New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-07
BURKE KEPT IN SECLUSION.
MAYOR CREGIER VISITS THE PRISONER in
HIS CELL.
EFFORTS TO DRAW OUT CONFESSION FROM
THE SUSPECT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESS
FUL-EFFECr OF LAKE WATER
on HIM.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE

Cbcaco Aug G-Alartln Burke slept well in his cch
at the armOry last night and awoke Tcir'sheu li's
morning Until to-day he had eaten nothing that h"l
not been taken from his own basket OF PROVISIONS
supplied him when he left Winnipeg. Last msm'
however. the last morse Of the Winnipeg food dis
Appeared. and this morning the stern necessity oil
eating what the hated police provided or going h'hsr'
presented itself. Keeper Palmer visited Burke al
o'clock Tho suspect was sleeping pcaeelnh9'
but half hour lator he awOkc. lie gfee'cd faiihoi
pleasantly and said he had slept well. lie then a-h
for a rasher Of bacon, some calf liver ana so'o
coffee and bread. This request was gianiel' anu
Palmer also brought in largo tin cup filed with laAe
water Burke ae every scrap Of food with cVucn'
relish. drank second cup Of coffee, and washed tno
whole down with a long drink Of water, feel bcuer
nown he said, and I'll smoke cigar II youH Io'
me-"
Palmer not only allowed Burke to smoke, pn'
gave the prisoner clear Havana, and soon the sls-
pect was putting away concntcdly. Half the cigar
had not been consumed, however, before BnfhH
dropped It. His face grew aehly PALE ho 'r'iiluc'
Violently. and declared that he he'd been poisoned
eWbv. Burke. my man. Palmer said, "Yon haven't
been druegcd. it's only the lake water you've taken
and Palmer went on to explain the condition OF tn'
lake water tainted with sewage IN DOH INC
water for you hercafter,7 he added.
state senator kennedy, BurIc's attorney. dd mol
appear at the armory this morning. and neither uI'
tho brother OF the prisoner " Not man lh NH4'"-'
can soc Burke said Captain Lloyd. and l my sell
cannot Get near him. Nevertheless, Mayor Crcslof
and Chief Hubbard drove up TO The armory this aef-
noon. and they glidcd into the station. The Mayor
went downstairs into the cell City Prosecutor
May followed tho Mayor, and soon afterTad ChIci
UUbbald also went downstairs. The Mayor Nla.t'
Burke IN his cell, but what took place there Is oi
course unknown. STATE Senator Kennedy, who ha
been repre,cnting and defending Martin Burke before
the courts in the eXtalitlon proceedings at NnhpcH
called On JUDGE Longoncckcr this morning 10 learn
when his client would DO araigneL To reporter
Kennedy said:
Il do not belong TO any Irish society. While
am a very strong Irishman, am and have been very
conservative. and did not mix up in any Of the
quaucls"
DO YOU think Burke will cOnfcss!'
" He might-sO Catholic priest.'
"Who engaged you for Hurkes defence"
Really, now, don't know and the senator
smiled. ,-
Would YOU mind stating the size Of your retainer ~
You can guess 10 when say that sent nome fOr
| money 70 &c. away from Winnipeg
Assistant stale Attorney George Baker, who car
red the pQusitiOn papers 10 winnipeg. ana who came
back with he parry, said this morning 10 the reporter
| that all efforts 90 make Burke sQue@l,' II any hal
been made had proved frulcss; but BE- was Inclined
To believe that Burke would succumb before long ana
reveal al he knows. , .
Burke was photographed this afternoon. and was
subsequently talked 10 By Statcs-Atorncy L0ngchecAci
and Chief Hubbard.