The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-25


pose of determining this point These
gentlemen are to give as true a state
ment as possible without regard 10 any
thing except the truth
When it was recalled to Senator Ed
wards that Drs. Hamilton. Fisher. anc
Dana had figured in the Thaw case
Senator Edwards seemed to be rather
put out This Is not sensational case
like that" he remarked
Apparently in Doubt.
Beyond this statement the lawyers did
not care to go to-day It was evident
that on the matter OF extradition and
the treaty With italy they were up ii
the air somewhat. When Edwards was
asked If an insane person could he ex.
tradited from HIS own country. he said
That is a question I wish you would
put to the Attorney General at Wash
intgon"
Apparently no precedent was recalled
to-day Mr.. Clarke in an interview. was
represented as saying that one of the
experts had informed him that Charlton
was undoubtedly a paranoiac and wa.
suffering from either dementia precox OF
dementia adolescence. He was also rep
resented as saying that Charlton's mind
seemed 10 be in a haze and that he
didn't remember much about his crime
Mr.. Clarke refused TO say later wheth-
er he had been correctly quoted He said
that letters written before and after the
marriage would have a most important
bearing on the case. intimating that they
we're TO help along the insanity plea
10 be raised before the United States
commissioner.
Capt Scott, the brother OF Charlton
wife, said he was going to fight the case
in justice to his dead sister. The captain
himself hired Lawyer Emil Fuchs, OF
this city. bright and early to-day. and
with him went over 10 watch develop
ments Mr.. Fuchs defended Mrs. Charl-
ton when she was arrested for shooting
Lawyer Craig before her marriage.
TeIegraphs State Department.
Mr. Fuchs telegraphed to the State
Department. asking permission 10 inter-
vene in the case against Charlton and
% submit proof that the latter was not
insane and should be returned TO Italy
10 be tried Mr. Fuchs said that the
captain also had some letters. We have
one letter." he said. written twenty
four hours before the murder. which will
go a long way toward upsetting this
insanity plea: I think. We also have
other letters"
Mr. Fuchs refused to give out the let
ter written just before the crime but
he did make public a letter written by
Charlton 70 the captain just after the
marriage This letter said
THE lady and I are sailing the 18th
of this month for Europe. to be gone for
several years. Then we Will return TO
this country and make our home in the
West Il is quite evident that Mamie
should get out of this country, where she
has lived such a lonely and unhappy
life and it is time that she should have
a chance 10 forget its horrors"
The letter said that one Of the reasons
they were going abroad was because Of
the past Unpleasantness, evidently refer
ring to the attempt TO shoot Lawyer
Craig
Capt Scott has taken quarters at the
army ana Navy Ciubf and made II PLAIN
to-day that he intended 10 oppose vigor-
ousiy the plans OF the defense,
Insanity a Subterfuge."
II have retained Mr. Fuchs" said the
captain. simply to see that Justice is
done 10 the memory OF my sister She
was brutally murdered, and believe the
man who murdered her is as sane as I
am. This plea of insanity is a subter-
fuge. and is an attempt 10 thwart the
ends of justice. I will spend every cent
I possess TO see my sisters memory gets
justice"
He has applied for an indefinite leave
OF absence
According to the friends OF Charlton. he
is suffering from tuberculosis. and is
affected mentally. They insist that he
cannot live long any way. and should be
allowed 10 die in his own country instead
Of in an italian prison. On the other
hand It Is the contention of Mr.. Fuchs
that all this is for the trial court IN
Italy to consider. particularly the ques-
ton OF the prisoners sanity. which, under
the law, can be raised at the trial and at
no other time.
So far as the Italian government au-
thorities here are concerned the extra
ditlon question seems 10 be perfectly
plain sailing, and they profess to be