The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-04

and asked information about John
 Johnson the master of the barge
 friend of Johnson's by meeting him 1 occasionally in the saloon of Emil
 Engelmann; Water and Tulip streets,
 this city. It was his custom to come
 to Bridgeport every other Saturday
 night, and Engelmann's place proved
 attractive to him. Johnson and he l ing employment on the water
 At nidnight last night Johnson and
 bis wife returned to this city from
 Ansonia. They had written Mahlder
 two letters, arriving in this city with l a cargo of coal on Good Friday, the
 very day of the tragedy, and wishing them before their departure. Mah1- der's failure to respond led them to believe he was i'll so they went to Ansonia yesterday where for the first
 time they learned of the tragedy. When they boarded their barge just
 before midnight Johnson spied 9. man cabin.
 Johnson believed it was a harbor pirate pirate seeking rope or other spoils-
 "nH "Mes" 'rege regponded ed qGmadego Mahideg'
 Well, who's that?" persisted John son advancing to grapple with, the was the fugitive. Mah1der was shiv- ering in the cold, his vitality lowered by lack of food, and his limb, wrench Eed and bruised, giving him intense pain. The barge master and his wife took him into their cabin, made him as comfortable as possible, and heard his story through.
 This morning Johnson and he went to their friend Engelmann, where Mah1der again told the tale of his mann's advice. the three went to the office. of DeF'orest & Klein. Here Mah1der told Attorney. Robert G. De- self up to the authorities. Mahlder was ready to do anything. He was so desperate he had told Johnson be- fore his surrender that if he had kept his pistol he would have ended his own life.
 Attorney DeForest te1ephoned to police headquarters, made an ap- pointment with Superintendent Birm- ingham, and with Johnson and Mah1- der started to give the fugitive over to the authorities. Johnson bade Mahlder farewell before they reached the station. Mah1der. entered the of flee of Superintendent Birmingham, made a statement of the occurrence, protested it as wholly accidental, and gave himself up.
 Mah1der is a native of Russia, and he has a wife and son living at Riga. He speaks half a dozen languages and is an expert machinist- He" was employed by the Farrell Foundry Co. of Ansonia. He is 46 years old. Aft CT his record was taken, the police searched him thoroughly fearing that in his highly nervous state he might his cell. 5 The Johnsons, who visited the Reb- ners in Ansonia yesterday, say the 1 family of the little girl is convinced | Mah1der's act was entirely accidental | and while they grieve greatly over the death of their child, they bear no malice towards Mahlder and as farI aS they are concerned, would not seek to have him prosecuted for caus- ing the little girls death.
 The bullet entered the child in the l abdomen and passed clear through the little body.
 Mahlder had not had very regular | employment until lately. He had | saved over $10O and expected Soon to | bring his wife and son here &rorn | Riga to set up home of his own in Ansonia. Both he and Rebner are 1 employed in the Farrel Foundry Co. the latter blacksmith.