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ALLEGED MURDERER WOULD NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS.Coroner Willie, of Vigo County. Got No Information from Alexander.Coroner J. R Wllifn. of Vigo county, came here from Terre Haute to-day to get a sworn statement from Matthewa Alexander. the negro charged with the ' | murder of Thomas Burke. In Terre Haute.last Sunday.Alexander refused to tell the coroner. of any Incidents In which he was a factor 1 after 10 o'clock last Sunday night. The murder was committed at 10;o'clock- Ho- refused to tell what had become of the . rnxor with which he hi alleged to have- cut Burke's throat. The negro was par-- tlcularly reticent In giving the time of I event*.*I didn't have no clock- How could I I tell what time It was? was invariably- his answer.• { He said that he went to bed In the ! Burke shed before W o'clock. He said that i an attorney named 8weet had come front f Terre Haute to sea him and hail warned i him against making any statement.••I didn't do the work. That's all I*Kl to sny. was his final etatirlrtg the interview Alexander sw I [and fro liked a caged Uger. Dr. .... says the feeling against Alexander » still very bitter In Terre Haute.
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