The sun., 1910-06-12
PORTER CHARLTON IS ALIVE
MURDERED WOMANS HUSBAND
TOOK TRAIN FROM COMO.
Italian POllce seek Him - . Fugitive
spectator, the Russian PrIssnsF. .
smnggler and spy RsyelAtioas Of
the AutOpp BlSws ND Net km.
Special Cable D,,pafcAs' 10 rur sUs.

ways sscretivs IN important aaalrs. are
less apprOachable than usual 90 TO their
Investigation into the murder Of Mrs
Mary Scott Castle Charlton AZ MoltPaslo
on the shore Of Lake Como. Il sppeara.
however. that they have already ss0arsd
essential information which wln - q
long way toward clearing up this 81.
! traordinaTT crime
The Kings ProouratOr for LOmhardy.
on able investigator. has taken charge
Ol the case. lie is spurred toward ths
solution Of the problem by requests from
tho CpOwn that nothing be left undone
The United States Government. accord
ing TO a despatch from Rome. has asked
through it, State Department that II,
police ascertain II possible whsther Porter
Charlton. the young husband. is still
alive. Consequently the criminal branch
has applied 10 this case something more
than its customary thorOughness. The
results Of the days inquiry. a. obtained
from the proCurator. may be epitomissd
about a. follows:
II appears extremely probable that the
husband. Porter Charlton, is alive The
Italian police regard him - . fugitive,
He was seen on June booking passage
from Como 10 Lugano. evidently on his
Way 10 l.ucerne. Switzerland.
A for the Russian. Constantine spola-
tot. who IL under arrest the experts Of
the criminal branch are puzzled. spola-
ton Is an Adventurer pure and ample
with = knack for languages and IN en-
gAging personality. Il seems that he has
done = bit Of smuggling over the sWips
border and the police have heard that
he draws q pension from the Russian
Government for keeping his eyes open
But 90 far ~ one may gather from
the procurAtor nothing definite has yet
been fastened upon n. SpolatoH a. ~
spects the Lake Como murder. The police
are perssverihG 10 an attempt 20 make
him explain what happened between the
time when he leased the villa Moltrnaio
20 Mr. and Mrs Porter Charlton and the
time the villa was abandoned on June T.
He has not done 40 as yet In thorough
and satisfactory manner.
AZ interesting perhaps az any step
taken by the police was the post-moFtem
examination which was held this morning
upon the dead woman's body In the pres
enoe Of the procurator. There had been
IN impression hastily formed from q
casual inspection Of the body after IL
was removed from the trunk In which
the fishermen found II in Lake Como
that the American woman was alive when
her BODY was forced into the trunk and
iiung into the lake. The autopsy con
iirmed this and established other peculi-
arities which are of especial interest n
the scientific men physical phenomena
difiicult 90 express IN print. Mrs Charlton,
according 10 the physicians who assisted
the procurator Possessed abnormal char
aCteris'ic-
without doubt. however she was alive
and breathing when the trunk was
weighted with stones and thrown into
a bay Of Lake Como near the village oi
M0hrasio The prOCuratOr's physician
spent three hours In establishing this
fact Although they were extremely
Euarde in responding 20 inquiries. IL
dsvelopei that they found the impress
Of seven blows upon the head. most ~
which were az the back Of the skull It
seemel 20 them that none Of these blows
hal been Of sufficient force TO cause
death. although they had been savage
enough undoubtedly 10 stun Mrs. Charl-
ton. Examining further the physicians
found that the woman had been hit In
the face with such strength that her nose
had been broken and her face badly dis
hgurei
IL was entirely a matter Of conjecture
a. 10 what SORT ~ a weapon had been
used Some Of the physicians sug-
gcsipd that = wooden mallst had been
employed Others thought that her as
sailant had used a hammer But the
CONSENSUS was that Mrs. Charlton. al
though unconscious, was breathing when
her body was packed into her own trunk
and lowered into the lake. Il seemed
reasonable to suppose that shs had died
Of sunocation.
The prOcuratOr admitted that boat
men had furnished him information oF
the utmost value not only a. to the time
the murder was committed but a. to the
person guilty Lower class Italians are
not usually eager 10 volunteer infoFma-
ton which might perhaps embarraas
= L.
but the prOcurator has been grAtihed
10 find that the peasants. the tradesmen
and In fact all Of the natives Of the region
Of the murder have been ANXIOUS 20 SUPPLY
any details in their possession.
The evidence ot the bOatmen Of the
bay az Moltrasio was extremely interest
ing They gave Il through . spokesman.
= tall. muscular young man who makes
his living At hShing and who assured the
proCaratOT that bs Was shortly % bo
I was minding my nots. Excslleney.'
be said. when the young Amarioan who
lived In the villa above came % me He
aahsd me IN what part Of the bay usually
cast my lines. Did and my Glah IN dsep
water or ahallowP ! wa hard a work.
EHOellenoy. and told him that it de-
pended greatly upon the movement Of the
fan. SOmstimes they were found In
deep water. sometimes IN shallow. He IN
qulred then what part 0f TIE bay wa
deepest. and indicated n with q wave of
my hand. He seSmSd 10 IN the spot IN
his mind and after thanking mo bs won't
RWay. That. ExCsllsncy, " ell that I