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mBURNS GIRL FACESACCUSERS Ml.icht All Ger-District - Attorney Examines Many Witnesses to Help Prosecution’s Case.ED FORGETS A LONG STATEMENT FROM MISS BURNS’ RIVAL.“ Frat Do/us Some MoreMr. Jerome Will Not Admit That Conductor Weibles Testimony Is Offset by Bielman's Statement.is to behis cotrn-Nearly -a dozen witnesses were exam-in the District“Attorney’s officern7fhJy6Sterday ln a flnal affort t0 strengthen an frL the Prosecution's case against Florence ’ ' Burns, the .young girl accused of themurder of Walter T. Brooks.The court examination before Justice Mayer will be resumed -to-day at 10 A. M. and an effort will be made .to com-’OHICA Ross,” t ber soon Poor Cla Rosa Milt;of BosfKamkak* left for A. Mors Minnie Jnen, and sciplinedan is aipany it.perfect, l-of-war, Sern be-on board£ these.tldersee, Prince kitchenr a little |v ' eiiort will be made .to com-shaven. Plete It by t/his evening.. The District-German I Attorney expects that the girl wih be held for.tihe Grand Jury, and he believes the evidence already gathered is sufficiently strong to warrant an indictment.Peter Bielman, t-he resident of Flat-bush who declares Florence (Burns was not on Conductor Weible’s train the night of the shooting, and William H.ia ?vih*p Mush1 i11, the watchman w.bo thinks heieat and faw lhe rl standing on the porch ofrded as h^r home at 8 -P. M, that Friday night,barters. I were among the witnesses called to the District-Attorney’s office.Ruth Dunn, of Sixth avenue and Tenth street, Brooklyn, to whom Brooks was paying attentions when he was trying to get rid of Miss Burns, was examined at great length by Assistant District-Attorneys Schurman and Krotellate in the afternoon.Miss Dunn told them that Brooks had said that he was having trouble with Miss Burns because of U»v hot temper. /N,‘J..Sweciflc Lh,reat against Brooks hudMiss ] middle lt;While I.churchenter a Clares, and edult; she had $1,500. Sowned $refused . It was vent tha that she champagTHIEVrapid-e bow. and are Is. Two ! on theMrs. AnMa level ite bailing his am the in with •ugh to Is one he ves-of pic-I’mself / uVtUi' isrooKs Hud'’,rl asin one on the an Au* famous Mobile*e solid :hts of is fin-solidity i of aeen ly-watch no not mitted grplank North y, and r's or-Rrnnt/ * Butler, who recommendedhot??!? !n w r.S'^ H1 tcheock’s boarding-SninSw V ™st Forty-second- street, re-fn h,?L Florence Burns going therec£kwas aJs° examined by Mr. Schurman^ and Mr. Krotel. Butler de-?n?r£eolt;v ei knewl nothing about Brooks’sS n K«‘a that he on,y knew h,mGlared tw E? way* „ Butler also de-notorinS not a meniber °£ theuP u H Bedford avenue “gang” of leaders ° Was Sa,d to be one of theMotive for Crinte to Be Shown.win he e??™cnfcfd th^ SGveral witnessesT?id 0n the stand to-day to show that Florence Burns bitterlv rp-n?p fv? t epintention of Brooks to break off their friendship and that she had#farry8her. t0 k,M-' hhn''1£he®avihff I' ^f^J-Attorney would not admit always tJiat lhe evidence of Conductorofficers offset by the statements ofr_etu™: „ !,lt;?!!sLhJ!'?..La“,er declareddiscip-of thethe abso:u,tely SfrTwlS3 until I Weibles’s train. Mushlitt’s tes-e until £ weroies s train. Mushlitt’s tes-shrill of comparatively little value inlat the f* £eH?e,niPff l‘hG alibi of the defense,be is not sure the woman he saw on’owded n:i«S5n? A;8 Florence Burns.to see I f7in^,stAGAttorney eJr-ome said yester-itivity [ ,b.e would not furnish Mr.more of Thi Positions- of anyoffice witnesses examined' in hisin them the ehi inAIN.JS ofmry’s ching had mid-3retsi-e duo ^rdayMrs. AWilliam ibethportthroughdied. latlt;home onof consulbeen maishort tim figure at race trac She dro home of T nett, at Iand it washe was s suited in proven to ened cond Mias Ben and Mrs. home. T moned, bu Moses H. affairs dUT charge of relatives soon as 1 make arra It was { William Sclerk In 33! her glittei tered whei ticularly a the stroni nished for in West I tained her before dk forced hin tlve. The ■ Hart’s per two vanlos also