The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-24
aous Lake Como Murder Mystery
f;oallv Solved When Husband of
fhe Victim is Arrested on
Landing in New York
snARES THAT HIS WIFE WAS
"BEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD
a Had Bad Tempers; She Called Him Names
and He Used MdlIet With
Fatal Results

/ M y0RR, june % =. - e,,,ax,
y. ~ my,,ery Is solved. Porter charl-
American youth OF good family
!, m the police OF two continents
,,,s,ed in Hoboken, n. j., shortly
,,on today as he stepped from
Nth Cerman-Lloyd liner Princess
Il ,,..,,,
", than an hour he had confessed
\ : !. II Of temper he beat his wiie
.vosbIlIty with q mallet. jammed
1 ~ IN a trunk and sunk it in the
IL Of the Italian lake,
!. sas Mary Scott Castle OF San
,,,a:.o. a woman sixteen years his
- divorced wife OF Neville II. Cas-
ssr Francisco lawyer, and
:silon Is twenty-one and son OF
:, Paul Charlton. law officer OF the
- q Insular affairs at Washington.
| 4. bow married Mrs. Castle In VIII
~ Del. last spring. over his
,,li protests. ni-mated and both OF
~ ienperament, they sailed for Italy
Il fsrIr honeymoon. Her body was
y d The lake by fishermen on June
. Fstae from Italy under an assumed
9, almosl penniless and shabby OF
"A Carllou on landing ran straight
4 b. Anus OF Captain Henry Harri-
scsu i. S. A., the murdered wife's
|..'.sr. He was taken 10 police head
..nsa it Hobokcn. where, after pit
- nghpse so spasmodic that III pro-
r, extreme nausea, he reeained his
-zxrs and unfinchingly signed the
!sim Tonight he is behind the
|.n 3 The Hoboken city jail pending
,,Isztal OF the complicated problem
usiIlIon brought ABOUT by his ar
Arrest Due to Scott.
h,1h Scptts foresight, directed so
|17!sly that IL falls little short of
rzEllob. resulted III young Charlton
~ Stationed al Fort Wright, on
tNs Island. of New London. Conn.
rlh scpti obtained leave Of absence
6d9ck this morning and went TO
za,a 10 scan the passengers OF in
"a IheTs. Three Hobcken dctec-
d AID him.
E accompanied the prisoner TO police
n olt did not hear the confession
pEfed from the young mans lips,
a5'N whose collapse after arrest
20 due TO fear OF Captain Scott. re-
10 mako a statement in the army
fus presence and the latter left the
/ ! Hx riore5 onnyo.eIo1 f,I.a rItnn ca la
% one else than he had a hand
" dtath Of his wife.
te The old story of mpatibility
asn tempers.
lH Charlton had told his story in a
Is way Chief of Police Hayes
ett i lnlo typewritten state
WHICH he asked the prisoner 10
kss written OH regular court
used for depositions. In filling
E loriu Charlton gave his age as
= BIRTHPLACE as Omaha. his occu-
haak clerk" and his place of
9 ,Oi West 55th street. New
Insn followed his statement.
y sl'e and ! lived happily together.
.ne pest woman In the world 10
'St sue mad an ungovernable tenn
- nse ], We frequently auav-
"sI the most trivial matters and
Ttse 70 me was frequently go foul
tA'N she did not know the mean
n6n, struck her she had boon
- nnh ne. She was IN the worst
~. s1 .na ever seen her in. told
=, va MOI cease I would leave her
Mn. s"p 10 IT. She stopped for a
ssile and started again "
,,S,a mailet which 7 had used to do
"A ! n,ePa,rs and struck her three
~ ! thought she was dead nr,
r,r., "a trunk In which ! nlao tbIcu
mi 4 f,o', o'clock that night moved
bs n .say my house and dragged II
u In, Si la p.er and threw II over
lza and Vo 1 following night and went
n tks s,a atvln therc 10 Genoa. where
De- roaD' asIner lronc three days later
e. tJsar,mn mncre / killed her was an
|nsSp ping APARTMENT was oil
foHrER CHARLTON"
Aa0neratss All Others.
n.argsSSin rSnaed his signature. CHAR.
~ a. lhere's Russian. Is.
u ln oonn' nc mas been under su..
't 10 Iuon cIas. with this affair and
q hnlsn,ar nm. lie WAS the onjy
e' yllls sV,re -r, IN the nclgnborhood
% So 10 inc rest Of those whc
pa L. w We're cattle" ''
satc cma,oher took q. pen and aadc5
faTs lnon l! the following nostsrrint
IA baan Informed that G. K 1eno.
H., zen implicated 80 - N ISpo
es | 'hs Sa gentleman is absoIm,ni,
ssdl ne .,, no defense IN rnal,n
~ you k0nnHR CHARLTON"
~ That yomo " mat the autops,
M sas nv, w'ic was not dead
,sttlyes pas na IN the trunk" one o
Isaa ,charllon aso 10, Tic prisoner.
Ny Go1' i1sl his self control,
4 She ma, ~ could not be" Ii.
louih shau. nave been dead
i' 'he repd repn,,,a a curious desire I,
shl rci,,"aS. OF the woman n,
On her i,,l % answer question
~. was name going Ia ,,no,
4 IN cLnarltoh bs ms iirst questions
ssptsin Scn.,u nau neen led away i,
NJ light abou, IA, with hls hand
- his ylory ylu' MS walking 8LicI
..I How s'' Scott Worked.
y nlnd ihu, 1So, ~ he said. 81 mad
~ 10 Is tb,o Porter Charlton VOL vol
guromaS country. iIc had Ji' ~
tlnpulre and 1t would l." n, II
y ..snel tb., 70 come home Ynst"r
ana Ia,a' Ia' The Deutschland wa
s.se Of s ass,at at night | vol y tsm m
/Xz @ 10 Ne.i N@shce and made up m
I n alng stcs% ns% York ana watth -, .,
iaunnUc%%' nU%' TO lose no time ],
1oeh Carly this ;nor,;n n