The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-08
POLICE WERE ON
WRONG TRAIL
Young Woman Taken Into Gus
tOdy and Closely Questioned.
HAD WORKED FOR BURDICK
NOTHING TO CONNECT HER
WITH THE MURDER.

n UFFALo. N. Y. March TN their
Is easerness to solve the mystery
surrounding The assassination Of
Edwin L. Burdick, the police today
made a false move. They Immediately
reuaced their steps when it was found
that the district attorney considered
their case entirely too nimsy
Marion Hutchinson. q young woman
formerly employed in Burdicks Office.
was taken TO police headquarters by de-
tectves at an carly hour She was NOT
under arrest the police say. Her att
torney says She was. After being de-
tanned for five hours she was released
because the police could find absolute
ly nothing against her.
The result of the days work brings
the authorities no nearer a solution OF
the mystery than they were "a week
ago Miss Hutchinson. who is a very
attractive young woman iu appearance,
came here about "a year ago ln CONF
pany with her sister. Florence from
London, Ont soon after arriving I'm
this city Miss Hutchinson secured "a
position on a monthly paper printed by
Edwin J.. Burdick at his envelope fac
tory Last January she left Dis employ
Since then she has been singing iu
church choir but has not been em-
ployed at any kind of work
Writ Of Habeas Corpus.
Phillips v. FenneIy. the attorney who
is acting for Seth Payne. set about 90
secure Miss HCtchins0n's release. OBJ
tanning from Justice White of the SUI
preme court a writ of habeas corpus dI-
recting the police to bring Marion
Hutchinson before that court After
serving the writ the attorney. accom-
panied by Miss Florence Hutchinson.
returned TO Justice Whites chamber
where the writ was 10 De argued. soon
afterward Marion Hutchinson LEFT
headquarters. accompanied by detec-
tive. The detective. however. did not
place any restraint upon her move
ments Mr.. Fennelly telephoned TO jus
tice White. who was at the Elliott club,
asking If the girl could be brought be-
fore him there.
us the young woman under arrest
asked Justice White
The attorney informed Judge White
that the officers said the girl was not
under arrest
Tell them to release her at once,
said Judge White.
Then Mr.. Fennelly was TON by the
police that the girl was not under ar
rest at all; that she never had been
under arrest and that she was az lib
erty to go whenever she pleased.
Statement Made.
The two sisters and their attorney
then left the building.
IL soon became evident that the poe
lice and the district attorneys Office
had worked iu conjunction I'm taking
Miss Hutchinson into custody Later
the following statement was given out.
What seemed TO be reliable infor-
nation having reached the police de-
partment last evening that a certain
young woman living in the city might
have some valuable information re-
gardiug the murder Of Edwin J.. Bur
dick We requested this woman 90 come
I to police headquarters this morning
and give any information she might
l have. She came and made "a state
ment, She was at no time under ar
rest"
/ The foregoing statement was given
out by the district attorneys
I stenographer. He saiA the statement
/ was from the police department. Mr.
] C0atesworth also stated that the state
ment emanated from the police depart
ment and not from the district att
! tOrney's office.
/ Superintendent Bull was then seen.
Did the police issue this statement
/ he was asked.
THE statement was issued by the
/ district attorney replied Mr. Bull.
''The district attorney wrote The state
! ment"
And you did not issue the state
ment"
No. sir"
But the district attorney says the
( police gave it Out?"
THAT does not make any difference.
( Tt did not come from me-"
Could Prove an Alibi.
Superintendent Bull then issued the
following statement.
Miss Hutchinson was brought TO
/ police headquarters as a result of an
/ Identification by a haCkman, whose
name I cannot recall, who said that
the woman was one whom he took %
/ Summer street and Ashland avenue
on the night of the murder.
/ That identification was positive. The
further reasons were LlaL woman
answering the description OF this WO-
! man was seen by PatOlman Meyer az
/ about II O'Clock Friday morning an
| Bryant and Ashland avenue near
the Burdick home. A further state
/ ment made 20 the authorities Was thar
a young woman answering Miss Hutch
inson's description was seen Inc the up
per part Of the city by O wei known
/ citizen. who says the woman told him
she had lost her way and that she
wanted to get TO Main and upper
streets Miss Hutchinson lives on Tup-
per near Main street"
"And why was the woman re-
leased2'
II WAS not present when the woman
made statements TO the district attor-
ney. ] have been informed. however
that the woman convinced the officers
that she could prove an alibi by hel
mother her sister and Mrs. Coughlln
who runs the boarding house where
she lives: also by a woman friend The
woman was released because she con-
WINGED the authorities that she was not
the one they wanted"