New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-01
MIN WITH BROOKS, MAYBE
YOUTH WAS STRIPPED WITHOUT HOTEL
PEOPLES KNOWLEDGE.
MISS BURNs's COUNSEL THINKS 1T MAY
EXPLAIN DISAPPEARANCE OF RE-
vOLvER FAMILY WILL.
STAND BY HER


STAND BY HER
when the examination of Florence Burns. ac-
cused of killing Walter $. Brooks was resumed
late yesterday afternoon before Justice Nravar
in the Court of Special Sessions no other mem,
Der of the Burns family was present and IL Va
said that the District Attorney had not has,
able TO serve subp9nas upon her father. mother
and sister. Frederick Burns, her father. said
a downtown office early in the day that he
had taken his wife and youngest daughter TO a
place where they could escape from the per-
sietent annoyance of persons who wanted m
talk with them about the Brooks case. His
wife he said, was a wreck from grief and
nervous excitement
we snail stand by Florence" he said no
matter what the outcome of the invasttratton
is we are prepared TO mortgage our home in
Brooklyn and all ii contains and s+a,d IN, o,-
daughter to the end. even if n beepars Ms We
believe we are doing what is right az the father
and mother of the girl who is accused Much
has been said about her that is false and her
side of the case has not been disclosed In
simple justice We ask a suspension of iudg
ment."
The first witness called yesterday by As
sistant District Attorney SChurman in the ex-
animation was Policeman McCovern. of the
Church-st station who testified that he took the
pedigree of Miss Burns when she was arrested
and taken to the station The prisoner said
she was single That all Mr.. Schurman
wanted 10 hear from the witness
Foster l.. Backus. counsel for Miss Burns.
made the witness tell how the prisoner was
Identified by the coored hallboy of the Glen
Island Hotel and how il happened that two
other women were placed beside Miss Burns in
the station McGOvern said one of the women
was newswoman from Cortlandt-st.. and the
other was woman who went 10 the station 70
look for a lost child. He could not tell the
name of either woman or where they could be
found.
,19s H RSgst E fS amy way in aeh yog get
way.
Qmwsrs you at the station ,h2uSe when Mr.
Burns came Al was there while he was pres
ent He came second time about o'clock
Q-Didn't you take Miss Burns from The captains
Papa A.-Yes. she did
Didn't YOU hear her counsel in the presence
Of her father. say that ne was The girls counsel?
Q.-Didnt. you hear a request made TO those in
the room that her counsel desired 10 see her
Q-Didnt You take the defendant downstairs to
tax 9T ped B IN %TafT 10 svoiG me ST0wd i9
A,-Yes.
Joseph Cribbins. a youth employed in Brookss
office. testified that he saw Miss Burns in the
place on February II. Her first visit to the
place that day about noon She asked for
Brooks and was told that he was in Newark
She wrote a note and slipped it into Brooks's
desk About p. m she returned. and zErots
another note. She came back about p m and
waited. II about $50 D. when BROOKE
came in and found her there. They wenrsinto
the hall and talked together.
Dr. Sweeney, who was called to the sCsisr
Island Hotel, in CortIandt-st.. to attend Brooks
after the shooting, gave unimportant testimony.
He admitted that he did not think the wound
in Brooks's head bullet wound whenEhs
made his first examination Of the patient In
the DISCRIMINATION. however. Mr.. Backus led
the witness 10 give what seemed 10 be- a-direct
contradiction 10 some testimony by the night
clerk and colored hall boy OF the Glen Island
Hotel Both had declared that Brooks was
found partly dressed and lying his back-on
the bed in the hotel room. Or. Sweeney said
that when he was called 10 the room he found
Brooks entirely naked and resting his right
side Brooks at that time seemed to be shaking
with cold. and the physician ordered the mans
body 10 be covered. After the testimony OF Dr.
Sweeney was completed the examination was
adjourned until this morning Later Mr.. Backus
said:
1T appears that some one was in the room
with Brooks between the visits made by the
coorad hallboy and the clerk. and the visit OF
the doctor. and stripped that man of his un-
derclothing and turned him over on his side
The question is. Who did it,
Mr.. Rackus said that If Brooks could have
been stripped and turned over in bed by some
one without The knowledge of the hotel people
IL would have been easy for some one TO remove
the revolver with which Brooks was shot, or
with which he shot himself The lawyer in
timated that investigation might show that one
OF BToOks's male associates was at the hotel
the time of the shooting. having gone there
with a woman and having registered under an
assumed name.
Ruth Strickland. the young woman impris-
oaed for theft in Newark. said yesterday that
she had been engaged 10 marry Walter s
Brooks, and that after he had broken the en-
gagement she had thrown away a diamond ring
which he had given to her. She has acted so
strangely and has told many conflicting
stories about her acquaintance with Brooks
that the Jail officials said yesterday they
thought she vas rOmanCing