The evening world. Newspaper, February 17, 1902, Page 3

MISS BURNS ON Girl Accused of Murdering Young Walter Brooks Cool and Collected in the Face of What the Police Consider the Strong- est of Circumstantial Evidence. il 7 | Florence Burns, accuse of mur-, police since her arrest Saturday} dering her sweetheart, Walter morning. | Tombs and Brooks, spent to-day in the Wil Ignore Coroner's Inquest. very quietly. She arose early Dintrict-Attorney Jerome decided thia| breakfasted on rolls and black coffee.) morning not case before the Her meals are sent in by Caterer| Grand Jury will welt pe Bicgs, her father having made this} ?utcome of the arts ovale Me st te. | arrangement. No one came to s8e€| orrow her to-day, not even her counsel. Her] Deputy Assista Diatrict- Attorney rotel, who ts niinued his investigation to-day. In charge of the case. | He | father and mother telephoned that snow would prevent their calling. had a long Interview with Harry Cohen, | No change of clothing was sent|;,. murdered young man’s friend and her. She contented herself wita| ousiness associate The latter told ¢ i js-|0Mictal of Brooks's many ércapades with | new friends among the women pris-| ven and of hie relations with Flor- | oners, apparentiy happy in spite of) 6. Burns the terribie charge hanging over her) The District-Attorney was notified that | head. ja Coroner's inquest would be held to-| Mia tia daverse to ety. She | 18? Dut he will not send a representa: | refuses to see or hear from newe- paper reporters. When a stranger! tive as he intends to ignore the Coro-) ners proceeding entirely | pe! Services over young Brooks will approach [held to-night in the home of or 1s | i 1193," ae ai aah nineties parenta, No. 48 Decatur street, Brook- is is slang for “look Out). phe Rev. Dr. Rogers, who re- and get away” Miss Burns at once fused a few weeks ago to marry Brook« retires her cell and Miss Burne because the young man | had not gatned the consent of his par- Ls C Againat ents will conduct the services. The | The pol against Miss Burns |; nt will be in Evergreens Ceme- | was summoned up to-day for an ‘ row 06 ae Evening World reporter by Capt. The sila Nearing is condent |? at| Halpin, of the Church street station |, Though they wil rakiea’ | as icllows the reasons for their confidence, they | THE MOTIVE—She had asked |assert that they will be able to preeent Brooks to m: ry her. Brooks |" gg they itis arraigneeot tp had refused. He was trying to bs = i | get rid of her. He had given her) |, to-day. that the! mone: to go away. HER THREAT—She chief reliance of the 4 wit declared | pe testimony of (wo w they saw the had he should not marry any one else. y she was im New York with THE CIRCUMSTANCES — She had | Walter Brooks. been with him in Glen Island Hote! found dying. wii she walked part NOT SUICIDE—No pistol was found | with the gir! in the room where Mrooks was incalia he room at the | One of these will tewity she saw the where he was |@ir! walking towarda ner home shortly fter 7 the © shot. The person who si thim! the Hive ow know took the pistol away | and his woman companion dined at the NO ALIBI—The girl » she was| »poltan Hotel at Chambers street - k. Weh " and Weet Broadway shortly after home at 7 o'clock. We have proof | voiock Friday evening and that they | that she was at the hotel tWO/ went from there to the Glen Island | hours later. |Hotel, where they registered at 9 . o'clock. CEI Ent An hour later George Washington, Strong in her innocence or superb! the ter, who identifies Miss Burne in her acting, Miss Burns main-|&% young Brooks's companion, brougnt = e a glass of Iemonade to their room tains the marvellous self-control that Potise Casth aisinn etxthe Okuren has been a surprise and puzzle to the] street gintion, was out with his detec- THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1902 s | Alibi of the Defense that the Girl Was at Her | Home When Brooks Was Killed Is Already \ Disproved, Police Capt. Halpin Says. “HOMICIDE © = soe trooks to marry her girl #6 nreatened that (f Brooks did not mar yo her he would ever marry anyted se he had given c away, and ane kne murdering Brooke » doy) every B3 hem, We cannot discover that any body else figured with him so intt mately ae did this girl; that anybody Ise had ever threatened nim body else had any possible re wanting to put him out of the way at any- “Everything narrows down to the «ir! She had a motive committed and she could have the crime, for she was at nd Hotel with him and in not reason- agen “WHAT IF SHE DID KILL?"" SAYS LAWYER. Ex-Dist \ Racks fo Rrooklyn Mise Hurne’s attorney. sa | to-de If Mine Burne should te indicted PARTNER TELLS OF | oe Se ee ee ctaaareree BROOKS'S ESCAPADES fomhe did Kill him? He desery jie The office of Brooks & Wells, at No Te te 17 Jay street, were closed to-day travelling