New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
CLEWS IN MURDER CASE.
ARREST IMMINENT:
!Story of a Mysterious Carriage
WomQm Guilty, Police Say.
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pu6a1o March 4-District Attorney CoatswoFfh
after a day of the hardest Work ne h1s Ses
Aors In irving TO solve the mystery Of the muFoer
Of Edward l.. Burdick, made this statement 'o-
night:
We havs not played last card yet When ,,rdS we
do play it it nIk will @ have 5aT hbsT been u FOR naust
cannot say when will make the conhs com h HOrp p
not II Ts saw nP but our last card will be PLAYED Until
review Of this entire murder case from DeEiflr'"s
to end. -. 49, . o.-,,g the end Of
this case It may come at any time am tnorongn 9a
Iy convinced in my own mind as 10 +% %' nersnn and
as to there being SUFFICIENT motive; The reason
however that no action s IL TAKEN anY
If the evidence were positive an arrest "o"'u y"
made at once.
One of the new IA IT'S developed brings into the
rasn another mysterious carriage. 1t was an or
diuarv coupe and was halted in Ashland-aN".'
north OF the block in which is situated the hFoi'N
home It is looked upon one Of the most I'M
portant cleWs of that particular klnd thaC hAS
core to light since the investigation began.
ono of the women who called the District Al
torney on the telephone gave the information
She is an invalid. Her story is as follows;
Last Friday morning she nervous ana rest
less Unable 10 sleep she shortly before l
o'clock She walked to the front of the mouse anu
stood looking out of a window She saw mack
standing short distance north OF Bryant-s'' III
Ashland-ave. The circumstance struck heI "'
necuiiar at the time because Of the hour ana pP-
neighborhood. Three-quarters of an hour iater
the invalid again arose. and her curiosity prompl"u
her tc look once more. The carriage was still
standing where she had observed 1t before
IT is an interesting fact that the lone woman
seen by Policeman Meyers on the niGht "i t!''
murder walking toward the corner "'e'" '''
carriage is said TO have been standing. , tauod
Diligent inquiry hv the detective force mas IHru u
to reveal any one in the n"ighborhood VINO ia" d
carriage tho. night of the murdGr .h;a o,,ortnq
that arrest Of woman susPect ,imS b.d been
at any hour He declared that nnhng I haI III, TT
developed by the searching sufficient 10 Shd h+ MS
hnIief that the crmo was committed ny woman.
He added that he had tangible theory on mn m " W
his belief and that the woman ~ Iaf tb ~ P
DO know that any sEnd woman had such an ap-
is she a member of The Elmwood district smart
set?"
Has her home been searched?'
"4re re- Won certain the woman you suspect killed
Rurdick?'
Almost" ,,., ,,.o
hold?"
No
is an arrest imminent"
II vas admitted by Chief Cusack of the De-
tective Force to-day that the two houses III me me
sunday They were the homes Of Arthur r Pen
nell ut No 9OS Cleveland We and of Mrs Seth T
named as correspondent in the divorce proceed
ings Instituted by Mr. Rurdirk against his wire.
Mrs. Paynes picture was toumd m bmr6lrH gen
Despite the definite assertions OF Chief Cusack
the crime the District Attorney still declines to
say whether he believes man or a woman is the
is thought to indicate that the District Attorney
differs from the police