The San Francisco call., 1910-04-14

home" said Bender last night. AL
though there is a possibility that he
came Of wealthy parents I think il ex-
tremely improbable. He bore many of
the intangible traces which indicate the
farmer lad or the boy from small
town.
Further than that. he received let
ter. which he read TO my wife and my
self, from a sister who was in northern
California, employed either as a school
teacher or a telegraph operator. She
counseled him to he brave and manly.
It was a typical letter from an elder
sister.
Boy Acted QueerIy
After he was with US a short time
the boy acted very peculiarly. He was
very disputatious and egotisticaL He
pretended to have a deep and profound
knowledge of classical subjects. He
raved over a fine edition of the .'Ru-
bsiyat' OF Omar Khayam which is in
my library and frequently read it and
quoted from 1t. He formed the habit of
staying up very late at night, and 1
would not see him for several days. I
finally questioned him about his alb
sences and he told me that he had Sc
cured employment at a garage.
he had been acting Queerly, impress
ing me as being unbalanced mentally.
and as he seemed able 10 provide for
himself I told him he had better go
and secure some place to board. He
left us in December. 1908, and 1 have
neither seen nor heard from him
since"
Bender expressed the belief that Red
Tern had had some relative in Alameda.
as he frequently referred to some per-
son who lived there.
These facts led the police TO give
added weight TO the letter which was
found in the vacant lot with a time
table a short time after the commission
OF the crime. Although the address
OF the writer and the signature were
carefully torn from the letter the con-
tents showed plainly that it was writ
ten from some point in California Feb
ruary 10 OF the present year. and was
addressed to Los Angeles to which
point Reofern is believed to have fol-
lowed the Wilson family subsequent
10 the death of the son LLOYD late in
January. The missive is addressed to
"Jamsie"
DO not let love (Which after all is
but one Of Gods great gifts TO his chill
dren) or lack of love make you veer
from your course. There's lots more.
jim; I'm not iippant or undertaking.
It's beauty, but we can't have all the
good gifts We have the best when we
love. but il is a blossom that does not
stand plucking"
Letter Establishes Link
The police are convinced that the
young man had written of his unre-
Quilted love to his sister. bringing forth
the reply in the letter which was found
in the lot, which established the one
positive link between Redfern and the
scene Of the crime. and raises the sug-
gestion that the young mans first name
was James instead OF the aristocratfc
Van Camp" which he had adopted
In addition to the letter and the facts
told by Bender the police also learned
yesterday that Redfern had been seen
lettering about the vicinity of the Will
son home Wednesday, presumably for
the purpose of carrying out the fieldish
purpose of destroying the beauty of the
school girl who had ridiculed his i'm
petuous and romantic methods of win
ming her esteem
Mrs. Harry Epstein. wife of a broker
Of Tonopsh, New. and personal friend
OF both the girls parents. called at the
residence Wednesday, but none of the
FAMILY were at home. AS she left the
house and walked to Octavia street to
take car she noticed a young man
staring at her.