New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
SCOTT PRODS OFFICIALS
Declares Government Seeks to
Prove Charlton Innocent.

The Italian government is Stlll WofhifE
Oh lis reply 10 Secretary knoX's demand
Tor a reciprocal arrangement for the eN-
tradition Of Italian criminals from lIalg 10
this country as a preliminary to consider
Ing A request for The extradition OF Porter
Charlton 1t Is understood that Italy
cleyerest and most astute diplomats are
finding il a difficult task to make the word
persons in the extradition treaty between
rhc two countries include citizens when ap-
7,Iial 70 America. but not when Italy IS
andcr fire
In the meantime Charlton ticks off
the Gaz-s in the Hudson County jail on
Jersey City Heights. The aiienists visit
hiun-Dr W J. Arlitz, police surgeon OF
lBoboken, Is q regular caller, and DIS
Hamilton, Dana and Fisher go over oc-
Casionally-preparing a defence of insanity
IL case # necessity. while Captain Scott
brother of the murdered Mrs Charlton
fumes impotentiy before the inpassiVity OF
The government
The days pass far too swiftly for Captain
Scott His regular leave has expired and
he has been able 10 get only short eNten-
sion while one-;hird OF the sixty days
within which Charlton must be eXtradited
or sat free have already passed.
CAPTAIN Scott viii try TO stretch the time
on August Il, the date 30 which the hearing
before Judge Blair has been adjourned, but
on August %. If extradition has not theli
been granted. Charlton's lawyers will s.
into court and ask for the prisoners formal
discharge under the siXty-day clause
Allege Grounds for discharge.
Their contention VIII be that the period
In which a prisoner may be- held for ex-
~. Of hi
commitment They will deny that III agree
ius TO an adjournment they waiTed any OF
tHeir rights.
taptain Scott. on the eve of his expected
raturn 10 his post at Fort Wright yester-
dav. and before he learned that he could
get 4 short extension OF his leave, gave out
"A statemenr in which he charged the gov
crnment win defending Charlton.
Al the same time he made public two
letters. one written by Charlton and one
bv Mrs. Charlton. The one from Mrs
charlton was written within fow days
ar The marriage of a sister, Miss Kate G
Scott, in san Francisco. in il she said: 81
want YOU 10 know how wonderfully happy
aln. It Just seems, Kate, like the loneli-
ness. the heartache, the wearinesS of al
rfrose years could never have been Ms
present Joy seems 10 have wiped even theiI
memory away.
In describing him she said: lie is 4
student. hut absolutely full of cheerfulness
Intact in disposition he reminds me OF
--- Iot. excepting that Porter is always
sane The word sane was heavily under
scored.
The part OF the letter to which Captain
Scott particularly drew attention was that
IN which the murdered woman spoke of heI
% all jc
Judge Charlton, Of Nebraska a very big
man and man very much looked up to
lie is a close friend of President Taft
IN fact. only last week Judge Charlton
travelled from Washington as President
Tsfi's guest in his private car, and in the
evening Taft, lac and several other gentle
men dined AZ the Yale Club together
The letter 10 Captain Scott was written
1,y Charlton on the day before the murder
from the villa on Lake Como. After giving
an interesting description OF the scenery. il
said: 1T viii indeed he hard to go back to
business from an idyl like this. Switzer-
land is only an hours walk distant, but 50
far Mamie has been unable TO take it
I want it known that Mamie is my
wife, naturally, but more so on account OF
last summers affair and unavoidably, the
delay mas already been much too long"
Evidence of Charlton's Sanity.
Captain Scott presented this letter as evil
dence Of CharIton's sanity at the time OF
the murder. He said that he had several
other letters written 10 different members
of his family within few days Of the
commission Of the crime. Besides the let
tiers, he said he had the testimony OF
several passengers on The Princess Irene,