The sun., 1902-03-02
TWO COUPLES HARD TO FIND.
THOSE WHO WENT WITH BROOKS
no HOTEL, WHERE ARE THBYF


On the night that Walter T. Brooks regis
tered ut the Glen Island Hotel with woman
said to be Florence Burns, now charged
with his murder. two other couples also
went to that hotel at precisely the same
moment, registered just ahead OF BROOKS
and were assigned to rooms.
The register Of the Glen Island Hotel
gives the names Of these two couples as
swilliam johnson and wife and Mr..
and Mrs. F. Dean They were assigned TO
rooms 50 and ss respectively. just under
these names Is the signature y. wilson
and wife, which are the fictitious names
that Brooks and his woman companion
took. and the figure 0 Ia after each signature
This means that all three couples came In
at 0 O'Clock in the evening.
1t developed yesterday that there is
just one thing that Mr.. Backus, counsel
for Florence Burns, and Assistant Dlstrlct
Attorney Schurman agree upon, and that
In that these three couples came to the
hotel In one party, that they all knew one
another, and that II the two couples whose
identity has not been discovered, could
bo found, considerable light would be
thrown on the mystery Of the killing OF
Brooks The point that they disagree on
is whether the woman with Brooks was
Florence Burns.
John Earl, night clerk OF the Glen Island
Hotel says that the parties did not seem to
BE- together. The District Attorneys Of
flee thinks differently. For a week county
detectives have been trying to locate the
two couples who came to the hotel that
night, at the same time that Brooks and
his companion did, but they have been
unsuccessful. One thing they have learned
though, and that Is that both couples left
the hotel either before or just about the
time that Brooks's unconscious body was
found in room IL.
Mr.. Schurman is perfectly satisfied that
they got out at this unusual time because
they knew what had happened, and realized
that il would be dangerous for them to
stay around any longer. He has little
hope OF ever finding them. unless John
Earl, the night clerk. can pick them out
Of some of the friends Of Brooks, who throng
the court room every day that the examina-
ton Of Florence Burns goes on. Never
theless. three county detectives have been
told TO give their whole time to the finding
Of those persons.
Thomas NJ. Brooks, father Of the muir
dered young man, went to the District
Attorneys Office yesterday to protest about
the stories Of attacks by women on his son
that have been printed. A number Of
stories which Mr.. Brooks says are manu-
factured from whole cloth have been printed
about Brooks. and yesterday there was one
that a woman whom he had ruined Had
tried to throw vtriol on him some months
before his death.
There isn't the slightest basis in fact
for this outrageous story, said Mr.. Brooks
NO woman ever tried to burn Walter with
vitriol The story that he shielded his face
and that the drug burned his clothing can
be proved a lie. / have all the clothing
that Walter had worn for months before
his death at home. and there isn't mark
OF vitrfol or any other drug on any Of them.
These stories are breaking his mot hers
heart
During the course OF yesterdays ex-
animation Of Florence Burns, who is charged
with the killing of Brooks, a comb such as
women wear in the back of their hair was
produced by Mr.. Schurman and shown
TO DR.. John Vincent Sweeney, who was
asked il IL was the comb that he had seen
on a dresser in room ~ OF the Glen Island
hotel while he was treating Brooks early
on the morning OF Feb. is He said that
II was not
Mr.. Schurrnan put the comb away and
It was not referred to again. but this comb
Is 10 play an important part in the case
before it is over. The prosecution is going
10 try to prove that this comb was the
property OF Florence Burns and that she
wore il on the night Of Feb. IA, last.
DIR. John Vincent Sweeney. who attended
Brooks at the Glen Island Hotel, was cross
nj paA at LAM 9TH hu paA Alrta
yesterday. Mr.. Dnckus used the difference
Of opinion as to the entire paralysis Of
Brooks by his injury, as a means TO ques-
tion DR.. Sweeney, with a view to showing
that Brooks may have been shot between
his first visit at 1915 and his second visit
at 7:so in the morning.
DR.. johnson Of the Hudson street hospital,
who made an examination OF the injury
Of Brooks, has testified that the injury
should have so paralyzed him that he would
feet. DR.. Sweeney says that he did pull
up his legs when he first visited him and
tckled the soles of his feet.
BY. MIR Backus-I want you to consider
carefully and tell me II at the time Of your
you noticed any symptom Of any kind tend.
ing 20 show that this man had sustained
any brain injuryp A. did not
We'll, discovered then that he had been
shot and OF course | knew then that there
was a brain INJURY.
Q Did the person who summoned YOU
from your bed 20 go TO the hotel the second
time Intimate In any way that IL was TO see
the same patient you had visited the first
time? A. No
Or, Sweeney was not allowed 70 tell who
II was who called him the second time.
but promised to tell Mr.. Backus in private
In answer to questions by Mr.. Schurman.
Dr, Sweeney said that the possibility OF
the injury to Brooks's head being a gun
shot wound had occurred TO him on his first
visit, but he had eliminated this view from
ms mind after a careful examination OF the
injury had failed 10 show any powder marks
or singeing Of the hair about the wound
MI Schurman took up the examination
OF pr Sweeney again and asked him IL
ne had seen comb in the room whore
ne treated Brooks. The witness replied
that he had. When he was asked the same
question on Friday he said that he had not
seen comb. When this was called 10 his
attention by Justice Mayer he was very
much surprised and said that he must
nave misunderstood the question. He
described the comb he had seen as being
about five inches long and the kind that
women sometimes wear In the back Of their
hair He said TINT ba haI al.o .u,....l