The sun., 1910-06-24


and pride, Il freed
And on Il rea1 these words who seeks fo
Peace must pas through pain
JoHS RoBNTT PoErEh CHARLro0
WashinEton. November n. iaoo
SURPRISED AT Suspicion AGAINST sPOLA-
TOFF.
When the chief asked Charlton II Spola-
tot. the Russian. had been an accomphce
Of his Charlton seemed quite surprised.
Certainly not. be- said. He was only
a friend whom We found congenial and
Who visited us at the villa several times
The rest Of the people there were all
clttle' He seemed glad % sign hia name
10 the addendum 10 his confession exon
Grating HE Russian friend.
From the chiefs once Charlton was
taken across the hall 70 Recorder
Mc(iovern'B court, which by this time was
filed 20 sunoCntion 10y a crowd Oi the
curious who had heard Of ths arrest. No
one could have been more self-posseesed
than the prisoner when arraigned beiore
the Recorder. He showed not a trace OF
his former nervousness and he replied
with the greatest cOOlness tO the formal
Questions When they presented to the.
Recorder the confession which he had
Just made and which had been type
written he asked coOlly 70 be allowed 70
look u over.
oORRECTs A SMALL MISTAKE.
There ~ a small mistake. think,
/ your Honor. he aaid. Where u reads
I have no deiencs to make and wish 20
make none Il should read. nor wish
none
The Recorder said that Charlton might
change IL and asked him Il he WOud have
psn.,.,,.,---.....- pen. ..,,h
Z the coolness of clerk fiNtng up q slight
error. and he drew from his pocket q small
/ lead pencil and scratched out the words
/ he had referred 10 lie folded up the
| confession and handed Il back 20 the
| judge Then he was led away 10 cell.
ACareful search was made of Charlton's
| clothes. and it revealed the fact that he
| had no money. no leWelry and not a scrap
I Of paper hetaying his identity. " he
had meant 10 rid himself Of such telltale
things he had forgotten completely his
haggagp. which was full of evidence
revealing his identity
Was wITE ALIVE m TRUSK7
In hrs cell Charlton took OF his coat
al once and proceeded 90 make himself
comfortable He drank copiOusly Of
water throughout the day The reporters
asked him II he cared 10 make a statement
/ in addition 90 that which he had signed.
and he said that he had no desire 10 say
ANYTHING further One Of them asked
I HIM Il be knew that his wife wasn Z dead
when put In the trunk
/ -Oh' my God. she must have been.
| he said exCltedly. but that was all be
would say Ne hadn't been very long m
| the cell when a representative " Mr.
] Clarke came over 20 advise him not 10
! talk, ard Charlton obeycd this Injunction.
: While Charlton refused Co 20 into
details regarding his movements after
the murder Il would appear from his
statement that the murder was com
mitted ON the night Of June q and that
on the following day. when the villa was
found by tradeapeople deserted. Charlton
was in the village of Moltrasio. where the
villa vas situated. and that he renamed
ia Como until the day before the trunk
was found Genoa b the nearest port
10 Como whence steamers depart for
New York According 10 one u the
stewards In the second cnhin u the Prin-
Teas Irene Charlton turned up az the
steamer in Genoa the night before the
vessel sailed which was June H The
trunk was not discovered by the fishermen
until the next morning
SHORT OF FUNDs on SHIP
when he came aboard the vessel that
evening according 70 the story told by
" RelnhOld QUE % the steW ards he said
that he vas short q funds and asked
IN he could stay aboard the vessel that
night He had already had his ticket
but made out that he did not have enough
for lodging ashore The steward had a
great deal u trouble IN convincing him
that this was not allowed and that be- must
remain ashore lie showed up bright and
early the next morning The ship touched
az Palermo where Charlton went ashore
for a while he did not 90 ashore al
Naples. the frst port she touched after
leaving Genoa The ship sailed from
Palermo az O'Clock In the evening Az
about : clock that night Charlton APP
preached Pred Schwab deck steward
! lur the second cabin. where Charlton
had hi- room, and pointed out a rather
tall and good looking young woman
who wa down on the passenger list a.
a Mise Bereker
SUSPECTED A WOMAN PAssENGFR
4 think that vomAns a detecuve.
he sald 90 Schwab I've had a little
trouble and ! want 20 keep out of sight
/ vish you'd find out a little more about
her
/ The deck steward Questioned some
people who knew the Young woman and
found ont that she Was 10 get N AZ Glib
raltar he told Charlton that she vas
evidently no detective and he seemed
much relieved Later ln Charlton. ~
COiman. ~ he was known on hoard the
vessel. managed 10 scrape up an &C
| quaintance with the woman he had sls-
pected of being a detective and found
that she Was a professional singer He
hade her goOd-hy when she left al Glib
raltar There were only three Americans
among the passengers with whom Chari-
ton mingled, hut the only one with whom
he appeared 20 have much 70 do was
charles J Farquharson. Who was going
20 Canada. According % tho stew ards
the two were constant companions on
the voyage Charlton spent the time
mostly On deck He drank very little
On Wednesday night just before the
vessel vas 10 reach port. he SEEMED 20 get
a bit reckless and ordered a couple oi
bottles ~ champagne, which he paid for
He treated several u the women pas
senger- and got a bit hilarious After
this he said he was broke Yesterday
morning he borrowed ts from Schwah.
the deck stewart promising 10 return Il
a. soon 40 he got ashore and met his
/ friends SChwab told of Il rather rue
, fully after he learned of the identity oi
/ the borrower What became Of the i've
spot nobody seemed 20 know.
NERVOUS on sEARING SHORE.
! On the way Up the hay Yesterday