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Charlton at Last in Italy’s Grasp
Wife Slayer Loses 3-Year Fight
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Now on Ocean on Way to Trial
Porter Charlton, young American, who killed beautiful wife
and is now on way to face trial in Italy.
Court Frees‘Old Maid'
Who Resents Epithet
Judge Rules Spinster Was Right In
Smiting Married Woman
With Chair.
TO BEAT HEARST
Deadlock Results in New York Im
peachment Situation as Each
Claimant Refuses to Make
Move—Both Go to Capitol.
i> —
Accused Executive Accompanied
by His Bodyguard Goes to State
House and Plunges Into Busi
ness—No Outbreak Surprise.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—Unmarried'
women of mature years who are sub
jected to ridicule as "old maids” have
won a victory in court. Miss Minnie
Flatley, of the Colonial Hotel, Is 31,
and Mrs. Lizzie Varley, of the same
address, has been calling her an “old
maid.”
Miss Flatley resented the sarcasm
by smiting Mrs. Varley with a chair
and punishing her seriously. When
she was arraigned in court Judge
Gemmill, after hearing the story,
said "Discharged.”
"I think this sort of provocation
Justifies any assault up to murder,”
said the judge. "It Is despicable to
humiliate a woman."
May Yohe to Re-Wed
Lord Hope, Is Rumor
American Singer Wins Back Her
Former Husband With Favorite
Music Hall Song.
ALBANY, N. Y„ Aug. 16.—Neither
xgtic nor violent steps will be taken
Lieutenant Governor Martin H.
ynn to force William Sulzer, the
peached Governor of New York,
jm office—at least not to-day. Ow-
g to the fact that this was a half
iliday at the State offices, Mr.
ynn spent but a few minutes at
e Capitol, and while both Sulzer
id Glynn forces refused to budge an
ch, matters were at a deadlock.
Accompanied by jiis bodyguard,
overnor Sulzer walked from the ex-
:utlve mansion to the Capitol, where
> plunged into State business, just
i though his right to exercise the
ibernatorial prerogatives were not
ntested.
Lieutenant Governor Glynn_ who
aims the powers of Acting Governor
ider the Constitution until Mr. Sul-
r is brought to trial on September
, went from the Capitol to the of-
es cf his newspaper and announced
! would spend the afternoon at an
letic meet. He denied that, like
peoleon, he would lift the power of
Ing New York State on the bay-
jets of the National Guard,
i Lack of Trouble a Surprise.
Absence of an actual outbreak to-
was a surprise to many who ex
ited to eee the executive chamber
battleground for the Sulzer and
immany forces.
Ur. Sulzer now virtually stands
ine, having been deserted by the
jmbers of his cabinet, who have
led themselves to the Glynn forces,
t Sulzer refuses to. abdicate, despite
! fact that the ranks of his political
imles have been strengthened dur-
the last 24 hours.
.ieutenant Governor Glynn, who Is
v signing State documents with
s signature, “Martin H. Glynn, Act-
Governor, State of New York,"
jounced that, in spite of any ob-
uctions thrown In his way by the
!zer legal forces, he would continue
administer gubernatorial affairs
iding Mr. SulzeTs trial for alleged
h crimes and misdemeanors Sep-
aber 18.
Both 8ides Fear Trick.
?oth sides are taking elaborate pre-
jtlons to guard against a trick,
roughout the night armed guards
tod watch over each State depart
ing while lawyers and legislators
olved in the struggle were trailed
irlvate detectives. Mr. Sulzer was
■etlrement planning a new legal
e with his counsel. Messenger
. with Washington and New York
telegrams could not find the Gov-
|tr, but members of the “inner cir-
took charge of the dispatches,
ling they would find the Governor,
leaders of the anti-Sulzer faction
le the threat that Mr. Glynn, now
Jlng control of the State Military
fiartment, would actually Invade
executive chamber.
He will get a mighty warm recep-
in," declared Sulzer adherents, who
few, but courageous.
Some Fear Martial Law.
>ome residents of this city, reallz-
the intense seriousness of the sit-
tion, fear that conditions may be
ne so grave that martial law will
e to be declared.
[t was assumed that Governor Sul-
■ to-day would reply to the second
te from Lieutenant Governor Glynn,
nanding the unconditional surren-
• of all prerogatives by Mr. Sulzer
i the abdication of the Governor,
unsel were with the Governor at
i beginning of the official day, and
was reported that the Governor
s urged to take a fling at Tam-
ny Hall.
