Robert "Robin" Hemingray - Carlotta Campiglio

Carlotta's Remains Were Shipped to Cincinnati

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Cincinnati Times-Star (Kentucky Edition)

Cincinnati, OH, United States
vol. 65, no. 289, p. 2, col. 1-2


Girl's Body Sent

To Cincinnati.


Request of Mother of Carlotta Campiglio

for Searching Investigation Is Being Carried Out

- Any Flowers From Hazel Reid Greve Will Be Returned.


Chief of Police George W. Whittman of San Francisco, Cal., is investigating all the details in connection with the recent death of Carlotta Campiglio in that city. The remains of the dead girl were shipped from San Francisco Tuesday night and will arrive in Cincinnati early next week. The body will not be cremated, but will likely be interred at Spring Grove cemetery. This change has been made because the girl asked in one of her letters to be buried "with a few shovelfuls of earth over her." This statement has convinced the mother that the body should be buried and not cremated. Mrs. Campiglio still insists that her daughter was married, in spite of Robert Hemingray's denials. Hemingray has refused to answer Mrs. Campiglio's telegrams since Sunday. The heartbroken mother sent a fourth telegram to Hemingray Tuesday, but it was not answered. The message read as follows:

"Why don't you telegraph when my Carlotta's remains will be sent? This suspense is awful."

"LOTTIE CAMPIGLIO."

Fortunately for the mother, however, the desired information was sent to her by the San Francisco chief of police. Public sentiment here and in San Francisco seems to be against Hemingray. When Thomas H. Williams, president of the New California Jockey club heard of Hemingray's conduct he declared that no man who would traduce the name of a dead woman should ever race a horse on any track of which he was in charge or should ever be allowed to enter the enclosure of such a track. Hemingray was ordered to remove his horses from the Ingleside track. Mrs. Campiglio stated Tuesday that if Carlotta threatened suicide at the Grand Hotel it was without her knowledge. In speaking of Hazel Reid Greve, she said that she had forbidden Carlo to go with the daughter of the actor playwright. In fact, she said that any flowers sent to the funeral by Mrs. Greve would be sent back.


Keywords:Hemingray
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Researcher:Glenn Drummond / Bob Stahr
Date completed:February 11, 2004 by: Glenn Drummond;