Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-10
WE QF BURD|Ck' 5 CLERKS
Young Woman Arrested by Buffalo
Police in Connection with
Murder Case.
HANDKERCHIEF FIGURES IN The AFFAIR
After Helnx Examined, the Woman.
whose Name IL Said to BE Miss
Marion Hutchinson, IL Let Go on
Writ OF Habeas Corpus Secured by
Her Lawyer.

Writ OF Habeas Corpus Secured by
Her Lawyer.
Buffalo, n. Y, March 9.-Superin.
tendent of Police Bull announced at
ten o'clock Saturday morning that
woman had been arrested in the Bur.
dick murder mystery.
I'VE strongly suspect this woman
said Superintendent Bull. Her name
is Marion Hutchinson, who was en-
ployed as an extra clerk in Burdick's
office. Her former home was in Lon
don, Ontario. She is woman of re-
6nement and fine musician. She
came to Buffalo last summer with
her mother and sister. Her father is
dead. She is short and slight and
has q light complexion"
Miss Hutchinson was taken to po-
lice headquarters by detectives at an
early hour Saturday. Much secrecy
was maintained by the police.
It appears that handkerchief
played an important part in the
longing to anyone in the Burd;ck
household was found in the den after
the tragedy.
Handkerchief Figures In Case.
I. AZ she sat in the Office she was ap.
preached by Detective Cornish, who
asked her for her handkerchief. She
gave it up rather reluctantly.
Then Superintendent Bull stepped
into the outer Office and took from
his drawer handkerchief which had
been concealed there.
Il was taken into the inner Office,
laid on table and carefully exam
lined by District Attorney Coatsworth
and Superintendent Bull and COM
pared with the other taken from the
woman.
The woman was put through a
searching cross-examination in the
private Office of Superintendent Bull.
While refusing to divulge any of the
case in the hands of the police, Super
intendent Bull made the statement
that he was confident that the mys-
terry of the Burdick murder had been
solved and that complete proof would
be Forthcoming.
MISS k1uLCuluSOu was tdheu INV
Superintendent Bulls private office
and REORGANIZATION was begun. Be-
sides Miss Hutchinson in the Office
were Superintendent Bull, Assistant
Superintendent Cusack, Detective Cor
nish and District Attorney Coats
Soon Released.
After her examinations at police head
quarters Miss Hutchinson was taken
to the district attorneys Office. Later
Attorney Femelly, the lawyer retained
by Mrs. Seth T. Bine, appeared at po-
lice headquarters and demanded to
see Miss Hutchinson. Superintend-
ent Bull denied that she was there,
whereupon Mr.. Femelly repaired to
the city hall and obtained from JUS
1ice White writ of habeas corpus or
dering that Miss Hutchinson be pro-
duced in court on the ground that she
was being illegally held for the muir
der of Edwin L. Burdick.
The defense to the writ was inter-
posed by the police, and Miss Hutchin-
son was thereupon released.
Superintendent Bull issued state
ment saying that she had at no time
been technically under arrest, al
though she was detained and ques-
toned.
Surveillance withdrawn.
There was no policeman on guard
at the home of Mrs. Seth T. Paine
Friday night. Mrs. Paine was priv
legged to go and come as she pleased.
Superintendent Bull stated that she
was no longer under the gaze Of po-
lice eyes and that she would not be
molested even if she went straight
from her home to railway station
and boarded train. Had she at
tempted to leave the city two days
ago, however, he asserted, she would
have been intercepted. The police
have been unable to get the slight
est evidence against Mrs. Paine. All
the leads they were following have
utterly failed. For four days, beNev-
ing that such procedure might prove
Of value to them, the police let Mrs
Paine believe that the black shadow
they were holding above her was
likely to fall any minute. The re-
suits they looked for were not pro-
duced.
An interesting development of the
day was the statement made by Chief
OF Detectives Cusack that the golf
stick theory had been abandoned. He
Is satisfied that the putter was not
used in committing the murder. He
also expressed the conviction that the
weapon used was carried away from
the house. He is sure of that, but he
70 not so sure that it was carried to
the house by the murderer. Neither
will he venture an opinion as to the
kind Of weapon used.
Summer Resort Building burned.
Minneapolis, Mimi, March s.-The
main portion of the large pavilion at
Lake Harriet was burned, the fire |
originating from the electric wires. |
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