The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

headquarters. Superintendent of Police
Bull declared the woman was not under
arrest but merely was being detained.
The woman was taken to police head
& quarters i'm the carriage by Chief Of
Detectives Cusack and other police Off
ciaIs between s and o'clock this morn
ing. So quietly was il done that the
fact did not become known until 10
o'clock when superintendent Bull made
the announcement to the reporters He
informed them that woman had been
taken into custody by the police on
suspicion of being connected with the
Burdick murder case. Beyond that the
superintendent would make no state
ment. Asked if it were true that an ar
rest had been made he said:
mo arrest has been made yet. We
simply have taken a woman into Gus
tody She is now within my private
office. She was brought here between
8 and o'clock this morning. Beyond
that ] am unwilling to say at this time
He declined at that time to reveal the
woman name or anything further con-
cerniug her I'm reply to another ques-
tion he said the district attorney was
I'm his private office with the woman, but
was not yet examining her The matter
has not yet reached the stage where we
are ready to examine the woman. he
liminary work before examining her. AS
soon as we have examined her we viii
tell all there is to tell about this"
This afternoon Assistant District At
torney Abbott arrived a police head
quarters having with him I'm a closed
carriage another young woman appar-
emily about 24 years of age She was
handsomely attired. She was taken into
the private office where she was Ques-
TONED by the authorities.
Miss Hutchinson was released.
HAVE A NEW CLUE
The police are at work on new clue
I'm the BurdiCk murder mystery They
have found a hackman who drove a
young woman to the corner Of Ashland
avenue and Summer street near the
hour OF the murder. She carried a
satchel and walked toward the Burdick
house. The police are investiga ting
some of the women who worked in Bur
dicks factory.
That the murderer of Edwin L. Bur
dick viii never he brought to justice is
becoming a general belief. During the
last So hours of hard work on the mys-
terious tragedy, not an iota of informa-
tion of sufficient Importance to be term
ed evidence has been unearthed by the
police The one woman who has been
under strong suspicion and who has be-
come known as the police suspect is
believed to be guiltless so far as the
crime is concerned. by some of the Off
cials of the police department and the
district attorney office and they are con-
WINGED that all efforts to fasten tho
crime on her win be unavailable They
do not pretend to have any clear idea
who the murderer is; they simply say
that the right trail has not been struck
The probability of an immediate arrest
being made in the case grows slighter
every hour. Other officials are as sau-
Euine as ever that an arrest viii be
made. They will not predict when. It
may be made at any moment it may
not be Tor a week Among those who
remain mistaken in this belief is Sup
eriutendent Bull. He was asked if he
suspected the same person now as he
ing the SLAYER Of Burdick as he did ear
1ier in week.
II do he replied emphaticaliy- Ar
Interesting DEVELOPMENT of the day wa
the statement made by Chief of Detcc-
tives Cusack that the golf stick theorS
had been abandoned. He is satisfied the
rputter was not used in committing tn.
murder. He also expressed the convic-
tfon that the weapon used was carried
away from the house. He is sure Of that
but he is not so sure that it was car
ried to the house BY the murderer