man and was Harry Cohen side man for the firm Brooklyn arranging for the burial fis dead chum , Cohen, after identifying the body Hated sick Saturday, talked at length he | to 3, ; relations between Florence Burns and | FLORENCE BURNS beatin | a this morning, seek- World the evidence wel “Brooks.” he said, “was trying of evidence have s Js one| shake the girl, He was trying to do Against F He considers of imatantial evidence; in the role of a good samaritan that very nal evidence is try We have learned little hat] her advice and on. He advi arned much that] to € home. He maid that the lite » knowledge already | was leading could not but result in her N}utier ruin. At the same Ume he pad in needed to show that the gir! killed young is new Bross serves ‘Of course.” he said to an Evening |!n our o ever requ red ase phe ls SAYS MARKS WAS ISTUDENT NURSE SURELY A SUICIDE. HAS SMALL-POK DISAPPEARED FROM BOAT geauTiFUL MOUNT VERNON WHEN NEAR DOVER. GIRL THE VICTIM. hk Prosecutor ix Rank Swi Saye kmaker ¢ High School Graduate Supposed | | to Have Contracted Disease Have Jamped Overboard. - Pailedé: ‘ae | | LONDON, Feb. 17—When the charges Spectal io The Evening Worlt) againat the men accused of particlpa:| yoUNT VERNON, N.Y. Feb. 1T—| tion in the robberies of the Bank of| | Liverpool, which was victimizel to the| Mis" Annie M. Duryea. seventeen y amount of about £170. 4 trusted | old. a beautiful girl who recently grad. | Thomas P Goudie, were) uated from the Mount Vernon High- ghia Pekar stairs School. is in the pest house on rhe out sgiliet; F. skirts of this city muffering from a se Mok Burge. the 4 a bookmaker, a es. another book-| vere attack of emall-pox maker, who are charged with complicity! It in believed #he contracte@ the dis- tn the frauds, pleaded not gullty ease while nursing in a New Jersey ‘The prosecuting counsel retterated the | Hospital. where she went to study to statemen: that a minute investigation | become a trained nurse proved that Laurie Marks, the missing | On the night previous to her becoming American bookmaker, alleged to have | tll she attended a theatrical perform- been connected wiih Wie bank robbertes,/ ance in New York and from there went © to the home of J. R. Stewart, on Rich avenue. (o visit. Mr. Stewart isn manager in a large dry gooda store, and is cottage, which if located on select Chester Hill, ie under a strict quaran- tine The stricken girl is the daughter ot Mary Duryea, @ professional nurse, and is well known in Mount Vernon 40 h anmitied. suicide | Jumping overboard. of the ease with whieh witness eed As an instance Goudie was swindled that on one After the Wan pent pusiness doing. MINNIE KURTZ WINS ONE MORE POINT. HER CASE POSTPONED BY JUSTICE HOLBROOK. posed that she contracted the disease while nursing a patient who had been etricken. CENTRE STREET LOOP. OPPOSED. NINE VOTES AGAINST IT IN BOARD OF ESTIMATE. Absent eo Was ‘The case of Minnie Kurtz fn the Court of Special Sessions this morning and took the lawyer for the detenee, Charlies G. Wable, by surprise. Minnie Kurth, wno is to tried on the charge of keeping a disorderly place, was arrested June i and re- Jeased on Mm in the sum of $500, ‘Attorney Wahle appeared in court and said that the District-Attornmey's office had taken advantage of him, His alient, he said, had had no notice that the trial was to be called to-day ‘Aasistant District-Attorney Franklin said he had notified Mre Ellinger, who went on the woman's bond, noufied the attorney for the defense Justice Holbrook agreed with Mr, Wahle that proper notice had not been givgn and the caso was postponed tll pete Thuraday. It ix belleved that Min- Kurtz is in Habel that the! case would come up to-day and she hal Nine of the mixteen votes of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment ared likely to be case againnt the proposed Centre street loop to connect the two East River bridges and furnish an un- obstructed highway {0 cara of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company Borough President Ci says he will | not favor aucn 4 structure unless t BL RT pays half the cost | Comptrotier Grout is againat n| any event, and saye that it |@ rafiroad and cannot be c consent of the pro; | emident Cassidy, of Queens, ¢ loop becatine of thi |to the clty {Unless some of these men change minds ‘the Centre street loop will be dat Declines to Reesive ave to Be the and Saye &' Traced—Leuney for a za World has rece a Clerayman ast Seven second — i = “Ro long ae policemen come to me as Ht tndpety la dan representatives of the Patrolmen'a He. 