The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-17
DID CHARLTON
MURDER her ?
ITALIAN POLICE MAKE DIRECT
CHARGE AGAINST HIM.
SHE WAS LAST SEEN WITH HIM
They Dlned at an Inn--She Wore the
Same Gown That She Later Was
Found to Wear in the Trunk-Re-
construct the Murder Scene.

Same Gown That She Later Was
Found to Wear in the Trunk-Re.
construct the Murder Scene.
Como, Italy, June 17.--Aftcr run
ming down the few authentic and
scores of fanciful clcws in the nys-
| terry of the murder of Mrs. Mary
| Charlton, who's" body was found in
Lake Como, packed in trunk, last
Friday, the kings prosecutor for
Lombardy, Count Guiglia, practically
has charged Porter Charlton with the
murder of his wife. Mr.. Lcishman,
United States ambassador in Rome
and the United States consul in Mi
| Ian, both are in Como and are firm
in the belief that both Charlton and
his wife were killed by robbers and
| that the body of Charlton is in the
depths of Lake Como. The Italian
authorities are concentrating their
efforts on Il search Tor the missing
husband
Charlton was last seen at Mol
| trasio, near the villa he occupied with
his wife, on June s, two days after
the disappearance of Mrs. Charlton,
and two days before her body was
found in Lake Como. This effeCtual-
| ly disposes of the theory that Charl-
ton and his wife were murdered at
| the same time.
There are unauthCnticatcd reports
| that Charlton was soon on train
and bound for Lu2eTnc on the night of
| June 9, and that he had been seen in
Switzerland, disguised as a priest.
| Count Guiglia, however, is of the
opinion that Charlton-unless he was
without funds and has committed
suicide-has made mis- way to Eng
land and will attempt to get to New
York.
The Russian, Ispolastoff, has clear
ed himself pretty conclusively of any
suspicion of the murder, but be is
still held by the authorities on the
ground that he may know something
| of the crime. All that he will say
! is that Charlton and his wife were
| in continual squahblcs and that he
believed them both to be crazy.
What is regarded as strong proof
against Charlton, in view of the es-
| tablishcd fact that he was insanely
jealous of his wife, is the discovery
| in the trunk with the body of many
love letters which the woman wrote
to her first husband Castle, before
they were married. These letters
were returned by Castle to Mrs.
| Charlton after they were divorced. 1t
is regarded as unlikely that any one
but Charlton would place these let
ters in the trunk with the body.
Mrs. Charlton was last seen alive
by the people in this vicinity on the
night Of Sunday, June 5. She took
dinner with her husband at an inn,
a short distance from their villa. The
woman wore the identical black
gown in which her body was dress.
ed. Apparently she was murdered
within few hours after she aud her
husband left the inn for their villa,
which was abCnr II o'clock at night,
Hunting for Charlton.
Although divers worked al! day in
the waters of lake Como, their laborS
were not rewarded with the finding
of anything that would aid in solving
the mystery of Mrs. Mary Scott Castle
| Charlton's murder or cleW TO the
fate of the womans missing husband,
Porter Charlton.
Nothing was discovered that in any
way would justify the supposition tLtt
| CharltOn's body is in the lake, and
the search Las tended to strengthen
the belief entertained all along by the
police that Charlton has made his
way out of the country and may be
now on board some Outwardbound
steamer
Temporarily the examination of
| Ispolatof, the Russian suspect, has
been suspended while the efforts of
the prosecutor are being directed to a
thorough investigation of the scene
of the murder and the domestic and
social relations of Charlton and his
wife.