The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-07
BURDICK MYSTERY DEBPENS.
BrFFALO POLICE MAKE No PROG
RESS IN. UNR4VELLING IT.

BrFFALO POLICE MAKE NO PROG
RESS IN. UNR4VELLING IT.
srrx e,,,ance withdrawn From Mrs. Paine
and Her House and Her Movements
Are No Longer watched-The Police
Now Searehing for the weapon with
which Burdiok Was kiiIed-Ihey be
iieve II Was the Cocktail Bottle He
Took Home the Day Before His Death.
BurrAIo, March o.-The police tonight
withdrew from Mrs. Gertrude b. Paine and
her house in Elmwood avenue the surveil-
lance that has been maintained since the
dsy after the murder of Edwin l.. Burdick
Restraint is no longer exercised over her
movements and she may even leave the city
n abe wishes to. Her husband, DR.. Seth
7. Paine, was In Buffalo to-day and he re-
turned to Batavia tonight. While hero
he had several talks with the police and
asked them whether they desired TO have.
either Mrs. Paine or himself He. too. has
a lawyer, W. N. Webster OF Batavia. but
he said to-day that he had not retained MIR.
Webster, but merely had consulted him.
Mr. Webster said to-day regarding the
actions OF the police:
They have broken more statutes than
any officers ever came across in conduct
ing the investigation Of a crime. They
have intercepted kilograms and opened
letters belonging to persons whom they
dare not charge with any crime. They APP
near absolutely ignorant Of law. How
blunderingly they have gone to work to IN
Al l. iolx v,1Ar Naa ofS
Tonight the police and the District At
torney appeared to be at standstill, their
decks full Of clues and theories but empty
Of evidence. To-day they abandoned their
strongest hope OF all, the expectation OF
Identifying the lone mysterious woman
about whom % mich has been said. This
10 the woman who they suspected was Mrs
Paine.
An order was sent out tonight directing
that the sewers In the vicinity Of the Bur-
dick house be searched. The police expect
70 find In them ths weapon they seek. They
have some idea that 1t was bottle. the
cocktail bottle which Burdick bought
on his way home the day before his death
and placed In a sideboard. This bottle
has never been found, although Burdick
did not leave his house after he brought 1t
in. The wrapper was found in a garbage
can In the rear Of the house three days
after the murder. That has been one Of
the little mysteries which the police have
never been able to explain.
Attorney Hartzell. who has been living
at the Burdick house since the murder,
and Who followed Mrs. Hull and Mrs. Bur-
dick to the Niagara street police station
last Sunday night when the women were
taken there 70 be questioned, thought II
well to-day to make statement In regard
to Mrs Hun. who Is Mrs. Burdick's mother.
He said:
mn. Hull h absolutely innoosnt Of this
crime. I have been intimately acquainted
with the family for years and know that
she never committed the crime
A. q matter OF fact. the name Of Mrs.
Hull has not been mentioned In the case In
several days.
The ohemist's examination OF the stomach
Of Burdick u complete. and although the
oficiai report has not been made. it Is known
that no free poison was found and very
little alcohol.
Patrolman August Meyer. the policeman
who stood at the corner Of Ashland avenue
and Bryant street on the night Of the muir
der and saw the lone woman near the scene
Of the tragedy, confronted Mrs. Paine
and scrutinized her.
sI cannot say that abe IL tho woman.
he replied to his superiors.
II comparative description counts for
anything. he might have added that he
could say that she was not the woman.
for the woman he described weighed at
last $50 pounds. while Mrs. Paine will
not scale within twenty pounds Of that.
The Chief Of Detectives ~ss moro frank
than usual to-day. Mr.. Cusaok had just
finished his days work when THE Sun
reporter aAksd him about his progress.
I'VE haven't Q thing said tho chief
I'VE are precisely whore We started q week
ago. Il V al very we'll TO say that we
nay b satisfssd - TO who did IL. but the
plain Truth to-day 70 that We do not know
Who did Il. In the senss that We cannot
arrest and convict. Let thoss who talk
Of mailing an arrest remember that this
u not Q oass whore. on account Of the
general character Of persons roundabout,
yeu can 70 out and arrest o. bring In and
lock sp . los AZ than slmply ON general
principles. This 10 not . crime In low
life
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