The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-11

Ihrrs dav. before tho h0dv WIS found
The villa We, closed Persons who wen
There found that the dDurS we're locked
the windows fastened The suddanness
ot The abandonment created some dis
,rusirn. village tain winch died aNaN
Then. lui Nhlch revived kerniv Yesterday
FIRST IT an tho police reached out hy
telegraph fpr N" man known a' Portei
Charlton and the Russian SpolatoH
The frontiers and th" ports were mott.
Tod and all departing ships and trains
searched W. trac. uf charlton rewarded
the efforts Ut tho auth10.uss bat clue
raridIy followed led 80 'hr arrest a.
RogRIanu NJ Constantine Npulator
The man said hs h,rd M ~ Petersburg
Ne admitted that hr knew the AmrFl
cans bui NJ gave confused or rUutradic'
tory replies when the police pressed hin
Dlu-siv There h. a possibility that tharl
ton 49, well a. he woman NAV nave Deet
murdered o. -e.ms remarkable 10 tbs
police that me- word has cOns ~ them II
IN. appearance a. any plare ~ tins man,
whose description wa-. carefully sup.
piled
san FRANctsCo June 10 The woman
found murdered in LAKE Como u Mrs
Porter Charlton. formerly Mrs. Neville
II Castle Her maiden name was MARY
Crittenden Scott and she was daughter
Of Henry n scott. coal merchant Of San
Francisco. She had trouble with her
husband and obtained a divorce
Last year she created a ssnSa lIOn IN
New York by attempting To shoot william
r. Craig, LAWYER. ~ the Waldorf
Astoria
Through the influence Of her brother.
lieut. IT. n Scott ~ the army Mrs.
Castle was released Her friends here
received on April ~ cards showing she
had been married few days before 10
Porter Charlton. a New York man The
marriage took place IN Wilmington. Del.
and Il was announCed that after their
return 10 New York the couple would
70 abroad IN Nav 60 remain several years
Lieut.. scott the murdered wOman's
brother married a daughter " the late
Admiral sampson
WASHINGTON. June 10 The finding OF
the body Of a woman. supposed 70 be an
American, in Lake Como, Italy. was
reported to the State DEPARTMENT today
nv Charles VI Caughy American Consul
81 Milan Mr. Iaughy said he was con
tinuing his invest cation He will make
q more complete report later
Paul Charlton. a law clerk Of the bureau
Of insular Affairs u the War Department,
arrived in Washington late tonight from
Atlantic City Mr. Charlton was informed
of the death n his daughter ,n-law, Mrs.
Mary Scott Castle Charlton. whose body
was found iu Lake Como today Mr.
Charlton believes that his son Porter
Charlton. who was married and was spend
ing ms honeymoon In ltaly has also been
killed he mas mo- theory To advance,
however. until more details have reached
mere
Nv son is ahoui ~ wears Old he said
and for some tune mas been suffering
from tuberculosis ne lsil Washington
IN December lgnS and we,i o. New York.
whore hs obtained Hwpl1vIn~ni m the
foreign tepartmenf pt the National
Clfy Rank FlrlV in tins vsa~ h~ met
NJ. MARY Sc0it Castle the divorced
vito n Neville Castle an attorney u
san Francisco
She ,as about W wears old ! knew
nothr0g ~ hsr auts0- te7ls aud dit not
even krow thai Porter intended marry
hs- urt.l he ,-Temory hal taken place
Thrv were married iu Wi'mln gtOn. Dol.
Ma a. a-i auf several fays later
sAii" from New YORK for Genoa
portnr- health had h"an had FOR
-orI. time nd NIs dortpr ordered him
60 give lp mo vprs end 90 abroad M the
hope 0t raEEfnrE %. tie had rented a
" H. near lakD Como ln tho Italian Alpz
whore Doc intended to remain until neyi
fall w. We. iu good spirits and did not
seem fn ls. depressed Only last Monday
; received % .s'ter from him telling me
~ he plans HIS letter was full ~ en-
dpArng references o. his wife do not
hsh"y- that h. murdered her
Prom tho few detqihs availa bic from
the href cable desuatche~ | believe that
Porter IL dead too From the cheerful
tone n his last letter ! am inclined % he
lisvs that some one. possibly On" Il her
former admIrerz who followed them 10
Italy. b. A. the bottom ~ the tragedy
Mr Charlton SAID h. knew nothing %
hrs daughtsr-In-Hw antecendents prior
70 her marriage n hIr son. except that she
was the divorced wife ~ Neville Castle
~ San Francisco. Her father was con-
nectsd with the Scott Iron Works 81 San |
FranCiscJ
BALTIMORE. June 10 The wife Of Judge /
Charlton, father 81 Porter Charlton. miss Z
ing husband II the murdered woman whose /,
BODY was found m a trunk m Lake Como /
Italy. ~ the daughter Of Or. Alfred Wan !
stall Of g2l Cathedral street Baltimore |
hrs. Charlton, who has Just returned l
from Atlantic City was seen tonight. I
The news that the woman found IN the /
trunk was Mrs. Porter Charlton came AZ 7
q completa surprise 10 her and she was I
reluctant 20 believe that Il waa true
Porter marued against the wishes % I
his father" said Mrs Charlton and Va /
we're deeply gneved n hear ~ II He I
had only known Mrs Castle for about a 1
month and " was a case n love a. first /
siRht He married without telling W /
ANYTHING about Il and left for Europe TO /
ACCEPT a position with the Spier Bank az |
Hamburg Ne intended 10 90 there IN I
September and was slowly iourneying .
through Italy and Switzerland on his
honeymoon
L cannot realize that anything haa hap
pened 70 PorteTs wife. for az Atlantic .
Cify we got n letter from them last week /
N was full n beautiful description not !
Of the scenery hut 81 his wife with whom 4
he vas deeply infatuated. From the fact /
thar be "a missing from the hotel can |
only believe that he has met with foul
play too
Porter was univ q hoy and his wife was |
Considerably older We never saw her, |
out his descriptions were such a. 20 lead |
~ 70 believe that she was a veFv charm
ing woman Nothing could be more in 1
consistent bofh with PorteT's disposition /
and his affection for his wife than to sup |
poee that she might have mot With death |
Al ne hands
The unpleasantnass which she had
wfrh lawyer Craig was ! think due % a
temporary arrangement ~ her mind and |
tor time she was placed IN an asylum
Mary Scott Castle Charlton vas a San
Francisco woman who has figured rather
prominently m the news She was 81
years, Old and hsr father was v X Scott
a coal dealer NJ San Francisco She has L
a brother m tho United States army.
Capt Henry Harrison S'ott an Officer
with n nm record. whp % married 70 a /
daughter Of the late Admiral William 7 I
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