New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-05
DENY PISTOL WAS FOUND.
NEW WITNESSES IN BURNS CASE CUES
TONED.

a statement that the pistol with which Walter
S. Brooks shot at the Glen Island Hotel, in
CortIandt-st, the night Of February Il. had
been found, made and contradicted In the
District Attorneys office yesterday afternoon.
There have been several reports that the weapon
found. and they have been denied by officials.
Yesterdays statement that the revolver had
been recovered in II pawnshop, where it had been
pawned by an employe Of the Glen Island Hotel
A county detective had found the weapon. 1t was
said. and had delivered It District Attorney
Later assistant district attorney made a posi-
tive denial of the statement. yet some persons at
the District Attorneys office continued to assert
that the revolver had been found. and that it was
of 80 calibre
That Brooks was killed with n 80 calibre bullet
made known at the time of the autopsy on
his body. After entering the skull the bullet went
through the brain. and then travelled around the
head inside the skull The disappearance Of the
weapon has been regarded as proof that the woman
who went to the hotel with Brooks and disappeared
before he found dying in No. Y shot
him. The wound was such might have been
inflicted in a of suicide. Foster l.. Backus
counsel for Florence Burns has maintained that
the revolver might have been stolen by some en-
ploye of the hotel in the time Brooks was allowed
lie In the room.
Two men and woman whose names were kept
secret examined in private by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Schurman yesterday. They were
taken the District Attorneys office by county
detectives and guarded closely. 1t said that
the two at the Glen Island Hotel on the
night Brooks was shot. and that they knew Brooks.
One Of the men. 1t said took the woman who
was examined Yesterday 10 the hotel and the other
man took TO the hotel a woman for whom the coun-
ty detectives have been searching.
Three couples went to the hotel at o'clock on
the night of the shooting and registered at about
the same time. Brooks and woman. alleged to be
Miss Burns, were assigned to No. L. The
other couples were sent to Nos 80 and 49, 1t
is expected that when the examination of Miss
Burns is resumed before Justice Mayer in the Court
of Special Sessions Saturday the two men and
the woman who were at the District Attorneys
office yesterday will be called witnesses
1t has been said at the District Attorneys office
woman's comb found in room No. y of the Glen
Island Hotel after the shooting a comb that
was worn by Florence Burns.
Il hope" said Mr.. Backus, that the prosecution
VIII soon decide upon the comb that was found i'm
the hotel. They took away the combs that Miss
Burns wore at the time of her arrest and also took
several combs that in the house so il can be
to choose from"
District Attorney Jerome said that while he per-
sonally believed that the evidence pointed 10 Miss
Burns as the slayer OF Brooks yet the evidence in
his possession was susceptible of explanation
Il could have gone before the grand Jury with
two witnesses, DR. Sweeney and the belIboy George
Washington" added Mr. Jerome land | think
returned Indictment against Florence Burns:
but wish to see If any evidence is produced at the
police court examination that VIII explain the facts
now know them ~