The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-07
EVIDENCE
IS LACKING
Police Fear to Arrest Person
They Strongly Suspect.
WOMAN'S NAME DROPPED
One Who Has Beer Under Search.
light Of Authorities Said to Be
Free Of Suspicion In View .
Of Later Developments
nv Associated rrcas.,

Wy AboOCidtcu LEcs5sJ
IN BUFFALO n. March 6.-rhnt the mur-
derer Of Edwin l.. Burdicl will never be
brought to Justice is becoming a general
belief. During tho last thirty-slx hours
of hard work on the mysterious tra gedy
not an iota Of information Of sufficient
Importance to DO termed evidence has
been unreathed by the police.
The ono woman who has been under
strong suspicion, and who has become
known as the "polce suspect, Is be-
tlieved to be guiltless 80 far as the crime
is concerned by some Of the officials Of
the police department and the district
attorneys office, and they are convinced
that MI efforts to fastcn the crime upon
4 her Will be unavailing.
y They do not pretend to have any idea
who Is tho murderer. They simply say
that the r1ght trail has not been struck:
being made In the case grows slighter
every hour. Other officials are as san
guine as ever that an arrest will be
made They will not predict when. It
may be made at any moment; 1t may
not be for a week. Among those who
remain unshaken in this belief is Superin-
9tendent Ball. OF the Police Department
He said tonight he suspected the same
person now as being the slayer Of Bur-
dick as he did earlier In the week, and
he believed woman killed Burdick.
An interesting development OF the day
was the statment made by Chief Of De
5tectives Cusack that the golf stick the
DRY had been abandoned. He 10 satish &
that the putter wa not used IN com1nit-,
ting the murder. He also thinks he
weapon used was carried away from the
house, & y b g55s8;
District Attorney Coatsworth spent q
busy day in his office. He denied that
any clues had been received or that de-
.yelopments Of Importance had arisen.
$DENOUNCES POLICE.
DR.. Paine left his office in Batavia and
paid a visit to his wife a their Elmwood
Avenue home Both DR.. Paine and Mrs.
Paine have retained lawyers to look af-
ter their in erests. wv. e. 5s Webster, so Of
Batavia who represents Dr.. Paine, gave
an interview, lin which he scathingly de-
nounced the methods OF the police.
Philip V. Fenely, Mrs. Paines legal
adviser, called on her several times
during the day Mrs. Paine was in q
happy mood when a reporter called at
her home this evening. Fl
5"Do you know said she. with a SMILE
before any question was asked, do you
know that the detectives have been way
off and that neither myself nor my hus-
band are under surveillance OF the po-
lice? i feel 50 happy and Free Actual
custody could hardly be worse than what
I have endured, Il B, S5
are several points. Mrs. Paine.
upon which it seems 4 that you might
make a statement, which could not pos
sibly injure you under any clrcum-
stances, but which would better enable
tho public to understand your position"
Mrs. Paine hestated q few minutes.
and then asked to be excused. y think
she continued, that had better not
I shall tell all that I know to Mr.. Fen
nelly. my lawyer. We have. had several
conferences to-day, and he is now on his
way to see me here. It Is about decided
that We shall issue statement for the.
papers but not tonight This state
ment will be prepared by Mr.. Fennelly,
and will, I feel sure. make plain several
matters which have been presented to-
the pubic In perverted manner S 4, Al
Chief Cusack was asked to-day if his
mon We're watching any particular house
In the Elmwood district. He declined
to answer the question directly, but adj
mtted that number Of his men were
still detailed to that territory.