The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-03
THE ALTENBURG CASE
By GEORGE DYRE ELDRIDGE
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 rRAFFORD GOES OVER THE CASE ..It's devflish awkward was the fin- al comment of Russell. the county at torney.- on the arrest of Calden- TraL- ford had come direct to his office from GrimbIeshaw-s roQns-
 ..Fry is one of the last men from whom should have expected so false a step" Trafford admitted
 ..Of course Beckwith's move will be a writ of habeas corpus" suggested Russell
 aPossibl- but whatever he does we've simply got to move now Wed better push the inquest quick This thing has queered the waiting game" :" T suppose YOU know what you can proveg'' Russell asked. anxiously- Fall ure or success in the most sensational case that had come his way since he took office showed large in the aues- tion of his future
 .sOh. yes: ana when. 1t comes to that we aren't so badly off by a long shot. In fact. I may say we've got lot with which to feed the public What we haven't got Is the brst paru- Cte or iIfQOI as lO NAAo 0A- NNO
 Isn't that putting it trifle strone7-. asked the other. his anxiety approaching gloom.
 T think not said Trafford- cheer fully. .tJust let's go back to the situa- tion as we know it at 6 o'clock say. or the Wednesday of the murder Had the writer of the note kept his an- pofntment the night before or nacn : he2-,
 II should say there were a good many more important questions than that
 @Yes2. For instance2-
 was the older caiden here and was he at the Altenburg house
 soh. that isn't even question He was
 ..As matter of proof7v
 Let me go over the points and you take notes wen see then where our proof needs strenKthenine- I'll try not to rank as knowledge anything that l can't fairly prove. ,or lay so substan- tial a foundation for that skiiifui cross-examination which will be able to faIi the gaps.
 .-on the Saturday before the murder Mrs. Calden. who'd taken up her resi- dence near HackeIbury six months be- fore. with the apparent purpose to make it permanent, quietly left with out attracting any considerable atten- ton. and came to Augusta where she arrived Monday afternoon I've got the train. hack boarding place. every thing. pat She engaged Lawton Fraz- fer as attorney and was with him most of that evening. Now. of course. we're on ground where proof is out of the question. excepting with her specific waiver of privilege I suppose we'd better skip"
 Pm not so certain" said Russell. -As long as we distinguish between provable fact and simple deduction thing I'm entitled to the benefit of the latter. at least at the start"
 wen. there are some, facts mixed In here at any rate Thus. Tuesday aft ernoon. Frazier wrote to the governor; aT beg to notify you that have been retained on behalf of one Harold Cslden should an attempt be made to secure his extradition to New Yorl under an indictment for embezzlemeni found against him some ten years agc and still pending It is not our pur: pose to resist extradition. but I shall insist that the papers be so drawn that. as absolutely as possible. the, will assure his trial under the indict- 1nent indicated above and not be a mere cover for taking him to New York for other purposes. according tc the method notoriously adopted il some other cases through the present prosecuting authorities of New Yorb county
 @As to this. of course. privilege can not be claimed. and it seems to me that every part of it. including the .nere time of sending it. Is important Csdden was then already in the state Frazier had held back his notice unti he knew that The note gave notice access hle to those who were lookinl for hi-r that he was here. that h. anticipated an attempt to extradit' him. that he would not resist 1t. bu that he would. SO far as he could. ain to fopce the New York authorities u try him on the embezzlement charge If he came here to commit a murder if he came here to conceal himself i he came here to escape trial. he was fool to allow such a letter to be sent and his counsel was a food to send fl I think. therefore. that we are safe il assuming that the letter represent exactly what he had in mind in leav ing the asylum and coming here Tn certain that it represents what Frazie
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