The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01
The Altenburg Case
By GEORGE DYRE ELDR1DGE
Copyright, 1909 By George Dyre Eldridge
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 determining who the man was. I could give no information on that subject There was nothing in the little l aid know"
 That was for others to determine. not for you" said TraffOrd. sternly "'1t might have been the unraveling or the mystery for me to know the next day what you knew. and it was De- cause it might have been. and because of what you feared the solution was. that you kept silent. Moreover. what stands out before all else is that to have told would have been to tell that you were on the ground almost at the moment the crime was committed. and that you did not tell"
 Again Grimbleshaw felt that Traf- ford was driving the case home. and again he felt that his own course might have been a blunder. At the same time. he knew why he had acted as he had. and that. given the same conditions. an1 the same suspicious with equal lack of knowledge. he would do the same thing again He had accepted it as assured that Judith and Horace had ground for their fears. and he had been willing to take the coneeauences. be they what they might. of standing Loyalty with them-or her. he more honestly amended Perhaps the mere fact that there had been no ground for suspicion was minor fac tor; so long as this man was on their track
 ''Now," demanded Trafrord. breaking in on his line of thought. will you tell me what your business with Al tenburg was?''
  have asked me that once before, and told you that it was personal busi- ness, having no possible connection with this affair." It would have been accomplished with him alone, if liv- ing. and he being dead. it concerns nobody. and I don't purpose being driven into revealing my private mat ters for a gossiping village to tear to tatters-"
 Tn a case like this" retorted Traf- ford. there is nothing personal What ever concerns AItenburg in those last hours concerns the public until justice is done. Concealment doesn't conceal at a time like this.''
 Again Grimbleshaw was driven to silence. and again Trafford waited with imperturbable patience. Con- hAAC-0 lAh6I AAO dASWGE was AO DG SA- pected he finally said:
 At least you may be able to clear David. for take it you are willing to do that. Can you fix the hour. or rather minute. that you knew Alten- burg was alive and had some one with him?"
 'T don't even know he was alive l don't even know that he was one of the two men in that room I saw two shadows and heard men talking. That is all know. If there were two men concerned in this murder he may al- ready have been done to death. and the voices I heard may have been the voices of the men who did the job" '@They may have been the men you encountered two hours later" Traf. ford suggested.
 Grimbleshaw. as well under restraint as he had held himself thus far. fell his face change at this thrust Traf ford had his eyes on him. and he knev that his confusion could not fall O detection by so trained an observer Then there came to him what he haC said to Judith not an hour before.
 That Is mere guesswork. I take i you are not interested in my guesses. Unless what YOU choose to call guess is in reality a judgment base, on something you know. as for in stance. the recognition of a voice." "A thing" said Grimbleshaw. no taken by surprise. as Trafford hai clearly intended. "of no value what ever, in my opinion One hears voice and fails to carry the tone. HI hears another. under circumstance that suggest. the first. or perhaps il asked if he recognizes it. and prompt ly gays yes. when really it is simpl! an association of ideas Nothing. i seems to me, could be more baseles or utterly worthless
 Do you think that quite a fair pre- eentation?'
 Before Grimbleshaw could answe there was a nasty rush of steps up tn stairs, the door was thrown violentl, open and Fry burst in-
 .swe-ve got Calden and he's confess ed.'' he cried.
 which one?" demanded Grimble shaw. leapinz to his feet
 How did you come to arrest him? asked Trafford. sternly.
 He had left the camp and was mak ing for Canada in charge of a dis reputable fellow named Billings"
 .I know interrupted 1ranord- asked about the arrest"
 q went up to the sleigh and sait MT. Calden. you're wanted 'Fo what?' he asked The Altenburg mur der said You've got the right man lie said"
 -s~You should have warned him." sai Frafford-
 -2 'Tt was out before had chance. ss,"As an officer it was your duty { Nvarn him before you answered hi questions"
 0'~Tou don't seem to find this arres to your taste" cried Fry. his elatio rrrned to bitterness. which he did nc Seruple to show.
 slsI've no doubt it will prove of gres Importance" said Trafford. -eV
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