Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-27
PORTER CHARLTON
TRIAL IN FALL
ALMOST FIVE YEARS HAVE GONE BY
SINCE HIS ARREST ON WIFE
MURDER CHARGE.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
, Rome. April Although July next will
mark the clapsc 81 five years since Porter
Charlton was arrested on the charge at
numbering hi wife IN Italy. the ease. II j.
learned. will not come 10 trial before
autumn. ii ~ then. lii counsel. Avvocatu
C~atapano. recently discussing the present
delay. said:
There are two reasons for tie DELAY.
the examination at the Witnesses Ill
America. and the observations which are
being taken al thc prisoner mental con
dition, III the asylum for the insane NJ
Como. a. Charlton had not the means az
bring over amy 81 hi~ witnesses for the
trial they all had to nave their testimony
taken ~ home. which was a complicated
process. conducted through the depart
mcmtS Of Justice and foreign affair both
Italian aud American. II that had not
been lone there would nave been the prob
ability ~ III hrin. JUDGED NJ lhc a- izr
without one witness tor The dctcu-"
present. Instead the testimony of the
fourteen witnesses al the United States
will be read. the testimony being NJ great
Importance. given The defense assumed
which l. the total irre~pou~ihility of The
accused. The Investigations can not be-
closed. and therefore ~ made public until
the experiments ~ establish whether
Charlton i, insane have been given IN May.
Thus in June. or IA the latest ~ July, the
decision will b. given out. - that the trial
can come in the early autumn Advocate
Catapano. however. said that this was not
nj all sure. a. should Italy be- nj war the
trial would scarcely take place.
..You sec." hc continued. "Como T. \
frontier town. and in ease of war even the
courts of Justice will be- upset. Charlton
knows this and ha- not shown any great
concern. lie seems To H. resigned 10 hi
position and thinks he viii ultimately be
released, meanwhile he II allowed all the
physical exercises 10 which he i 80 greatly
attached. that ~ desires"
To the question why Charlton had taken
his ease out of the hands of Deputy Porto
Advocate ratapano replied 1T can not be
said that the case has been taken from
him. the deputy j. very much occupied and
gave il up voluntarily. n he could not de
vote sufficient time % il and Il 4 quite
possible that tx may deliver the final
harancue. ID ha~ been said that the Charl-
ton family were much Disguised ~ the time
wasted over the Time taking Of the tc~ti-
mnny IN America. and the Deputy Porzin,
a. 4 member of parliament. did not hurry
up the matters A. he might have done. hut
this i not 80. n the fault lies entirely in
our procedure: An fault when
one considers that It took almost 4 year
to conclude the first normal legal inquiries.
..The counsel for the defense will h. two,
Avvncato Catianco If Como and myself.
Advocate palmlcri 1T New York. who l.
coenizant of everything. will come To Italy
for the trial. expect that the trial will
be short. especially a. all the testimony for
the defense will be read. while only a few
people Of Mcltrasio. where the murder took
place. will be heard. 80 that time will only
b. consumed in hearing the witness. Cap
tain Scott. brother Of the victim, and il
the discussion of the experts on sanity and
in my address to the jury