The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-12
Trying to solve Mystery

| New York, June u.-tSpeclalJ- am
convinced that my sister. Mrs. Porter
| Charlton. is dead but l. accuse no man;
| | am ignorant of any motive and l have
no information which would help me to
| solve the mystery" That was the state
ment made tonight by Capt. Henry Harri-
| son Scott L. s. A., brother OF Mrs.
Mary Scott Castle Charlton, the Ameri-
can woman whose dead body was found IN
trunk at the bottom of Lake Como, in
| italy. and whose mysterious death has
| shocked the world. Captain Scott got his
| first intimation of his sisters death from
! th. newspapers, and 1t was not until TO-
| day that he received confirming intelli-
gence. Stationed. at Fort II. G. Wright, on
an island 20 miles from New London, he
is completely out of touch with the world,
| for he can be reached only by long dis
| tance phone or wireless Fort III. G.
| Wright Is at the eastern extremely OF
| Long Island. the nearest town being New
| London, Conn, across the Long Island
sound
| For 20 hours | have been attempting
| to conjure up in my brain some solution
| for this tragedy" said Captain Scott. AT
| first | relied upon the hope that the dead
woman was not my sister, but felt
strangely certain all along that 1t was she.
! Before sailing for Europe she told me that
she and her husband intended visiting in
| Italy, and they mentioned Como as one
| of the SPOTS Wnere iney anticipated opSitu-
ing some time in quiet cottage by the
lakeside.
I have not seen my sister for some
! months | never saw her present hus-
! band Porter Charlton, son of Judge Paul
Charlton of Washington ard Baltimore.
| | was not present at the wedding. Not
| that objected to the marriage but be-
| cause it was a very quiet affair. and |
did not feel called upon TO attend. Last
month received two letters, one from
| Mr. Charlton and the other from my Sis
ter Both were dated April Is and post
marked New York. The letters told of
the wedding.
'They also said they were sailing
either on that day or the following
day for Europe. Ny memory is lit
| tie at fault as to the date.
"They planned to spend three years
abroad. going first to Italy, where they
| Intended living for some months. From
| Italy they were going 10 France, re-
naming in Paris some time. From
| Paris they were going 10 Switzerland
and thence to Austro- Hungary. They
spoke particularly of remaining In
Germany for a long time. They out
lined trip which would take thres
years to make and they planned some-
| thing for every week of those three
years. | was not in New York when
| they sailed but I sent them message
WlSnlnS tHeHl HdppiutsS anu a Soou
voyage.
| II received letter or so from
abroad but nothing containing the
slightest hint or indication that dan
ger confronted either my sister or
| her husband. The news that she was
dead came like thunderstroke
could not believe II at first. However,
there can be no doubt of 1t now.
1T is a deep mystery and ] hope
that the Italian authorities solve it
very quickly and bring the guilty per-
sons to Justice. So far nothing has
been done toward bringing the remains
to this country. l have received word
that the post mortem had revealed the
fact that the girl was really murdered
| can even yet scarcely believe it,
Captain Scott was formerly stationed
at Fort Hamilton. Brooklyn, but was
transferred over year ago to Fort
H. G. Wright.
II was he who assisted his sister
when she was in trouble year age
charged with attempting to shoot a
lawyer.