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tiorrs iv\* .* : v*,.. . ■ , ' ■ • , i. - V , ,t , .*. j'- »■ J =» *.. • -■apt®:;. nessness Was Mistaken.’ vr- ’’ * j K1*’/^► m. m.M *vr-rifc;'.• . : » I:.'-IfNEW ALIBI ACCOUNTS FOR ALL OF THE GIRL’S'TIME.% i k *4v;'.e*.‘I^r A. • •*t} l ;• -W: •.Will .Show Where She• 1 '■ ' .Was Between 5 and 11 P. M.On Day.of Murder.;•vrV-, i, ? ¥/ *vti1fI£Ifi03. • ' ' '^Npeter Bielcoan^ a clerk in the Surro-■///.' Ka-fete *o®ce in Brooklyn, will testify ::X[ ’$r1\unSe?- oath that Florence Burns, ac-:%5 cused ot the murder of her sweetheart, Walter T‘ -Brooks, wa-s 'not a passenger ? on the train which .^reached the Beverley vte' ?' Hoad station, Flatbsh, at 11.40 o'clock on ti*p flight Brooks was shot in Room 12 of tS^e Glen Island tEtotel. Arthur C. Weibles, .conductor of «the train which left the Brooklyn Bridge station at tL’IS Ja o'clock, has testified that Miss Burris was on the £jcaln and identified her in* . * 4 , * * . *open court,Mr. Bielm an visited the offioe of Foster,'!*. Backus* cotmsel for the girl, yesterday tand matfe a long- statement. He lives at Avenue C, Fltbush, one block below the Beverley Koad, and knows | PMiss Burns well,sHe hoarded WeiVles’s train that Fri-M • . . *i BV:; daynig-ht at the I^latbush avenue sta-,J~? *ion and sat in the* rear car, about inthe middle. WeibJes ^stifled that Miss Burns sat in the rear lt;V-r three or four seats from the front doot.SKi'V-'' ; Not j many (passengers weco in the car in .. ■■;■■■ -lind Mr. Biel man is. confident that Miss in ; ; Bums was' not among them. Xe remem- an/• bers; :the tnip distinctly because of the inifeA .' ; loveisiike condiiofc of a youngr cour)ie wrho|.br.Sat; just about the. place wSbere .the, con* uctolt;r -says Miss Buqms sa't. This coih^e»'•. £fr. '• Bleaman,; says,’' wore • particularllK‘ .‘spoonypf' -'and their, actions attracted the attention of nearly every otfher -pas-'' •. fcehger Inrthb jcar. , ... i; •:~. ,v : - Mr.; Bielmah js absolutely certain, heii . !■ •St- \ ffi*hP'tcrl-b*alb€IMfef )i told . Mr. Backus, that * Miss Burns ’wasH)not In the car, and consequently did not • ret-off .{at Beverley road. The lover-:h like coup-le left the car at that station§fc\:\-:: and iwerg the first passengers to alight.■He'-watched them leave the car and ftlso thelt; other passengers who alighted at that point.to Be Q'tiestioned., The fact that Conduotor Weibles has given sworn testimony to the reverseSf his statement does not worry Mr. J rea Helman. He gave Mr. Backus the names of some of tihe other passengers ^ . .. on .the oar,.and if any of these, know,Miss Barns' they will be called to cor-: roborate Mr. Bielman's testimony.One of the reasons District-Attorney Jerome wants io examine -the father, mother sand* sisrfcer of *the accused ffirl isofTibithe♦ »»v* •BflovThetha*• »mUn Seem favlt; the. beli( sibllt; precTh•i . •lt;tjion:to . question' Mins.; Burns and Gfafiys pc.--.; - Burns about a remark the mother is al-S#*uv • tofyed to. have made at the time ..the -de-tectives visited -the Bums • Sdme to place £F^orenee. under-arrest. .•»,.V v One of the detectives told the Blslflct--‘Attorney'- that’• wh en he' informed Mrs; Birrns of t'he. cause-of.. the arrest the mother turned to her'younger daughter and exclaimed excitedly: ■. i - -Gladys, your sister is-a murderess!'* When Mr. Backus was asked .about this vesterday afternoon, Ihe said: 'V,v.......’