The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

NCAC0 Alehl III HIS own mousse.
Did you hear from PenneN that
day?"
Il got a brief note from him in
which he said he was sorry that he
had been at the Falls when my tele-
gram arrived so that he could not
meet me-"
She did not reply she said, nor did
she communicate with him in any way
after that. She never saw Pennell
again after he left her on the train
going to Atlantic City.
| 1t was after o'clock when the aft
ernoon session of the inquiry was be-
gun. with Mrs. Burdick again on the
stand.
| Mr.. .Coatsworth read a letter from
Mrs. Pencil to Burdick in which she
| pleaded with him to take Mrs. Burdick
back and limiting that PenneI might
| commit suicide and take Mrs Burdick
| with him. Mrs. Burdick said she did
not known what Mrs. Pennell meant
| by 1t.
PenneH Talked About Suicide.
A letter. written Dec. 2S, 1902. by Mrs
| Burdick to Burdick, was produced. In
1t she told him she intended to go to
Atlantic City. The letter also con-
| tanned a yelled threat at suicide. The
witness said she had not talked 10
Pencil about the suicide of either.
| Several other letters written by PEN
nell, in which he intimated suicide.
were read by the district attorney. The
tone of all the letters was the same.
| expressive of extreme unhappiness be-
cause of bis separation from Mrs. Bur-
dick, and stating that life was not
worth living; that he would welcome
| death as relief
Mrs. Burdick said she had received
| letters from Pennell written in a mel
ancholy vein. He did not care wheth-
er he lived or not. He said he would
| rather be dead than crippled or maim-
ed. He had never said anything def
| mite to her about ending his existence
In reply to a question by the dis
trict attorney, Mrs. Burdick said that
she had no knowledge of duplicate
| Keys of the front door of the Burdick
home being made while she was in
New York. Pencil did not have her
| Key in his possession at any time
! Pennell never borrowed the key from
! her.
Mrs. Burdick said she had received
no information as to who killed her
| husband. She swore that she had no
| knowledge or information as to who
| killed him. She never heard anyone
say that he or she was going to do
| it.
That's ALL" said Mr.. Coatsworth
Made Strange DeninIs.
Cross-examined by Attorney Hart
zell. Mrs. Burdick said that Pencil
learned at the charity ball that Bur-
dick had secured from her the letters
| which Pencil had written to her. He
| seemed much agitated and wanted the
letters back.
Did he fear the revelations of a
| divorce action?"
Yes, very much"
Mrs. Burdick said Burdick tried to
throw her and Pencil together. She
said Pencil always sought her.
HE was infatuated with your"
HE was"
Were you ever in compromising
position with him?"
mo, sir"
Was your relations with him ever
| criminal?p
NO, sir
Did he ever make any indecent sug-
gestions to you?"
NO, sir"
He was always a perfect gentle
man."
Yes"
Then why was he afraid of the di-
| Vorce- proceedings? ?" -t.
HE was afraid of being Inundated. !"
| las you came from Atlantic City
and promised your husband that you
would be a good girl, did you resist
| Pennen and refuse to make appoint
| ments with him?'--
| Il did" '3"-
And did he constantly solicit you
| and importune you and waylay you
and did you finally .yield?'"
| Yes, sir" '''t
Was Mr.. Burdick fond of the la
dies?'' =
Yes, he was very fond of them"
She knew nothing of the counter
charges made in divorce procaad-
ings against Mr.. Burdick, except what
Mr.. Pennell told her. -..-.
IF Pencil or any one else had made
any threats against your husband
what would you have done?"
Il should have warned him."
Pencil never made any threats?"
mo"
Burdick and Mrs. PenneM Friendly.
Mr.. Burdick and Mrs. Pencil were
very friendly?"
Yes. SIR
"And he would have admitted her
to his home at any time?"
Yes, sir"
"At night?"
Yes, sir
Without any fear?"
Yes, SIR
Mrs. Pencil had been in your
house manY tines?"
Yes. SIR
And she was familiar with the din
ing room and the den?''
Yes, sir
THE door of the den faced the front
door, did it not?"
Yes, SIR
And a person could tap on the win
dow of the front door and attract the
attention of any one in the den with
out ringing the doorbell?"
Yes. SIR
''Was Mrs. PenneII There.''
By the court Didn't you know
that Mrs. Pencil loved her husband"
She may have once"
Did you and Mrs. Pennell ever have
any conversation on the subject? Didn't
she feel that you had wronged her?"
mo, don't think she did. She knew
it was Arthur's fault"
Mrs. Burdick did not know that it
was Mrs. Pennell's love for her hus-
band which made her refuse to agree
to a divorce. 1t was because she
dreaded the publicity and the scandal
of divorce proceedings, she thought
She knew now that Mrs. Pencil went
to see Burdick about the matter.
Don't you know that Mrs. Pencil
was at Mr.. Burdick's home the night
of the murder"
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