The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-26
MORE DELAY
IN TRIAL Of
CHARL 7 D n
FIVE YEARS AGO PORTER cHARL-
TON WAS ARRESTED IN ITALY,
CHARGED WITH MURDER OF
HIS WIFE.

Rome. Italy, April 24-(Corres
pondence OF the Associated Press.)-
Although July next will mark the
lapse OF five years since Porter
Charlton was arrested on the charge
of numbering his wife in Italy, the
case, it is learned, will not come
to trial before autumn, if by then.
His counsel, Ayvocato Catapano,
recent discussing the present delay.
said
There are two reasons for the
delay, the examination of the witness
es in America, and the observations
which are being taken OF the prison
er's mental condition at the asylum
for the insane at Como.
AS Charlton had not the means
OF bringing over any of his witnesses
for the trial they all had to have
their testimony taken at home, which
was a complicated process, conducted
through the departments of justice
and foreign affairs, both Italian and
American If that had not been done
there would have been the probability
of his being judged at the assizes
without one witness for the defense
present
Instead, the testimony of the four
teen witnesses in the United States
will be read, the testimony being OF
great Importance, given the defense
assumed, which is the total ire
sponsbility of the accused, The in
vestigations cannot be closed, and
therefore be made public until the
experiments to establish whether
Charlton is insane have been given in
May. Thus in June, or at the latest
in July, the decision will be given
out, so that the trial can come on IN
pano, however, said that this was not
at all sure, as should Italy be at
war the trial would scarcely take
place.
You see" he continued, Como is
a frontier town, and in case of war
even the courts of justice will be up
set Charlton knows this and has not
shown any great concern. He seems
to be resigned to his position and
thinks that he will ultimately be re-
leased meanwhile he is allowed all
the physical exercises, TO which he
is greatly attached, that he desires -
To the question why Ch5r had
taken his case out of the hands of
Deputy Porzio, Avvocato Catapano re-
piled: 1T cannot be said that the
case has been taken from him, the
deputy is very much occupied and
gave it up voluntarily, as he could
not devote sufficient time to it and
it is quite possible that he may de
liver the final harangue. 1t has been
said that the Charlton family were
much disgusted at the time wasted
over the time-taking of the testimony
in America, and that Deputy PorziO
as a member Of parliament, did not
hurry up matters as he might have
done, but this is not so, as the fault
lies entirely in our procedure; an
enormous fault when one considers
that it took almost a year to con-
clude the first normal legal inquiries.
THE counsel for the defense will
be two, Ayvocato Cattaneo of Como
and myself. Ayvocato Palmieri of
New York, who is cognzant of every
thing, will come to Italy for the trial.
Il expect that the trial will be
short, especially as all the testimony
for the defense will be read, while
only a few people of Mcltrasio, where
the murder took place will be heard,
so that time will only be consumed
hearing the witness, Captain Scott,
brother of the victim, and the dis
cussion of the experts on sanity and
in my address to the jury"