The Washington times., 1910-06-24
CAPT. SCOTT SURE
HE CAN WIN CAUSE
Brother of Lake Como Vic
tim Fights to Convict
Charlton.
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Charlton seems very bright in many
ways. He is great deal ike Lord
he appears very blunt and seems no.
to understand what is going on around
him
tor held I'D his hand and would not
talk 20 his parent His younger brother
was with us Charlton held ont his
hand 20 his brother who refused G.
take NJ. Porter then shrugged dis
shoulders and said: oh, that's am right.
I don't care
Memory Seems Faulty.
when the alienist examined him
about his crime he seemed not to re-
member It. / asked him about Mrs
Charlton past life. He grew angry al
once and started to strike me. He is
very touchy about her character and.
no doubt. he Sim loves her devotedly.
His mind seems still a haze as 20
what happened AT the time of the muir
Ger and afterward, although he is bright
IL other ways
Letters written by Charlton before
and after his marriage have an lmpOr-
tdnt bearing on his mental condition
These letters were written 10 his father
and Otuer members OF the l1nLlly- Ilu-e
written before his marriage are lue tN-
ampies Of literature. They are bra-
liantly written and fun of hil h-mindeu
thought.
After Charlton was married and went
TO Italy with his bride, his father re-
Ceived only Two letters from him. They
are confused and lucOlCreui, StaTllu=l}
different trom what ne had been writing
while he worked in the National Gig
Bank here ia New York
ITO sum ZIP the whole matter, the
situation IS this
Here IS young man who devoted
the earlier years OF his lie 20 study anu
thought. Finally Le met a woman mucl
cider than re. He fell desperately lu
love with her; married her. The radical
.. change affected in his mind was too
much fO' f. HIS mental powers col
lapSed. he beccEne o. paranolac-
q do not believe the Italian govern
ment VIII take active steps TO eAlI&u.-e
Charlton il would De useless 10 axe
q lunatic back 20 IJ1ly and place MN
on trial for murder
I'VE shall try 10 show at once that
Charlton is mentally unbalanced. An
insane man cannot be eNtradlteu-
ITO lay mind" said Judge Charlton
today" the most convincing PROOF l--t
my son is insane is the TACT tA2t ne
returned TO this country In the man
ner that he did. His every action
since he was placed under arrest
shows that he is not responsible lie
has talked with every one he has met.
there has been little sense in many of
his statements. W hen ne was lol1
that i was coming here 90 aid him, he
said How gathering And his letters
10 me since his marriage were filled
with eXtFavagant things that would
never have come from "a man or SOUND
mir d.
Where Money Came From.
"The report that my sons wife gave
him the money TO go abroad Is un-
true" said Judge Charlton He ask
ed me Tor money and let MIN nave IL
after he informed me Of his marriage
last March"
Judra Charlton refused 10 discuss the
.runor that his sons attorneys would
fgYr extradition. He stated that what
ever action was taken would not, not ne
-ra3c public in advance. but nllnaleu
that there would be legal struggle
~ SanrgSr scott. who came TO New
York from Fischer's island under an
fnDuIse and aided ia capturing CHAR
ION when he landed, was seen TO-DAY
ct the Army and Navy CLUB, ana Jol1
Of Attorney Clark IS statement l-@O
the prisoner was paranolac-
mot Insane" Says Scott.
81 am confident that Charlton is not
insane" said Captain Scott
'Wnue i had not met him before
Yesterday, ] had received three or
four letters from aim. The last one
came dre days ago. II was written
before the tragedy. In It., as In other
letters le said be was unusually Wen.
rEa letters were not those OF an lu-
sane man. There was noting inco-
ncrtut about them
ain the last letter he dwelt upon
the happiness OF his bride and him
self over in Italy, ard their life az
that time, s. he depicted IL, was 10 al
appearalces an ideal one
''At the National City Bank they
also gave me most favorable reports
Of Charlton, and practically as 10 his
Industriousness ana business 4p--lly-
In fact, they stated that they were
inclined to believe he would make
name for himself in the world be-
cause Of these qualities. 1 DO not
believe there is - possibility of his
being insane, either at the Jlme of the
tragedy or at the present time
-"As 30 the capture or Charlton, 1
think IL was a rare piece Of luck that
he was found yesterday. He would
have been captured eventually, at any
rate
Captain Scott declared today that he
was not aCru1ted by any desire for re-
venge In running down Charlton. but
that he wanted to see Justice done He
has already taken steps 90 have Mrs
Scott CharltCu's body brought 10 this
country for burial in The family plot ~
san Francisco
According TO CAPTAIN Scott. the money
with which .he Charltous set mo their
establishment on the shores ui Lake
Como had heen received boy Mrs. CHAR
ton from her former husband. Neville
Castle who. on oTtaiunE % divorce from
her settled a l:trEe amount on her I'm
lieu Of qliTony. This statement takes
issue with the declare. ON of Judge Paul
Charlton that he furnished The money.