The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-13
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Buffalo Police Admit Error !,
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touno the district attorney II val
l ti case Timsy. Marion ri Hrttttstuered
q young woman formerly arsicAihsol
bnrdick's office. was taken 70 iSmioSed
quarters by detectives at an pn,.ee head
She was not unde arrest, the noi, hou1
lier attorney says she was. Aftan say
detained Tor five hours she was oeina
nothing against her. aosoiutelA2
III result of the davis vor,, -
authorities nc nearer q sol,s, nl'Hss ttG
MISERY than they were a week aao M
Hutcnlnson, who is very attractireo MIS-
peaIance, came here about a vear An apS
company with her mother ana aso l9
florence from London, Ont. Snon etsle1
arriving In this city Miss Hutchiun a'te1
cured q position on a montblv se
printed ny Edwin l.. Burdick at bi sapsA
ve.ope tactory. Since then she has bst !1
snsins m q church choir, but has NJ
Deeit enipioyed at any kind of work.
Secured Her Release.
rnliip Y: Fennelly, the attorney
20 aclins LOT Seth 7. Paine, set sbo,
" secure MISS Hutchinson's release, ob
tanning from Justice White of tha OBJ
preme court a writ of habeas cormns su
rectins the police to bring Marion W ~
before that court. Aftor
ils tue writ the attorney. acco,nnani,
py MISS Fioronce Hutchinson. rat,rn
TO Justice Whites chamber. whero =
VIII was to be argued. Soon afterws .A
MARION hutchinson left Headquarters ~
eompanieds by a detective. The detoc,;ro {
noMgyer a'u not place any restraint unoha
ne. movement MI. Fennelly telephoneds
Justice White, who was at the Ep T.ea
club, asking if the girl could be bromaSs
before him there. '"s"p
is The young woman urder or,o..o,S
asked Justice White. ~
The attorney informed Justice Whit, 1
sthat the officers said the girl was ~
isunder arrest. ~ Noy
zen them to release her at once" sa,aI
Justice White. sa'al
e Mr. Fenneily was told by the M.
lice that the girl was not under ava.
at all. that she never had heen "naSgsl
arrest, and that she was at liberty IN ",
whenever iii pleased. The two sist :,
and their attorney then left the buildinn
II soon became evident that the nol;eo
the district attorneys office had No.
worked IN conjunction in taking Niss
Hutchinson into custody. Later the FIJI.
rowing statement was given out:
n Departments DISAGREE.
What seemed to be reliable informatio,
reached the police department Erids"
evening thal a certain young woman liv.
ing In the city might have some valuahIo
lhlormallen regarding the murder Of Ed
WIN l.. BurdlclS We requested this wom-
an to come to police headquarters satnr-
day morning and give any information
she might ave. She came and mad a
statement She was at no time under ar-
rest" "
The foregoing statement was given o,+
by the district attorneys stenogranhpr
re SAID n statement was from the DO
lice department. Mr.. Coatsworth stated
also that the statement emanated from
the police department and not from the
district attorneys support. Superintend-
ent Bull was then seen.
did the police issue this statement 81,
he was asked.
The statement was issued by the dis
trict~ attorney" replied General RulL
The district attorney wrote the state.
ment."
And you did not issue the statement
mo, SIR
But the district attorney saws tbe M
lice gave it out"
That does not maxi any difference, It
did not come from me-
superintendent Bull then issued the fol-
lowing statement:
The Police Side.
Miss Hutchinson was brought to polico
headquarters and as a result of an identi.
fication by a hackn1an, who said that the
woman was one he took to Summer street
and Ashland avenu the nighto of the muir.
der. That identification was positive. The
further reasons were that a woman an.
swering the description of this woman
was seen by Patrolman Mayer at about
ITO O'Clock Friday morning at BRYANT anf
Ashland avenue, near the Burdick home
A further statement made to the authori
ties was that a young woman answerins
Miss Hutcnfnson's description was seen ir
the upper part of the city by a citizen
who says the woman told him she hat
lost her way and that she wanted to pc,
to Main and Topper streets. Miss Hutch.
inson lives on Topper near Main street"
And why was the woman ~released?"
Il was not present when the woman
made statements to the district attorney
I have been informed. however, that The
woman convinced her i~nterrogators thai
h could prove an alibi by her mother
her sister and Mrs. Coughlin, who run:
the boarding house where she lives. also
by a woman friend. The woman was re
leased because she convinced the authori
ties that she was not the one the,
wanted"
Miss Hutchinson was seer at her home
soon after her return from court. He
mother n sister and two young womeI
were present. Miss Hutchinson said:
Miss Hutchinson's Story.
/, Make a general contradiction, an en-
phatic contradiction. 1t is a gross injus
tice that has been done me. l was taker
from my home without warning and with
out reason. The only possible shadow Of
a reason the police had for their actor
was the fact that I had accepted tempo
rary employment in Mr.. Burdick's estab
lishment, where l was employed for on.
a few weeks"
AS attorney for Mrs. Seth It. Paine
Philip v. Fennelly issued a statement. |
! begins with a sarcastic ~arraignment O.
| the police. Very incidentally, and by i'm
plication only. the statement brings Il
| light a few details heretofore unpub
lished as to the police awe found
These include the finding Of a stove o
furnace shaker in some rubbish in tn
cellar of Mrs. Paine's house. where i
has been for months, and the fact tina
one or more gray hairs comprised tn
tuft that was found on the murderet
mans body and that Mrs. Paine has oni
a few gray hairs among her dark brow
hair.
From another and authentic source
is learned that the tuft of hair found D.
the police, comprising eighteen or invent
strands, contains a single strand of gray
The hairs in the tuft are not over =
inches long.
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