Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-24
CHARLTON, SEIZED
ADMITS MURDER
Falls Into Trap Laid by Brother
of Lake Como Trunk
Victim
C0LLAPSES WHEN ARRESTED
Said He QuarreIed with Wife, and
Then Struck Her with
MaIIet
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killed and refused to answer questions
bearing on her life abroad.
"Is my wife's name going to appear
in this?" was one of his first questions.
SCOTT TELLS STORY
After Charlton had been led away to
cell Capt. Scott sat with his hands
clenched tight about his walking stick
and told his story.
Several days ago." he said, "I made
up my mind that Porter Charlton
would come back to this country. He
had no friends in Europe, and it would
be his natural impulse to come home.
Yesterday I learned that the Deutsch-
land was due here, and late at night
got ten days leave of absence and
made up my mind to go to New York
and watch every incoming steamer"
Scott related hiw, to lose no time, he
borrowed a launch early this morning
and crossed that part of Long Island
sound that lies between Fishers land
ing and the main land. He landed at
New London and slept in a railway
when he took a train for New York.
I'm New York." continued Capt.
Scott, 81 went to the National City
bank, where Charlton is employed.
There I obtained a description of the
man and a sample of his handwriting.
Then I went to Hoboken and saw Chief
of Police Hayes. 1 found he had laid
all traps for the arrest of Charlton.
While [ was giving him the description
of the man I was informed that the
Princess Irene had just docked.
CHARLTON AGTTATED
although 1 had made arrangements
to meet the Deutschland down the har-
Dor with a tug, hastened to the North
German-Lloyd dock. The Princess
Irene had just discharged her passen-
gers and the customs officers were ex-
amining their baggage. Three detec-
tives were with me. We looked in two
or three stalls, and in the last I saw a
young fellow I thought answered the
description of Charlton. He was look
ing about him, and his hands trembled
slightly as he opened his baggage for
the inspectors. We went up to him
and 1 asked:
" Are you Porter Charlton?'
HE denied this emphatically and told
us his name was Jack Coleman"
Capt. Scott here described how he
hesitated to order the mans arrest, and
forced Charlton to write his signature,
which tallies so accurately with a sam
pie in his possessions that he felt sure
no mistake was being made. Charlton
was then taken to headquarters, where
was a marked resemblance with the
handwriting iii Scott's possession, but
there was yet doubt in the minds Of
the police until they examined the in
side of a small collar bag. There they
found a tag, such as is attached to
clothing. 1t was lettered "P. Charl-
ton."
FIND VERSES
Several sheets of paper with type
e.. oil
of these bore the signature "John Rod
ney (Porter Charlton),' the former ap-
parently pen name.
When the youth saw this evidence he
stepped close to Chief Hayes and said:
"Yes, 1 am Porter Charlton. 1 ad-
NIT it,
Then he gazed fearfully at his broth
er-in-law.
IT won't make any statement in the
presence of Capt. Scott" he said, trem-
bling. 'I'll tell everything, only get
Capt. Scott out of the ROOM"
Scott withdrew, and the youth then
told his story, finishing, he added calm
ly, almost smugly: 81 have no defense
to make. No defense"
Charlton looked anything but capable
of the deed to which he confessed. He
is blond and slender, under the aver
age height, with a face rather weak,
a we'll worn suit of blue serge and ap-
peared rather down at the heels. His
baggage consisted of two leather suit
cases.
POET IN BOYHOOD
Among the verses found in his eff
fects were some written when he was
only 12 years old One bit ran as
follows
struck with idle hands the strings on the
harp of life;
Twilight shadows fell the uplands
from the sky.
Soft, heecy clouds and tender shadows hid the
signs of strife,
'Twixt the day and night and my touch un-
rolled before the eye
The scroll that each man slowly learns to read
Who scars above the common things and will
the heights attain
Whose heart from earthly lust, from selfish
ness and pride is free,
And in it reads these words, ''Who seeks for
peace must pass through pain"
Another verse was, in part, as fol-
lows:
The women whom I love indeed,
None has the time to sing,
Because they are multitude
Greater than anything.