Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-24
Says Detectives
 Got Her Drunk
ACCUSES THEM OF FRAMING
 HER CONFESSION.
MRS. BUFFUMs STORY
Woman Charged with Poisoning Her Husband Repudiates Previous State
 ment-Detectives Posed as Friends.

Little Valley, N. T.. Feb .>s.-Pat- rick Collins, attorney for Mrs Cynthia Buffum. on trial for the alleged mur- der of her husband, called the peoples case late this afternoon and succeeded in placing Mrs. Buffum on the stand to tell her story of how the alleged confessions which the prosecution sought to place in evidence were se- cured.
 The woman now has an opportunity to tell all the circumstances by which private detectives employed by Spe- cial Prosecutor Cole, then district at torney, secured from her signed state ments admitting that she gave poison to her husband. Attorney Collins told the court he was prepared to prove that the statements had been obtained under threat. by the use of whiskey and opiates and other methods con- trary to statute
 Ready to Prove Charges.
 When MT. Cole moved to place in evidence a preliminary statement from Mrs Bufrum. taken down by his stem ographer, MT Collins objected. A half hours verbal battle ensued, Justice Brown finally holding that if MT. Col nns had proof why the statements should not be admitted, he could show cause.
 T am ready to prove the charges right now" said Mir. Collins. and he
 
 stand The crowded court room be- came tense with excitement. Mrs. Buffum's Story.
 Mir. Cole objected vigorously. but the woman was allowed to begin with her story. She had not finished when court adjourned for the day.
 "On November 1S,' said Mrs Buff fun, Miss Stone, whom l did not know then was a detective said that Frank Morris had called up and said that I should go to Buffalo. He had | information that would help me. Mor- ris' real name was Oppenheimer and he is a detective. He posed as my friend I went to Buffalo to a cafe, ar irving there at s.45 that morning.
 Detectives Got Her Drunk. MT. Morris was joined by a man | known to me as Thomas Ford. MT Ford is the manager of a private de- l tective agency. His real name IS 1 Thomas O'Grady. MT. Morris ordere ' two whiskies for me and we had lunch 1 We stayed in the cafe until l was | drunk It was close to midnight when we left
 They were talking to me all day ! long as my friends They told me thai : District Attorney Cole was building d l stone wall about me and outlined 2 plan for me to follow, l was to make + a statement that I had accidentally 1 spilled into the milk and food at mS husbands place at the table some ol the water off fly paper which contained poison.
 1 Predicted Husband's Death.
 'aThey told me that I should say | that and everything would be all right | They told me they were watching Cols 1 for me and they called him foul names | I came back to Little Valley and made the statement they had planned fol me. They kept me in Buffalo at : hotel over night The statement made was not true"
 Mrs. Buffum will take the witness stand again tomorrow
 During the day her sister. Mrs. Wes- l ley Buffum, Sr.. and her daughters were on the stand testifying to re- marks which Mrs. Buffum had mad' predicting the death of her husband three months after the death of th' boy Norris, and predicting again th' death of her daughter Laura after he husbands death. Each had the sam' | symptoms.