The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
MISTAKEN ARREST IN BUFFALO
POLICE QUESTION MISS HUTCHIN-
son AND LET HER GO.

Meets the Lone woman Near Tnefo
and Later q Business Man ID Accested
by Lone Woman some blocks Away
Police Suspect the Three were One
and That She Murdered Burdick.
BUFFALO, March marian W. Hutchin-
son, q good-looking and neatly dressed
young woman, who was In the employ OF
Edwin l.. Burdick until january. was taken
from her boarding house at 10 West Tupper
street. early this morning, and brought
to Police Headquarters. Seven policemen
we're devoted to the task and they SUR
rounded the house as though there was
to be at last an arrest in the Burdick muir
der mystery. The proceeding caused .
great hullabaloo. and IL was not until 10
o'clock. two hours after Miss Hutchinson's
arrival at headquarters. that Supt, Bull an
nounced that she was not under arrest. but
was merely detained to be questioned -
to her knowledge Of the dead man and the
murder.
Attorney Philip v. Fennelly, who 10 ooun-
sel for Mrs. Gertrude B. Paine. appears 20
desire monopoly in the Burdick case. for
at II o'clock he bobbed up a. counsel for
Miss Hutchinson. Mr.. Fennelly sent word
to Supt Bull that he wished to see Mlas
Hutchinson. having been retained by bsr
sister Florence. The superintendent ~
fused the request and Mr.. Fennelly went
quickly to Justice Truman O. White Of The
Supreme Court. Justice White told ths
lawyer to find out whether Mise Hutchin-
son was under arrest, and just a. Fennsaly
telephoned to him from Police Headquar-
tiers TINT she was not under arrest the
polics notified Mr.. Fennelly that Miss
Hutchinson was free to 60. She went
away with her lawyer and her sister. pur-
sued at no great distance by the oamssa
experts Of the saffron newspapers.
Miss Hutchinson Ia a mild-spokcn young
woman and she did not appear very In
dignant over the detention.
1T was q gross injustice che said my
only connection with the case was that /
accepted a temporary position with Mr.
Burdick."
District Attorney Coatsworth has this
70 say about the examination OF Miss
Hutchinson:
what seemed TO he reliable information
having reached the police department last
evening that certain young woman living
in this city might have some valuable
information concerning the murder OF
Edwin l.. Burdick. we requested this wo-
man TO come TO police headquarters this
morning and give any information she
might have. She came and made a state
a,ais AZ requested. '.slse Was NJ no tarne
under arrest
The information referred to by Mr..
Coatsworth came to the police very late
last night, and the informant was the hack
mar, who must be known temporarily a.
joey his surname being withheld. not for
family reasons. but for police business,
Joey is a nighthawk who wheels about
the downtown district. The police know
him quite we'll and say that his story Il
true. He told II first to Detective Cornish,
who told it TO Capt Kilroy. who told IL to
the Chief OF Detectives.
Joey says that at about midnight on the
Thursday Of the tragedy he picked UP
three persons at the corner Of Main and
Eagle streets. a man. a middle-aged woman
and a woman about IS years old. joey
woman. He IL a better judge Of weight
and he thinks she would approach 100
pounds. She had rcd hair. cer FRIED a satchel.
wore dark gloves and. as joey remembers
it, had light collar on her coat. She
was well built and fairly tall.
Joey drove the three persons out Main
street to Summer street where the man
and older wbman alighted. The young
woman stayed in the carriage and told
Joey to drive her to the corner Of Ashland
avenue and Summer street. As he drove
away the man and older woman walked
UP Main street. When Joey pulled up
AT the corner Of Ashland avenue and Sum.
mer street the young woman already had
the hack door opan. She sprang out. seem
ingly agitated. nervous and In great haste.
She had her satc 'el In her hand and shs
dropped "A glove on the sidewalk. but ~
covered II before Joey could pick IL up
and wac walking quickly up the avenue.
A, sppru simately the same time another
hackrnan. Buster Delahunt. was letting
down a man at th" corner ~ Ashland aveaus
an 4 Bryant -irs.t. just a block from where
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