The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-03
WOMEN SUSPECTED.
Three of Them Figure in the
Burdiek Murder Case.


Buffalo. n. Y, March 3.-The widow
of Edwin l. Burdick, whose body was
found in his den" on the first floor of
his home on Ashland avenue. with his
skull crushed to a pulp, and Mrs. Bur
I dicks mother, Mrs Hull, who was the
| first person to discover the body last
/ Friday morning, have been summoned
to the district attorneys Office. They
remained in the office for over two
hours. The two women were ques-
1 toned separately What informa ton,
If any, was obtained, is not known.
Another woman figured in the in
quiry- She was well dressed and APP
paEently woman of refinement It
was stated on good authority that the
woman had no connection with the
case. She was one of the women in
timately acquainted with the Burdick
family, who the authorities hoped
| might be able to tell something that
would assist in unraveling the tangled
threads.
While an arrest in the case at the
present time appears to be out of the
| question. the authorities have learned
some things that have set them upon
a course that may result in something
final It is limited that the authorities
are not wholly blind in their aims as
directed against the murder, and that
it is only a question of celebrating up
on the present knowledge to fasten the
suspicion on some one. City Chemist
Hill is at work making the examlna-
ton required of him, including the ex-
animation of the liquor found in Mr.
Burdicks' den and the contents Of Mr..
Burdick's stomach.
The clues upon which it is evident the
police are at the present time deVotlng
| the most attention are;
The lone woman seen on Ashland ave-
nue. at o'clock on the night of the
murder; the unidentified man driven to
the neighborhood by Delahunt at about
i II o'clock; the stained golf stick and the
] IL
dick took home on the Thursday after
noon, the day before the tragedy. and
which has not since been seen. The
wrapper in which the bottle was taken
to the house was found in a garbage
can back of the house. The bottle itself
/ has never been found.
A bottle containing some of the liquor
/ that had formed part of the refresh
ments served during the midnight
! luncheon in Burdick's den was taken
into the district attorneys office today.
| The significance of the disappearance OF
| this bottle of liCuOr GDecanle known last
night. 1t again brings a woman into
! the case. This particular woman will
| be most difficult to trace for she first
comes into the case at one end of d
/ telephone wire which was connected
/ with Mr.. Burdicl1's Office. 1t is known.
however, that the same voice had fire.
/ Quenfly been heard over the telephone
inquiring for Mr. Burdick.
On the afternoon before the murder this
/ unknown woman called up Mr. Burdick 5
/ office and asked If he was in 1t was not
Mr.. Burdick who answered the telephone.
The police know who did. They have had
him at the district attorneys office several
times. The woman asked if Mr. Burdick
was in He was, and after brief conver-
| sation. Mr. Burdicl1 left the office.
From the office he went to a well known
liquor store and bought the now famous
/ bottle Of cocktails.A domestic al the house
| has informed the authorities that Iaurdiek
brought the bottle home and placed it in
rho side board. No one at the house has
seen it since. The bottle found in the den
after the murder contained some of the
/ brand of cocktails purchased by Burdick
/ The bottle was not the one carried home
/ by BurdicE. What became of the larger
bottle2 Tie police profess to believe that
d correct answer to this question viii lead
to an arrest
It is known that three women are now
under suspicion.