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ESDAY, MARCH 4, 1902SAYS DRUG WASDr. Sweeney Declares that He Found Distinct Tracesof Chloral.KNOCK-OUT DROPS MAY HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED.Men and Women Acquaintances of Brooks and Miss Burns to Be Put on Stand.There Is every Indicnition that Walter S. Brooks, before ho was sihot to death In •the 'G-len Island Hotel, was drugged.This information was furnished to Assistant Distrlct-Attorneys Schurman and Kro'tel yesterday by Dr. J. W. Sweeney, who was first called to the hotel after the body of Brooks had .been discovered.According to Dr. iSweenej% there was a distinct odor of chloral about the mouth of the dying man, which would Indicate that knockout drops had beenadministered 'before ‘the fatal shot was fired.Dr. Johtnson and Dr. Beckwith, of the Hudson Street Hospital, whither Brooks was taken tfrom the Glen Island Hotel, were also at the District-Attorney’s office yesterday. They were examined as to the condition in which they found the dying man at the time he was received at the hospital.Both of these physicians will appearbefore Justice Mayer next Saturday,when the examination of the case will •be resumed.Mrs. Brooks Ideiittliles Combs.Mrs. Brooks, the mother of iihe deadnmn, was yesterday shown the bwo side-coirvbs found in the room where Broolcswas found dying. She thought they werethe eoralbs whileh she had seen Florence(Burns we an* at -tihe time of the youngwoman's visit to -her home In Brooklyn.“I 'believe they are the combs, she said. They certainly look very much like tihe ones I saw Florence wca/r.She wIM tbe given an opportunity to repeat her story under oath before Justice Mayer.Miss Burns is the most unconcerned prisoner -'in tihe Tombs. She speaks but seldom about her ease, and Will -not discuss ft wiiUh ’anybody except he»r counsel.There was a report yesterday that tin* pis to J with wOi'iich Brooks was Shot had been found a.nd was-now In the hands of the Distil ct-Attorney, but It was denied at -the District-Attorney's office.I wish wo had the revolver, said one of the assistants, who has been working on the case from t'he .start.The District-Attorney has a score of county detectives searching for the two couples who -wore in the Glen Island Hotel the night that Brooks is supposed to have been there with Miss Burns.•None to Be Shielded Now.The Distrlct-Attorncy has decided to have all t'ho men and wofJien acquaintances of Brooks and Miss Burns in court when the 'hearing is resumed. One of t’he young men who 'has known Miss Burns intimately, and whose first name is Harry, was in the Dlstrict-A.ttornoy’s office yesterday.The District-A?ttorney Oias been trying to shield these young men and wpmeii, but since they Chav© not boen willing to furnish desired information it has been decided to put them on the witness-stand new. Detectives with subpoenas were' scouring Brooklyn last night.Miss Burns’s -counsel, .At is said, willnot put in a defense when the Dlstrlet-Attorney closes his side of the case, but will proba-biy mov© to have his client discharged on the ground that the prosecution has failed io make'out a case.It GiCOL.The1,'DIED.■Pol'lc Street of duexistplaces-tion lt;PolicyPolkday oithe cTfereneMr. Jfof prowho f.Mr.agentsvisitedsee ‘heforced Partri cover© Seve torney familii law Si cases positio Mr. wholes Excise such r th© n ready.The to acci in wh made, captaiiI a tion, noy wi Das't decline him.PolieCllntotlion cSuperlviews the afl60o. jThree Time 1$1 REbgsa:OccultJU6t, pv advice lt;ohntigesUF55; i sepurate trouble.PUG P.palmls sickness evil inf! self: Hr call; • mi 9. SutulaDAP IBS Clearsskin dl Flatlbusl BrookTy iRII13UM HANS dlato rol bottle c ave,, N,KPALM everytbl helped,MlLLK.voyantroatism,
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