Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-30
CHARLTON
HAS CONFESSED
The Mysterious Murder at Lake
Como Cleared up.
KILLING FOLLOWED QUARREL
The Young Husband Was Arrested a.
Ne stepped Ashore From q Liner
at Hoboken-He Alone
Guilty.

!, New York. June 24.-Porter Char
ton, husband Of Mary Scott CAST,
Charlton, the American woman muir
dered and thrown into Lake Como
Italy. was arrested ct Hoboken, N. ].
as he landed from the liner Princess
Irene Of the North German Lloyd line
and IS minutes later he made full
statement confessing that he had muir
dered his wife.
| charIton's Confession.
In an interview following his signed
confession Porter Charlton said:
After stuRing her body into the
trunk dragged the trund at midnight
to the pier near Maltraiso and threw
II into the lake. The next day /
started for Genoa and boarded che
Princess Irene four days later.
ION the day killed her. which was
June 8. believe. she cursed me. !
told her Y she did 1t again would Ok
her. She again cursed me and was
IN q dRse. | only hit her twice with
the mallet and thought She was dead
She might not have been, although Il
heard no sounds from che trunk.
"she was good to me at times, but
her temper was ungovsrnable. That is
my only defense. It 10 no defense at |
all, but | do not wish to make any. II
committed the crime and that 10 ell
there is to say"
Waiting at the Pier.
The Princess Irene came up to her
pier In Hoboken at 1890. Waiting
1t tho pier were Capt Scott, Lieut..
Rogers Of the New York police force,
Detective Sergeant Garrick and De-
ective Sergeant Weinthal OF Hoboken.
rhe officers hurried to the second
'abin and burst into the room occupied
y man who registered on the steam.
# as Jack Colenan of Omaha, Neb.
Ie was neatly clad In blue serge suit
nd wore a derby hat.
Charlton at first denied his identity,
aging his name was Thomas Coleman
'ressOd, he admitted he was Charlton.
hen he declared he would make
tGtement, which he did, confessing
10 crime
A Brothers Threat.
Capt. Henry Harrison Scott, U. 8. !.
:, brother of the murdered woman,
hen told by Chief Of Police Hayes at
sadquarters that the man arrested
a. undoubtedly the young Washing. .
a man, cried:
I'll blow out his BRAINS" and then =
hipped out Of his pocket a big re- :
liver. u
CharIton's life was saved only by the u
lick work Of the chief and his detec. :
'es who were In the room. They fell =
on the army officer as one man, dis. =
med him and placed MIN In custody. ~
larltons arrest was the result OF
bled advices from Scotland Yard 81
or the sailing Of the Princess Irene. ~
Q Scotland Yard men had secured y
ormation that man resem milling ~
arlton had booked passage on the a.
p. -
History Of the Crime. ~
Hrs. Mary Scott Castle. wife OF -
Ter Charlton. was murdered In her On
q At Maltrasio. Italy. near Como. ~
Ter on June or June g. She was :
tered over the head with a blunt
Erument and her body stuffed into =.
runk. and thrown into Lake Como, "
the following day the haIf.sub.
-ged trunk was drawn out Of the ~
, by fishermen,
he body was easily recognized and
'arch Of the villa that she and her
band had occupied was at once
10, disclosing evidences OF 4 fierce cid
gglO which evidently followed q pro
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