The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16

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Attorney and demand my right to see the
prisoner
very sorry, counsellor, but I have moth
! ing to do with the case
( Mr.. Backus, who was rapidly getting
white In the face, drew himself up, and
fairly glariry at Capt, Halpin, said;
DO you ,nnan to say that thi Is the way
| the police % New York do bGsinessl m
l TO he mads q football Of, to be kicked
back and forth between you and the DIS
| trict Attorney IL l am. let me tell YOU
! sir, that presently ] shall take a very active
1 part in tho game and when this young girl
| Is arraigned in court you will be a prisoner
beside her. Do you think that public senti-
| ment will Justify any such actionf here
, is a young girl taken from her home on .he
) lice station, and yet her constitutional
| right to see her counsel and ak with MN
is denied"
Il can't tell you anything about public
sentiment, counsellor said Capt haiPin.
But / know what my orders are ana III
going TO obey them
we HALL OURSELVES OF THIS
CHARGE"
Mr.. Backus finally made arrangements
with the District Attorney to see Miss Burns
and had a long talk with her. When u
was over the Brooklyn lawyer made THIS
statement to the reporters:
Il cannot 90 into the details OF this case
now. All can say Is that the young girl
is under an intense nervous strain n ~
Is only by exerting sheer force OF a strong
will that she has kept from breaking down.
] find that, although she is obliged to stay
In the station house tonight, there Is not
a comfortable place for her to eep' but
such comforts as her father may procure
for her may be provided. All In COCO
time we shall clear ourselves of this awful
charge"
pRooKLYN HOME SEARCHED.
While all this was going on, the three de-
~tectives who had arrested Miss Burns were
sent back to Brooklyn to search her fathers
house for q pistol and one other object
which, they said, would have a vital bear
ing on the case, but the nature OF which they
would not disclose After making a search
they had not been able to find either the
pistol or the other object which they sought.
Just as the detectives we're leaving the
house the last time an afternoon. paper
was left at the Burns door, containing a
story Of the tragedy and the
ment of the youns mans death. The
paper was taken from the stoop and Gladys
Burns came running after the detectives
TO tell them tina her mother wanted to see
them. Colby and Schultz went back.
They found that Mrs. Burns wanted
to know II it were really true that Brooks
was dead, She was assured that II was,
and then she said:
well, | am not surprised.
Mrs. Burns, so the detectives said. did
not seem unduly excited and refused to
say W hat she meant by saying that she was
not surprised, or to discuss the case at all
until after she had talked with her husband
MR.. BURNS STANDS BIT HIS DAUGHTER.
Mr.. Burns was notified of tho tragedy
at his office by telephone and went at once
to the police station. His daughter had
been there about half an hour when he ar
rived. After Capt. Halpin had told Mr..
Burns the nature of the charge against his
daughter and some OF the details Of the
tragedy, the father, who seemed to be
overcome with grief, was asked II he had
anything TO say. Looking steadily from
the face Of one newspaper maj TO another,
the father said:
Gentlemen, ] think you know me well
enough TO know that any consideration
which you may be able to extend 70 me and
mine under these terrible circumstances
will he fully appreciated, | cannot talk
about this matter at all. / am too much
confused and too much overcome. /
hardly know what to do or where 10 turn.
The only clear thought that ! have is that
l must get a lawyer and must stand by my
daughter"
AS he finished speaking Mr.. Burns's
eyes filed with tears and he simply stood
looking at the floor for some minutes. Then
he left tho station house, and when he camc
back Mr.. Baokus was with him.
In the course Of the Afternoon. little by
little, most of the tangled story Of the
tangled lives Of the young man who was
dead and the young woman who is accused
of his murder came out. For the girl
neither her father nor her lawyer felt that
il would be wise to speak and there was
not another to say a good word for her.
The friends OF young Brooks were many,
and il seemed as If each came forward
with a stone to throw at the girl. but in the
stories they told they were unable to con-
ceal something of the character OF their
friend.
The young man, not yet Of age. was tall
and broad shouldered and handsome.
He had ways that captivated women and
won feminine affection right and left, and
il was said that he toyed with his winnings
as a lady toys with her gloves.
MISS BURNS DENIES GUILT,
The story which the girl told Of herself
and Brooks was very brief. After she had
been taken before the Assistant District
Attorney and told that she was under
arrest, she said:
Il do not know why i have been arrested.
but | suppose 1t is in connection with come
shooting. l think that is what the officer
said. / know nothing about it. whatever
IL may be, and | want to see Walter (She
had not been told that her lover was dead)
when did you last see him." asked Mr.,
Krotel.
at half past 8 last night, l vent from the
OIAlA' ~ hhF Rf'N -
little after Z. My father and mother had
gone to the theatre and my little sister
had gone to bed. No one was in tho house
but her and nobody saw me when | went in.
I went 10 bed not long after that and went
TO sleep. That is all | know. But won't
somebody tell me where Walter is2"
just then she espied Mr.. Cohen, Brooks's
partner, and arising from her seat she
walked over to him and said: =,
How do you do, Mr.. Cohen, where 'itS
Walter and how is he? They tell me hat
he is i'll, that something has happened 10
him. Surely, you will tell me where he is"
Brooks's partner looked at the young girl
for a moment. and then, whether from
aversion or from surprise. he turned on
his heel and walked to another part Of the
room.
MRS, BURNS SAYS HER DID NOT
COME HOME TILL
Mrs. Burns. mother OF the girl. said last
night that she was sure her daughter was
not nome on Friday night.
Il found her lying on the lounge down.
stairs at $50 o'clock this saturday. morn
ing" said Mrs. Burns. "She was asleep.
| woke her up and she said she had been
home an hour
That was all Mrs. Burns would say, and
she said that through n window, nobody
having come TO the door in answer TO rings
at the bell,
Lawyer Backus when told OF this said
he was sure TINT IL was n mistake. and WINS