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‘Ip;*:-.'h 2m-si ■••••■ ^ '.'mm, ■ -w. J•'1:;►*TI-ft• .‘Vfe®5V Ui ihnk -M net* • i v ,I :*.,lt;••• * *Declares Prosecirlt;,v'• - \ 'iSv:U;‘»;'r ' /Vfe//- -...tidn-8; Most important Witness Was Mistaken,■\r-S:{tSV1**2 :'■ t'f .V/ =*:r '•* •!VX/-*.*.:u s.*NEW ALIBI ACCOUNTS FOI ALL OF THE GIRL'S’TIME.* •i {:J (1 • -jr.:;: l'{ij-4 to-.Witnesses Wifi Show Where . She Was Between 5. and IT P.On Day.of Murder,Tl• * : * ■ ■ ■■ | ...■m-K:: -'Slteter Bielman,. a' clerk In - the Burro--gafeCsoffice in Brooklyn, will testify W-\ unde? oath that Florence Burns, ac-•4‘f . -W -•\t }.V5/Senat-for t: PresldI®!t'V-». •Vir*V/ •■ferf*!*«.iL:cused oh the murder of her sweetheart,. , ■ i • ■ * ' ►/Walter Brooks, was not a passenger oh the train whidh .reached the Beverley Road station, Flatbhsh, at 11.40 o'clock on - ti*p night Brooks was shot In Room.I ’ffuilty 12 of tSjie Glen Island tffotel. Arthur C. J have Weibles, .conductor of «the train which I Sena te left the Brooklyn Bridge station at tLlBla c~ui o'clock, has' testified that Miss Bursis J It .lias was on the tbcaln and identified her in I fit, an open court.Mr. Bielmah visited the ofilae of Foster R. Backus j counsel for the girl, yesterday and mail© a long statement. He lives at Avenue, C, Flat bush, one blockUment i“It 1 hold ixbklow the -Beverley Road, and knows | p03itJoto gag•i. .lOjJrj'■- • j iMiss Bums well.He bokrded WeiVtes's train that Frl- j rJSht tdky night at the PVlatbush avenue sta- jbecomition and sat in the* rear* car,1 about In J all hisbeliove^ the middle. Weibles tided that Missj™*®ve ^s-Vv/'Burns' sat-ln the rear lt;h?.r three or four!1 u p ? ^ seats from; the front doot. I As t*r.- V ‘ • • ; !\Ta4‘. — — - (M XL. is . I in +h fn..Not I many passengers weco in the car [ In this ihd Mr. BieJmam^^ is. confident that Miss ( invltat: g v* Bums was not among them. Xe remem- land itsfi.-bens' -.-.the tnip distinctly because' of the l ing to: • lover-like conduct Oif a young coupi’e who }brave afe ..... ' ‘i -y'spoony,?' and ttielr actions attracted the attention of nearly/every other pas-aehger torthe .car. ... Mr. Bielman is absolutely certain, he told Mr. Backus, that1 Miss Burns was hot In.the car, and consequently did notget;/Off {at Beverley road. The lover-P’jilr:e couple left the. car at that station and iwere the first passengers to alight. •Hej watched them leave the car and also the* other passengers who alighted at that point.Mother to Be Q,uesttoned.Has Flutlo«(TV': 'WABB of red aI'.K. •Jc ribbon, 1, The fact that Conductor Wedbles has [ fu„ given’ sworn. testimony to the reverse*of his statement does not worry Mr. Blelman. Be gave Mr. Backus theread;t-fFor or “ilpr TChahnames of some ot the other passengers on * the car, u. and if any pf these, know,•Miss Burns they will be called to corroborate Mr. Bielman's testimony.. One of the treasons District-Attorney Jerome, »wanfcs to examine the father, mother And ■ slater of *the accilsed gir] Is to ;, question' Mrs. . Burns and ■; Glaays. There is ' Burns abbtrt a rcmmrik the another is • a!- - * lt;?nn;leged to. hare made at the time.the de- •“ *!/,•teotlves visited the Bttrns holme to ** place-Fkorence^ under arrest.Republflowers*Ti -in'lsberc- ... ... • .Senators-. Qne of the detectives told the District- faVor ho‘Attorney-'that when ho' informed Mrs; I noBurns of the. - cause ~ of- the arrest the I the dose mcither turned to her 'younger daughter believe tland - exclaimed excitedly: . - - , v •*Gladys, your sister is -a murderess I? I sfble unlt; IVhen Mr. Backus was asked about | precedent this yesterday Afternoon,the • said;I.