The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08

affair ouists down and. when think that
NAV make a statement. For the present,
ali that care 10 say is that am here end
that have spoken TO the authorities
shall not 60 away, =, mia,
As attorney for Mrs. Gertrude ~ PANE
p. v Fennelly displays rare diligence.
He calls upon her twice a day. To-day ne
issued what was anpounccd TO be state
ment In behalf Of Mrs. Paine. II " more
OF a commentary on the police. one aP-
proved II before he gave y out.
with only four suggestions: A lonely woman
seen walking late at night on hsinlsnu
avenue, a few gray hairs, suppoSeu
Dludgeon and presuinhble motive. h w
his sarcastic sentences indicate ina, Ins
police, searching the Paine house, iouno
a RUSTY stove shaker, which might have
been used as weapon and discovere1 aiso
that Mrs. Paine had dozen gray hairs'
Mr.. Fennelly continues:
1.-THE police realized that II was customary
to provo some motive Tor CRIME. nov , inH
IL was necessary Ia this case, because thei.
evidence was 40 overwhelming, put
might b.. convenient to satisfy some CAP
tiolis Juror, who by accident inight 10
drawn. ,o,,,d
TINT A Jone Doe, whose firrt and second
names were unknown and whose ,dehtny
could not In, esta he'd had been nance AS
a correspondent In certain divorce ac'Ih,
Who eise could this Jane Dos be but t5s
woman with gray hairs and stove s ,ha ,,nlice
1T was a rude awakening for me pom1 o
when they discovered that this Jane 10
was not their suspect, was not htenueu
for their suspect, and the httie woman woman
upon whom has been cast this grossly
un Just suspicion was not W. any way eo'''
nected with the divorce action.
aFrom a careful examination OF the 0tove
shaker il was then determined that the
wounds could not have been lnnicteo VIII
such an instrument. and that 'he ihstIu
rncnt had laid undisturbed for years where
found that the loi & gray hairs, AFTER a
minute examination. Of the scalp. showed
NO signs of disturbance, and the ionely
woman seen on Ashland avenue must nave
can some one else than the person under
sJsri~ion
Even then the police thought her ar
rest was probable. and II was not until tne
public realized that an innocent person WAS
about TO be unjustly accused and senli-
ment moved in favor Of the little woman
that the hand Of the police was removed.
The house of the gray hairs now reposes
unguarded and alone. the stove shaker
carefully returned to its accustomed place
ali motive gone, all connection vanished,
suspicion removed and nothing LETT but
shattered reputation. ,,
an all this trying ordeal the gentle lovTli-
ness and beauty OF character OF the person
displayed. Absolutely conscious OF her
innocence she had no fear for the result
to herself am her thought and anxiety were
for those who had suffered by the murder
and whose names and regulations were
injured like her own.
nubc becomes a fearful essay on death ana
it's conseuuences and the ruin OF regulations
His compost, ion is useful, however. in that u
denotes for the first time the ordeal to when
Mrs Paine was submitted by the ponce.
They had not MADE public the TACT tGat neI
Interested in her stove shaker IL If true
that Mrs. Paine has, in great part, the SYM
psthy Of the city.
SEEKING CLUES IN ATLANTIC CITY.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., March THE Buf.
falo police have not given up the hope OF
finding link in the Burdick murder mystery
i'm this resort and have now asked the local
polio, department to make a searching IN
vestigaton Of Mrs. Burdicks irequent
appearance a. the clubhouse Of the swell
Atlantic City Country Club at Mortified.
After again following up Mrs. Burdick's
itinerary during her visit here the ponce
are inclined 10 place some credence In the
report that IL light is turned on the man
who IL said to have played golf with mrs.
Burdick it my be that something could be
drawn out OF the shadow.
4 detective to-day made an effort to
rain possession OF the admission cars
used by the club, but the steward ana the
other emIAoyees In charge absoiuteiy IT,
fused to permit them TO he seen Inc
employees say that they hav. been warned
under 'ha penalty OF immediate dismissal
not 10 GLOW any newspaper men to see
the cares As the cards show the names
o,f all wishing players who are non-fnem-
hers, il j. noteworthy what the result would
b. II the unknown name would I've divu'geo'