The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-14
AMBASSADOR At LAKE COMO

lake and almost CoinCidentaliy Elfrieda
Duchers returned u carriage She APP
p-arrd to have heard the report already
and shel rush ed eECii-dly To ihaproprieior,
clamuring IN her broken French. which
WAS not a. all Gs1nanic in ia faults. 10
b,. told about the finding u Mrs. chart
tons body.
Has the murderer been arrested
Have they got hum were her insistent
questions. She rrmainsd ON the piazza
- the hotel all morning. bending Ia catch
IN" least scrap 1t gossip that PASSED from
mouth along the roadway shortly be-
fore shutdown une Of the servants who
had BEEN down where the detectives
wDrr going over the ground from the
Villa Moltrasio 10 tho waters edge cam'
running up 10 the hotel with the news
thai Constantine Spolatun the Russian.
had been arrested over the border
The woman hearing the news became
greatly agitated ~ the proprietor Of
the Hotel Jolsnda wound up the story
be- had told the procurat"r IN repeating
% Ibis evening
~. called Tor her hin immediately
and IN doing ~ she spoke two English
words How much Then she inquired
What vas the trst train On the ~ Gothard
Railroad that Woud carry her o. ILissrne
She went IN a hurry and with excitement
The proprietor added that he had rs
sIr,-i the prucuritor that IN his belief
the woman VIM had made the hurried
visit and the more hurried departure
waS IN American. for she acCvntsd her
< n aud her e. = So hard
Mhlt~v-r the prJcurttor may think
90 this cl. - % wH~ made manifest to-day
that he had not l,t even the slendersst
thread ut evidence escape him 4
description 81 the woman hes heen tel--
gra ph'-i Co B~lhzons Gu>chenen and
other important points "a the ~ Guihard
line between Como and l.uC-rue The
pruCur9tur cannot on du~- not care a.
state inst what place the mysterious
Fraulein DIcharS holdS in the tangled
-ksin Uf the g. .a ~ Tar m hrs hands
Great excitement spread through the
Villa Nuitraslp THIS afternoon when the
report came FROM the wateriside that the
grapplsrS had found "A portOn 81 Porter
harlfuu p coat on their hooks " hen they
ullI,,t fapm up from the deep water they
ltu u'..t trolling over Confirmation 1T
th.- news vas emf civ lacking a. the
irp,UrttuT temporary pfic~ Tor the
reason a.. thSf official >sg-Iy pUt it that
" hat-y'r We NAV find "a ih- bottom Of
me lA1. will 10" examined thoroughly by
the pOuoc before statements are made
about r
4, the rfimur ha. DO Two 1T he Usher
men who u"Eau tu graUple the lake hut
tom early uu 81 urday morning and who
have, iteu uusi persistent IN the ls'lief
fhA. 'ur Nudy ~ the American -ignur Law
somewhere zoe the deep water ut the hay
puI uf Euich fhr Trunk containing the
woman. badly Wa drawn un FRIDAY
pulled Hp Fragment ut tweed with q uit
u DHIr huiug ciInuug Geo % Nv few
reads They took their ind directly
tu One II Jhe detectives tu charge IT the
graphing operations and went back ap-
prnNuuatplv tl 'nr same -Uut where they
bad made their find tu De- more graphing
with their hooks Though they ruwrd
back and forth over the place In q Rradu-
ally widening AREA. they did NOT grr
suother tug ON ,her lines ll. the resi- oi
4 be- day
tan ms fragment IT cloth be- Identified
90 q port tot ~ n yuaf that Porter Charlton
W0ra ~ IS 4 simply o. rag that NAV have
Ign "a The d kp boftbm Tor mUnths' "
the rruCurtOr ~ Como hrs satisfactorily
solved This question he he's almost the
nsw-r ro he second phase " the mys-
terry the fate u Porter Charlton
Spuhtpf the single -'isp-v' Co fail into
No." IIulir- Dr. gu"t 80 TER H. more than
huIdiug his own agr inst the det -rmrurd
Sorts uf hls IuqW~itur- CD force a damaR-
luR Omission from htm The prJcursfIr .
tuII INN 10 hand lur another long siege
~ questioning iht- afternoon aud NJ Oh. F.
end Spu'r'lf a.. seen gong ~ ms cell B
With "a cigarette between his lips aud A
J,pht" sWaggrr in his wall
u j. evident from the giIa rJied state /
urnts that Go" prucurtior allowed 90 /
Ia-- uut from the rpum II interrogation .
That SpDlat.n has clrverly taken ms /
'is from one cor TWO chance questions :
haf the detectives have put 10 him. fur /
his afternoon ~ answer o" a question
~ 20 what thIrltDn's attitude toward
n,s wife s.eued % b. be- answered 10y
he one word -Bbori~h
~Uola ton Wa asked tO 10 more specific
+ am % huSsian- he SAID. and W.
Rus-tau- are taught ore thing above an
their not 10 quarrel With our wives
z.fur- Third p-rsOr Charlton guar
.,isd with h,- wife before me Hence he
We hOJnrh
When SpoIaion was pressed 70 give
INV reason he might know Why Charlton
night quarrel with hi- wife before
stranger be ansWer-l ryagvslv Tor
,Jme time protesting that be- hal been
,lly q chsuue actug 'ntsuo- II ~" couple
nd that be cOnsrl uenily could not have
very tomplete insight into their do
nestle affairs Bgt after Ir hal parted
or some time the prUCurat0r pinned
,im down 10 the admission that Charlton
va undeniahlv Jealous 81 hts wife
y neither % Nas bsCa re ~ her past love
Ia r. VI ui rOuD present cause the Rus
va pTut~.t~i that be- could not tell
lu an other a 'iais he rsmn ns firm He
y i-,.rts-l over and over q gaiu to-day that
b. was not o caller a. the Charlton villa
~ june q. ~ has h,.tn charged directly
by the concierge in the employ Of the
ha~hOrs With th" utmost Goodness
SpohioH -Jvz when the time coln-s
wall h. cleared ~ this accusation
The story ~ q railNay clerk gwen 20
he police to-day 10 the eject that he saw
hlrltOn boarding q midnight train going
.n tho direction ~ l.ucarue on the night .
NJ juno y. INST the day before the fudins .
NJ Mrs. Charlton body in the lake. CD .
.ncides with other IMPORTS of that nature .
already reviewed. hut like them it has /
not ieen currOhOratad IN fact Il b. /
comes more evident that while the Ibolicr |
officials have not definitely abandoned the |
theory that Porter harltor murdered |
his wife and escaped they have reason Z
10 kerp shat theory 10 the background |
even " not neKiected. and are concan- |
trHting most N their energies working !
nut the suggestion that either m the I
lake or somewhere along the shore near
the villa Moiirario they vii eventually 4
hnd tha body ~ the Young lmerican.
One n the nhvariana whn heiped 10 I
conduit The Autopsy upnn the hogiv ~
MIR charlton added his mite % The |
mystery to-day by making a yeiled prom !