ITALIAN SENSATION.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 June 1910, Page 3

ITALIAN SENSATION.

BODY T.N A BOX

"SIGNS OF A TERRIBLE

STRUGGLE."

[BY EMSCTRIC TEtKGRAPH-COPTRIOHT.J [I'KH ritEHS ASSOCIATION.]

ST. PETICRSBURG, Juno 12. Ispalatolf, a Russian-, lias been arrested at Coiuo on suspicion of murdeiring Mrs Crittenden Castle, an American dramatic artiste.

A box containing Mrs Castle's body was found in 'the lake. It Is supposed that she was pub into the box in a stunned condition and died of asphyia. (Received This Day, 8.55 a.m.) ROME, Juno 12.

Mrs Castle, ifc appears, was recently divorced, and was on her honeymoon in Ttn.lv with heir now husband, named Mr Charlton Porter, soli of a Washington Judge.

The Judge suggests that Porter hns also 'been murdered.

The Italian Police, .bowever, are searching for him, as they believe he ilLtreated his wife.

Mirs Castle's face and limbs bore signs of a terrible struggle after she was thrown into the lake.

The police also suggest t'hat the murder is connected with the mysterious discovery of tho undo Imxlv of Stella Reid, a Californian girl, who was recently found in tho Bay of Naples and supposed to .have been thrown overboard from a yacht.