The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-18
RECONSTRUCT COMO MURDER
POLICE THEORY as TO NOW
MRS. CHARLTON WAS kILLED.
beaten Down on Lower Floor Of Nllla, she
Vas Dragged 10 BED. Where she Bled
10 Death-EHOrts 10 Clean " Marhs
u Crime spOlatOR Near Freedom

.spsoai CaHs Dsspaich 10 rHH SUN.
COMO. June 1.-THE police made a re-
port to-day 20 the judicial authorities
upon the murder Of Mrs. Porter Charlton,
whose body. encased in a trunk. was
hauled up from the bottom Of Lake Como
Just a week ago by hshermsn. The re-
/ mort Of the doctors who made the autopsy
was turned over at the same time
The police report says the investigations
all tend to show that the bloody articles
found at the villa Moltrasio, which the
| CharltonB occupied. were stained by blood
from the wounds Of the murdered woman
This tends to exclude the double murder
| theory and 20 strengthen the suspicious
against Charlton. The police believe
that the victim was fslled in the kitchen.
/ that subsequently she attempted 70 escape
and had reached the staircase when she
was overtaken and struck repeatedly in
the face until she collapsed. unconscious
and bleeding freely.
The body was then carried up stairs and
! thrown on the he'd. The head fell back
ward and the blood soaked the mattress
and pillow The doctors now express the
opinion that Mrs Charlton bed 20 death.
and that she was dead when her body was
placed in the trunk
Other incriminating circumstances
which the police quote against Charlton
are that the bloodstainsd sheets we're re-
moved and clean ones substituted. that
an attempt was made 70 wash on the blood
stains IN various places in the villa and 10
arrange the house In such a nanny a.
not n excite suspicion. The police con
siSer the evidence fully sufficient 20 eI-
plain the crime. and they assume that u
was committed by Charlton.
The divers search Of the lake has been
without result The palioe Investigation
is nov concluded and hsncsforth the
natter will he IN the hands 81 the Judicial
authorities The oficials intend by
commission arranged for through the
Ieabsr Ambassador a. Washington 20
%, TESTIMONY from Neville Castle Mrs
fharlton's divorced husband. who q now
District Attorney ~ Newcastle county
Alaska. from Capt Henry Scott Of Fort
Morgan. Alabama her brother. and from
Por-sr Charltons father
They will seek 20 discover incidents II
Mrs charlton = past life and the circunl-
stances m connection with her stay here
With Charlton Ihev want - know
whether she complained o. NJ trestment
especially of the beating that Charlton
gave her AZ the Hotel he Suisse
charles NJ Caughy the American
Consul A. Milan. has bad q long confer
snce With the police and also one With
Arhassad1r Leishman to-day Mr. Rohh.
the Consuls secretary. watched the
searching n che lake
The divers left tonight Thev said
that N some places they were unable 20
reach the bottom 81 the lake owing % the
swift currents They never experienced
such dinicultiss from pressure and cold
Ambassador Lsishman IL here merely
for the purpose n giving advice in the
case 4 y "a needed Mr. CauEhy u watch
ing The case oticiallv Mr. Leishnal
has NOT directly interviewed IN any way
He has M person al theory 70 explain The
murder and is satisfied that the police ara
DONG their utmost n solve the mystery
An Officer Of the Russian Government
arrived hero to-day and demanded the
release n Constantine spolatoh. the man
who rented the villa a. Moltrssio 70 the
lharltons and who has been under arrest
for several days
he draws a pension from the Russian
Government and the ohicer demanded his
release on the ground that there was no
incrimruating evidence against him and
that therefore he is being Illegally DO
tanned m prison " - thought that
Sp0Ia'oT will 10 released tomorrow