The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26

yard. Then he got his dinner from the
warden's kitchen and not long after DE-
Arhtz arrived. The Alienist engaged him
IN conversation az once and one Of the
deputy wArdens In the corridor OF the old
jail couldn't help Overhearing some Of the
! ialk.
| Dr.. ArlitE's frat questions related %
the killing 81 Charlton's wife. Charlton
spoke 0f u In bare, unvarnished way.
HIS tone was tinged with a sense Of
solamnity. AZ every direct reference "a
his wife he stopped 10 speak % her almost
reyerontly. lie insisted upon her good
ness.
doctor. she was the purest. most beau
tiful woman he would exclaim. The
/ lovelicst Of women and | loved her and
still do love her ID Is such a horrible
| thing that ! should have killed her. and
/ la a moment he had changed from Sincerc
tenderness Of feeling 10 shudderH.
clenched fists and great tears rolling
down MS cheeks.
! Then the alieniat talked about extra
dition and his probable punishment.
| Charlton showed no interest. He said
he did not care what was done b him
and he spoke IN a don't carr tone.
Then. probably with a view IN eliciting
anything IN his life that might show oausr
for dementia adOlesoens the doctor
began b. ask Charlton about his bOyhO1d.
his habits, his life. his thoughts, HIS
dreams and hopes and own imaginings.
Tie met with ready raapOnses. Charlton
seems a. have told him everything about
himself. from his habit Of writing poetry
to the must personal not 20 b. discussed
matters. The doctor then talked sympa-
thetically, putting a question only at
intervals and then in the mosI natural
way and sharing intimacy with the pris-
Oner. Some % tho instances when Charlton
utterly lost his sell control were recalled
and the prisoner spoke % them with the
simple. regretful candOT Of a boy. Other
memories enraEed him, usually merely
trivial or mdiCrous things.
Dr. Arlitz. primed with all the infOr-
nation % be had about Charlfon's life,
spared him not at all. He even mentioned
certain physical characteristics discovered
while Charlton Was undergoing hsr-
tillnn measurements. lie touched on
intimate experiences during adolescence
and occurrences while he was the hus-
band 81 Mary Scott Castle. a woman
fifteen years his senior who married him
as he was cuming into manhood. He
exhausted every capacity Tor emotion
Charlton has.
Il vas after this long siege that Or
Arlitz spoke rs freely a. he could without
breach Of confdsncA and be showed
plainly that be- believed Charlton insane.
a sufferer from domsntia ndOlesCens. a
form ~ paranoia resulting FROM expert
ences in adolescence aud in CharltOn's
case probably from experiences after
marriage
While h. disclaimed any idea Of figuring
as an expert Sheriff James J. Kelly said
yesterday that he thought from has
behavior that Charlton must he insane,
and this seems 10 he the opinion o. most
~ the men In the prison who have come In
contact with him. opinions based not ON
any violence but upon eccentTiCity Of
manner and conversation
Charlton has a cellmate in Title Burke.
awaiting trial on a charge of bank hsrg.
larry The two men haven't converted
with each other much beyond a few
civil remarks and one short conversation
on Friday night concerning things hap
pening In the world generally Neither
spoke To the other 81 his own case
Charlton Is the first prisoner confined
in the county Jail in ten years who hasn't
had 20 live on the 10 cents a day rationa
furnished there. He gets three regular
meals a day. therefore. plain but filing.
Judge Charlton Is expected back from
Washington within day OF two. probably
tomorrow His sons case comes up
before Justice Blair in the Court % Oyer
and Terminer. Jersey City. on Tuesday
II b expected. however. that Charlton
viii be Federal prisoner by that time, in
whirh case he will ~ arraiRned before
United States lumissioner Howe
Charitun's lawyers expect then 20 ash
Tor a commission % determine a. % his
sanity. hasing their request on the report
- the -four ali"nista retained by Judge
Charlton and on the testimony Of people
In the county jail N Judge Charlton
can bring u about all steps in the matter
% extradtion will b. postponed I'm this
commission has reported
II such a commission reports Charlton
insane it - not believed that the Italian
Government will insist upon extTadition.
II he is'hdiudRed sane Judge Charlton has
said he wishes his son taken 10 Italy. tired
and sentenced 20 punishment. The
punishment would rot amount to more
than six years In any event. il u believed.
0,IstavO III Rosa. acting Italian Consul
IN this city. who swOre 70 the formal
complaint against Charlton. said yester-
day thrt he did not believe his Govern
ment would press for immediate extradi-
ton. Mr.. di Rosa thinks that Charlton
should be eXtradited anyway, since II he
Is insane Il can be decided ~ we'll in Italy
a. here and II he is not he oan be punished
only there. The Italian Government has
not informed Washington. 80 far ~ Mr..
al Rosa knows. whether Il will press for
extraditiOn or not. but n i decides that
Il wants Charlton the Consul thinks Il
will want him night away.
Capt Henry II. Scott, brother 81 the
dead woman. although he has asked Tor
an indefinite leave 81 absence from the
army, has not got Il yet. He has taken a
room at the Army and Navy Club and IA
spending most Of his time with his IA wyer.