The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-12
Unable TO Explain Miss
Reid's Murder, They Would
Accuse Mrs. Charlton.
WRATH OF COMORRA
FEARED BY POLICE
lake Dragged for Missing Man,
Who Is Also Sought in
England.

Milan. italy June 1.-THE police OF
this city have formulated a most re-
markabIe theory on which 20 explain
the two recent murders Of Mrs Mary
Scott Castle Charlton and Miss EstelIs
Reid. insisting that they believe Ms
Charlton and perhaps her husband may
have been connected In some way with
the murderers OF Miss Reid, and that
Mrs. Charlton was put oUt OF the way
10 prevent her making damaging dis
closures.
Whether This story is advanced be-
cause Of the utter inability OF The police
20 get al any facts that would lead %
the arrest OF the real murderers. OF
whether they fear 10 produce evidence
against The COmOrra, which they have
secured, and want 20 fasten the murder
OF Miss Reid on visiting Americans
cannot Of course be asCertained.
Pushed for Evidence.
II is known that the police have been
pushed Tor evidence regarding the death
Of Miss Reid. and some Americans be-
Leve this latest theory is advanced 70
quiet criticism in that respect
The theory that the Italian police
are eudeavOrins 10 put forward =
that Porter Charlton, IspOlaJOn, ths
Russian, and Mary Scott Castle Charl-
ton may have been identified with q
set OF criminals VINO have been Ope-
rating ia Italy
The police say that these three per-
sens went 10 Naples az the time of
Hiss Reds drowning, tcar they were
seen Ia her company al CasLell2Eer9
and fOrLlcL, vuL 1erzled on a boat TO-
-erleIs ana all l-s4p peareC. The leNE
cay the Lh-u-y cla1 corpse or MISS
Reid was found d0aunS m the sea
Say False Names Were Assumed.
The police here affect 10 believe that
.afrer 11e return 81 TIE Two Americans
and their Russian companion. JLey
lived quite mysLer-ous-y ~ MOlrrasion
q frontier village between Italy ana
Switzerland and Austria, using false
names
IL was here that trouble arose. the
police say. The woman was heard %
complain -la- she was being sacrifices
and she threatened revelations. the po-
lice declare They believe that II was
determined % put her away where she
would IeL no tales.
The police say further thar Charlton
and his wife were uOt acquainted with
The Russian when they came 10 lL2ly.
They assert that the Russian came %
Italy a. the instance Of Mss Reid 1Oess
SIAN agency 10 put her away When
the CEdrl-0us came rl Italy they were
introduced 10 IsDolaIOd-
Charlton Sought In England
Thoro1Eh search through EnEiaud FOR
Charlton has been ordered by the de-
tecuyes. ia the belief that he hastened
there after the murder Of his wife Ad-
mitJedly the police have found no def
rite train OF Charlton. but IN Jlis actio1
they proceeded on the theory that this
would be his best chance 10 escape.
Search is being urged al through
Switzerland Tor some man whom the
police believe they cen connect with the
affair. but the name OF this suspect IS
being carefully kept secret That this
man helped 10 carry the trunk from the
villa 10 the lake IS The police idea u
is intimaJed that this suspect Eed with
Ispolaroft, who was arrested at Reg
lrom Lake Como
Lake Is Being Dragged.
At the same time, on the theory that
Charlton himself may have been a VIC
tim Of the hend as Wen as his wife
Lake Como, where the trunk contain
ing Mrs. Charlt0us body was found, is
being dragged further today.
In spite OF the secrecy Of the phys
iciaus who performed the autopsy on
the body of Mrs. Charlton yesterday,
more sensational details are le&klns
out The doctors now admit thai they
have advised the police 20 seek. as the
murderer. some man OF degenerate or
diseased mind.
Several additional facts became known
this morning The first is that the
crime was prObat bly, committed with an
Indian club. A pair Of such clubs were
known 20 have been in The villa and
only one can now be found The wounds
on Airs. Charl-0n'S face were evidently
made with a club or hammer
Changes 500 Franc Note.
On Saturday. June 4. which IS the
day when the tragedy probably Oc-
CURED. Porter Charlton chauEedNa so
franc note al a restaurant. The police
think this indicates he was obtaining
small change for a haSry flight. In
spite OF this, IspOiatoU still insists that
Charlton was out OF money and had
recently walked 20 Frankfort 10 seek 8.
position with the American bank
Physicians who took part in the
autopsy on the body Of Mrs Charlton
said today that only was the woman
breathing when she was lammed into
the trunk and thrown into the lake,
but that the cold water revived her
consciousness and that she struggled
deSuerateIy 10 break ont Of her cOf-
nm and beat the sides Of the trunk
until she died of SumOcatiou, or
drowning. Her tongue was bitten IN
two. indicating the horrible struggle
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