The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-03

Calden's purpose, and I've been un- able to find any reasonable explanation based on any assumption other than that 1t was''
 Scarcely an appreciable time is now held necessary to generalization sug
 gested Russell.
 I'm not discussing reconciliation as
 the law regards it.' said Trafford:
 I'm trying to form a picture of Cal den's purpose in coming here. in an l attempt to determine what light. if
 any, it throws on what he did after
 he got here. Leaving Hacklebury. he seems to have come directly to Maine. and after crossing the state line to | have been at no particular pains to
 conceal his movements At least. he di1 not act like a man who fears. or
 is seeking to avoid. arrest. His son joined him at Bangor. and they came
 by way of Brentwood. across country
 to Lanceboro."
 Doesn't that look like trying to
 avoid recognition at least?'' demanded
 Russell
 .-Oh. there's no doubt he didn't want
 his arrival at Lanceboro to be known; but who would have recognized him if it were known? You must keep in
 mind that the village stfIl supposed
 Mrs. Calden co be Mrs. Altenburg: 1t did not know young Caiden's actual lname. and as for the older man. John
 Altenburg was the onlys person here
 who knew of his existence even He was just as likely to be recognized at Bangor. eor before he got to Bangor. as he was at I.anceboro. barring Al lteuburg Yet he travelled openly to
 Bangor. and 1t was not until he ap- preached Lanceboro that he took any precautions I can make out this sim ply an attempt to conceal himself from
 Altenburg.'
 He'd do just that if he meant to lsurprise and murder him." said Rus sell | .'Yes, and wouldn't he have done far more in the way of covering his ttracks? Moreover. he seems clearly at lthat time to have had no purpose to commit the murder. On that we are iagreed. as understand On the other hand. if he then purposed murdering IAltenburg. his danger was epprehen- \ sion after tue deed was done. and he
 would do all in his power to conceal
 the fact that he had been at Lance
 boro at all So far as Altenburg was
 concerned. the advantage of conceal
 ment was surprise To do this. how
 ever. he needn't have left wake as broad and clean cut as the first
 swath through field of timothy Yet
 that's just what he did do. sent one lof my most ordinary men to trace him.
 and he can account for every minute of his time from his entering the state
 until he entered Braxton's Woods about dusk Tuesday evening. From that on it took more skill to follow the track and I've given that -ersonal
 attention
 Now let's take up young Calden-
 He was at Mystic Lake Camp from
 the time his mother left Altenburg' s
 six months ago. He opened his shack a month and a half before. any other and kept 1t open nearly two months : later. All that time he had two saddle 3 horses at Melton farm, about three mics this side the lake. He has the } same horses now at Altenburg's- l ' find that usually in summer he's been , at the camp about two months. of , course to be near his mother and sis ! ter. At those times his sister seems to have been with him a great deal. but can't find that his mother ever visit- ' ed him there. Of course. it was from there that he made his summer visits ! to his mother. of which we have heard ' right along since we began this search } It's plain to see that he came early I this year and stayed late to keep ar eye on Altenburg in his mothers ab- ! sence. Moreover. after he left the
 camp he took board at the Meltor farm, evidently with the same object ? in view. and he and his sister wer' ? there at the time their father lef Hacklebury. Now clearly 1t isn't possible that q I train of acts. so undisguisedly calcu. l. lated to make tracing and detection g easy. should have been followed. sav, e that detection. if not actually courted g was not feared"
 t Unless you assume a purpose tC l create the very impression that ha. Q been created in your mind" ,. "Of course. that is within the rang, ;. of the possible. and if you feel it hal f any approach to the probable we car a go into it.''
 !. 'No." Russell frankly admitted. e l. don't. The very statement of the as a sumption seems to me to show its ab s surdity."
 . Now I find that both the Caldeni n tspent Tuesday night in the Altenburl r house. So. you see. we have worked . back to the time when the writer O
 the note was to see Altenburg, and t
 the natural question. had the writei
 of that note kept his appointment O
 not? He had based his suggestion O
 coming to the house on the fact of tn z absence of Mrs. Calden. which enabled
 him to. come without being seen Yet
 as 1t happened. at that time there wer
 two possible witnesses there fin piac ' of one Whoever he was. he didn' fwant to be seen during the visit. Al
 tenburg. on the contrary. didn't seen to attach much importance to the mat . ter. if we consi1sr that he didn't evel l. destroy the note. So far then as Al ? tenburg is concerned there doesn' l. seem much to cause us to give weigh