^‘Those detectives seem to ^be an hon-M-;: estv:;.f6ir-mfoded lot- of men, .and I• do ^^■■:-'?;nbt'“ believe- any of them' would make | licaiBC.......... theiienj alibi befng offered. ~ This alibi. Mr. both .Backus - intimated yesterday, w;ill be considerably stronger than was at first Divii hoped for, as 4t will account for nearly every moment of the girl’s-time* on Friday, Feb. 14, from 5 to 11 P. M., and prove conclusively that the girl could not have been, in the Glen Island -Hotel With Brooks. ' ' \ ’:lfi Wants S ta±e*« D epoaitloiis.• ii^iree' of ttve- witnesses, .wlhom Mr. E^cKus1 intended to call for the defensent;;• , *. • ^ •• ?such a statement-*1 •The statement made by Bielman and other - witnesses discovered within the past twenty-four hours will result inin, I ' V • • •**ir«V;. • ■ ’'*«V * i • .'.i'rrf,I-i */ j ' .r Ja- night. watchman employed' p^ct Wrk South. (Mushlitt, while pass-ing' the Bums house at 8 o’clock the►V Vii'.;i . ' i .. . 1 •: . s-n i. ^ :• • ».* tfV V.‘ .1 v.tl « I•jr -f...v# ’4i ■ --\X :j?5:;; • *i i^- • • ■''O . »V~U\*. ,* r;■ -i* •t BrOoks was shot, saw a young ^ man on the : veranda wfliom he tlhbUg»ht. at the time was {Florence ©urns, and he is still sure it wias the accused , girl, Gladys Bums, the younger. ster, has the same unusual fair' Colortog^ thsat ia the chief characteristic of ^Florence, and on.'ttais ac-,:;t s ooimt ^Hihe wattfhrnian wild not swear v£V- (positively ,-that the girl ihe thought was . Florence was really the accused girl.MTftie deposition made by a person like : the' waftKjhin^n,’ * said Mr. ©cucktis,'1 ‘goes to show why, in fairness, the Distirict-Attorney should give me copies of all itfhe depositions he takes and not merely thc«e of tihe witnesses he intemds ■ to?Iace .on the stand. I have ho douibt the Jistriofc-Attorney, 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/* o ■ , ;y. • - ‘rHkve you reached any decision with Sjvv:v::-v;Mr.;'?l«ta«' 'relative -to ihis examining ■ the bamitsv and sister of -the girl?”il.w.W;0.»rt*z‘y.V *.rr ■■ :v,“Have ,’y-9ti! agreed / to concede that fcs..*?** anss Bums aaid -Brooks were snot husband and wife?”rx* 1.^ks\:}■■ *Not yet'*“W4U you jg details of the defense?”I;;/-/. -i-.y3 S^■:S: ‘ ’ r.‘■ .* '' 'V ' lt;■ • ► .Will you go dnito amy of the specific ial'ls ^No.”.. CrltlduM Jerome,•Here Mr. -Backus sharpily criticised the methods of Mr. Jenome. (He Jieid the Bis trio t-iAttjotnntey treaponfsdble for thefllcation of a ^tory to the effect that so raV. Bums; was in a dellcaJte condition, that ttihatit was ’because lt;of .tthlis she killed dayto ta/vemge lt;herself noon llhe man incidekeep this promise to marry fact 1•; !:n j t 4ate 1ds not In a delicme ■ condi- had cforg-givej entiicratineitlrecoiMcLiothe:LauiMr.tion3Ilt;ft’ Ser Mr/:as y tion ur4a: the lt;beinj ate. and lutio ohar; a me. untrt to re body, entit body pro.ee Sen resol ”W Soutl the f Seraal imprlt; vote of pe Spain Wi phati tor;Privii inves of th sendOn hiMor on PImAft(PhiliT5'i y. * k « ■* s | -^-rlt,yesterday, and later j.^osslt• ptoyeiid late:- debatimadB -r'ant emphatic statement to the uUUeffect. Mrs,. O’Brien, matron otf otherwomen'e - prison, also aeolaired the drels. statement aJboic t - tihe girl to be untrue.* . **W1Warden Flyn-’U denounced-'as a falseihood heard-'«he: report that the was fallowed ,to? ceivin,’aitmdaw be-' andr.e: and the man elexercdae;.. daily la-. theCause ; of, er . ;cocnd2tioiulate on on themin the special rr__ of It. . 1 • * 4-AC_ __^uaTsaad ‘that^df neoeseary, he Ddr. 1; iWoiifd oonsent -to; Miss Bums' being kept drown WIn the;for ‘ any length of time to: ©ulbllc ^prove'the fsalslty- of-the;report.vj^ v'.vi r, The court 'prooeedingB, .wiMoh wuwtu to-.mortnow at.10 A. M.’ because xMr. Backus £rom- -------— * ■order.' set ( Dieted why 1wasv.unaible^B ted in to the BrooK-; “The ;©outh Presid the'ck_Ther ■TurneiW^ pouring i^at#w^^/bomes \that;.(the;8'lrl
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