New-York tribune., 1910-06-24


which bore the name OF a washington
haherdashery house and the WORD
washington"
Taken TO Headquarters.
- captain Scott and the detectives had
nv this time seen and heard enough to
warrant an arrest. in their opinion, and
they lost no time in taking Charlton 70
Police Headquarters in Hoooken- he
pretended to be puzzled, but made no
real resistance.
They took Charlton along to Head
-so,arters then, and in the room where
Chief Hayes has drawn out so many
- stories Of evildoing upon the high seas
the little group went at the sim
youngster. who was still trying to con-
oeal his identity and to hide under
mask of bravado his fear OF being found
out
e Write your name" said Hayes. And
on a bit Of paper, Charlton scriobled
Porter Carleton"
," Captain Scott jumped up. You didn't [
Dusk him to write that name. chief, ne
said. And yet here he writes the name
z of the man we say he is, with only one
mistake"
Charlton looked confused. Then he
tried to bluff it out Well ne said, L
Thought you would want me to write
TIE same name these gentlemen had
= made me write down at the dock
:" Captain Scott, as test OF identify
had told Charlton down at the pier to
write out the name, Porter Charlton,
!. and Charlton, cunningly, had written
1T Porter Carleton
- Then, going through his belongings,
they came across poem he had written
: in Washington two years ago, signed
Porter Charlton. That seemed to be the
last straw. Charlton was staggered
HAYES fiou-ished the paper beneath his
ewes and said: will you still deny that
you are Porter Charlton?"
= Tries to Draw Revolver
Charlton leaped TO his feet and drew
or tried 20 draw a revolver. He never
had q chance to use it. Garrick and
! FaIlon fell upon him as he rose, over
powered him in q moment and took the
revolver away. Charlton's passion passed
as quickly as it had seized him. In a
moment he was cool and self-possessed
again. calm as he had been from the
first moments on the pier.
Well he said, you've got me. I'm
Porter Charlton"
.- Captain Scott didn't wait for any more
= He feared confession was coming, and
didn't know how far he could trust him
-aself. He had already, at the chiefs re-
r., al, ha "A
ried, and now, looking hard at Charlton,
who sat irapassive. he walked out
You killed your wife" said Hayes,
when the dead woman's brother had
- gone out Il wasn't q question; if was
q simple statement of fact, quietly made.
Yes said Charlton. as simply, Il
killed my wife,
There was nothing remarkable, except
the absolute impassiveness of him,
) about the way Charlton told his story.
He wasn't hystericaI or excited, so far
as the eye or the ear could Judge He
just told what he knew. as he might
have described visit to a theatre or a
days excursion. After ne had finished
HAYES had the notes that had been
taken Transcribed into narrative form,
and gave a copy to Charlton to sign
; He looked it over carefully and
. seemed. annoyed at crudities of style.
He tried to correct them, to make 1t a
smoother and more polished statement
5 but finally heS got through and signed
: in lead pencil Then he signed again in
I ink.
/. A detective went out and told Captain
4 Scott of the confession. and the officer
i wrung his hand warmly and thanked
!, the Hoboken police for their quick work
E Lived Uptown Here az First.
! In his confession Charlton said that
1 he lived at No. 204 West 55th street.
Il That address is the annex OF the Hotel
!. Woodward, and is known as the Mes
Il sonia apartments. 1t was said there
last night that Charlton had sublet an
= apartment there about the time Of his
s. marriage and lived there with his wife
II for about a month He had sublet from
4 Mrs William L Hite, OF Louisville,
Z /. and dealt directly with her, and not
4 with the hotel at all, il was said
q Charlton was not inclined TO be COM
4 rnunicative after the visit to him Of the
! representative of J. Floyd Clark, law
/. YER, of No. 81 Wall street who had been
s. retained by his father. But Hayes is a
tenacious and a diplomatic man and he
stuck patiently to his task
,s II have said ali that / should say to
u YOU, Chief remarked Charlton, for
know that your duty is to aid in prose-
cutting me-
Charlton and his wife arrived at Genoa
an April q, he said; stayed there three
days and then went to Lake Como, and
engaged the house in which Mrs. Charl-
ton was slain, after staying day or
two st the hotel. as IL was cheaper.
'I intended going to work at my old
business, banking.
Start a bank?" inquired the Chief
NO going to work in a bank. There
IS always room for an experienced
American
Charlton said, when asked about his
financial condition, that he was practi-
cany penniless. When taken into Gus
tody he replied: 81 had little money,
not much, and my wife had a little
Were Not Drinking, He Says.
The Chief inquired II they had not
been drinking just before the fatal quar-
rel, and the prompt answer was: IT