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DISPUTE POLICE
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awoke him roughly. and. showing the
knuekles under his nose. said:

awoke him roughly. and. showing the
knuekles under his nose. said:
! why did you murder this woman?"
Spolatof calmly examined the weapon
and repeated his denial with a sleepy
yawn. The police believe the discovery
/ of the "knuckle duster'' connects the
Russian directly with the crime, and that
probably IL was double murder
/ A further. examination of the body
was made. and physicians asserted the
wounds were such as could have been
made with brass knuckles. The authori-
ties believe they will find Charlton's body
eventually.
The police have asceTtained that the
| Charltons passed three days at Venice
/ during the latter part Of April. and that
while there they occupied separate apart
ments. At the Hotel Europe they passed
| themselves of as a brother and sister.
Their behavior attracted much attention.
1t was noticed that they slept practically
all day and stayed out very late at
night.
Saw Charlton Same Night.
A railway clerk was found to-day who
saw Charlton. as he says. board a mid
night train going in the direction of Luz
cerne on the night before his wife's dead
body was found in Lake Como. This has
not been corroborated. Other statements
TO the effect that Charlton was seen after
the tragedy at Lugano. Lucerne. and
other places have been disproved. So far
as known, there is not single thing to
really show that Charlton was seen by
any one after the murder OF his wife.
a telegram was received to-day from
10 to -,
fact that it would be impossible TO arrest
Charlton in the event OF his arrival there
without a warrant. AS a consequence, a
warrant was sent there this afternoon.
There Is much local gossip concerning
a mysterious yelled wOmsn, who was
seen in the vicinity OF the villa which
the Charltons occupied.
At first It was ignored as the seeming
invention Of some overzealous person,
but the police finally took It up and ara
now following this ciew The yelled
woman was first seen in Cernobbfo about
the middle OF May. II is stated that
she often went to Moltrasio and was
there when the murder was discovered.
shows strGnKe Interest.
This woman. It is added, saw the trunk
fshed up from the bottom OF the lake
appeared. She was seen dining IN a
restaurant at Cernobbio on Juno g. and
following. rented a room Tor the night ar
the Hotel Jolanda. She registered as
Elfrieda Duchers. aged thirty-one, Ham,
burg, but 1t has been learned that she did
not occupy the room she had engaged.
While there, however, she talked OF
nothing but the Charltons. and asked re-
peatedly If the murderers had been ar
rested. When informed OF the arrest OF
Spolatof she became greatly excited.
1t is found now that she returned 10
Genoa on June 10, after paying her bill
and making the shortest way 10 Switzer-
land. Nothing has been seen OF her
since.
In spite OF the name under which she
registered, the police are convinced by
her accent that she IS an American.
They suspect she was a rival OF Mrs.
Charlton. II is also believed she may
have instigated the murder.
The American consul at Milan comes
to Como daily to learn the result OF the
investigation. He has been OF great aid
In translating the many letters found In
the villa