The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12


tire a. me Hotel Suisse had been elocts'
because the womahs cries had disturbs'
other guests. had gone then TO the wa
Mol,rasio. let to them by an ahable Rus
sian they met casually and then had dis
appeared three days before the woman
hodv was found the pTocurator ascer
famed thai Charlton had gone In th'
Hots Roma IN this city on the night q
June Ne bought a bottle OF brandy
there On thar evening and told ac
lua'ntanccs that Mr. Charlton was u
and unable to accompany him.
The couple had dined together a. the
same hotel on June y aud T. The pro-
curator sndeayored n get traces 81
thariton's movements after June :. ths
day the villa vas abandoned. hut an that
he vas able 10 CLEAN along that line OF
Questioning vas tho testimony Of ssveTa
citizens Of como that q young man re-
ssmhlng Porter Charlton was seen IA
take a train for Lugano and that he bought
ticket for Lugano and luCerns
The examination ~ the Russian al.
venuirer took up a large part af the pro-
oecdings Spolatoh u a man u 80 with
excellent manners and a pleasant eA-
terror IN common with most cultivated
russians no speaks half a dozen Ian
GuAges auently He wears his hair pOmpa-
dcur. Cherishes a mustache aud imperial
and takes pains with his dress The pro-
curator questioned him a. 90 his business
in that part Of Italy He said that be was
q gentleman of leisure
He knew the CharltOns? Yes he was
fond Of them. II was a mistake that he
had lot them the villa they occupied
re did not know from whom they rented
II Yes. he had called frequently at the
villa always when ". Charlton was
present The procurator asked him
when ne saw them Last he replied that
h was on June J. a week before the trunk
vas found in Lake Como
That about ended his responses. hut
the pohce were able TO gather more facts
about VI SpOlEtJh They learned that
he had been Al the villa on Junes the day
before il was closed 10 the world They
found through governmental oonnec-
lions that he vas en- joying pension from
the Russian Government aud that he had
sAid rather Recently that the pension
had been increased
IL appears that he has spent several
Years In Italy lettering along the Riviera
and In Lombardy. and that he never
lacked money. They heard too that NJ.
SrOlAtoh was suspected Of icing a Snug
Gler and that he was principally engaged
w. tllicitly conveying suGars and cOlees
over the Swiss border. The Italian Gov
~Fnmeni 10 making inquiries Of the Rus
sian Government concerning the status
Of N. SpolatoT
Another phase Of the prOcuTatOFs
Investigation was the examination Of the
vtIla at MoltrasiO. Il Is Of the usual type.
White stone house with gardens an abun-
dance Of flowers and sufficiently isolated
to suit the taste Of persons VINO dislike
TOO immediate nsighbOrs Nothing Of
importance was discovered until one Of
The bedrooms was examined There
bloodstained mattress engaged the
attention Of the police. They inspected
Y carefully and developed a theory.
superior that the murderer had attacked
Mrs Charlton and had forced her upon
the bed While she lay there sine wa
hsaten 10 unconsciousness The fact that
the body vas fully clothed proved 10
the minds Il the detectives that the
assault was not committed at night, hut
they told the Procurator that the body
vas placed in the trunk and lowered iDto
the hay a. night without doubt
4 point which appeared Of the utmost
interest 10 the criminal branch assisting
the proctTator concerned the weight If
the body and the trunk Mrs. Charlton
~As a oman Of medium size. rather fully |
developed The body with the trunk |
weighed perhaps To pounds This fact
I'D the police 10 con lecture that more
than one person had hand ia the crime !
and thai EhoevsF kllet Mrs Charlton
must have had assistance ~ getting the
trunh and BODY ~ the bay Naturally
Spolatoh was queatiousd on 'his roin' I
Re persisted m saying that h. had not /
seen the Charltons since June ? The I
rrocurator physicians agreed that Mrs !
Charlton could not have been dead more /
Than twenty -four hours b~'or" tho nun. |
vas dragged ashore
Neither the nrocurato nor anv Of his |
subordinaies 10 giving out anv lnIornra- |
ZION concerning The letters that were
found IN the trunk wirh the bodv and IN .
ere villa Il Is undarstood that one Of .
these lsttsrs was written nv Porter CIari- /,
tcn 10 Spolatof announcing Charlton, !
Imminent departure for the VI, EZRA
{ harlton. n appears, forgot 10 mail the
letter The police will not say when IL
was written. nor will they dlvIlEe ~
text Some Of the other letters. 10 10
learned. were written 70 Mrs. Charlton
by Neville y Ias,le while he was still
her husband and that they have no
hearing ~ all upon The crime
The police have taken charge also Of
a seraphook containing clippings refer
r.ng 70 Mrs ,harlton = career IN the stage
when she was Mary scott Castle They
hays alec family papers referring u her
'a'hsrs,H n ScOtt career. a life insur.
aacs policy. document relating 70 her
divorce from Neville X Castle and a
number OF photographs
The police are using the utmost activity
70 attempting 10 apprehend Charlton
They do not believe that he IL dead
Young American men Of Charlton's
description are being detained temper
lrlly At least. and sharply Questioned
- u possible the police admit. that
Z haTlton NAV have CROSSED the hopdAr
irfo Switzerland
RouE June II In an intsrview To-day