*plan of ai ' Both Tsuch a sbatement{--The statement made by Bielman and other witnesses discovered within the... ,past twenty-four hours will result in I fhejr sea’ en? alibi being offered. This alibi, Mr. j both stooi (Backus intimated yesterday, :will be I when theconsiderably stronger than'was at first)Divine hi hoped for, as dt will account for nearly forgive oevery moment of the girl's .time*.on- Fri-1 given.-rientirely adsjy, Feb. 14, from 5 to 11 F, M.f and prove conclusively that the girl could) eratic aid not have been, in. the Glen Island Hotel I neither nWith Brooks. 1Waats State*« Deposition*.recognitioMcDaurinMree; of the, witnesses, .whom Mr. I j%ekus intended to call for the defense I ,vS mfifr.,mrATIA ‘‘ enlt;TVltVI/VnArl • frt . A44r,^ I '*ur* liumwane summoned to the District-Attor-1 it* * ziii1 noy?s offloe yesterday and Saturday.' with One of them was William CH. CMushlitt, e-.nlght .-watchman employed in Pros-Park South. tMhishlltt, whihSIcLanjSenatorPpct. Park South. (Mjushlltt, while pass-1 ihg .the Burns house at 8 o’clock the * uc-Llt;a-■'-I“My Det 3.I . • i ■'r-.« ■ ■'fnfetht Brdoks was shot, saw a young, vroman on the - veranda whom - he 'thought. at the time was . (Florence IBurns, and he is still sure iit was thej?r^aXv.^’ adcused , girl. Gladys Bums, the W 2younger. sister, has -the same unusual j ~fing' «oJl* * * * - 1 ate. i anootmt 'the watchman wild not swear i fcpositively .that tibe-girl he thought was) aFlorcsnce was really -the accused gltl.??The deposition made by a person like : the' waftch w, * * said Mr. Backus,’ “goes to show'why, in fairness, the Distirict-Attorney should give me copies of all the depositions he takes and not merely - those of the witnesses he intends ■ to place .on the stand, I have ho doubt the Distriofc-Ajttorney. has gathered many facts which wolud fit in with facts in my possession showing -the innocence of this young girl, -charged with murder in -the first degree; -and it is only. fair that these facts should be placed at the disposal of her counsel os well as the facts against her/* v -‘Have you reached any decision with Mr.'■• Jemoane relative -to ihis examining the jparents and sister of the girl?“No. ‘.V . ...“Have ,;yotT'.agreed :-to: concede thataiiss ’Bums and Brooks were not hue-band and:wife?”{/‘Not yet** ,“Will you go into any of the epecific I seJ?lt;3 p details of the defense? f. On motfc‘•No.' • *. '.• CiitlchiM Jerome,a member untrue the to remain body. In entitled tlt; body that proceeding Senator ; resolution j“Wherea South Car the floor c Senator fr improperlj'vote for t of peace b Spain; am Wherea phatieallytor; • “Resolve Privileges investigateof the salehi Mon wason Privile;IneldenAfter thi/ Here Mr. ’Backus sbanpily critficised the methods ef Mr. Jemme. (He held the ^striot^ttxmnley . trespo-npibd e . for ;the 'Philippines '11 cation of a ^tory to the effect that so much a ««; wa^in a ^eltoalte • condition, that an inc enu tot it was ’because of Phils she kilJed day which - W.en€re.'(herself, upon toman incident hefflTOO;ifaiiieahis pronuse to marry faet that 1^feBmks'is hot in a delicate• conii- tadQ^omeb ... gom : ^ Oaimpoeftl, tfae Toxnbsi _physi- debates to.girl.yesterday, • and later possible to' • — ^rien* mfltron: otf other robb.a2«o .doolaired the drels, 6te.tement girl -to be untrue.“Withinheax¥atoireport.4ihat ttoe giirt was.’-aHo.wcd ;torJceivihg one. *,t'*;'ax«rxhae;.. daily^dn;, the laundry be-' and of Tt •,v (He and the manely.*’VP* novor in the ’ Bator, wl T ^v^01i »!e«4aa on one of •t.e name o- tOf ,tim© to: .publican sioxder/^ w1 - • -wMoh :wene 6e,t uletS Mry^ostjpohed.: uoSil to- why to n ; , monpo w at.lO^Ai iM.:: because ^ Mr. Backus tfirom • Smtif'.adjournment o? caiSi ^ -%: k.pas*dnwasted in; ta rthe BrooS- 'S;; ^• ■♦j-'tilynv irvKirwT*?'■%.■’r-■ :•• .-V;v..... •. -Ana na®i ^i- ' • • •:;§w*t3i ;• Carol|AlflO|5^en'qc *■,‘*rt • •
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