Lobbyist Declares He Obtained
Confidence of Democratic Lead
er in Campaign for Governor.
GAVE REPUBLICANS SECRET
Letter Was Forged to Give Him
Introduction to Up-State
Committeeman.
'pedal Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 16.—Rumors that
Lord Francis Hope may re-wed his
former wife, May Yohe, are current.
A week ago Lord Hope visited the
London Opera House, where Miss
Yohe is appearing with considerable
success. The former Lady Hope was
in excellent voice and sang "Honey,
Ma Honey” that she often sang to her
husband during their life together.
Lord Francis is said to have been
touched by the Bong. Overtures for a
reconciliation, it is said, have been
made through Lord Francis* brother
the Duke of Newcastle, and the Duke’s
lawyer, Mr. Isitt, husband of Adeline
Genee.
EME TEST COMES
STATE TRAINS CUNS
Defendant Will Take the Stand Early
in Week to Give His Account of
His Movements on Day Mary Pha-
gan Was Killed.
Rockefeller's Rival
In Riches Tips Dime
Nitrate King Hands Man Ten Cents
for Returning Lost
Pocketbook.
NEW YORK, Aug, 16.—Senor E.
E. Osslo, the N'ltra.. King of Chill,
who has declared John D. Rockefel
ler a pauper In comparison with him
self, overwhelmed, a steward on the
United Fruit steamer Fastores yes
terday by the size of a Up.
The steward had picked up the Ni
trate King's wallet and, running after
him, bowed low and handed over the
pocketbook. Opening It, Senor Ossio
pulled out a dollar bill, then changed
his mind, and, taking a dime from his
pocket, handed it to the steward.
Young; Prisoner Is Confident He Will Escape
Spending Life in Solitary
Confinement.
Gjermany Also Snubs
Panama Exposition
riser’s Government Follows John
' Bull’s Action in Declining
American Invitations.
fat Cable to The American.
*LIX, Aug 10.—The German
rnment to-day decided to re-
[lo participate in the Panama Fa-
kion at San Francisco in 1915.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Porter
Charlton, after three years’ fight
against extradition from America, Is
in the clutches of the Italian Govern
ment and to-day is on the high seas,
bound for Italy and for trial on the
charge of killing his beautiful young
wife and sinking her body in Lake
Como in June, 1910.
In spite of the ordeal that faces
him, Charlton left New York as
cheerful as a schoolboy. Three years
in close confinement had repressed
his natural buoyancy, but the pros
pect of a sea voyage, even with a
trial for murder awaJting him at his
journey’s end, restored it to a consid
erable degree.
"I’ll be back for Christmas!” he
cried, waving a good-bye from the
liner as it pulled out. All the time
he has declared that he will be ac
quitted, in spite of the fact that he
confessed to killing his wife oi^ their
honeymoon. Extenuating circum
stances, his friends declare, will have
their weight on the Italian Jury.
Charlton's quarters on the liner are
isolated, and he Is not permitted to
mingle with the other passengers. He
travels third class, as the Italian
Government does not provide first-
class accommodations for prisoners.
Faces Living Death.
Unless the contention of his In
sanity can be proved, a living death
surely will be the fate of Porter
Charlton, a hideous confinement that
is far worse than death on the gal
lows.
Extenuating *circumstances, It is
expected, can noi be revealed of suf
flclent strength to obtain his acquit
tal, and unless his defense prove in
sanity, he must go to prison. There
is no death sentence in Italy.
And Imprisonment in Italy is
dreadful punishment, feared far more
than the electric chair, the gallows
or the garrote. It is invested with
mental torture of such degree that
few who live through it more than
a few years are sound of mind.
Charlton is known to have a sen
sitive, nervpus temperament. His
havior toward his wife proves him
high-strung. To a person of his
psychological make-up incarceration
under the Italian system would he
certainly destructive of mental bal
ance.
For the first ten years of a life
sentence the prisoner may be kept in
utter darkness and in the strictest
solitude, with nothing to eat and drink
but plain bread and water. A few
weeks of this treatment generally is
sufficient to reduce the most unemo
tional criminal to a state of nervous
collapse.
Insanity Practically Only Hope.
His attorneys hope to present in
the Italian courts the great mass of
evidence brought to bear in the
United States Supreme Court to prove
him insane. Justice Lurton. in the
opinion which declared that Charlton
must go back to Italy to stand trial,
admitted that the evidence to sub
stantiate the insanity plea was pre-
ponderous.
