The Detroit times., 1910-06-15
mrs. CHARLTONAND.
|HERHUsBANDb BOTH
WERE SLAIN
u. =. CONSUL CAUGHEN,
Ambassador Leishman and American
Representative at Milan Arrive at
Scene Of Murder Lake Is
Dragged for Charlton's Body.
Consul Says It's Plain Case Of Double
Murder With Robbery as Motive
Russian Still Held.

COMO. Italy, June 1.-THE ponce
have almost despaired OF getting any
clue to the murderer OF Mrs. Mary
Scott Charlton from Constantine lspo
latoff, the Russian suspect. who Is IN
der arrest.
Ispolatoff was in the "Sweatoox
nearly all night. but all TO no avail
Ispolatoff's defense was so strong
that the detectives suddenly switched
their tactics and told him that tney
were convinced that Charlton killed.
his wife and asked him whether ne
could not furnish them with the clue
to the murderer Aside from saying
he knew Charlton was jealous OF MS
wife and frequently worked himself
into frenzy through heavy drinking
the Russian threw no additional ngnt
on the case.
United States Ambassador Leish-
man and United States Consul
Caughey at Milan are now on the
scene. At Leishman's request divers
were brought TO Lake Como today
and began searching the part of the
lake where the body of Mrs. Charlton
was found Leishman and Caugney
are convinced that Charlton was muir
dered
Its a plain case of a double muir
der with robbery as the motive,
Caughey said to the United Press cor
respondent "All the money and jew
clry belonging TO the couple have
disappeared Not the slightest trace
Of Charlton has been found. We have
sifted all the stories that he was seen
In various places after the crime and
have found them absolutely unre-
liable The report that Charlton had
sent messages to certain persons, fol-
lowing the discovery OF his wife's
body, is absolutely false. Porter
Charlton's body is somewhere in Lake
Como. There Is nothing TO bear out
the theory that Charlton killed his
wife and then committed suicide"
Stories of wild orgies In the Charl-
ton villa, of midnight dances on the
lawn. OF nominations and weird exer-
cises that savored strongly of orien-
talism have been told to the police by
country folk and villagers who hap
pened TO pass the Charlton home late
at night. The theory of insanity Is
etfeHStueHtu ny the stdtcuichl Va ehS
Procurator OF Venice that Charlton
and his wife stopped for several days
at the Hotel Europe. the latter part
OF April and registered as brother and
sister. occupying separate rooms.
One of the official staff OF Count
Guiglia, the Milan procurator. who Is
assisting in the investigation. said 10
the United Press today:
.The Charltons were a strange
couple. think that Mrs. Charlton
was insane and her huband, probably
TO humor her. adopted her whimsical
ways.
The woman suffered from a physi-
cal malformation, the Importance of
which should be disclosed In the Of
fetal report on the autopsy. Women
have frequently been known TO go In
sane from similar defects. There is
every reason to believe that Mrs.
Charlton, despite her mental disorder.
exercised a potent influence over her
husband. The fact that he married
her after such a brief acquaintance,
when she was IA years his senior and
with a past that was none too attrac-
tive. proves this"