment to-day. But to all OF this MT
Loeb replied:
"T don't care If she does have to stay IN
iail over night. 1t will be a good lesson loi
her and an example for others
Finding that | could get no help IRON
the Collector l decided to manage Things
as best l could. We were scheduled to DC
in Jersey City at 3 o'clock. | then ASKED
the officer in charge If on the way up &c
the Hotel Wolcott we might stop our taxi
cab at the office Of some bond company
where l could arrange to have bond READY
when Mrs. Carson was arraigncd before
Commissioner Carpenter. The onhcer salu
he could do nothing OF the kind. We nae
already left the Custom House SO asked
him if he had his search warrant. lie salo
he had not. All right said !, If you nave
no search warrant and wish to keep strict
ly to the law and allow no reasonable lati'
tude | shall refuse TO let you search Mrs
Carson's baggage at the Hotel Wolcott.
80 when the officer saw the situation
he consented to let us stop at bonding
company's office. We stopped at the Office
Of the United States Fidelity Guarantee
! Company and there Mrs. Carson turned
over to them a letter of credit from
Brown. Shipley & Co, Of London. for
! s., 900 on Brown Brothers. bankers, IN this
city. The bonding company Immediately
ordered its New Jersey representative to
be ready with the necessary bond before
| Commissioner Carpenter in Jersey city
Wolcott Mrs. Carson turned over the re-
| naming loose pearls to me and purpose
ly kept them until We could get TO New
Jersey. so that in case Of civil suit
afterward the matter could be simplihed
by having everything in one jurisdiction
Of the federal court:
Will Hold Body for instructions.
| II shall disregard her instructions about
! having her body buried here Immediately
! in view Of the fact that she was so out
| of her mind as 10 commit suicide. l shall
wire her brother for instructions as TO the
| disposition Of her body.
! Mrs Carson had with her in addition
| to the dutiable Jewels. worth $4,000 OF
! $4,000, the following cash: The $4,000
! letter of credit to which have alluded
/ s1.21S in United States bills. which she
/ had deposited in the hotel safe. and sl2;
worth Of English money G25).
Il wish to add that all Of the men in the
! Surveyors Office treated her courteously
and that she made no complaint what
! ever"
San Francisco, March 2o.-Since the
death Of her husband. Dr. Edwin Carson
I several years ago. Mrs. Blanche Carson has
lived with her sisters, the Misses Maybury
! in apartments in a fashionable noighbor-
hood here. She attended the durhar anC
was supposed to have left Paris March !;
on the steamer Olympic one Of Mrs. Car
| sons sisters said to-day:
| "Whcn Mrs. Carson left here for India
! she had some beautiful diamond and pear
! rings. What their value was 7 do no
! know We heard from her from Paris anc
| she told US that she would sail on Tn,
Olympic March H.. II she came TO America
on the George Washington sic must have
changed her plans"
Mrs. Carson was a graduate Of Nassa
and active in the work Of the Nassar stu
dents aid society in this city. She waI
the author Of several books. She spent
. much Of her time at Carmel-by- the Sea, Z
colony of writer's and artists. near this city