Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1912 — LONG DELAY FOR CHARLTON [ARTICLE]

LONG DELAY FOR CHARLTON

Case of Wife Murderer May Not Be Reached for Two Years. Washington, Feb. 33. The heavy docket of the United States supreme court indicates that the case of Porter Charlton, who confessed killing his wife at T .*»ke Torno, Italy, in June, 1910, wilt not be argued for another year, and perhaps not for two years. A further indication of this is the recent departure for Porto Rico of Judge Charlton, the slayer’s father. Judge Charlton has gofte to Porto Rico as a member of the insular court, to which he was recently appointed by President Taft. The president and Judge Charlton were classmates at Yale.