The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-05
READY TO ARREST
BURDICK'S SLAYER.
Authorities Think They Haze Guilty
Person Located.


Person Located,
Buffalo, n. Y. March 4.-District At
torney Coatsworth's office in the City
Hall was again the place around which
interest in the Burdick murder mys-
terry conferred to-day. Detectives came
in, held whispered conversations with
the district attorney or one of his depu-
ties and hurried away again. In
known men and women were admitted
at the private entrance to the Office,
and later hurried away from the City
Hall in closed carriages.
While Supt. Bull is quoted as saying
an arrest-the arrest of a woman-may
occur at any moment, the authorities
worked as hard on the case to-day as
they did the first day after the tragedy
was discovered.
The superintendent of police, the
chief of detectives, the district at
torney and the assistant district at
torney all concur in the belief that
only one person was concerned in the
murder of Edwin L. Burdick. Supt.
Bull, Chief Cusack and First Assistant
District Attorney Abbott, concur in
saying the murderer was woman.
District Attorney Coatsworth while
maintaining that one person committed
the crime, will not state whether he
oeleVes 1t man or a~woman.
I'VE think We could make an arrest
now in safety" said Supt. Bull, but
we prefer to wait, as we believe that
certain evidence which we wish to
gather will lead to successful results"
one reason the. police are observing
such extreme caution before making
an arrest it that they realize the i'm
portance of having enough evidence to
convict before a move is made. The
woman who committed the crime is of
social prominence, they believe, and,
therefore, will have friends to back
her when the crucial time comes.
There will be money for her defense.
and hard legal battle will be made.
Less information is allowed to find
its way out of the district attorneys
office than heretofore. The publicity
given the names of persons who have
called at the office no doubt has pre-
vented many who might be able to
give some suggestion, relating some
incident that they deem significant
from imparting that information to the
authorities. To-day the district attor-
ney announced through the press that
those desiring to confer with him
might do so by telephone, or if they
called at the office, their desire to
conceal their identity would be re-
Spected. Inc result of this announce
ment, it was stated, has been to bring
flood of new material into the hands
of the authorities.
One of the new facts developed from
this source brings into the case an
other mysterious carriage. 1t is consid-
cred to be of great importance. 1t was
an ordinary coupe drawn by a team of
dark colored horses. 1t was halted in
Ashland avenue, north of the block
in which is situated the Burdick home
The hour was late and the carriage
and it's unusual movements attracted
attention.
1t was admitted by Chief Cusack to-
day that two houses in the Elmwood
section were searched by the police last
Sunday. They were the homes of Ar
thur r. Pencil, at POS Cleveland ave-
nue., and of Mrs. Seth T. Payne of 492
Elmwood avenue. Pennell was named
as correspondent in the divorce pro-
ceedings instituted by Burdick against
his wife, Alice Burdick. Mrs. Payne's
picture was found in Burdick's den
on the day after the murder. Chief
Cusack said nothing of Importance had
been found in either home.