'D" * MORE vi nevolent Association } shall refuse to Me ! ” " " order to introduce their novelties to receive them,” sald Commissioner Parte | sin in-law = ‘ ‘5 the publi ridge to-day. “I don't re ne the Ba Sixth stree Riven trolmen’s Association and! never wilt | She left an estat con tity The Mfg. & Selling Company of America, a . and honda, of which 51009) woex to Mr New York City, recognize If the men want to cme | y sughter. Emily A Weller make t Mowing exceptional offer to me as patralmen my offfee ta open | ae rex enter The « stl dn to them, but otherwise «ists pald to! herteenth. COUPON. | me are wasted time.” | OBrien : carne ‘This remark was at by a ques: | San Frar Every persan) presen Ne bia cOupeni Hon put to the Commistones an to the eat and 75 Horses SU Stat truth of t atement mit he had re. | legacies telaouihwest Sth st., will be fused tos plegations from the Pa utes of nieces, ¢t on f our trolmen's Benevolent Apeociation on fiv egacies of 100M. is un | Aladdin Electric Gas Lighters. Aifferent igecaslons. are Ann I REGULAR PRICE-ONE DOLLAR called to protest against the abolishment hb Raidwt CAPT. LILLIENTHAL FAMOUS IRISHMAN |MAY SHOW ANKLES EARL OF KIMBERLEY AND WIFE SETTLE, ILL AT BELLEVUE. IN MARCHETTI SUIT. REPORTED DYING. CHARGE AGAINST WEALTHY “BOB” KELLY ‘SUFFERS FROM MEMBERSOF OF BALLET BEFORE BRITISH STATESMAN MEM- BER OF MANY CABINETS. LACK OF NOURISHMENT. | YONKERS MAN WITHDRAWN. JUSTICE FITZGERALD. | of Salt for 820.000 Seconda Tri Me Was © 4 wi to Support Mie Child, « Secrecy Had Been Denied. egiccting | Killed John Talbot, « Brit spy, tence. Third Week of the FURNITURE SALE niture have arrived. We didn’ ceive all this February Furniture at once, earlier goods to get out of the way. as good this morning as on shipments of to re are almost Starts New Again Today | sale—broad in its assortments, splendid ia ut you must ¢ ‘ompt now. the good fortune to be shared todays Extension Tables k ' $454 ak The Sale Practically It is a wonde ts economies, Here are suggestions of Sideboards quare top, top. is “ rr ms ak, round top, fy $2. from $8 any, square tops Hi v Pt i £100-Mahogany: roun@ top, mi rates . m $160 Mlam'ab China Closets Mahowal Mahogany. round Rarly Spring Offering of Boy Washable SUITS AND WAISTS HIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFERING of exactly the Suits and Waists that the boys will need the first day that Winter loses its sharpness. Just the Suits and Waists, in fact, that provident parents are buying to-day at regular prices, in order to have the boys’ wardrobes ready tor the turn of the weather, But whether wanted for immediate use, or a month or two ahead, this is a rare time for large economy on a thing of very positive need in every home that posiesses boys. Here are, today Twelve Hundred Washable Sailor Suits A Thousand Shirt Waists and Blouses All of excellent quality and desirable styles, at the little prices told of below. The Sailor Suits are made of striped Galatea and madras, chambray and striped pique; in sizes tor 3 to 12 years— $1.75 to $2.25 Suits at $1.25 $2.50 to $3.75 Suits at $1.65 There are also some flannel and flannelette Blouses and Waists, in sizes for 6 to 14 years; at 25¢ and 50c: worth 50c and $1— Niweh street, The Shirt Waists and Blouses are of attractive “madras and percales—handsome, clean, crisp goods; in sizesfor 6to 13 years, rt | and Got & hong Sen- | | | ~NDON, Feb 17 (Special to the Eveaing Worl ) “Fob” Kelly, one of the best-known) tnpersuaded by the experts intro YONKERS, N. ¥.. Feb. 1—The case! men who has fought In the Irish niecdlaichel toner show. that of Mra. Lilienthal againat hee husband. the mar and ki © Albert Lilienthal, was 4 in Talbot, ar apyhata iw Wan actimily benefit x Nene H Joh or te t urt to vd two other Eng yMcere in Wa if a Block at the tall of an peu Pr neve ath wides the Bellevue Hoaphtal tai morsing sut-| Bligh trolley car, Ste F aoh Art ; ¢ inp wan withdrawn fering from gaatritie ack r versiate king ty kim explanation of the) action was Ishmer ber < < wa given peyond the bare announcement — | wan 4 ny Tee ee M % . that a satiafact arrangement had nary # 4 as Meocies een made ty m Mra. Lilienthal and the Hroherhond to wat Sees Sea her huaband and that they desired ments of the members He 8 to terminate all court proceedings y become an Irish wa wae ae Judae Kellogg granted the request and | tie better to hide his real etwas 1 ‘ re discharged Capt, Lilienthal frem cus. | succeeded in doing and le G A government tody Urotherhood's cause 1 Ks Tear Be Se Gch The party then left the courtroom! number of them ' Patrartain) ‘ and went immediately to the oMee of | Kelly the Xweetiah Amazon and Con-| Mr. Rigby, counsel for the wife. They| Kelly learned that Talbot trated the ankie | Stl Hope stayed there but a few mingtes when | Ms. arrest Hes ome t ng before Justice aciealbet a all left and went to Relvairesthe hand. | spot .,TIM, on sight. iki nts Phyl pe Uakl FS = s * of Capt Liltienthal, wat he | ’ Yi Roma ; fina tsfactory. to a Jker the Prager misters. 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