The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-28
WEATHER
MONTANA MINISTER
KILLED BY WOMAN

Havre, Montana, Oct. 2S.--Tempo-
rary insanity on the part of Mrs.
Marguerite Carleton is blamed for the
death of Mrs. Carleton and Rev. Leon
ard j. Christler. DR.. ID. S. Mackenzie
called by the rector's wife says hr
found pistol in Mrs Carleton
hand. No inquest will be held unless
it is demanded
Havre, Mont, Oct 27.-Mystery
surrounding the ownership of the re
volver with which the Rev Leonard
Jacob Christler, widely known in the
West as the bishop Of all outdoors"
and Mrs. Marguerite Carleton, wife
of former Montana district Judge,
are believed to have been killed in
che Christler home early today, was
engaging the attention of the police
tonight.
Mrs. Carleton is known to have
owned revolver of smaller caliber.
The double killing occurred, accord
ing to Mrs. Chris:ier, as DR.. Christ
,er was accompanying Mrs. Carleton
to the entrance of his home, after Il
visit made there late last night by
Mrs. Carleton.
Mrs. Christler said DR.. Christler
closed the door between the room in
which the minister, Mrs. Carleton and
,irs. Christler had been sitting and
small hall. A moment later, she said,
.wo shots were heard and she opened
che door finding the two bodies. Mrs.
Carleton's body had fallen across that
IF the clergyman. Mrs. Christler ex-
pressed the opinion that Mrs. Garlic
Ion had killed the minister and then
ommitted suicide.
The Rev. Mr.. Christler, who was
rector Of st. Marks Church of the In
:arnation here, gained his title O,
bishop of all outdoors" by his trav-
els over the state in his capacity as
clergyman.
Mrs. Christler is the daughter Of
the late David Wadsworth, wealthy
manufacturer of Auburn, N. Y, and
IS niece Of United States Senator j.
w. Wadsworth, DR., of New York.
rhe Rev. and Mrs. Christler were
married in 1914. The minister was
one of the picturesque figures o.
Montana churchdom. He stood six
feet one inch in his stocking feet, was
quilt in proportion and had a mass of
GROWN curly hair. His oratory car
ried beyond the pulpit and rs mem.
Der of the Montana legislature his
frequent flights brought him the
title in Western newspapers of the
orator magnificent"
Covering church area of several
hundred square miles, from the
Canadian border south to the Mis-
souri, river, which in Montana flows
from west to east, he frequently
travelled over part of the country
| which has retained much of it's rug
ged frontier aspects.
Speaking often in the open auo
hiking across country in leggins and
Khaki in pursuit of funds for the con
struction of church edifcc he came
to be known as "the bishop Of all
outdoors" for he claimed when ON
such financial errands that his parish
territory was limited only by his
ability to obtain transportation.
Much local notoriety resulted from
an extensive argument which he con
Quoted with the head OF one of the
large railroad companies of the West
over freight rates charged on ma
terial used in the construction of his
church structure at Havre.
II appeared that he had much c. the
material shipped under the name OF
another commodity which had a
cheaper rate and in his argument
with the railroad officials he quoted
the Bible freely to show that buidin :;
stone, electrical equipment and other
building material, when used III III
construction of church. were not
Isuch as are commonly ct@S. ned a
building materials on which interstate
lcommcrce regulations hXed a higher
rate Finally, winning the railroad
president over to his views and get
ting the lower rate established he pre-
vailed on the railroad man to make 3
personal contribution of sum which
completely offset the freight charges
Mrs. Carleton, wife Of former
district Judge in Montana, was re
garded as one of the prettiest womer
, in Montana. She was Of miniature
! size, being scarcely more than fiv'
, feet in height. She was a member o
Mr.. Christler's congregation and her
q self a public speaker. Fol- numbe
of years she had been engaged /,