Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08
BURDICK SUSPECT HELD
Police Take Dead Mans Photographer to
Station Cells.
JUDGE FREES WOMAN ON HABEAS CORPUS
Authorities Claim Handkerchief Inn
pIicates Temporary Prisoner and
Announce Mystery il Prnc-
ticnIIy Solved.

BUFFALO, N. Y. March IA woman
whose name the police refused to divulge at
the time, but whom it was subsequently
learned was Miss Marian Hutchinson, a
former employee Of the murdered Edwin L..
Burdick at his envelope factory, was taken
into custody by the police today and con-
veyed to police headquarters.
Superintendent Of Police Bull declared
the woman was not. under arrest, but
merely was being detained. The woman
WAS taken to police headquarters in a car
riage by Chief of Detectives Cusack and
other police officials between 6 and s o'clock
this morning. So quietly was 1t done that
the fact did not become known until 10
o'clock. when Superintendent Bull made
the announcement to the reporters.
He informed them that a woman had been
taken into custody by the police on suspi-
cion Of being connected with the Burdick
murder case. Beyond that the superln-
tendent would make no statement.
Asked II 1t were true that an arrest had
been made, he said:
No arrest has been made yet. We simply
have taken a woman into custody. She is
here early this morning. Beyond thar /
am unwilling to say at this time.
He declined at that time to reveal the
woman's name or anything further concern
ing her. In reply to another question he
said the district attorney was In HIS pri-
vate ONCE with the woman but was not
examining her. THE matter has not
reached the stage where we are ready to
examine the woman" he added. I'VE
merely are doing some preliminary work
before examining her. As soon as we have
examined her we will tell all there is to
tell about this"
Habeas Corpus Frees Suspect.
Later Attorney FenneIley, the lawyer re-
tanned by Mrs. Seth L. Payne, demanded to
see Miss Hutchinson. Superintendent Bull
denied that she was there. ~whereupoo Mr..
Fennelley obtained a writ of habeas corpus,
ordering Miss Hutchinson be produced in
court, on the ground that she was being IL
legally held for the murder Of Edwin T,
Burdick.
No defense was offered, and Miss Hutch
inson was released.
Superintendent Bull issued a statement,
saying that she had been at no tim tech
nically under arrest, although she was de-
tanned and questioned. He added:
Miss Marion Hutchinson was employed
as an extra clerk in Burdick's once, Her
nome was Formerly IN LOuuonI OhH sue -
a woman Of refinement and education. She
came to Buffalo last summer with her
mother and sister. Her father is dead"
A handkerchief played an important part
in the Identification. one not belonging to
anyone in the Burdick household was found
in the den after the tragedy.
As Miss Hutchinson sat in the ONCE she
was approached by Detective Cornish, who
asked her for her handkerchief. She gave
II up rather reluctantly. Then / stepped
into the outer once and took from my
drawer a handkerchief which had been
concealed there. II was taken into the
inner Once, laid on a table and carefully
examined by District Attorney Coatsworth
and myself. and compared with the one
taken from the woman.
The woman was taen put through a
searching eross-examination. l am conf
dent the mystery OF the Burdick murder
has been solved. and hat complete proof
will be forthcoming.