Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-24
Beaten IasensibIe With MaIIet
Woman Was Thrust Into
Trunk to Perish MSerabIy at
Bottom of Lake Como,
MURDERER ARRESTED AS
HE STEPS FROM STEAMER
Makes Full Confession Of Brutal
Deed When Confronted With
Brother of His Victim in Ho-
boken Police Station,

| D0k6n FOllCe Oldll0N,
fBy Morning Journal specp,i Leasca wirel
New York, June 29--1he lake
Como murder mystery Is solved Por-
ter Charlton, an American youth Of
good family sought by the police Of
two continents was arrested IN Hoo
boken. ~ j. shortly before noon to-
day as he stepped from the Northern
German Lloyd liner Princess Irene
In less than an hour he had con
fessed that in fit Of temper lie beat
his wife into insensibilty with a mall
let jammed her body in trunk and
sunk it in the waters of the italian
lake.
She was Mary Scott Castle Of san
Francisco, q woman sixteen years his
senior, divorced wife OF Neville VI.
castle. Il san Francisco LAWYER. and
La beauty
charlton is twenty-five and son
Of Judge Paul Charlton. law officer
~ the bureau OF insular affairs ut
Washington The boy married Mrs
castle in Wilmington, Del, last sprins
ever his parents ptoteats- ill-mated
and both OF cfrStic temperament,
theN called for italy Tor their honey
moon. Her body WIS found IN the
lake by fishermen on June no.
Fleeing from Italy under an as
.pmed name. almost pennlcss and
shabby of dress. Charlton on landing
ran straight into the arms OF Captain
Henry Harrison scott. United states
Army. the murdered Wife's brother
He was taken 70 police headquarters
at floboken where, aftrr u pitiahle
collapse so spasmodic that It pro-
duced extreme nausea, he rcgained
his composure and unflinchingly
signed the confession Tonight he Is
behind the bars in the Hoboken city
jail pending settlement Of the COM
plicated problem of eXuadtion
brought about by his arrest.
captain Scotts foresight directed
SO accurately that it falls little short
ot % premonition, resulted IN young
Charltons arrest stationed at Fort
Wingate on Fishers island off New
Conn. Captain Scott OBJ
tanned hurried leave of absence at ] |
o'clock this morning and went to flo- I
bro ken to scan the passengers OF in |
coming liners. Three Hoboken detec- /
tives eided him.
He accompanied the prisoner to !
police court, but did not hear the (
confession that poured from the +
young mans lips. Charlton. whose I
collapse after arrest seemed due to
fear of Captain scott refused to make /
4 statement in the army officers I
presence and the latter left the room
In his signed confession Charlton
said that no one else than he had
hand in the death Of his wife
1t WAS the old story OF incumpat-
bility and high tempers.
After Charlton had told his story
IN rambling way, Chief OF Police
Hayes condemned II into typeNrit-
ten statement which he asked the
prisoner To sign It was written on
regular court blanks used FOR deposit
ions. In filling out the form Charl-
on gave his age as u. his birthplace
IS Omaha his occupation bank
Jerk. ana his place of residence 20f
West Fifty-ffth street. New York.
Then followed his statement:
MY wife and / lived happily to-
rether She was the best woman in
lie world TO me but she had an uu'
sovclnabie temper, So had l. We fire.
iuently quarreled over the most triv'
al matters and her language TO me
he did not know the meaning Of IT,
The night / struck her she had
,een quarreling with me-. She was in
he worst temper ! had ever seen her
n. ] told her II she did not cease !
Would leave her and put stop TO it.
ihe stopped for a. little while aud
tartcd again.
~ took mallct which had used
D do household repairing aud struck
cr three times. thought she was
cad, I put the body IN trunk in
mich / also threw the mallet
About j. o'clock that night I
lovcd the trunk from my house ana {
ragged IL down To a small pier and ,
brew il overheard } remained ar
lalpraiso the next day and left the }
blowing night and went to Como d,
nd from there go Genoa where ! I
lok the steamer Irene three days :
iter.
''rhe room where l killed her was i
ID out door sleeping apartment
"tSigned) PORTER CHARLTON. o.
As he appended mis- signature =
harlton remarked. There's a Rus {,
an Ispolatoif. sce he has been !
nder suspicion in connection with 4
bis affair and Q want 90 clear him
Ie WIS tine ouly man of Intelligence /,
the neighhorhnod of our villa. The !,
.-t OF those who came 10 see us b
ere cattle a
Here the prisoner took e pen and :.
.ided 90 his statement the follow ii
lg postscript;
u have been Informed that X. Is