New-York tribune., 1903-03-08
H0Ln N0MAE FL 8 HOURS
WAS BURDTCKS CLERK.
HaBeas Corpus Writ Forces Police
to Release Her.

| 49,, 1Fsrcb I'm their eagerness to
nIerce the mystery surrounding the assassl1a-
| ton Of Edward L. Burdick, the -eeiice to-day
made a false move. They inEaeQiassy EetFAcso
their steps when It was found thar tas DastFsee
Attorney considered their case too niFnsys ana
-, sffort was made to undo any wrong sAat
bad been done From statements given OUT @
.be superintendent OF Police ana the District
| A+4ornev after he denouement OF the Aescos =
| ie evident that the two departments ala nss
work together in the matter.
/ Marian w Hutchinson, young wennsn KeF-
| roerIv employed in Burdicks ONCE, was saken
| n Yoiice headquarters by a detail OF detectives
| at an early hour. she was not under arrest ta's
! ,oIicA say Her attorney says that she was
| &C., beins detained for Eve hours she was al
loved "a go free, as the police could find nothing
| against her
| Miss hutchinson came here about year ago.
| ,r corppzny with her mother and sister Eaor-
once. from London, Ont On arriving N taaS
c;+v they went 10 live in q boarding house IN
! Nain-st and on February IL last moved 70 no
10 West Tupper-st. While living in Main-sL
| Miss Hutchinson secured plaza on nonthiF
raper printed by Burdick at his envelope works
| last January she left his employ, and since
then she has done nothing beyond singing in
| church choir.
| When Miss Marion Hutchinson was arrested
! her sister set out to secure her release. Philip
| V FenneIiy was an old friend OF the family ana
/ IL was TO him she vent for advice, There Is 10
| significance In the fact that the same lawyer is
, acting for Seth 7. Paine. Mr. Fenneiiy ana
| Miss Florence Hutchinson went to Police Head.
quarters, but the poiics declined to allow the
| lawyer TO see their prisoner, who was in Super"
/ intendent BuITs private ofdce.
| Mr. FenneIIy then called District Attorney
| Coatsworth, who denied all knowledge OF the
| young woman At this Mr.. Fennelly went be-
| fore Justice White, of the Supreme Court, and
| obtained writ Of habeas corpus directing the
| police to bring Marion w. Hutchinson before
| the Justice Armed with the writ the attorney
| went to the Office of the District Attorney.
| No one was there on whom 1t could be served
and ne again called at Superintendent Bulls
| office.
| Il want to see Miss Hutchinson" he said
i "Mr. FennelIy, you can't see her." replied
1 Superintendent Bull.
| The lawyer then served the writ on the police
| chief had returned with Miss Florence Hutch
| insOn to Justice Whites chambers IN the Clty
Hall, where Detective Coughlin soon appeared
| with Miss Marion Hutchinson.
| In the mean time Justice White had gone to
luncheon, and Mr.. Fennelly called him up by
/ telephone, asking II MISS hutCulusoh COuiu oS
rs the young woman under arrest?" asked the
: justice. --.,,-. d.. =
Il don't know that" said MI Fenneiiy' Out
! After consulting with the detective ne in
: formed Justice White over the telephone that
/ the officers said the girl was not under arrest,
Tell them TO release her at once" said the
: Justice.
| was not under arrest at all; that she had never
been under arrest, and that she was at liberty
1 to go wherever she pleased. The two sisters ano
| their attorney then left the building. A little
later the following statement was given out:
| What seemed to be reliable information hav-
| ing reached the Police Department last evening
/ i'm n
/ might have some valuable information regarding
| the murder Of Edwin l. Burdick, we requested
| this woman to come to Police Headquarters this
| morning and give any information she might
/ have. She came, and made q statement she
| at no time under arrest
| This statement was given out by the District
Attorneys stenographer He said that it came
from the Police Department and not from The
l. District Attorney. Mr.. Coatsworth also per
sonally stated that the statement emanated
from the Police Department.
] When Superintendent Bull asked il the
! police issued the statement, he replied: THE
statement was issued by the District Attorney.
But the District Attorney says the police
4 gave out the statement
That does not make any difference. The Dis,
| trict Attorney wrote the statement and gave il
out. 1t did not come from me-"
Superintendent Bull then issued the following
statement;
Miss Hutchinson was brought to Police Head
| quarters as a result of an identification by
Lackman whose name cannot recall, who saiC
| tnat the woman was one whom he took to Sum
| mer-St. and AShland-ave. on the Thursday nigh
OF the murder. That Identification positive
| The further reasons were that a woman answer,
| ing the description Of this woman was seen by
| Patrolman Meyer at about 1:10 o'clock on Fri
day morning at Bryant and Ashland aves., alsc
| near the BurdiCk home. A further statement
/ made to the authorities that a young Wom
an answering Miss Hutchinson's description was
seen IN the upper part Of the city by wei
known citizen, who says that the woman told
| nun nun sle nae lost her way ana that she wanted
70 get TO Main and Tupper sts. Miss Hutchinson
IlFes IN Tupper-st near Main-st
Why was she released?" Superintendent BuI
was asked.
l was not present when she made statements
TO the District Attorney. I have been Informed
| however, that she convinced her interrcgatorE
mat she could prove aIibi by her mother, hel
sister and Mrs. CoughIin who runs the boarding
mouse where she lives; also by woman friend
VINO was associated with them in musical mat
teTs. She was released because she convinced
the authorities that she was not the one whom
| they wanted"
After the release of Miss Hutchinson District
| Attorney Coatsworth asked why she had
been taken to Police Headquarters apparently
under arrest, and then released.
II do not understand that she was arrested, -
he replied She taken to headquarters In
order that it might be learned what information
she could furnish that would throw any light on
this case. We have nothing against her and
when we had heard her story she was permitted
to co.
Mr. Fenneily was asked this evening for e
statement Of Miss Hutchinson's part in the in
| yestigation.
They claim she was not arrested" Mr.. Fen
nelly said. That is not So The truth is
went to Superintendent Bull to-day at the sug-
gestion Of Mrs Hutchinson and Miss Florence
Hutchinson. / told him wanted to Miss
Marion, but he informed me that he did not
know where she was. then got writ and OBJ
tanned her release.
NOV if Miss Hutchinson was not under ar
rest don't know what arrest is. II is too
oao- she u an estiInabie young woman, and l