The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-07
SAY CHARLTON
IS A Sane MAN
Nonchalant Manner Has Been
Lost and He Now Realizes His
Situation and Begins to Wor-
ry-Witness Speeding From
Italy to Testify in Case.

JERSEY CITY, n. J.-SpeciaI.-
Porter Charlton Is sane and has
conducted himself rs a sane man
since he became an inmate OF
the Hudson county jail"
This declaration was made to-
DAY by Warden Sullivan, OF the
JAN, where Charlton, who muir
dered his wife at Como, Italy, has
been confined since last Friday.
Since that day the warden has
WaIcheu MIN carefully, and while
ne cannot qualify as an expert on
insanity, he can nevertheless
compare the youths actions with
those OF other prisoners who have
been deemed of sound mind, and
from this point of view his state
ment IS important to Captain
Scott, the brother of Mrs. CharI-
ton.
Charlton does not seem to take
mis- Imprisonment seriously" said the
warden. He is quiet and has little
TO say TO the sheriff or myself. While
don't believe he would attempt sui
eide, L am not taking any chances. A
rigid guard is being maintained"
Assistant Prosecutor Vickers, OF
HuuSon county, said today that no
word had yet been received from the
government at Washington as to the
matter of extraditiOn.
Arraign Charlton Tomorrow.
charlton viii be arraigned tomor-
row before Judge Blair in the court
OF oyer and Terminer, and another
continuance will probably be taken.
Meantime his case will probably be
transferred to a United States COM
missioner and then the eXtradition
fight Will begin in earnest An at
tache of the Hudson county jaiI who
mas observed Charlton during the
night time said today: 1.-The prisoner
is far from insane. In my opinion he
merely conducts himself Just as any
young man accustomed to refinement.
who was thrown into a cell, would do.
He is now just beginning to thorough
~ realize his position.
when he was first arrested he
read the books he had with him. But
now he has grown tired of that and
is beginning to worry. He woke up
at o'clock this morning and paced
about in his cell for an hour and a
half. He was very nervous. Then
he again retired and slept until break
fast time. His actions are very ra-
tional."
Witness May Be Russian.
An important witness who is ready
TO testify that Charlton was sane when
he beat his wife unconscious in Italy
and then placed her body in a trunk
and threw il into Lake Como, is on
his way to New York today on board
a fast ocean liner This witness will
week, just about in time to testify
i'm the eXtradition fight when il gets
into the United States courts. He is
being brought on by Captain Scott,
Mrs. Charlton's brother
1t was reported that the witness was
Nj. Constantine Ispolaton, the Russian
who rented his villa to the Charltons
and saw more OF them while they were
at Lake Como than anyone else. At
torney Emil la Fuchs, representing
Captain Scott, would neither deny nor
affirm the report.
The witness on his way home is a
highly important one" said Mr.. Fuchs
He Will state positively that Charlton
was perfectly sane at the time of the
murder. We don't care at present TO
give out his name. That will develop
in the court proceedings.
This witness knows how Charlton
acted while at Lake Como, and his evil
dence Will be material"
To Request ExtraditiOn.
ROME-Special-It will formally
request the eXtradition Of Porter Charl-
ton from the United States Government
This was decided today by the foreign