The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-24
IN saaIsc within your arms: what does
,hn MOAN by that Mrs. Burdick?'

ISL N .spretjy strong language, Is 1t notf
d 5sS Mr. Coatcsworth showed the witness
fas sno,ber letter written from New York by
glss Ft,ennell and addressed to Mrs. l5'lrolcK.
she said It vas his l1alidwritng. euu s''e
" ala not remember having received ~
81 al viii read 1t and sec II II VIII re-
fvesh YOUR recollection. AS looked INTO {.
s vnur beautiful eyes last night feared
d there was some trouble hidden there.
ra,ud rot know, but feared 1t was pc
caHSsse OF some other reason than because
9Es1 wna going away. II there was, dear
al. i wish You would tell There Is 5
s that In the manner Of your huspA' ~
i toward you that makes me rear solne.
II times thatI might XIII HIM 10 you
Ii remember seeing that letter.
'3g CHoKED HI1R. &.
ss2a ktrs y Rnrdick said sha did not Know
81. Ihatber her husband was aware OF lhe
8 art that she was receiving letters from
I'll Jr,enncil. Her habit had been TO keep her
8Ifetters locked in a@box. Her husband tlrst
y $tnew Of her intimacy with Pennel' she
iGho,rht. on January /. 1901, when she
TN lin, IN grerlystoaa question that ne
I'd had been walking with Fennell. lie tod
II her she was very itnprudent. she agreed
him then, and did now.
'"Did you give these letters to Bur
Il "A dick n --fNsgsfHi5 3s. sf3E
81, II don't know" =,
Ss5$5 IttDid YOU take some letters 1roH 'iiu'
box and give them to hiin?'
s,f " II unlocked it, TX,
II r1iow did YOU happen to uniock y
59gE3ss ia Tile forced mo to-.
"How did he force you7'
,,He took mo by the throat.
S she did not remember whether at tnat
time Pencil was the subject Of dis
II cnss;on with her husband. She did not
N know whether some Of the letters read
were in the box at that time. 1t was IN
"a iBJanuary, 1901 when Ire chokco !ler.
I'D. she could not remember when sne renteu
"a. 4 box in a safe deposit company's vault.
Il lwas not about the time her husband
s5F had choked her, but recently when she
a83 received papers from detectives about
ss Burdick Her husband had not started
4 the divorce proceedings. 1t was she VINO
* wanted a divorce from him. She had no
1--we for him, but did love Pencil, whom
s sl1e expected to marry, He&had q WIFE,
III hut he expected they would be divorced
s$51n reply to a question as to whether
s Mrs. Pennell had consented to divorce,
she said Sometimes she did, and some
4 times she did not
Witness admitted, however, That sne
had never talked with Mrs Pencil on
the subject. Pennell had hired the de-
teotiyes who Swallowed her, husband. Her
AK husband sent her away In May, 1901,
S8i owing to Pencil.
ii IL BREAKS HER. PROMISE.
.asl AR. Coatsworth showed her n letter
q written by her from Atlantic City May
o.. 1901. in which she begged to be taken
4 back. promising never to see Arthur
and that she would be>a loving and true
wife. In the letter she said she could not
promise that Pennell would leave town,
hut declared he would do what she said.
She admitted writing the letter and said
5 at that time she had hired no detec-
88sjaA second letter written by Mrs. Bur-
ss9 dick TO her husband the same year was
II read. in which she spoke OF having re-
celved Burdick's letter and said that
IS Pencil had not promised to leave town
Il lfsMr Burdicls took her back; that she
a8 and &Pennell had realized that they must
give UP each other but that Pencil de-
clined to do anything that would mean
loss of his sef-respcct.
DIX Another letter written by Mrs Bur
84s5 alex 10 her husband referred to her be-
Ing taken back home. She promised
5Ssi5s nerer again to voluntarily see or com
e Municate with arthur. She made a
,lea on behalf Of the children. She prom
,sed to be a good girl to him. Mrs, Bur-
A l5dick admitted she wrote the letter In
.ood faith and that she did not keep her
promise.
Another letter was read In reply to one
8# from Mr.. Burdick III which he had evil
j5 IDENTIFY declined to take her back. June
9th was the date OF another letter writ
B len by Mrs. Burdick to her husband She
wrote of having been notified Of the dl-
,orce suit brDught against her. On one
occasion Burdlck wrote her that she
could not be trusted. He said that If
tr,.,r~ IOr,,,, all ri, c1, RI
he did not blame her for what she did I:
#5s3 that If he loved woman as she did PEN
y nell he would do as she was doing. He
s3 declared that he loved her honestly long
5s after she had ceased to love him. and that
# if she tried she might win back both his
X love and respect. He referred to tho fact
that Mrs Burdick was wearing ring
given to her by Pencil, over her lawful
Il wedding ring. ..Burcrick declared that he
had no faith In Pencils promises and
that she wished 10 be taken back until
at5f Penneil was freed from his wife.
538 F'ORGAVE HER
~ In another letter Burdick wrote that he
forgave his wife the wrong she had done
him. In another Burdick declared he
had determined to fight for tho little
honor she had left him, and after get
ting the divorce to fight for the chill
5ren. He would insist on the counter
suit by Mrs. Bllrdick being fought out in
open court Three weeks after this let
Ter Mrs. Burdick was taken back by her
husband. After returning from Atlantic
City and after promising her husband to
y he a good Vile she met Pcnnell 1t was
hot her habit to meet him. she said, but
he was constantly begging her to do SO
and she did meet him in house on
Seventh Street. She was there one time
when Burdick caHe, 5ut he did not see
FL her, as she stepiSff out of the window
and went 10 church. She did not hear
that Burdick and his friends on that oc.
3 casion caught Pencil III he was jump.
ing out Of the wlndcw and that they
E8 took him back to the room.
Mrs Burdick admitted having met Pen
q nell in another house on Seventh Stree
X after that incident She at first denied
M meeting Pencil elsewhere, but or Mr.
Coatsworth's telling her that Pennell hat
.old him differently. she admitted tina
She had met Pennel In house on Whit
hey Place three or four times
George G. Miller. attorney for Edw
T., Burdick in the divorce proceeding
against Mrs, Burdick. was the first Wit
ness of the day.