Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
mother Of Porter Charlton. The ply

mother Of Porter Charlton. The ply
sician was fond of the young man.
DR.. Wanstall is suffering from a car
diac ailment. il is feared the shock o.
the tragedy might prove fatal to him.
Some days ago DIR. Wanstall wa:
taken i'll. He went to Atlantic City
as his physicians believed that {
change of surroundings would benefi
him. Yesterday Dr. Wanstall grew
worse and his relatives decided tt
bring him back to Baltimore.
The trip was accomplished safely, a:
the physician was kept under the inf1u
ence of stimulants during the journey
After reaching home, however, DR.
WanStall grew worse. and now Is Suf'
fering from reaction, caused by the
trip.
Mrs. Charlton Joins Husband.
Judge Paul Charlton. father of Porter
Charlton. and Mrs. Charlton. DR.. Wan
stalls daughter. were among the party
who brought the ailing physician back
to his home. The news of the tragedy
was broken to Judge Charlton as he was
leaving for Washington last night.
Divided between two duties to her i'll
father and to her husband. who has col
lapsed in the belief that his boy has also
been murdered, Mrs. Charlton left Balti-
more late last night and joined Judge
Charlton at his home in the Capital
Both DIR. Wanstal1 and his wife looked
upon their daughters StepSOn as their
own grandchild. Repeatedly on his travels
the young man sent long letters to his
step-grandparents here. Both were great
ly grieved by his marriage several months
ago.
This morning Mrs. Wanstall, in the alb
sence of her daughter. said she feared
that if her husband heard of the tragedy
his death would ensue.
Believes Charlton Slain.
81 have no doubt" continued Mrs. Wan
stall. that Porter has been murdered, as
well as his wife. l have not yet recov-
cred from the shock of the first news.
Il have given up all hope of ever seeing
the boy again. My only hope is that the
murderer will be speedily caught and pun
ished
Coming on top of the critical illness
of my husband this thing is awful. DIR.
Wanstall has been very i'll, and his con-
dition is still serious.
''At present he is suffering from a re-
action from the trip home yesterday
from Atlantic City. 1 am compelled to
watch him carefully.
Both the doctor and 1 were devoted
regarding the tragedy away from his
ears. / am afraid that if he learned
of it the shock would kill him.
THE news was great shock to my
daughter, too. She has gone to Wash
ington to try to comfort Porter S
father.
None of us knew anything about
Porters wife. He had been married but
a short time. and he was so young.
He was one of the most lovable boys
l known.
thing in life so.
The artistic side Of life appealed to
him. He was beautiful letter writer.
May Be Victims of Jealousy.
In reply to the question Of whether
she believed that both Porter Charlton
and his wife had been killed by a single
person, Mrs. Wanstall said that at pres
ent il was impossible to form anything
but bare theories from the limited in
formation available.
81 believe it is possible that both Porter
and his wife may have been killed by
some jealous foreigner she said. who
was in love with Mrs. Charlton before
she married Porter.
1.-The newspapers say the Italian police
have Russian under arrest. from whom
Porter obtained the villa in which he
and his wife lived at Lake Como 1t
may be possible that the man may have
been jealous of Porter and may have de-
coyed the two to the villa to kill them.
Il feel that when the matter is investi-
gated further evidence will be obtained
to show that Porter was killed along
with his bride.
My only hope now is that this does
not get to the doctor until he becomes
somewhat better"