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teenfcrlyotoafing*■ ■,IP.FOUGHT WITHi.id Mew— AlayhenhatFlorence Burns's. Counsel Hears of• * v ‘ - « ’ ' i ‘ ’ • •*Incident That May Help Her— Evidence Against Girl*Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture Frederick j/ tt*. Kracko, »who has an the 1 ofllco at No, 23 Park row, shed gome light yesterday on fcho business .methods of Walter S. Brooks, whom Florence Burns Js accused of shooting. Incidentally,^ Mr, Kracke salt! that he hadvheard of a row that Brooks had' with a woman in Brooklyn a month before his death.“I^ast October,” said Mr. Kraoke, “IDr.mightdl-irtdteasl-inythehendtatm-Ho had occasion to summon Brooks to my •he ofllco on «a charge of buying tainted con-pJJ dertsed milk, putting new labels on the •Ch j cans and selling bhe stuff on the east side/ The offense was a most serious one, as people are easily rendered ill by Swallowing such stuff. The penalty is heavy.“Our inspectors -’had a complete caseagainst Brooks, and he was so badlyfrightened that ;hc agreed to give all theinformation ho had, provided he wasnot prosecuted. He claimed that he hadbought the spoiled milk supposing it to be good, but we easily cornered hi,m on that.“He gave the names of sixteen jobbers and manufacturers of whom he had bought the Spoiled milk, and I got out sixteen injunctions restraining them from continuing to sell the stuff. I also fined I'hem $100 for each offense. For Brooks's aid in the matter I dropped the case a gainst him.“It has been reported that I witnessed a row between Brooks and a woman in the hallway of this building, during which the woman struck him with a bottle. That is untrue. A business acquaintance of mine told me recently that while In Brooklyn he had seen Brooks in a quarrel with a woman and that after some iharsh words between'the! pair the wamfcrt , ^ , with to or dsts. My informnot'.^ay who th te: woman ■Backus,' Mias Burtis’s attom«j%v oame. to mo and I told (him) rWhat lI ih**» toldyQ || 9 *Among the witnesses to^be axftmtqeA next Saturday when the hearing If resumed will be Policeman O*.1-t/he Bergen Street Police Brooklyn, sand John Y. FltMlrnmons* \ O’Leary, it Is said, will testify that he; saw Florence Burgs and Brook* quar-*? rel at Coney Island last summer. ltlt; in also said it^t Assistant. District-Attorney Krotel will oroduce fletters nrrltteji by Florence Burns to Brookawfoich snow that he was deeply Infatuated with her and was trying «to Induce Ihetf}*, to lea/d a better life. One of /the lottery is said to contain a threat to klU almr unless ho married her.■# lt;lt; \hoilC.1i c,it,n-n-s-g~s-in■isisi-r.ieis‘sMANIAC ESCAPES AFTEROVERC 0 MI NO ATTEN DA NTS. i— ——— ‘ 111 ' . (Miichfu** Twlited Iron Burs Apart ■and Went Home—Sent Back ■to Sanitarium* .Attendants at a private , eanttarluml.adjoining the grounds of * the Knioker* jbocker Athletic Club, at Bergen Point, jN. J., were aware of itho unusualstrength possessed toy William • Much- ifuss, a patient suffering from insanity* ;but when he became violent yesterday ‘one of them entered his room alone. *■Muchfuss lives at No. 306 Bloom field Jstreet, Hoboken. He Js over six feet inheight and of powerful physique. When Vthe attendant appeared Muchfuss sprang ;on ‘him, raised .him over his head, anddashed him helpless to the floor.A second attendant ran Into the room. .Muchfuss felled this one with a' Wow. Dr. C. HendrlckP super!nitendent of -the sanitarium, and the county .'health inspector, heard 't he com motion. Wihen he. reached the room he found the«two at-J fcendants dazed and helpless. Muchfuss had raised the window, twisted two heavy iron bars from their fastenings, and as Dr. Hendricks appeared no leaped two stories to the ground and ran down the Boulevard to the tracks of the Jersey Central Railroad. ' ' ■He tried to board a train at ’the. Thirty-third Street Station, but after, a fight with tho conductor, was put . off. H$ 'arrived at his home in Hoboken at 11 o’clock. His wife notified the sanitarium authorities and he- waa taken back to the institution.lt; •
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Fri, Mar 14, 1902
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