The opinion of the Supreme Court
brought to an end the three years’
unsuccessful fight of Charlton and Mi
family against extradition to Italy.
It was in June, 1910, that he killed
his wife, according to his own con
fession. After the crime he fled, but
was caught at Hoboken, N. J. t when
the liner landed there. The brother
of the slain wife there met him, and
caused him to be placed under ar
rest.
The first night of his Imprisonment
in New Jersey a confession was pro-i
duced, bearing his name, and general
ly supposed to be authentic.
“My wife and I lived happily to
gether. but she had an uncontrolla
ble temper,” read the confession. "So
had I. On the night of the murder
she had the worst outbreak of tem
per I ever saw.
"I told her to keep quiet or I would
make her quiet. Then she had an
other outbreak. I took Up a wooden
mallet, with which I had been re
pairing a table, and hit her on the
head and body two or three times.
At midnight I put the body In a trunk,
dragged it to a small pier near the
house, and threw it overboard,”
His wife was a beautiful young
woman, although eight years older
than he, who was only 21. The two
were on their honeymoon when the
murder occurred.
Mrs. Charlton was the divorced
wife of Neville H. Castle, a San
Francisco lawyer. Charlton is the
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Hidden Pistol Seen
As Girl Lifts Dress
Young Woman Is Arrested When
Masked Battery Is Exposed as
She Crosses Street.
UNIONTOWN, PA., Aug. 16.—Hold
ing her dress a little too high to avoid
the water as she crossed Main street
to-day, Mattie Pearce was arrested
when she revealed a large rovolver in
a holster fastened around her leg at
the knee
She was taken to the police station,
where she showed the officers the new
mode of carrying a gun. Strapped to a
leg was the holster In which she car
ried the revolver.
The girl explained that there were
"bad men" at Unlontown and she was
not taking any chances with them. She
stated that she had worn the revolver In
that position for some time.
Mattie said she did not know she was
holding her dress quite as h ! gh as she
was. and that she had forgotten for a i
moment about the masked battery. She
was released on ball.
Wife Paints Story of
Her Life on Walls
St.
Louis Matron Does Remarkab'e
Work She Calls ‘A Young
Girl’s Love.”
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Colonel
Martin M. Mulhall, self-confessed lob
byist of the National Association of
Manufacturers, testified before the
Garrett Lobby Investigating Commit
tee that his political lines crossed
those of William Randolph Hearst in
1906, and that he helped to defeat
Mr. Hearst for the New York Gover
norship.
Introduced by a letter forged upon
the letterhead of the Hearst cam
paign headquarters, Mulhall said
that he went into Congressman Fair-
child’s district, the Twenty-fourth
New York, an upstate district, and
gained the confidence of a local cam
paign manager for Mr. Hearst.
Tells Plans to Republicans.
Learning from the matter the plans
of campaign in the district, Mulhall
reported them to Fairchild, and Re
publican plans to checkmate them
and defeat their object were perfect
ed. Mulhall was employed for a
week on this work with the approval,
he says, of Fairchild.
Mulhall told a few days ago how
he started to work for {Senator For-
aker in Ohio. He was prepared to
make his report to Foraker wnen the
Hearst Standard Oil disclosure let
ters were first made public. Foraker
admitted to the Senate committee
that these letters defeated him for
re-election to th© Unied Scaes Sen
ate.
Unconcernedly, Mulhall told how he
had taken his ‘ fake letters'' of intro
duction to Fairchild and got his in
structions for political detective
work. He met Mr .Hearst’s friends,
including a clergyman, at a hotel,
entertained them and worked his way
into their confidence. He ascertained
that the Republican district commit
tee chairman was not friendly to
Fairchild.
Letter Was Faked.
"Whose signature did this fake let
ter of introduction bear?” asked Rep
resentative Stafford.
"It w r as that of some member of the
Democratic State Committee.’’
"Who were you represented to be?”
"I was supposed to be connected
with Mr. Hearst, and so represented
myself to Mr. Scott, the candidate, I
think, opposing Fairchild.”
“It was your first meeting with
him, and you won his confidence to
the extent of getting from him his
campaign plans?” said Stafford.
"Yes.”
"Who signed this fake letter?"
"The letter w’as given to me by
Marshall Cushing, and I can not say
who signed it. Mr. Cushing was 8
very good letter writer. He told me
it was a fake letter. I knew that
Cushing w’as not connected with the
Hearst organization.”
Mr. Stafford—He was connected in
the way of using the letterhead of
the Hearst organization to good ef
fect.
