Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-06
BELIEVE COUNT is
LAYTON,ASLAvER
Answers Description of a Man
Now Being Sought by Two
Governments.
SERVES PRISON TERMS?
Girl Wife of Alleged NobIeman Tells
Authorities Some Damaging
Stories.

In the belief that Count" Edwin ].
Brunsvik De Corompa in a cell Of the
Scott county jail at Davenport, charged
with violating the Mann white slave
act, is none other than Charles Edwin
Layton, whom the United States gov
eminent and the Acknowledgements
authorities want badly, government In
spectors are doubling their efforts to
establish beyond doubt the real iden-
tity of the count"
Layton is said TO be one Of the low
est type Of criminals, a recognized
emissary Of the international white
slave clique, man who has enticed
to the United States hundreds of Hun
gartan girls who were never heard
from after they left home.
Autumn Stonehreaker, the alleged
| girl-wife Of the count" who Is also
detained in the county Jail as wit
ness against Corompa, has informed
the authorities that she was known in
Chicago as Mrs. Layton" and that
Corompa was known to many people
as Layton. The description Of the
Layton wanted by the two govern
ments tallies with that of Corompa,
according to government inspectors.
Charles Edwin Layton was born in
Brasso, Hungary. His father was a
native American, his mother was Ger
man. Before leaving Austria, Layton
served a six months sentence for
white slavery. He was then expelled
| from hn 81 \ g. trtI, Il
to Roumania from which country he
also was expelled and forbidden to
reenter upon the threat of a long
term in prison. Layton is known to
have made frequent trips from Buda-
pest to New York. Coincident with
these journeys. il is said, scores of
Hungarian girl emigrants bound for
America never reached their destina.
ton and all trace of them was lost
Layton is supposed to be a dentist by
profession. Corompa, the authorities
say, also has stated that he is a den.
fist.
AUSTRIA INVESTIGATES.
A short time ago the Austrian gov.
ernment started an investigation into
lisO ulooPPCol anu VI SCA SlUIS dllt
girls while on their way to New York
City. 1t was reported that Layton's
name was connected with many OF
the cases investigated. The Austrian
government traced him to the United
States and enlisted the aid of the
American government in the search
for the man.
He was traced to Chicago, where
he is reported to have been employed
as salesman for Siegel & Cooper. Lay
ton is said to have disappeared from
Chicago about the same time thai
Corompa left that city.
| If the count" proves to be Layton
: II is probable that he will be taker
I to other cities or perhaps deporteC
and turned over to the Austrian
authorities II he is released on tn,
charge which is lodged against hin
in Davenport.
: The United States district cour
convenes in Davenport tomorrow
The count" will probably have hi
trial in Davenport during the tern
of court here.
Il have much more to say than
i have already said when the prope
3 time comes" said the count.
The newspapers have tried +
/ make Of me a criminal. / shall b
able to show that I am an innocen
man despite the damaging stories toll
l. by my wife, whose change of heart
It cannot understand"