seized which was the seizure appearance Horse Sho1'KRUCtime.lours.I his Jalti-new Bal-by awagminghadsach-Boer Del wMessrs. . the Boer c whom ba\ yesterdayHolland-Ai were metie tojam,t to and I. A ided car. Bu-Theandrry-ap-InceleftTherentthehisnanthesrE.vesof»akIte.valnd.ar-.nd.'dym-*edhe,lt;inryir-ofiV.ar,ok:e-cLd:311alGirFs I^ninlly h-iih Xot Fled.I tl was denied in Mr. Backus's office yesterday that the Burns family had,thiIr Flat bush home to nff subPoenaed by the Dis-Snfm? If' 'ti1 'vas alleged therather, -mother and sister bad gone tothe house of a friend for' the purposeof escaping the attentions of curiouspersons. Mrs. Burns has been made111 by the misfortunes of her daughter,and It was deemed best to place berwnero sho would be protected •againstannoyance..Let ter-writing cranks have sprung up from many, quarters, and every day the girl prisoner receives several letters in the Tombs. J^hese she has turned over to Mr. Buskus. One which came ves-. ,.w.-terday was- written with red ink. The dent Ivruglt; writer said.it was written with his Life- Together blood, that h-e had killed Brooks after a} rived on1 desperate fight-and that he intennded Messrs.i *.,him®elf. The full contents of enter into this letter were not revealed -by Mr. Boee/Backus, as it contained some facts rP; ®0l.n which could only be known by a per- v,son having an intimate knowledge of aPP orFa?V the chief figures in the case. It is pos- side of sible that some of the information given from Boer in the letter may be of service to the secretary ■ defense. rived withIsidore ICatz, a butcher at No. 96 The part Orange street, Newark, has a check davs and •for $11.75 given him, he says, by Mr. Washimrfm Wells, the partner of young Brooks.The check, he says, was - marked “no ■=/■*! wPP. funds’ w-hem presented for payment at|,,int Kruglt; the bank it was drawn on. It was was dec stated the check and another one, which I here. They was dis»honored, bad been given Mr. [dent Kruge Katz by a woman whom Brooks had been maiwtainipg in Newark, a/nd that the woman threatened, in the presence of Katz a short time before Brooks was shot, to he revenged upon the latter.Katz declare® no woman figured in the transaction, 'but that the-checks were given him by Mr. Wells, wdth whom he Is well acquainted. Katz said last night:“It’s not ture -that the checks were given to me by a woman, They were both given b-y Walls. The first one was drawn on-Jan. 14 to Wells's order, and it an was signed i by .Brooks Well^. It was a?‘for. only $4, but it was hot 'honored. The 15f,?«l, ad ~£next one came son afterward, for $10. 1 seven vearK It was dis*honoredt and when I spoke to Well® he said that it was a mistake and he tore fhat check , up and made me another one $11.57^the $1.57 to pay the protest fees. That was also dishonored, and, when I told the maker of it he said that somebody had forged his firm’s naem;and: cheeked out $700. which left their account short.v?e,,,aaked^^ me •not to press him, and said if I would waif he’d take up one of the checks- to-morrow. I also got word to-day.that if.I went to the house of /Mrs. Brooks to-morrow that she would: take up -the checks.”A mysterious stranger who wouia notg ve his .name called) upon Katz last,und -10¥ Hm, ,f he wourd bring \ An»bns»acl« the dishonored checks to Foley's saloon opposite the, Criminal Court/Building at 9.30 A. M. to-day he would redeem them.Katz promised to meet him.trere.Brooks’s friends have declared.that he was not in any money troubles whena?J^ld K he might-not havekilled himself because of financial entanglement's/ - ■ - •Yale Student Tlieall Spenka H iff lily■ at' the .Burns Girl. , . \HOPESAged WoiTwent;Arnst Fi by a farmei to his mot Brooklyn, tlSince 1875 ceived a m old and fe daughter, is home of an lier. at No;The aged by a firienc tire West tlingly wealt painting esi branches in anxious'to iPORTE4Io:Gen. HonAmbassadorAmerica in tthe. invitatic the centenni ihg'of! the tl emy at Wes It is the- ii
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