The Glasgow courier., 1922-11-03
TEMPORARY
INSANITY
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ing to the witness, and while she dlo
not give the full details in the testi-
mony, in answer to question she
said that Mrs. Carleton declared "That
(Mrs. Christler) had no place in Mr..
Christler's life"
Asked if Mrs. Carleton had made
any threats, she replied "no."
Asked if Mr.. Christler had said
anything that might have angered
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. Garlic
ton, who had followed Mr.. Christler.
Two revolver shots came in quick
succession, she said, and she turned
in time to see Mrs. Carleton fall in
the doorway of 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
went to the telephone and asked CEN
trail to call some doctor and the chief
Of police.
She testified as to the arrival of the
doctors and her conversation with
Bishop Faber at Helena, whom she
called on long distance phone, and as
to conversation over the telephone
with Mrs. C. Pyle, mother of Mrs.
Carleton, who called her when Bish-
op 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 4 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 Of the window and
saw Mrs. Carleton reach up and turn
a light in the Christler home.
Mrs. F. E. Martin, librarian of the
Havre public library, 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 a sort of hysteria. The
Rev. Christler was there at the time,
trying to quiet Mrs. Carleton. She
informed Mrs. Martin that she had
aiken an overdose of sleeping powders
three powders-and had just awak-
,ned from sleep of 80 consecutive
hours. She said the condition of Mrs.
Carleton was very bad and she thought
;he needed food and went to her room
% prepare some and when she re-
;urned the Rev. Mr.. Christler was
still there, but departed. There was
lot an action or word out Of the
way in the relations of Mr.. Christler
md Mrs. Carleton during her time
n the room, she said.
She induced Mrs. Carleton, who
said she was lonely, to go to the Mar
in room and spend the evening. Mrs.
Carleton departed for her own room
about 9 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 result of her summers
work. She also talked about her
daughter and her future plans.
DR.. D. S. Mckenzie testified as to
answering call from the Christler
home and to taking the revolver from
the hand of Mrs. Carleton. He said
he extracted three bullets and one
shell and one shell stuck in the cylin-
der. The weapon, which was intro
duced, is a .38 calibre, double action,
Smith & Wesson, and the shells and
bullets appear as if they had been in
the weapon for some time. The bar
rel of the gun, however, gave evidence
of recent use.
DR.. Carl Foss, who was the first to
reach the scene and who was the
Christler family physician, told of
finding the bodies and confirmed DR..
McKenzie's description as to the po-
sition in which they lay. 1t also de-
veloped that he was Mrs. Carleton's
family physician.
About six months ago, before Mrs.
Carleton departed for her work on
Chautauqua circuit in the east, he
had prescribed for her some sleeping
powders, giving a prescription for
eight, one of which he said was suf
ficient for period of eight hours. He
also testified that he had operated up
on the deceased woman to correct
troubles which had made her extreme
ly nervous, but had thought she was
better.
1t was developed that Mrs. Garlic
ton had had the prescription filled
repeatedly and that she had had it
filled this week, getting eight pow
ders. Four empty powder papers were
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