The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-05
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Buffalo Police Confident It
Of Catching Murderer.
PROMINENT WOMAN
UNDER SUSPICION
Said to Be Wealthy and Legal
Battle is#Expected.
5NEI0HBoRIN0 HOUSES
HAVE BEEN SEARCHED
Nothing Of Importance was Found 50 50
the Detectives Say, but a Story Of
Another Carriage Drawn by
Handsome Pair. Of Horses
Figures ln the MYsteri- Y
Gus Murder
Said to Be Wealthy and Legal
Battle IS Expected.
.NEIGHBORING HOUSES
HAVE BEEN SEARCHED
fRrl 4 ssocis ted press.

%gt3tgf fBy Associated hFress.l 1sy
BUFFALO,, n. ", March 4.--District
Attorney Coatswortns Offices in City
Hall was again the place around which
Interest in the Burdick murder mystery
centered to-day Detectives came IN
held WHISPERED conversations with the
District Attorney or one Of his deputies
and hurried away again. Unknown
men and women were admitted at the
private entrance to the Office. ana later
hurried away from the City Hall IN
closed carriages s5555s
While superintendent Bull is quoted as
saying an arrest-the arrest OF woman
may occur AT any moment, the authori-
ties are working as hard on the case to-
day as they did the hrst day tt a1ter tiae ne.
tragedy was discovered. y,
5s,rl,e Superintendent Of Police the Chief
of Detectives, the District Attorney and
the Assistant District Attorney all con-
cur in the belief that only one person
lis concerned in the murder .2oi Ed"ln
I. Burdick Of the four, Superinten-
dent Bull. Chief Cusack and First AS AS
sistant District Attorney Abbott concur
II saying the murderer was q woman.
District Attorney Coatsworth. while
maintaining that Of q person com mltteo 9
The crime will rot state that he be- be-
slieves t was a man or a woman.
awe think we + Couiu 1llsiro t.iA a. :,
nov, in safety said Superintendent Bull,
"but We prefer to wait. as we believe
that IS certain evidence which we wish
10 gather will lead to successful 4. re-
SUITS"
one reason the police are observing
such extreme caution before making an
arrest Is that they realize the impor-
tance of having enough evidence y. 70 con
vict before move Is made. The "o-
man who committed the crime is of So
cial.5. prominence they believe. and,
therefore will have friends to back her
when the crucial time comes. There
wiil he money for her defence and
hard legal battle will be made. v.
Il ess information is allowed TO ma lts
way out OF the District attorneys ns- ,ni.
nee than heretofore. The publicity
riven the. names OF persons who have
called at the of1lce no doubt prevented
ronnv Who might be able TO give some
suggestion, relating some incident that
they deem significant. from impartlng
| that Information to the authorities. Inc
District Attorney announced through y
the press that those desiring TO conie: :.
with him might do so by phone. or II
thays1called at the Office their desire to
conceal their identity would be respected
| rr,e result OF this announcement, u IS
stated, has been to bring a tlood OF new
| material into the hands OF tho authorl-
ties. ~. :,
tbIs source brings into the case another
MYSTERIOUS rrr carriage. 1t is considered
to be Of great Importance. !
II was an ordinary coupe. drawn by q
team of dark coored horses. It was
halted in Ashland Avenue, north Of the
block IN which is situated the Burdlck
home, The hour was late, and the ca car
rage and Its unusual movements at
tracted attention.
It was admitted by Chief cusaak Is1 81 to; o.
.sctton were searched by the police last
Sunday. Sunday They we're the homes Of Arthur
Penns az mo No 2Ss eayna e1sysana 81 4xsns Ne 4s:
Eimwood Avenue Pennell was named
as .,'le correspondent resi- in the divorce proceed
ings Instituted by Mr. Burdick against
hls wife Alice Burdick
n,rs Paynas picture was found in Bur.
alexis M s den IN Or On the day after the murder.
Chief Cusack said nothing OF Import
ance had been found IN e1ther hoine'