The Washington times., 1910-06-14
Suspect That American Will
Attempt This Route to
America.
CONTINENTAL HUNT
is MADE FOR WOMAN
Believed by Italian Officials to
Hold Key to the
Situation.

LONDON. June 1L-Cpon the request
OF the Italian authorities the police OF
ENGLAND TODAY established q watch at
all railway stations and docks in the
hope Of finding Porter Charlton the
american whose wife was murdered
near Como. Italy.
The Italian authorities suspect that If
Charlton is is stu alive. he viii try 70
return 10 America by way Of England.
Seek Mysterious Woman.
COMO, Italy. June 1.-THE fifth day
of the Lake Como mystery finds the au-
tLcritIes as far away from a solution as
when the body Of Mrs. Mary Scott Cas-
lie Charlton was pulled from the bot
tom 1f TIE picturesque lake. jammed in
her CID theatrical trunk
With American Ambassador I.eishnan
oE the scene urging the authorities 10
do their utmost in unraveIing the mys-
terry Of the disappearance Of Porter
Charlton, the beautiful victims hus-
band, the ease today turned from the
search or Tins locality for the moment,
Sno is r@ntered upon a continental hunt
lOt a mysterious woman in black who
Is now the most important figure in the
Ilystery.
This woman, according TO the inform
alton received, holds the key 10 the
battling case.
New Discovery.
At the same time thar the search for
hpr was ordered prosecuted TO the limit
Jnere came Il new discovery Of impor-
lance
Near the villa there has been found
Z cave IN which were hidden workmen's
tools and a cart. Was this cart the We
hlcic in which the c0rDse-Iadeu trr1nL,
or trunks were taken from the villa?
" as Jne cave the hiding place Of the
81, Those 5s are the questions the police set
While divers were sent down TO the
Dol.ou oL the -rsaclerOUs lake TODAY
20 Hunl Ior the seCond trunk of the
woman. and tie body of her husband
the authorities secured the c0uutry SIDE
20 gather, bit by bit. fragments Of in
!o1HiduoH regarding the veiled woman
From the proprietor Of the Hotel
Jolanda at Ceru0bbio the chief lilac
near mat portion Of the lake shore
Where was the Charlton's villa. -he
police have obtained the fullest infor-
nation regarding this STRANGE Woman
From him they learned of her register
ing as ElfrciCa DuCherS AGED thirty
one, Hamburg, and of her talking
1tallan and French with q German ac-
cent But when. in her agitation on
"a
oiaJot. the Russian. she IapseT into
English, she betrayed her nationality.
Interested In Murder.
The woman registered on June o That
night the strange woman remained av-av
from the inn. She reappeared shortly
aiter the news Of the murder had
reached the hotel. WhirIing uD in a
carriage, she Historically demanded of
the proprietor the details
Has the murderer been arrested she
clamurcd i'm French chat showed mo-
TeutoniC faults When fin the evening
she learned of the arrest of IepoIafofr
tne became greatly agitated and LEFT
lmmedlately. after asking when the f;rsf
train let- Cor LuCernc.
When IspoIatoh was taken I'm hand
Tor further questioning today. the CHIEF
line of the authorities was aimed to
oTaW from him at least an inkling OF
MS connection. if he had any, with the
FGlled woman.
Rhe Russian. dueling constantly. with
wits as weapons, with the keenest no.
lice minds Of Italy, maintained his own
innocence as De has from the first.
a smile and a shrug are the most that
can De WrunE from him by surprise and
al The tricks Of the Italian authorities.
noted Tor the refinement to which they
nave reduced the "third degree" have
proved frJitiess
For the most part the police have been
competed 90 rely In securing testi-
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