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T LOPE,It Up,10on the floor of No, 06 hurry-wlthoute brew-containv’hlch is Brook-ares of UnitedYoung IVIan Had WrongedHer as He Had Miss Burns,New Witness Declares.to the ' Co.. tried ita mem-then a in, ap-dts, but ope hiscrying.*om the a loanI, said ither he±”-DER.EatenTWO[»CH.William ival At-.nd who Dresden visi'ts toes he Ishe, and formalen here d dined y-seven idienceS t of the jxtraor-ind hasti everyIce the partilcs, n Com-. calledCIDE.r Hns-lliot e.HE MET HER TWICEON DAY OF MURDER,She Confessed to Her Family and . Swore to Kill Herself if EverSuspected9.—Just 3t. Anon bis pon her ii* from vas her ledalled th tow-.e. Shei grave weapon second : brain.IICK.(nt thesey, , a 100, at cluster placed seven,Gava-he had Jurnsey 3 tihcy nd the in’t be j Coney ed, and a WestStatements which may prove to bo a solution of the mystery surrounding the murder of Walter T. -Brooks in room 12 of the Glen Island Hotel on the night of Feb. 14 were made yesterday by a man who wishes for the present to keep his identity from the public.This man makes the astonishing statement that Brooks was Idled by «*yoniig: woman living- in Newark who bad been wronged by Brooks.The greatest care has been taken by her family to prevent any of the facts reaching outsiders, for the reason thatthe young* woman ban solemnly taken an oath to Kill herself the minute she Icarus that police officers are searching for her In connection with the brook.* murder.The man's statement is this:On the morning of Friday, Feb. 14, Brooks received a letter from the young* woman asking him to meet her in Newark that afternoon. Brooks met a young woman in the Newark station of the Delaware, iLaclcawanna and Western road that afternoon, according to thesworn testimony of his partner, Harry Cohen,Had Promised to Marry Her.Brooks, accorling to the statement, had promised to marry the young woman, just as he had promised Florence (Burns, and, as In the latter’s case, had taken the i Newark girl to a minister whp refused to marry them,. Brooks, it is declared, had - previously seen the •minister and had told Tilm that lie was under twenty-one years of age, and that 'his parents vigorously opposed his marrying anybody because of his youth.The Newark girl dresses fashionably, is tall, slender and carries herself gracefully. She is described as having a long, thin face and a dark complexion. George Washington, the negro bell boy at the hotel, originally described the woman who was with Brooks as having a long, thin nose and as being what you would not call a clear white person.” This girl had, according to the statement, previously resolved to kilj Brooks because of his treatment of her and had taken her brother's pistol for that purpose. She hail also planned to Kill her«el£ with poison ami bad1 obtained a small quantity of chloral on the morning of Friday, Feb. 34.met her t]mt afternoon in Newark it is asserted that he triedto induce her to .go to a hotel with-himc refused, but agreed to meet him that; evening in Newark. Brooks told her that he had an important business engagement in New York and would return to Newark as soon as he had disposed of Jt.He did not know that Florence Burns was in his office waiting for him, it is ? and sot rid o£ her shortly afterAiMfHi;th(TovieReweriimimlt;Tcfure:grthsoP*toriltirUriisoIcjEihiW(St:efi•howeofhetbaf0lt;Vi!he03!hlt;ciwCwsc or,»**an£ e°, rid of her shortly after 8.30 P. M. Brooks got back to NewarkO!at 7.45 P. M., it is declared, met the girl and took her to dinner.allowed l ConeyRIB.Resultold, of sterday another sudden Dut and nst thejar. It ed the live, deaf in of one lyzed.P.lanho.loet lost Mown lt;et was stri-ansred.misPnpeX’ol. 9 7.,...11 I 1»...* 9 4 ? 0 11 9itiruit ,••..13 flus-,. 7 8 .....10 7..... 9 1..... » 6 ..... 9 «...•« 9 fi « 77»♦♦». 9 9 ...... i 7..... »”*..... 9' shil'iv 9 8 —Ft- ■3 iMAieis r...... 8 7..;..io b* toor'toV:'.^*.*-•*'9$-Deft Newark by Trolley,The couple left the restaurant at 8.30\ to9k a trolley car for Jersey City, landing in New York at the foot of Cortlandt street at 0.35 JC M. Thev went to the Glen Island Hotel,• TW8 S!rI„had, Previously been to the notei with Brooks, and, it is alleged, was known to John Earl, the night clerk, and to the proprietor of the hotel, Gus Quick. Mr. Qpick was not about the hotel that night, and Earl declares that he didn’t notice the woman who arrived with Brooks. Earl also declares it was 9 P. M. when Brooks and his companion arrived, while the man who makes the statement Is positive the couple did not get there until after 9,35 P. M.The girl, it .is declared, .meant toshoot Brooks soon after they enteredthe room, but her nerve failed‘her. Then she ordered a bottle of lemon soda and gave Brooks a portion of it, puting some of the chloral in his glass.The chloral, it Is (lectured,quickly operated upon him,..anil:ivben lie fell into a sleep the girl,it is alleged, shot him. She thenturned the weapon upon her self,but her nerve failed her, and sliefled from the room and reachedthe street without her departurehaving been observed. r'She went to the Pennsylvania ferry-house, and while crossing the North River threw the pistol and the chloral overboard. She' reached her home in Newark before midnight.Threat to Commit Suicide, —trTtct!ar.The girl was in a highly^ wrought-iipidcondition when she arrived there, an*, before retiring that night told of what had happened to several members of her; family. She also told them that' the minute she found she was suspected she •would commit suicide. She has been watched carefully by her family since then. -The county detectives and Central Office detectives have seen many, young women in Newark with whom Bi'ooks was on terms of close friendship,-hut the young woman mentioned in the statement made yesterday has never been- questioned by the police, . \ ;The Burns family, consisting* of-themother, father, daughters Gladys and Florence, who was originally \ charged with having murdered Brooks, are/liv-IT IV11 I'W 1 * ***** *** M* MW* u . ni V’ *• 4 V,*- .1ing in a small boarding-house, in Union I I-lfll, N. J,‘ They have been this house for. a week. Prior .to that they ;■ boarded in aiiothar house in Union; Hill / a -few blocks away.- . • ■ ; • :.v\: \ lt;jWilliam. Eyre; better: knownT^as; U FattyYEyrei who testified against a , Burns Yt; the'f.recent *hea.rtng.?.;before - tdj^ldh;^a^^ari?e^f‘disordedy.fe(»©-*fflwseasfeit
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Thu, Apr 10, 1902
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