"Mr. Cushing thought P w’as a
smart political trick, and I guess that
was his system of working,” replied
Mulhall.
Scott Well Deceived.
"Mr. Scott’s confidence was so com
plete,” continued Mulhall, “that he
told me Mr. Hearst had sent him a
number of workers and quite an
amount of money, and I believe in
this letter /.he latter stated that they
were ready to send at that time more
workers and more money.”
"Scott swallowed everything, hook,
line and all, as far as you repre
sented it,” commented Stafford.
"Yes.”
"Did Mr. Fairchild know all about
this arrangement?” asked Represen
tative Kline.
“Yes, lie knew about hte letter, and
I had Mr. Fairchild’s advice in pre
senting it. He has spoken to me
since about that clever piece of work.”
4 Royal Bridesmaids
ForManuel’sWedding
Eighty Princes and Princesses Will
Attend Ex-King’s Betrothed
on September 4.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug 16.—Arrangements
for ex-King Manuel’s wedding to
Princess Augustine Hohenzollern on
September 4 at Sigmaringen show the
ceremony will be gorgeous.
Eighty royal princes and princesses
will attend, including the Prince of
Wales, representing King George, and
four princesses as bridesmaids.
The Kaiser excuses himself from
being present on account of the Ger
man army maneuvers. He and other
monarchs will be represented by
princes.
"■VJEll
ATTORNEYS SEEKING TO
PROVE A COMPLETE ALIBI
Believed That Case Will Stand or Fall
on Efforts of Prosecution to Prove
Its Charge of Immorality Against
the Accused.
Col, Degrange Ill
In Paris Hospital
Prominent New Orleans Man Is
Compelled to Undergo Operation
Following Sickness Aboard Ship.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Aug. 16.—-Colonel Joseph H.
Degrange, of New Orleans, is ill in
the American Hospital at Neuilly. Mr.
Degrange’s illness developed fir.st on
board a steamer on his way to Eu
rope early in the summer.
On July 22 he was taken to the hos
pital for an operation for the removal
of the carbuncle on the back of his
eck. A second operation became nec
essary on Tuesday of this week. The
operations, while painful, were not
dangerous, and the attending physi
cians say that he will bo able to be
about within a few days.
Papers Have Right
ToRefuseAdvertising
BY AN OLD POLICE REPORTER.
The third week of the Frank trial came to an end at nooil
Saturday.
The defense lias not yet concluded its case, but confidently
expects to finish within the next day or two.
Its last card, and one of its biggest, will be the defendant's
statement. This stf 'ement is scheduled for the early part of this
week.
It will mark the climax of the defense’s case, just as Conley's
story marked the climax of the State’s.
It became more and more evident as the case progressed dur
ing the past week that the defense is pitting Frank squarely
against Conley—that it is to be Frank’s life or Conley’s life for
little Mary Phagan’s, snuffed out cruelly nearly four months ago
in the National Pencil Factory.
Frank's statement on the stand, which the law permits him
to make, but not under oath, and which may be accepted by the
jury, either in whole or in part, in preference to all the sworn
testimony, will be matched against the story the negro told so
dramatically and with such frightful emphasis soon after the case
got under way.
Into the negro’s story, moreover, was injected the question
of Frank’s general character, particularly in one unmentionable
direction, and this the defense will undertake to offset completely
and finally.
More than a hundred witnesses have been summoned to tes-
ST. LOUIS, Aug-. 16.—One of the
most-talked-of works of art In Bt.
Louis hangs In the home of Dr. Rob
ert E. Wilson and was painted by
Mrs. Wilson. The canvas is called
“The Story of a Young Girl’s Love,”
and covers the entire wall space in
the parlor of this magnificent Colo
nial home. Two years were devoted
to the work.
The painting Is divided into panels,
the size of each picture depending on
the amount of space to be covered.
Artists pronounce the canvas a mas
terpiece. Mrs. Wilson’s friends say
that the painting illustrate* her bliss
ful married state.
TOWN CELEBRATES WEDDING.
AXTELL, KANS.. Aug. 16.—All the
citizens of this town celebrated to-
dav the sixty-second wedding anni
versary of Stephen and Margaret
Stout, aged 85 and 81, respectively.
whose home for more than a third of
, a century ha* been the social center
here.
France to Welcome
Envoy de la Barra
Mexican Legation Is Assured That
There Is No Objection to
New Minister
ipecial Caule to The American.
