The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-24
ADMITS HER SHAME.
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your beautiful eyes last night 1 feared
| there was some trouble hidden there.
l did not know, but / feared 1t was
| because of some other reason than be-
| cause / was going away. If there was,
| dearest. l wish you would tell. There
is that in the manner of your husband
toward you that makes me fear some
times that 1 might kill him.. Do you
remember receiving that letter."
mo. sir"
Mrs. Burdick said she did not know
| whether her husband was aware of the
| fact that she was receiving letters
| from Pencil. Her habit had been to
| keep her letters locked in a box. Her
! husband first knew of her intimacy
with Pennell, she thought, on Jan. /,
1901, when she told him, in reply to a
| question, that she had been walking
with Pencil. He told her she was
very imprudent She agreed with him
then and did now.
Took Her by the Throat.
| dick?
Il don't know"
Did you take some letters from that
| box and give them to him."
Il unlocked it,"
How did you happen to unlock it?"
| He forced me to-"
| How did he force you?"
| He took me by the throat"
| She did not remember whether at
| that time Pennen was the subject of
| discussion with her husband She
| did not know whether some of the let
| tiers read were in the box at that time.
1t was in January, 1901 that he choked
her. She could not remember when
| she rented a box in a safe deposit
| companys vaults. 1t was not about
the time her husband had choked her
| uyh CHI
| pers from detectives about Burdick.
Her husband had not started the d.
| Vorce proceedings. 1t was she that
wanted a divorce from him. She had
no love for him. but did love Pencil,
whom she expected to marry. He had
a wife, but he expected they would be
| divorced. In reply to a question as to
whether Mrs. Pencil had consented
| to a divorce, she said:
Sometimes she did and sometimes
| she did not"
The witness admitted, however. that
she had never talked with Mrs. Pen
nell on the subject. Pennell had hired
| the detectives, who Swallowed her hus-
| band. Her husband sent her away in
| May, 1901. on account of Pennell.
Promised to Give Up PenneH.
| Mr. Coatsworth showed her a letter,
written by her from Atlantic City,
|
| be taken back, promising never to see
Arthur" and she would be a loving
and true wife. In the letter she said
| she could not promise that Pennell
| would leave town, but declared he
would do what she said. She admitted
| writing the letter. and said at that
time she had hired no detectives.
| A second letter, written by Mrs. Bur-
| dick to her husband the same year.
| in xuhi oh 10 f,fh
ing received Burdicks letter, and said
| that Pencil had not promised to leave
| town If Mr.. Burdick took her back;
| that she and Pennen had realized that
| they must give each other up, but that
| Pencil declined to do anything that
| would mean a loss of his self-respect.
Another letter, written by Mrs Bur-
dick to her husband, referred to her
being taken home. She promised never
again to voluntarily see or commune
cate with Arthur" She made plea
on behalf of the children. She prom
ised to be a good girl to him. Mrs.
Burdick admitted she wrote the letter
in good faith, and that she did not
keep her promise. Another letter was
read, in reply to one from Mr.. Burdick,
in which he had evidently declined to
take her back.
June was the date of another let
ter written by Mrs. Burdick to her
husband. She wrote of having been
notified of the divorce suit brought
against her. On one occasion Burdick
wrote her that she could not be trust
ed. He said that IL she loved Pennell
as she said she did. he did not blame
her for what she did: that If he loved
a woman as she did Pencil, he would
do as she was doing. He declared that
he loved her honestly long after she
had ceased to love him, and that if
she tried she might win back both
his love and his respect. He referred
to the fact that Mrs. Burdick was
wearing a ring given her by Pennell
over her lawful wedding ring. Burdick
declared that he had no faith in PEN
nell's promises and she wished to be
taken back until Pennell was freed
from his wife.
Surprised i'm an Assignatfon.
In another letter Burdick wrote that
he forgave his wife the wrong she had
done him. In another. Burdick de-
clared he had determined to fight for
the little honor she had left him, and
after getting a divorce, to fight for the
children. He would insist on the count
er suit by Mrs Burdick being fought
out in open court. Three weeks after
this letter Mrs. Burdick was taken
back by her husband.
After returning from Atlantic City, |
and after promising her husband to be
a good wife, she met Pennell. 1t was
not her habit to meet him. she said, |
but he was constantly begging her to !
do so, and she did meet him in a house
on Seventh street. She was there one |
time when Burdick came, but he did |
not see her. as she stepped out OF the |
window and went to church. She did |
not hear that Mr.. Burdick and his |
friends on that occasion caught PEN /
nell as he was jumping out OF the win |
dow. and that they took him back TO |
the room.
Mrs. Burdick admitted having met |
Pencil In another house on Seventh 1
street after that incident. She at first 4
denied meeting Pennell elsewhere, but |
on Mr. coatsworfh telling her that 1
Pennell had told him differently, she 4
admitted that she had met PeDnell al 1
a house on Whitney Place two or three 4
times.
Divorce Lawyer Testified.
George e. Miller attorney for Edwin /
T.. Burdlck M the divorce proceedings 4