The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-24
CHARLTON PRISONER;
CLEARS UP MYSTERY
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slightest suspicion that Charlton was a
fugitive from justice. AS the Irene sailed
before the murder became known, this is
not altogether strange.
One of First Down GnnEway.
When the steamer was docking. Chari-
ton was seen 20 be making close ex-
animation Of the pier, looking over the
rail and scanning 1t with much interest.
He wanted to know II he had 10 go
down the gangplank, and found out that
there was no other way OF getting on
Previous 10 this he had been examined
by immigration Inspector MeGregor, but
had answered all his questions satisfac-
torily. He was one Of the first of the
pier carrying his two dress suit cases.
The customs inspectors had not quite
reached him when Capt. Scott came
along
Charlton, to those who saw him to-day.
seemed to bear little resemblance TO
person suffering from tuberculosis, the
disease which his father says ne had
contracted before he left for Italy last
March, Dressed in good clothes, he
would be called rather dapper looking.
The only evidence of any weak physical
!
fits Of nausea which the police thought
were undoubtedly caused by his exces-
sive nervousness
Standing in court, facing the recorder,
he looked no more than a young boy. and
! II seemed hard for those who watched
| him to realize that he had hammered his
wife TO death and carried her body in
trunk down 10 the lake.
Capt. Scott did not remain IN Hoboken
after he had seen the man who killed his
sister placed IN a cell.
I'm satisfied" he said. I've seen him
/ brought TO justice, and that is what
| came here for. Now. I guess I'll go back
to my post But ] would have searched
every liner until found him.
Later on Capt. Scott said that he might
remain here a day or two, and that he
might be over at Hoboken tomorrow
morning when Charlton IS srraigned
again before the recorder. He said that
naturally he was interested IN seeing
what course Justice was to take in the
matter.
Wants Body Returned.
The captain has asked the state De-
partment 10 have his sisters body brought
10 this country from Italy and sent 20
San Francisco, her old home. Ills sister
will be buried in Cypress Lawn Gene
terry there. The last he had heard from
his sister, the captain said, was about
two months ago, when he received let
! ter from Charlton, in which the latter
spoke of the marriage and declared that
they were both very happy together His
sister had added a postscript to the letter
with words TO the same effect.
/ How Charlton had managed 70 go
,Ea.
being employed as clerk in the National
City Bank was explained by Capt Scott.
He said that his sister mad written him
that she had received q lump sum OF
money from her former husband, Neville
Castle. Presumably, it wEs this money
which went TO pay the expense or the
villa In Italy where she was murdered
and possibly Of the entire honeymoon.
The address which Charlton gave in his
confession is the Hotel Woodward. where
the two stayed for a while after their
marriage and before they sailed for Eu-
rope on March IS last.
The Charltons were married March u
IN Wilmington. and sailed for Italy a
few days afterWard. They spent some
time in hotels, and wers elected from
one because OF their constant quaTreling.
1t was then that they hired the villa al
Moltrasio from Spolato1, the Russian.
On June the villa was found closed
, by tradespe0ple. who went there 10 de-
liver goods. When the trunk was hauled
Up from the lake by the fishermen and
opened on June It revealed the body OF
the woman who. with her husband. had
rented the villa.
The autopsy disclosed that she had
been hit in the face, her nose broken,
and had received several blows on the
head Some OF the physicians came 70
the conclusion that the woman was still
breathing when placed IN the trunk. The
, autopsy disclosed certain physical con-
ditions which the police through might
E have bearing on the crime
, First Theory Double Murder.
The first theory was that It had been
a double murder, and that charlton's
body would be found in the lake This
theory the American consul has chung to
tenaciousiy
The Italian government had the lake
dragged and had divers sent down with.
out revealing the missing Charlton. The
examination of the villa revealed blood
marks in an upstairs bedroom, indicating
: that the woman had been struck there
and afteTward placed on a bed which
was covered with blood. Charlton's cloth.
! ing was missing The police quickly ar
: rested Spolatoff and started a search fol
Charlton. On June 9 they found that {
man answering his description had booked
passage from Como TO Lugano, evidently
intending to go 10 Lucerne, Switzerland
they thought. Since then all steamer:
were watched on the other side, and the
police OF all Europe have been on thu
lookout for the fugitive.
Mrs. Charlton was a Miss Mary Crit
tenden Scott, the daughter of San Fran
cisco coal merchant. She was married &
Neville H. Castle and obtained a divorci
from him. She was thirty-flve years old
Capt Scott, her brother, appeared in he
behalf last year when she got in troubl
by trying to shoot Lawyer William B
Craig in the Waldorf This was befor
] she married Charlton. The captain inter
: coded for his sister at that time, COMING
here from Alabama, where he was thel
stationed, and she was discharged, Mr.
: Craig not pressing the complaint