Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14

nothing in detail. Is he still dead, and
where IL Teddy?
with love from both Of usrto you ALL
""'' PORTER CHARLTON.
''P. SIN reading this over to Mamie
she says that / have told you that honey
suckles grow near us. but nave We e1 rnr,o
where We will be for the next two
months. y.
II have other letters that were written
at the same time" continues Capt. scott,
which show conclusively the absolute
sanity and. in fact. considerable element
OF elaboration. and cite as an example
of such foresight the letter which Porter
Charlton left for his Russian friend, IN
which he stated that he was going away
return, and apolOgizing for leavlng 30
suddenly with her.
Passengers Called Charlton Sane.
Il have also discovered and talked to
q young lady who was a fellow-passenger
of Porter Charlton on the Princess Irene.
who states absolutely that he was a calm
and self-possessed young man. 1 have also
talked with other passengers, who stated
the same thing.
Consequently my grounds are these:
That I have devoted all this time ano
effort aided only by my counsel, with
out the assistance of large sums or
money and without the slightest encour-
agement from my government, ana !
have secured sufficient competent eVi-
dence. in the opinion Of my counsel, 10
establish beyond the slightest douot'
three vital points:
"Frirst-That Porter Charlton murdered
my sister in cold blood, in manner that
was brutal and required time and deiio.
Grafton to accomplish. That subsequent
to the murder every act to hide his crime
showed elaboration and forethought.
"Second-That at the time OF the COM
mission of the crime he was sane: and.
''Third-That Porter Charlton is now
sane was sane at the time he arrived
here, was sane on the steamer. and that
any attempt to declare him insane was
nothing short of a rehearsed pretense on
the part of Charlton.
Therefore, in view of all this, 1 must
submit my case to the American people,
10 its greatest organs, the newspapers.
Porter Charlton is receiving protection
and consideration because he Is an Amer
lean citizen. l. too, am an American citf-
zen as well as my sister. l, too, nave a
right to expect consideration of the gov
eminent under which l also was born and
bred.
II am still in favor of law and order,
and as an army officer / have been train
ed and taught in that direction. but it has
taken all the training, discipline and self
control for me to stand by, helpless. and
imagine that owing to some international
souabbIe my government will make 1t
possible for a self-confessed murderer to
go absolutely free.
IF Ii were In any way possible under
our laws to try Porter Charlton here. l
would be the first to be willing to submit
the case at the hands of an American
jury, but this is impossible, and the only
way that justice can be obtained is for
our government to grant the request of
back to Italy. where. with the protection
of the American government, which he
has had and will have. he will be insured
of fair trial. and / and the other Amer
is the country of equal rights to ali and
special privileges to none.'
Wife's Note to Sister.
Capt Scott also gave out this letter
which Mrs. Charlton wrote a few days
after her marriage to her sister, Miss
Kate Scott:
My Dear Kitten: Although 1 have not
heard from you since Porter's letter I'm
not going to wait for you. because l
want you to know how wonderfully happy
am.
"Oh. if you were only here to know. 1t
just seems, Kate. that the loneliness, the
heartache and WEAKNESS OF all ,"ese
years could never have been. My present
Joy seems to have wiped even their menu
CRY away. Kate, / can't begin TO tell you
W nat a lucky woman L dul
-'Of course you will want to know some
thing about my husband. Well. as I am
q trif1e prejudiced you will have to Tor
give my seeming extravagance In IAN
Guage. AS to looks he Is fair, not tan,
but has absolutely the most perfect race
/ have ever seen. Everybody that has
met him, even before they knew tnat we
were engaged. has spoken of what a
cameo-like face he has.
The most perfect features 1 have ever
ic he Il
soon as possible, send You his picture
and You can see for yourself.
He is a student, but absolutely full of
cheerfulness; in fact, in disposition he re-
minds me of lot. excepting that
Porter is always sane. (Sane was under
lined). He has a lovely voice and was
quite an athlete at college and Is abomi-
nably popular You would love him a lot.
His father is Judge Charlton of Ne
braska, very big man and very much
looked up to. He Is q close friend of
President Taft: in fact, only last week
Judge Charlton Travelled from Washing
ton as Mr.. Tafts guest in his private
car, and in the evening Mr.. Taft. he,
Sether at the Yale Club.
We are going abroad a week from yes
terday. Doesn't that abroad sound
funny or does it sound affected? Don't
to SAIL away from this hard and enticing
old New York with the man 1 love, and
who 1 think loves me in the same big
way.
Well, We are going to leave all the
yesterdays of our lives. and, God grant
ing. our tomorrows will know only the joy
that can come of perfect love and trust.
With me, little kitten of my heart,
whisper amen.
MAMIE"
1t is up to the American people now"
said Capt. Scott. as he gave out the let
tiers. 1t is better that all the facts in
the case should be made known"
A few days ago Capt. Scott wrote to
the Secretary Of State at washington
requesting that after the cremation Of
his sisters body In Italy our Italian rep
resentative be instructed to ship the
ashes to the Masonic cemetery in San
Francisco. The State Department was
unable to grant this request, but prom
Used to take the matter up with the
Italian government.
Charlton Not Wanted in Italy,
Declares Newspaper in Rome
ROME. July 14.-According to a state
nent published last evening by the Tri-
bUna, Italy has asked for the extradition
of Porter Charlton only In the interests of
justice and provided that his extradition
will not violate any existing treaties.
The Tribuna adds:
Public opinion will be quite pleased il
the treaty is not accorded as Italy had in
the recent trial of the Countess Tarnow-
aka and her accomplices at Venice a case