The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
KILLER is HELD.
Examination of Wound in the
Head of Edwards.
Shows 1t Was Possible for Him
to Have Fired the Shot.
A WILL WAS LEFT
BY the Mother of the Two
Hitler Brothers.
It Is in a Safe and the Key Is
Lost.
WILL WAS LEFT

New Haven, Jan. Coroner Mix to-
day announced that A AIaxcy Hitler
would be detained for an indefinite per
iod under close guard of the police. He
also said that his report in the Edwards
murder case might not reach the state
attorneys office for several days. The
body of Edwards was ernhafrneI toiay
and sent to New York, where it will be
buried in Woodlawn cemetery.
BY instruction of the coroner. the
overhauling of the Hitler homestead by
workmen has been stopped. The police
are confident that the pistol used 10 kin
Edwards was not left in the Hitler house
and they are at a loss for a theory as to
its disposition.
1t has been learned that the sight
watchman at the graduates GLIB On
Elm street, short distance around the
corner from the Hitler homestead heard
pistol shot on the night of the tragedy
at about a. m. Mrs. Maxcy Hitler to-
day expressed absolute confidence in the
Innocence Of her husband. Mr. Arvine
counsel for Hitler, said that no writ of
habeas corpus would be asked for while
his client was in detention under the
coroners orders. He said further that
Mr.. Hitler could have no motive for kill
ing Mr.. Edwards as the latter was not
an heir to the property of Mrs. Abigail
Hitler and his death would not in any
way help Mr.. Hitler.
Still in Doubt.
New Haven, Conn, Jan. with a
police officer on duty at his house. A.
Maxcy Hitler, who was detained tenn
porarlly as a witness last evening, dur
ing the corOner'S investigation of the
death of his brother-in-Iaw, Charles A.
Ed wards n Natsr a11 cd
to pass the night at his own residence,
in Temple street. The long examina-
ton to which both Mr.. Hitler and his
brother, Judge Charles A. Hitler, were
subjected by the coroner yesterday,
told on both men, but was particular
ly evident in the case Of A. Maxcy Hill
Ter
When early in the evening the coroner
ordered an adjournment Of the inquest
for dinner, Judge E 7i6e was permitted
to return to the family homestead on
College street, where the tragedy occur
red while A. Maxcy Filler was sent to
police headquarters. The latter then
nearly broke down from nervous excite
ment, but two hours later had recovered
his composure to a great extent. The
detention Of Mr.. Miller was followed by
an explanation from Coroner Mix. to
the effect that Hitler was only held as
a witness and that there was no charge
against him. When about midnight
two detectives and policeman, Coroner
Mix again declared tha- he was not un-
der arrest
The coroner refused to give any inti-
nation as to what evidence developed
during yesterdays proceedings, but it
is understood that the inquiry was
largely into the family financial affairs
and the relations existing between A.
Maxcy Hitler and his brother-in-law.
There Is a VIII.
A Maxcy Hitler acted as legal and
financial adviser of his mother. He
said yesterday he believed she left a
will, but he declared he did not draw
up the document. Mr.. Hitler expressed
the opinion that the will will be found
in an old safe at the Hitler home
stead. The key of this safe, he said,
had been missing since the death of
his mother, two months ago.
Although the report of the medical
examiner, DR.. c. J. Bartlett, who con-
Quoted the autopsy yesterday, has not
been given out, it is said that the ex-
animation of the body in itself did not
throw any light upon the question
whether the case was one of murder
or suicide. The course of the bullet,
which entered the head through the
upper part of the left ear and stopped
just beneath the top of the skull,
showed that it was fired at an angle,
probably. 1t was possible, it was said,
for a man to have inflicted such
wound upon himself