The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-11
BURNS Case MAY
DISRUPT FAMILIES
Persons in Hotel Where
Brooks Died Talk.
TWO OF THE FOUR MARRIED
One Of Them Declares the Girl Accused
Accompanied the Unfortunate Young
Man to the CaravansaIy-Action Like
ly by the Police Authorities.

NEW YORK. April 1.-THE New York
Herald" this morning prints a highly sen
sational story regarding the Florence
Burns case Il says,
Two more families are threatened with
disruption as a result Of the tragedy that
cost Walter Brooks his life and placed
cloud Of suspicion upon Florence Burns.
Detective SeTgeants Price and MCCafierty
have succeeded ia learning the Identity
Of the sOur persons who entered the Glen
Island Hotel with Walter Brooks and his
companion, and who were assigned to
rooms at the same time that he vas sent
up to room No. Z, in which he was shot
IN hour and a half later.
OF the two men who ere to be called
as witnesses when the coroEer's inquest
is resumed one is married. The other is A
business associate OF the first, but is not
married The TWO women are sisters. One
is not married. the other is said to have
d husband and 70 be the mother Of two
children The detectives are reticent
about this new evidence. but il Is under
stood that the two women live in New
Jersey where the unmarried man is en-
gagged in the brokerage business.
When Walter Brooks and the woman
who was with him entered the Glen Isl
and HO;ei about O'Clock in the evening
Of February Is, he found that an ac-
quaiutance. in the company Of another
man and two women. had just preceded
him up the stair. Brooks made il known
that he did not want to be recognized
and no word vas spoken. His scquuint-
auce, who is married was accompanied
by the unmarried Of the sisters and his
friend was with the one who had forgot
ten her marriage VOWS and her children.
] he identity 81 this quartet was discov-
cred as the result Of an examination Of
the Glen Island Hotel register by d hand
writing eXper-- He found that one man
had signed the register for all. They
had been registered as Mr. and Mrs Dean
and NJ. and Mrs Johnson A comps rison
Il handwriting of men under suspicion
soon resulted IN bringing a confession
frCm one Of those NEST concerned.
Both Of the men have now told their
stories. They have taken all OF the blame
upon their own shoulders and are now
only anxious to protect the women who
were with them the night that Walter
Brooks was shot. The men promise to
take the stand and testify 10 everything
that they know about the death of Walte-
Brooks & the two sisters are not exposed.
No promises have been made but 10 Is
possible that some arrangement may be
made that viii permit the women 10 hids
their misdeeds from the public. The
names OF the women are known to De
tective Sergeants Price and McCanerty.
who have consulted with Captain Titus
he mas appealed 10 Assistant District At
tOrney Schurman. who will have TO decide
whether the ends OF justice can be fully
served without calling TO the witness
stand the women who can teIf-a neither il
was Florence Burns or some other girl
who was with Walter Brooks in the Glen
Island Hotel
For a few seconds at least the three
women we're all together in the reading
room OF the hotel. while their escorts
were at the desk outside IN the Office ar
ranging for rooms. 10 is believed 70 be
impossible that under the circumstances
the women would now be unable 10 identi-
fy the one who was there with them The
men too saw the companion Of Brooks.
and If they are positive IN their identi-
fcation IL may be that their testimony
will be accepted as sufficient.
1T WAS said last night that the result
Of this turn in the case Will be OF no
benefit TO Florence Burns, who is stiH liv
ing with her parents At Echo Lake. y J.
One OF the men has described the com
panion Of Brooks in a manner that does
not tally well with that OF Miss Burns.
His friend however, is more exact and
gives a description Of a tall. well-formed
blonde. wearing a large black hat and
who was dressed throughout in black One
OF the men has seen Florence Burns since
the tragedy. and he asserts that she Is
the girl who was with Walter Brooks on
the night Of his murder. II has been i'm
possible 10 learn anything concerning the
testimony that may be given by the two
sisters"