The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
JURY SAYS DEMENTIA CAUSE OF
HAVRE MURDER AND SUICIDE


Mrs. Carleton, she said "No. Mr..
Christler was everybody's friend"
Mrs. Carleton, she said, did most Of
the talking.
Mr.. Christler arose and started for
his sleeping room, she said, and Mrs.
Carleton also arose, as if to depart.
and she went to the front door and
opened it, with her back to Mrs.
Carleton who had followed Mr.. Chris
Ter.
Two revolver shots came in quick
succession, she said, and she turned
in time to see Mrs. Carleton fall in
the doorway Of a very small hall
leading into the bath room and to
Mr.. Christler's room.
she saw that Mrs. Carleton was
dead, and, stepping over her body,
she tried to get to Mr.. Christler, but
he had fallen in such a manner as to
partially block the door. She then
vent to the telephone and asked CEN
tral to call some doctor and the chief
of police.
She testified as to the arrival of
the doctors and her conversations
with Bishop Faber at Helena, whom
she called on long distance phone and
as to conversation over the tele-
phone with Mrs. C. Pyle, mother of
Mrs. Carleton, who called her when
Bishop Faber notified her Of the
tragedy.
Attorney O. c.. Hauge confirmed
the story of Mrs. Christler that she
had called him to stand on the porch
and that after she had entered the
house she had stepped out and said,
"Everything is all right, Mr.. Hauge." !"
| They retired and did not know Of
the tragedy until the next morning.
Mr.. Hauge said that last Sunday
afternoon, returning about o'clock
in the afternoon, he had seen Mrs
Carleton trying to get into the Christ
Ter home and he said that on the night
Of the tragedy, shortly after 10
o'clock he had glanced out II the
window and saw Mrs Carleton reach
| up and turn q light in the Christler
home.
| Mrs. f. e. Martin, librarian of the
Havre public library, a close personal
friend of Mrs. Carleton, described
the condition of the dead woman on
the evening of the tragedy.
Returning from the library to her
room in the hotel, where Mrs. Carle-
ton also roomed, she said she went to
the room of Mrs. Carleton in response
, to a call and found her in bed suf-
fering from sort of hysteria. The
Rev. Christler was there at the time,
trying to quiet Mrs Carleton. She
informed Mrs. Martin that she had
taken an overdose Of sleeping powders
~- three powders - and had just
awakened from sleep of 80 consec-
utive hours. She said the condition
Of Mrs. Carleton was very bad and
! she thought she needed food and went
| 70 her room to prepare some and when
she returned the Rev. Mr.. Christler
was still there, but departed. There
was not an action or a word out of
the way in the relations of Mr. Christ
Ter and Mrs. Carleton during her time
IN the room, she said.
She induced Mrs. Carleton, who
said she was lonely, to go to the Mar
tin room and spend the evening. Mrs.
Carleton departed for her own room
about 8 o'clock and she seemed much
! improved physically and mentally
when she left. She did not see her
again Mrs. Carleton told Mrs. Mar
tin that she was extremely tired and
nervous as a result of her summers
work. She also talked about =, her
daughter and her future plans. = = -! 40 ,
DR.. D. S. Mckenzie testified Cas- 'lto
answering a call from the Christlel
home and to taking the REVOLVER from
the hand Of Mrs. Carleton. He said
he extracted three hfllets and one
shell and one shell stRdS In the cylin-
der. The weapon, JfxhiGh a was inttrrfpe77 intro
duccd, is .3S calibfe., ifo1hfe action,
Smith & Wessef, 'ahd1tRe shETRs and
bullets appearsaG is ltnSe9a1 bdGhiJGf
the weapon .fsr! oMeetHpr4s The bar,
rel OF the gun, however, gave evidence
of recent use.
| DR.. C6rF Floss, whaps, ,Yasy the first: to
reach the sce11ds and who was the
Christfern faanitH phNaeian, told of
finding 4haVIqdies s1nddc @ufW1ngb DH
Mckenzle7s Subscription -as-te the-Pe-
! va6idd ahat was Mfsa Garleton's
About, sk' 'M&Hths ago, before Mrs.
Cailet6M d6parsedl foraNir work on a
tChaptauqda. tcircuit s ii 1the JeastWhp
bae9S H1psefl flPqdafof hpQl sqn1eAs s9eeRiyg
powders, giving a prescription for
uiight-,- one Of which he said was suf-
| 1lclent tor period OF eight hours. He
also testified that heShad operated up
on the deceased woman to correct
troubles which had made hersextreme-
" nervous,abut had thought she was
better, @E N IS
1t was developed that Mrsl Carle-
ton had had the prescription filled
this week, getting ei&E pow
ders. FosF empty powder pBers were
found inSthe room she haF occupied
! and four ih>her purse.~>/
! DR.. Foss saiel-thz While the pre-
scription is one 5i5common use by
t physicians; fls an overdose such as Mrs:
Carleton had taken would produce a
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tion might last almost into the next