Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
BUFFALO CRIME
 BATTLES POLICE Mysterious Murder Of Prom ineni Business Man
The Burglar Theory Abandoned After the Discovery of Extraordinary Conditions Within the House--Only Clue Furnished by a Hackman.

Buffalo, N. Y, February 27.-Edwin
 L. Burdick, president of F. l.. Eurdick
 C, Co. and of the Buffalo Envelope
 company, was murdered early today at
 his home cn Ashland avenue, in one
 of the finest residence sections of this
 city. The theory at first advanced that
 the crime was the Woll, Of a burglar
 was abandoned as the police probed
 deeper into the case and tonight while
 they claim t1 have several important
 Gcws. no arrests has been made.
 MT Buidick was last seen alive last
 night at 30 when he bade the other members of the hdusehold good night and started for his room, apparently
 with tine intention of retiring for the night. This morning his body, clad in an Undershirt, vas found lying on q
 couch in small room off the lower
 hall used by MT. Eurdicl as a smoking room. The body was covered with a
 rug and a number of sofa pillows. The couch was saturated with blood and the walls and the floor of the little room were spattored with brains and blood. The head had been crushed with some blunt instrument.
 Chief of Detectives Cusack took charge of the case. 4 thorough exam inat.Qn of the house and it's occupants
 was made. Nothing of value was missing. The outside door was locked and the spring lock was in it's place
 when the servants got up this morn- ing. The inner door was ajar. l kitch- en window was partly raised but there were TO marks on. the snow outside or upon the window sill to indicate that anyone had entered theia. All tke other windows and doors Of the house were securely fastened. That shat 1 tered tte theory of an unknown in truder. Some interesting discoveries were made in the ether parts of the house.
 To be8in with. no weapon could be found anywhere. The body was clad in an unaershirt. At the foot Of the couch were found the drawers and i stockings. The trousers and othc~ 2r- ticses of clothing which Ir. B-,.,iicll had worn were in his bedroom on the floor above. The bed had net been oc- i cuDied. On the table in the smoking room the detectives found bottle partly filled with whiskey and the re- mains of light lunch Members of I5GfflCh never partoo;. Of the fcod of which the lunch was composed and never drank liquor while eating.
 in this cCnnection Chief Cusack gave
 cut the following statement: From what investigations I have made I would conclude that Mir Burdick was called down stairs by a ring or a
 knocf: at the door after he was ready he 1a c1 i,, hi underclothing. He evidently admitted someone he knew well and took the visitor into the den fer q talk and to partake of the luncheon found there. There was some signs of a struggle. The fact that two of the fingers of MT BurG;ck's left hand were broken indicates that he put up his hand to ward off a blow which he saw con- ing. The body was covered with q rug and several pillows. so that r9thing could be seen but the blood which | flowed from under the body The fierce with which the blows that killed Mir
 Burdick were delivered seems to pre- clude tie possibility that c woman de- | livered them.
 Mrs. Burdick. the murdered mans wife. left horne two months ago. with the intention, it is said. oi not return l ing. On December , proceedings for a
 divorce were filed in the county clerks office by MT Burdick. It is undo rstood that Mrs. Burdick went to Atlantic City. What connection Burdick's do- nestle trouble may have had with the crime, the police dc not presume to say. The police tonight found hack man who carried a man to the first corner east of the Burdicl residence last night about F o'clock. After leav- ing the carriage the man, of whom
 the police have a good description. walked up the street toward Burdick's house. Detectives called at every house in the block tonight. but were unable
 to find anyone who was out il a cab at any tiEa last night