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► H'V *If .;; District-Alt* ;ney Wants Ac-cused Girl’s Father totell of Pistol,^V: ; JEROME SAYS HE WAS R^.^itQ0 LENIENT WITH HIM.^ • v- ■Slayer of Young Brooks *%%•• ti^Ohs Indifferently to Testimony_ j __ _ _llte-' '■■'tv °fState’s Witnesses,J-**1 Tt; /Bid the.-pistol which was used to kill Walter S. Brooks belong to Fred Burns, :^.th®r of Florence Burns, the nineteen-ye^r-oid girl accused of-the crime? To this question District-Attorney wants to examine Mr. Burns, to be able to question thel©!IS3tI10r* :^ter4ay- morning In the Crlm-Co art ,'b u ild i n g .when the examlna-1 '’t^ie accused girl was resumed■ •Ph;sK ^eicuyes. have reported y|^^::;^rns.f6r. a’’ number .of years■’ revolver. The bullet ^ Jsfndm'’the brain of thfl dond m.had a 32-W;... removed*°^in oi the dead man was ot j^^k.calibrte.. Mr. Burns has often acred as«vvii.ii wnicn rsrooics wasjh^he Glen Island Hotel has never ^ -;lt;:ibeen found.to Know.. wants to putU1 nn/1 DiiHin iwitnesses of Washington,if^V^:.;hleb,;the Brooklyn “L” conductor. \°otthe day did she betray the f,a^x'leb'' Her demeanor was exactly that °f a person who had onlyA!*■/1, . .deal.,;, Once the negro Lell boy was told lM®fgKp0.raParc hGr Mature by fea-ture withwho was with Brooks inIS0V Her bat was pointed out, tnen^.' her hs.ir- hf*r PvohrAivoV • z ■ ’ —-O * ^ lk\7l Cl tu U]-UU Ulaway so that he could observo her Tt. Not once during all this, diid show the slightest enfbarrassment.Washington’s identification of the giri was, - practically torn to shreds at the ' iexamination by the admissions wmnf?Tv.•terdthe we aplac a nd, Ing nigi As soil and age.Tefxamination by the admissions wrung V Qspsh he insisted again and Miss Burns was the woman^'•S^v'hei:?aw': with .Brooks; in- the hotel.;gfeqf^rnIhff.#essionV'W1hibh..was held iin|the.;privat/ij/examihation room of theby Dis-_ an an-— hearers bysurprise.J; iui/i lt;V^Re. practically accused Lawyer BuckusoveTo in tc wit:T1sunclee-to z the the gioi blar ser\Cc cut ians a si Nur trar sevcin t-the annoyance of-being dog-f: fr^a^.and worried by detectives, but we.1^. r f'l ) #' V t M 1 f, M ■* ^ ^ 1 ^ -__ I f t I t f A MB rt m - _ _. -.Ti rou; are Ing atlji of ; two■'Wr;-v.:•...*?ncai,cu, ass. tuug na x am uisirict-Ai-^v-^'.v:-Jbfney- of this office. We will assume vVpl?:-.v.::.hereafter that the people are entitled tothut.must be respected. We wii! Vi .asl? for subpoenas against these wit-HfeK-.-v'^'fisaeS'.and. serve them In . the ordinaryBackus made an energetic denial charge that he -had placed the ' hid ing. To a AVorld reporterMrgBackus said::'VI V. 1- Burns contracted a severe cold 4-:^9^ays before^^Mr. Jerome spoke aboutSchurman conferrerl, but the ^:M.;/.';.girl!s^,dawyer ' refused to divulge thehAn f e ■ ftf. f T^lirnc fdmll.u T.ncf^^S^hbreabQuts of- the Burns family. Lastwith subpoenaes werethe Stnnd.*the negro bell •W*'M **■“»•' ttpess of the day. (Backus cross-examined him. A -li^^ereat jmany' questions about ^ otherhad shown to roomsout the-fact that: remember any*thihg appearance -‘of any of the ^^yonten/if^ese questions..were asked to ih^p^estvhis^hemory.Depmeroutthetoo.coneintetak(projFlBeaiN-onueComthisthethersaneB6alt;andBrocandoldforwitiwerthefeaisouipanaid-the ion wer secc sue IcomThe:out|MM^v^Th'ey:;.'tqld me to walk through • the 1»%mCftptain,s;room,,! saiid Washington, “and thesession, was held in the■iS^aUme Cuurt' Mr-EK#.^r%.wAtt - • fl » !• o n t,first saw her in the-sta-•' she in- .the -company, of »ll:tF^oth'er,/w^elt;n?“ , . -««N°.H^^aa^alled- in. to the Captain's Mi^Vi.-.i^m.i'again;^ ■ the two other womenhereyA11 -,three twere - standing in ^w.g^line.';- -^Miss'-vBurns. was - in. the -middle. tv»i,»nva-•-woman; on her left came up to lierjgggjtKe..'beH•• boy said he |a*n'd^Svas^in'-'the^-rcrom. at the.1 hotel with got ^.Brooks and. his companion-two or threeU VvilMtilAn.o ryA \ 1 mnlrArl -of tViAJjhihutes and looked; at the woman’s face ,tinJC. f: Justice Mayelt;rvpuUed out
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New York, New York, US
Thu, Feb 27, 1902
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