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RIDAY, MARCH?. HH2.KOTEL. SHE SAVS.Aj Brooklyn Girl Expected toGive Important TestimonyBefore Justice Mayer.* *ANOTHER DECLARES THAT Florence made Threats.it1-nLSalereMiss Mabel Cooper, who formerly lived on Cunvberlnml street, Brooklyn, near Myrtle avenue, was at the District-Attorney's office yesterday,.It is salri that she Informed the Dls-trict-Attornev that she had known Mis? Burns for many years and was also acquainted with Brooks. Miss Cooper said that Inst September Miss Burns threatened to injure Walter T. Brooks.“Florence told me,” ’the girl said to the Dlstrlct-Attorney, “that she blamed Brooks for her condition. She. said that unless she regained her health she would get even with Brooks un!elt;?s he made her his •wife.”Miss Cooper signed her deposition and then left the District-A Korney's office. She U a beautiful young woman and much resembles Florence Burns.Miss Brooks also told ‘Mrs. Cooper, Mabel's mother, of her acquaintance with young: Brooks, and repeated the threats to her. Mr, Jerome will have •Mrs. Cooper at the heating before Justice Mayer.There were two women witnesses in , the office of Assistant District-Attorneys i Sehurman and Krotel yesterday who said they could Identify Miss Burns as the young woman they had seen in a restaurant not far from the Glen Island Hotel the evening of the ohootilt;ns\ Two other witnesses swore that they, too. saw 'Miss Burns and Brooks In another restaurant. These ’witnesses will also be examined before Justice -Mayer.Artixt Make* Deposition.George Y. Kaufman, the artist, was at the District-Attorney’i? office yesterday.ce5-c-letsled3_T1rirkdHe said that Florence Burns was at his studio the afternoon of the shooting, between 3 and 4 o’clock. She re-mafined about an hour, as far as he could recall, and arranged -to call again the following Monday to sit for her picture.Miss BHis and Miss Harris, artist’s models, who were In Mr. Kaufman’s studio the afternoon Miss Burns called, saw Mr. Krote'l yesterday. The young women were positive that Miss Burns left the studio about 3 o’clock that afternoon. ,The District-Attorney has. been unable to find the t-wo women and two men who entered the Glen Island Hotel about the time Brooks and his companion did. The search for them is being continued.Lawyer Backus has not decided whether or not he will nut in a defense. He issists that the Dlstrlct-Attorney will fail to make out a case against his client, and he will a«sk Justice Mayer to dismiss the case.iMiss Cooper Says Slie Vowed to Injure Brooks if He Did Not Merry Her,A young woman living in Brooklyn who knew both Fimente Burns and winter T. Brooks will, the District-Attorney’s office believes, swear in Justice Mayer’s court to-morrow that she saw the Burns girl In the Glen Island Hotel the night Brooks was shot.The IWstrict-Attornoy refused to give the young woman’s name. She belongs to a respectable Brooklyn family, he says, and believes she should not become a party to the crime by withholding evidence, although her appearance in the ease may mean social ruin to her.Assistant Btstrict-Attorncys Sehurmanand Krotcl sent for County DetectivesMaher and Reardon last night and told them to take her statement and then subpoena her.Wo win i» Tells of Threat*.Ill jstrlt;zjflu:Bro(tChid:b«aiThesiaiirwmiisieL-r5tnditi-nJotllPeri♦ •American CUvm* Company Election,*At the annual meeting of the directorsof the American Cigar Company, heldat • Its office. No. HI Fifth avenue,Wednesday, the following officer# wereelected: President, J. B. Cobb: First Vice-President. S. E. Moorhead; Second Vice-President, H. W. Cobb; Third Vice-President, N. Weiss; Treasurer, B. H. Homan; Secretary, R. E. Christie, and Assistant Secretary, G. M. Gales.S€FowS€Whrati£ever£ 94,500 for a Tunnel Plnn Report
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Fri, Mar 07, 1902
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