The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-31

hops to prove II that trtai tna&
Mrs. Carl u . modern woman
hluebeArl
cling will charge that Mrs Carl
Killed her husband and rather.in'law
with slow poison with the scrSiid aim
Of gaining for herself their petty for.
tunes.
INNOCENT VICTIM.
ATTORNEYS SAY
Rut Mrs. Carl VIII maintain her
Innocence. Her attorneys say they
viii show her as n loving wife and
devoted daughtcr-in-iaw. the innocent
victim OF an unusual train Of circum-
stances.
Meanwhile Mrs. Carl. -. attractive
and weli-educatca. peers from behind
the bars OF the Hancock county jail
herr. following a formal charge Of
Staying against her by a Hancock
county grand jury.
And Prosecutor Cling has caused
the body Of Robert Gibson. a former
husband OF Mrs. Carl. 90 be exhumed
from a cemetery in NelSonville. o..
and the internal organs examined for
traces OF poison.
II the analysts shows poison. II
may result IN Mrs Carts being held
fer . third killing.
mn as unearthed By the authorities
herrs
Mrs Carl. whose maiden name was
Cara Green. was the daughter OF a
New ssraitsville CO.. farmer Robsr,
Gibson vas the son OF New Straits
vile florist and was teacher In the
village school
CHILDHOOD
GWEETHEARTS
Clara and Gibson were childhood
gwe>thearfs- On March ~. 1905 the
two eioped and were wed They
moved 70 Cleveland. where Gibson
cpntinucd teaching and Clara be-
came . newspaper writer.
Soon Clara and Gibson began trav-
cling about from town 20 town. writ.
ing histories OF the towns and sell
Tag the books by subscription
Gibson went. unaccompani>d by
his wife. 90 Huntsvirle. Mo. on bush
ness. His wife. Clara came TO visit
him
Shortly after her arrival. the prose-
eusor charges. Gibson was seized
with an unusual Illness and died
In September OF the same year.
Cara. now a widow. met Frank Carl
at seneca. Kas. They were married
soon after.
Clara and Carl went 70 New Phiia-
delphia. Ind. and made their home
there. They invited Carts father.
Aiouzo Carl IS. 10 live with them
He accepted
FATHER
DIES SUDDENLY
shortly after his arrival at New
PHILADELPHIA the elder Carl became
violently III and died July !. 1921.
Carl took his fathers body to Hia-
wafha, Kas-. where the father for
merry had lived. for burial Clara
did not go.
Carl. the prosecutor says. had al
ways been known as a man OF per-
feet health and powerful physique.
But after his return from Hiawa-
tina. he became thin and pale, the
prosecutor charges.
He continued 10 fall His skin be
came drawn. He suffered cramps in
the calves Of his legs.
On August Z. 1921. Carl died
A shower Of letters poured in on
authorities demanding an investiga-
ton Of the mysterious deathe.
Examination OF the bodies OF Carl
and his father. Prosecutor Cling de
eiares. showed they contained
enough arsenic 10 kill dozen men. /"
The prosecutor charges Mrs. Carl
poisoned the elder Carl that his small
estate might be inherited by her hus-
band and then poisoned her husband
that the estate might revert to her
together with 1000 Of fraternsi or.
der insurance and other possessions
OF Carl
WOMAN GETS
INSURANCE
Mrs. Carl also secured 81, 900 In life
insurance from Gibson. her first hus-
band. the prosecutor contends. The
nature Of Gibson's death was identi.
cal with that Of the deaths OF Carl
and his father. Cling now seeks 10
Urove.
&Asked for a statement at the Han.
Uncl< county jail here. Mrs. Carl said:
, Il am not guilty of all this.
loved my family always"
And Mrs. Carts attorney added:
L. H. - nj