Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11
PENNELL'S STATEMENT
MADE PUBLIC AT THE INQUEST
YESTERDAY.
He Charged Burdick With Prosecuting
His Wife to Drive Her
From Home.

A dispatch from Buffalo. N. Y. yester-
day says: The evidence given TO-DAY at the
inquest into the deaths of Arthur II. rem
nell and Mrs. Pennell before Justice Mur-
ply will not help the authorizes III any
way to a solution Of the Burdick muroer
mystery. Whether the tragedy at Genres
stone quarry on March 10. in which Pen
nell was killed and Mrs. PenneH Fatally
injured. was due to accident or design
was not proven.
Thomas Penney, who has acted as at
torney for the PennelI family since Ar
thur Pencils death, declared that SO lar
as he was aware nothing IN the papers
left by Mr.. Pennell would throw any ngh l
upon the murder Of Edwin L. burolck;
When questioned regarding the alleged
defalcations by Pennell, Mr.. Penney oe
clined to answer. J. Frederick Penneli'
brother of the dead lawyer and admins
traitor of his estate. who has possession
of most Of the papers. was on. VI , LIZ
that he did not know where he. was or
when he would return to Buffalo
evidence that would show defalcation
would simply be accumulative, SAID JUS.
tice Murphy after the evidence was ali
in No stronger motive could be proven
than has already been brought out mere
in the Burdick inquest. But proving
motive does not establish suicide.
Judge Murphy theh uonEeiou i' va
dict as follows: ,
And and certify that Arthur r. Penneil
came to his death on the 10th day OF
March, 19O3 as a result OF injuries re-
ceiyed while riding in an automooile, the
said automobile plungtng from an en-
bankment into the Genres stone quarry.
That I cannot determine from the evil
dence submitted whether such plunge was
accidental or designed
That Carrie Lamb Pennel came TO ner
os,,1f the said plunge Oh
said automobile into the quarry
w C. Omphelius PennelPS stenograpner,
produced a typewriter copy or the nrst
draft Of statement prepared aor PUBL pha
cation by Pennell before his death. Inc
statement in full Is as follows:
To the Public:
yellow journalism has iessenea ana ina.
nuhlte excitement has died down to
calmer consideration Of facts and events
leading I'D to terrible tragedy which has
recently taken place in this city. WISH In
behalf of myself, but especially more In be-
half of others. whose sufferings are even
greater than mine, to make this state
ment
Owing to the fact that my name was SO
unfortunately at this time connected with
the pending divorce proceedings, 1t was
forced into great publicity in connection
with the tragedy itself. So far as any pos
sible connection with that crime was con
torney and his assistants thoroughly that
I had nothing to do with 1t. and since that
time neither has my house nor myself
been under suspicion or surveillance.
After being out for short time in the
early part Of that evening, I spent the rest
of 1t at home as was shown by the evil
dence of my wife and the servant girl in
our house. I think I was soon acquitted.
both by the public and the authorities,
with any connection with the crime.
It now becomes incumbent upon me to
make some statement relative to my con-
nectton with the divorce proceedings In
this statement / wish to say as little as
possible upon the dead. But It must be re-
membered that those who are living have
their Hives to live, and the rights Of the
living are greater than the rights OF the
dead. There was no truth In the charges
brought by the plaintiff In that proceeding
against the defendant and myself. The
charges were absolutely denied und sr oath,
and counter-charges had been Eaade. and
I'm short time the case would have been
quietly tried before referee and settled
The relations existing between the plain
TN and the defendant had been strained