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An imr th»2 roma thr*a air tell, save bsen nr it-Sacrtvl Jl Sunday, ' rled oft t side of ,J3 Clark, on •haa‘ bion olAttrt th-tho 5vlt;?lt;fc|J It win neighbor* Wbrttf.rdj eh© ‘Jovejtalk and lt;InClark cci AweettiOAi near the lirteml 'to both -old want/' • The- ve» Croc-heror getter/ I tlrofl fan the home her .with dlttlea- unDast Tl: neared wmy engai Patrick I on Ba^tei The no: houpo an to. the * the villa?Old- mn-oPfeotURl •at .tho IYOUNG GIRL’S QUEER DEATHWANTS TO SUCCEEDWHERE JEROME FAILED,Woman Writes Letters ClaimingtliatSHe Was with Brooks on the Night of His Death,After a conference with Coroner Brown on the Brooks murder cue yesterday, Capt. Titus detailed a numoer of the 'best men on.his staff to the tasK of getting a complete chain oE convincing evidence against the pereon who killed the.j^iing man in the Glen Island Hotel on Feb. 14,Yesterday .was the first day that Capt. Tltua was really tn command or the detective work on the ense, aVtiiougn Brooks was murdered five anil a hair weeks ago* Heretofore all the detective work has been directed from the District- Attomey's office, the county detectives taking; a more prominent part dti the collection of evidence than the Headquarters men.Capt- Titus is going to make the effort of vhls life to get evidence -that will com vict the person who killed Brooks. Ho has felt slighted by having his men piny second fiddle to the county detectives and to the Homleida Bureau established by Mr- Jerome, Now that the District* Attorney's office has Called to make outany case against anybody, he is going' to show, what lie can do, realizing that he is badly handicapped by having to start' in after nearly the. whole field has been thoroughly gone ovorj .District-Attorney Jei’omft made an emphatic denial late in the afternoon -that his county detectives had sought tu usurp the functions of tho Central Or-Sn the Brooks cuao or any of ihe other recent unsolved murder mysteries,-including tho McAuUffe and Vog-pel crimes.. What have you done in -the Brooks case to-day? .ho 'was -asked.I am not talking about it. If the Coroner's \ jury boats Florence Burns we'U present the case to the Grand Jury/' said Mr. Jerome.Coroner Brown and Assistant District-Attorney Schurman received letters late yesterday afternoon froma woman who . signed hraeif Elia Mayor. . She gave no address,- Efforts wutbe made Iq locate her, for if wliat she wrote proves true important developments favorable to Miss Burns will 4 The letters were substantial )y -the same- They were mailed in Brooklyn-yesterday at 10.30 A.\ M. Thu one to Coroner Brown was in part' as follows: • •Defier Clears Mis* Burns.^£la^nco £4c,ns wa* with himPj°M?SionTFma^n,fi:htvFeb' 14-s o clock. X pysreK saw. him at-S.30 P. M* until 0. o clock, and if he .did meet a woman he met her in \the direction of the Hoboken -ferry, as ftie walked withme to the ferry-ho use. I .was cabled tomy sister in Newark, Who was very dU. I asked him If ho were going home and tie said-no, that he-had some thlpga to attend, to. Qt course he would not tell rno a? he intended to meet a woman, as I Knew -of his relations..^wlth Florence Burns. When • Florence Burns said totha dotocttve she lefrlt;hkt**t hJs. officeslic dllt;l not.din* with him .shespoke tho truth, a« ft was myself who was wfth-hfcn in -the restaurant,I did nott testify at the hearing. My employer - toW me to say nothing, as they could not convict her,, she being innocent. I held took also because of the fiTieff-etfjckcm mot her (ot Brooks), 'upon whom T did not wMi to ‘infUct more sorrj^, for 1 wom have had to tell things which would taring tho public more agaJirst him. '’The comto. ia not jorettce Buirns'e.-Her lt;romh wtia broken at our house when she was with WalterBrooks. I could -easily be taken .-farFlorence Burntt, as I am as.tall as she, SS. Cl^v' 1 would hot havekilJeftl Walter. Brooks. I even thank a ouijet was too good to waste upon him/4neNrrve Testimony to Come.w?? ** who wereVnot called'S2RLe t .u?t/ce t^eir testimony5? h£d Jn *UI *e examinedSe^ai3crs mquest. ' They are-33d-ward.-Watson and W.' Fink/batli far-' •mer admirers of the gfirL These witnesses will -be -called to Nshow.'thnt Miss. Burns carried a . revolver, statements mad© by them are in .possession of the DtatrJct-AtL'oriL'cy. , One reason for not. calling these witnesses at the prellml-nnry inearing was to*avoid one phage of tha case that' would 'hare -caused cJJa-' tress to many innocent persons.Fink and Watson were out with Mlaa Burns, accord I mr to Thejr statement s. and Fink accidentally knocked Miss Burns's mtifC from a .table. When Ustruck tho.-floor-a 32-caIlbre revolver fell out from the muff, Fink saw that Itwns l-mided,. and. »i5etiy removing thecartridges, hid .the weapon. Lfl.ter when Miss Burns found the plstoj was gone, it Is alleged she made *ueh a row that ha returned It to her.1 ThisGuest of Honor Token Sick nt a Social Function*OGDBNSBIjRG, N. Y., March 25.-Fra-nk Domn, cf Desdwood* 3. 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New York World
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Wed, Mar 26, 1902
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