PARIS, Aug. 16.—The Mexican Le
gation has heard nothing of any ob
jection on the part of France to tho
reception of Francisco de la Barra ks
Mexican Minister to this country. The
secretary of the legation said to-day.
"We would nea ’” be the first to
hear of it if any such objection ex
isted.”
The A genee Nationale was the au
thority for the report, which was
printed here yesterday. Senor de la
Barra sailed frufci New York to-day.
„ , _.. i tify to Frank’s good character, and these include men and women
ter May Be Declined, Despite I from every walk of life, where it could be shown that such wit-
Previous Contract. i nesses had come in contact with Frank from time to time in such
I wise as to be competent judges of his general character.
ot PATTT, Auar 16.—That news-
papers haveua right «o decline adver- DALTON S TESTIMONY IMPEACHED.
rising when they deem it objections- Already, the one witness (Dalton) so far introduced by the
un e de e r Ve a n yeariy l8 co 8 nt b rTcL e fs , the the eri State to corroborate Conley has been successfully impeached by
feet Of a decision handed down to- the defense, and it is likely that others introduced to uphold the
negro also will be subjected to impeachment proceedings, if the
defense suspects that it may successfully inaugurate the same.
The defense seemingly has realized fully the heavy necessity
of breaking down Conley’s awful story, not only in direct connec
tion with the murder, but in every phase of it that bears upon the
character of the defendant.
As a primary proposition, the advantage in the situation thus
spt up dwells within the defense.
To Pension Victim' ln the first i )lace > Frank &° es to thP j ,ir y ™th tke presump-
! tion of innocence in his favor. The burden is not upon him to
make out a case in behalf of himself. It is upon the State to make
out a case against him.
Moreover, the only right of appeal attaching to persons in
dicted for felonies is within the defense. Once the State loses, it
is lost forever.
The State must allege and prove the guilt of the defendant
“beyond a reasonable doubt,” and fight right up to that limit.
If there remains a reasonable doubt of Frank’s guilt, after
the last word has been said to the jury, Frank, under the law, is
vis, a young woman injured wnen f utitled to it, and if the trial jury fails to award it, a court of re-
McNutt’s machine was wrecked. Phy- |
sicians say Miss Davis' injuries are
permanent.
The girl, in a plaster cast, testified
to-day that McNutt was speeding
while intoxicated.
day in the District Court here. The
case came up when a local depart
ment store was sued by a local paper
to recover money due under a yearly
contract, which the store manage
ment had declared void because cer
tain portions ot its advertising copy
had been rejected by the paper.
Joy Rider Compelled
In Lieu of Jail Sentence, Speeder
Must Pay Girl $30 a Month
Until Recovery.
LOS ANGEI.ES, Aug. 16.—Instead
of sending J. S. McNutt, a convicted
Joy rider, to prison, Judge Wilbur,
of the Superior Court, suspended a
five-year sentence over him to-day,
on condition that he pay $30 a month
until she recovers to Miss Olive Da-
view will remedy the legal wrong thus inflicted upon him.
ALL STATE TESTIMONY SWORN.
The State, moreover, must submit every bit of its evidence,
to the last shred or patch, under oath.
The defense, on the contrary, may clear itself upon testimony
not one word of which is sworn to.
The State’s star witness, Conley, also comes into court a con
fessed accessory after the fact of the murder, a confessed falsifier
in numerous conflicting statements as to his knowledge of and
connection with the crime, and accompanied by a well established
jail record fearfully and wonderfully made up.
Ilis is a much harder story to hold up than Frank’s, viewing
the two stories generally and in their broader personal aspects.
Even without Conley, to be sure, the State still has a circum-
, , stantial case against Frank that might compel considerable atten-
called the "pus^y sneak.” and Is danced * , , .
with the rubber-soied shoes commonly | lion and respect, but there are few people who seemingly believe
W The a 'Vussy'sneak" is a creepy son ; that it alone would be sufficiently strong to convict.
I and*hV , 'N“w h Y l ork W tcSm e tha b t U "pm C the' It probably is a realization of the State’s tremendous task.
1 night to teach u. veral -plications to- j uvo j ve( j j u t h e holding together of Conley’s story, that has caused
‘Pussy Sneak' Routs
Staid Old Tangos
Creepy Glide Brings New York Team
Applications to Teach
New Dance.
ONSET, MASS., Aug. 16.—The "tan
goes." "hugs," "trots," "grapevine” and
other similar dances have been east
into darkness by the creation intro
duced this afternoon at the local dancing
casino by a New York couple. It 1h