New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-22
. WOMAN SERVANT INDICTED
.,,,pcEp WITH BEING IMPLICATED IN
THE BURDEN ROBBERY.

cam TO HAVE BEEN ON EXTREMELY
-,,rNpIY TERMS WITH DuNLoP-DIs-
CHARGED FOR DRUNKENNESS
,,,sresting development In the Burden dia-
oosa WIS made known to the public yes
osternoon when Edla Stinquist, former
.',..,enmaid in the service Of Mrs Buroeh'
Indicted and locked up in the Tomos on the
'xoroe Of being implicated in the robbery. lhere
" report early IT. the day that the young
" had been arrested and held a prisoner
y. police Headquarters over night. out hothins
..a charge against her disclosed until
.,e Grad Jury had found two Indictments o'.e
".~.,ch charged her with stealing Mrs. Burdens
.,.ronds. and the other charged her with mar
s"-,ng Dunlop and Turner. the butler ana as
.,,,.nt butler who had stolen the diamonds
assistant District-Attorney Battle who drew
.nactments said that they did not contradict
~. ether BY aiding Dunlop and Turner to
80, The stolen diamonds In the house the
- wonan had made herself party to the
80. ~ the gems, and by failing to tell about
~. robbery until Dunlop and Turner had left the
..rrtrv she had been guilty OF harporlng them
.,on, the officers of the law.
ra,o stinouist Is a Swedish woman, thlrty-nve
,o.rs old tall and moderately good looking. with
,,u,, hair and large hands and feet She and not
Margaret Krause was the servant IN the Burden
souse who was discharged about month ago.
IA later told the wife Of NJ. Burdens COOK tnat
n,r,on had been concerned In the roopery.
,,.rgpret Krause. who is still In the employ OF
.,a burdens, was a witness at the District-At-
...,.v,s Office on Monday and 1t was said yes
.aay that she had testified to the friendship
s.,veen the StinQuist woman and Dunlop in the
&c. Fdla Stinqust discharged for drunk
.,,s.s and it Is said she was under the
Ns,.n.. Of liouor When she told something OF
-,h., she knew Of the robbery When she was
.ober she refused to tell anything
From. what she said when her tongue was
,o,.aned by liquor, 1t is believed that on the
rrht OF the robbery The woman cut open
suear-coated ham in the storeroom ana scoopeo
ant a part of the ham as hiding place TOT the
..wels The diamonds remained there lor TWO
a.vs while the detectives were making an IN
vestigation of the robbery. Later the detectives
made a more careful search and noticed the man,
Ths servants laughed when the detectives ex-
~ amtned the ham with great care Inc detectives
found nothing then. because the dlanohos hau
heen removed to another hiding place.
shortly after Ii o'clock yesterday the stinquist
ro,,or vas taken to the District-Attorneys Of
; Ace IN charge of Central Office detectlVe. one
res taken to the room of Assistant DlsTlCt-A.-
torney Battle and there questioned. ny Pa'
aorid cot no confession from her. he Salu lie
m,ght make another effort to get confession.
Al ITO D. m. the Grand Jury reported 10 ne,
corder Golf. in Part 1, Of the Court OF General
Sessions and handed up the investments
the Stinquist woman. Assistant tkistrlc'-Ai,
torney Battle said she knew OF the ROBBERY ana
helned the two buffers. Dunlop ana Iurner, 10
conceal the jewelry. At 2:2o p m the woman Was Vas
Sroupht before the Recorder, who committed her
to the Tombs. Bail was not fixed, as there was
no application for it, She will be brought INTO
court to-day to plead to the coy
was anything said to her. She was then ea
down TO the Tombs. She has steadily refused
to admit her guilt. She simply denies that she
made any confession to Mrs. Lucien Boyle the
,r,fe ~ Mr. Burdens cook Margaret krause oc-
suuled the same room with Edla in the Burden
house. ,u A.. ..ro,
searched the prisoner and took her pedigree.
, ,.Eda answered the usual questions, stating her
brhpIace fathers and mothers names. etc
I. Finally the matron came to that question. Mar
Married" was the woman's quiet re3oinderI;
MARRIED." exclaimed Mrs. Mclaughlin; !
thought you were single"
The matron did not question her further upon
the eubject nor did the former kitchenmald
offer any Information to the name OF the
man who had suddenly suppisnted Duniop
in her affections. Later. when she was in1orIne
that a reporter wished to see her, the prisoner
said she was too tired to talk. AS the female
prison is not crowded. the Stinquist woman VIII
have a cell TO herself.
Albany, April 21-The extradition warrant to
secure the return to this country Of Dunlop
and Turner the Burden diamond robbers was
issued by Governor Morton to-day ana given
10 an oficer 10 be taken to the state Depart
ment at Washington. The papers include an
afBdayit of Mr. Burden setting forth the Inert
Of the Jewels and the evidence duplicating the
men under arrest