The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-15
BELIEVE CHARLTON
ON HIS WAY HERE
Italian Police Are Convinced
He is Murderer-Have Tel
egraphed Steamers
RUSSIAN SUSPECT
WILL BE RELEASED
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No Credence Placed in Report
4, to Effect That Miss Reid
Was Fugitive's
Sister.

COMO. ITALY. June 1.-THE au-
thorides are to-day convinced that
Porter Charlton. the husband OF MUIR
. oered Mary Scott Characterization. sail
ed for New York on either the Italian
Steam Navigation Company'g steamer
Verona. which left Genoa for New
York on June 8, or the Italian Lloyd
steamer Virginia. which sailed from
Genoa on June 3. They have sent
wireless messages to both these ves-
sells requesting. their captains not to
permit any passengers corresponding
~ the description of Charlton to es-
cape without thorough investigation.
Mrs. Charlton was murderer. IL Ia
now believed. June q. Her body was
not discovered until June 10, SO that
Charlton could easily -haxo. sailed ~aB
either OF the vessels mentioned with
out arousing the least suspicion.
The Italian police have completely
abandoned the theory that Charlton
may have been murdered along with
Ills wife. thereby placing themselves
In direct opposition to United States
Ambassador Leishman and United
States Consul Caughy, at Milan, who
still insist that Charlton, too. was
slain Consul Caughy discovered to-
day what he believed to be new eyi~
dence in support OF his theory in
the fact that a second trunk was
missing from the Charlton villa inn
mediately after the murder. Caughy
says II is improbable that Charlton
would have taken the trunk with him
In his escape.
Caughy believes that Mrs. Chart
toms body was placed In one of the
trunks found in the Charlton villa
and the husbands body in the sec
ond trunk. and that both were thrown
into the lake.
Caughy attributes all the stories of
Charlton having been seen after the
supposed date of the murder To the
imaginative minds OF the itafian peo-
Pile. These stories are nothing more
than vague rumors," he said to-day,
land are so unreliable that even the
Italian police have paid little. atten-
ton to them"
Release Suspect.
The hope of finding a solution of
the mystery In Constantine fspoiat0f.
the Russian suspect. has practically
been abandoned, and 1t Is probable
tina the will be- released within few
days. His release is demanded by
the Russian consul.
The positive statements of the post
mistress at Moitfasio. Sisnora Eliza
Caprani. that Charlton came into her
office Monday afternoon and asked re-
garding the sailing time OF vessels.
OF girl milk carrier who saw Charl-
ton leaving his villa Monday evening.
and of q carpenter named Pietro Foo
negona. who says that Monday night.
while he was fishing near the ietty.
Charlton appeared on the hank and
asked how deep the water was. have
convinced the authorities that Charl-
ton Is the murderer OF HIS Wife. and
they see little reason for holding Is
poiatoff
II was expected that the official
report of the autopsy on Mrs. Charl-
toms body would be made to-day. but
the authorities are suppressing all the
details. nj king II i'm possible % verify
tt1e report that this examination would
reveal motive for the murder.
Absolutely no credence is given the
story published in II Secolo. of Milan.
that E.steiie Reid. the New York girl
whose body was washed ashore at
Naples several weeks ago. was in real
ity the sister OF Porter Charlton. The
identity Of Miss Reid was established
beyond question, and ii Secolo's story
only shows the general state OF con-
fusion thatt exists regarding the
Charlton mystery.