The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-06-24
INSANITY WILL Be
CHARLTl IS DEFENSE

tachment. He emerged refreshed and
cheerful in appearance and with a
hearty appetite for his breakfast Of
eggs, coffee, rolls and cereal.
Reads All the Papers.
Then Charlton sent out for all the
papers and read with evident eager.
ness every story of his own crime
that he could get hold Of He was oc-
cupied thus until along toward the
time for the converting of court.
Meantime big crowd gathered out
side the city hall, where police head.
quarters, Jail and courtroom are
grouped together in. convenient
tumble. A policeman at the door of
the building kept the throngs back.
Insanity His Defense.
An indication of likely procedure
was given by r. Floyd Clark, Charl-
tons counsel, who said that in the
event that the Italian government
moves for an extradition 1t would be
two weeks before the papers can
reach this country. In the meantime,
Mr.. Clark says an inquiry will be
made into Charlton's insanity
His Acts Point to Insanity?
Friends and relatives of Charlton
reiterated today their conviction that
while many circumstances of the
crime pointed to irrationality on the
young mans part, his actions after
the commission of the murder, partic.
ularly in his flight to this country, and
his attitude on his arrival. offered what
they considered conclusive proof Of his
unsoundness.
Guard Him, Fearing Suicide.
Lest Charlton might make an at
tempt on his own life, close guard
was kept on him last night. Charl-
tons slumbers, however, were unin-
terrupted, the guard said, the youth
hardly turning on his cot after the
early hour when sleep claimed him.
Mr.. Edwards arrived after 10
o'clock.
Mr.. Edwards, addressing Recorder
McGovern, said that he had just been
called into the case and had not yet
with it's intricacies.
He thought an adjournment would
be agreeable to all concerned and ask
ed the court to carry the case over a
few days.
Case Continued Till Tuesday.
Prosecutor Garven offered no objec-
ton and the court ordered the case
adjourned until next Tuesday at 10
| o'clock. The question of what dispo-
sition should be made of Charlton was
discussed at some length, and it was
! finally decided to commit him to the
county Jail at Jersey City.
Arrested AS He Steps From Steamer.
New York, June 23.-Porter Charl-
ton, husband OF Mrs. Mary Scott Cas-
| tie Charlton, whose body was found
! stuffed into trunk which was taken
from Lake Como, Italy, recently was
| arrested as he stepped from the steam
ship Princess Irene in Hoboken today.
| Give Him "Third Degree"
Charlton at first denied his identity,
but after being given the third de-
gree" he admitted that he was the hus'
band of Mrs. Charlton.
Charlton made signed statement
to the Hoboken police.
Tries to Shoot Police Chief.
While he was being sweated under
the third degree" he became infuri
ated and drawing revolver tried ia
shoot Chief of Police Hayes.
| Confesses The Crime
He was disarmed and few minute,
later confessed the crime.
charlton's Signed Statement.
Within a half an hour after his ar
rest Charlton had signed the following
statement:
IVY wife and lived happily togeth
er. She was the best woman in the
world to me, but she had an ungov
ernable temper. So had l.
Wife Was in a Rage.
I'VE frequently quarreled over the
most trivial affairs and her language
to me was frequently so foul that
knew she did not know the meaning
OF it.
Quarreled On Fatal Night.
THE night struck her she had beer
quarreling with me. She was in the
worst temper l had ever seen her in
l told her If she did not cease would
leave her and put stop to it, Sh'
stopped for little while and started
again.
Kills With a MalIet.
81 took a mallet which l had uset
to do household repairs and strucl
her three times. thought she wa
dead. / put the body in trunk IL
which l also threw the mallet.
prses Trunk to Lake.
About IL o'clock that night
, brought the trunk to my house an,
J dragged it down to a small pier an,
threw 1t overheard. left the follow
ing night and went to Como and fron
there to Genoa, where / took tn
. steamer Irene three days later.
Murdered In Sleeping Room.
l THE room where l killed her was a
l outdoor sleeping apartment,
/ (Signed) Porter Charlton"
: At the suggestion of an attorne
whose service he secured, shortly a
ter his arrival at the police station