The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
.PENNELL OWED
 OVER S2OO,OOO District Attorney Says He Knew of the Dedication BROTHER WILL GET NAOGHT He Went to Mir. Thayer Asking Him to Turn Funds Over to Him and
 That Let Out the
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BROTHER WILL GET NAOGHT

Buffalo. N. r., April 1.-The inquest into the death of Arthur R. Pennell, which is scheduled to begin next Friday before Judge Murphy, will be more in the nature of re-opening of the inquiry into the Burdick murder mystery than to deter mine whether Pencils death was due to accident or deliberate suicide.
 District Attorney Coatsworth has an- nounced that he will subpoena J. Fred erick Pennell, administrator of the Pen nell estate, and brother of the dead man, and Thomas Penny, attorney for the es- tate of Wallace Thayer. who was Pen nelrs confidential friend and advisor for years.
 T intend at the Penneli inquest to vir- tually reopen the Burdick inquest. Dur ing that inquiry I shall endeavor with the consent of the court to bring out as much information as possible tending to clear up the Burdick mystery. l believe that the evidence brought out in the Pennell inquest will be of value. as bearing on the murder,' said District Attorney Coatsworth.
 Wallace Thayer Talks.
 Wallace Thayer who was Arthur R. Pepnelps friend and legal advisor in his lifetime was seen today relative to published statement quoting him as say ing there was no doubt that the story or misappropriations was true and that Pencils brother, J. Frederick Pennell' had pleaded with him to destroy the true papers, repudlated much that was made to him and made a brief state- r,tnt embodying all that he cared to state at the present time. MT. Thayer said:
 MT. Frederick Pennell, brother to A. R Penueu came to me last Friday and told me that Arthur had left large debts to friends in the east. These debts, ne said. were large enough to practically consume all the insurance, and he ad- yisad that as a reason why l should turn over to him the s25,OO0 insurance which A. K. Pennel left in trust for me. He said Unless you do this there will be practically nothing left for me- Vast Amount of Debts. Mir. Thayer made this statement: T drew the inference from J. E. Pennell statements that his brother must nave made uisappropriations of money. There is a vast amount of debts against the cstate-some $200 000-and l cannot see how he could have gotten into debt to that amount unless he spent money be- longing to others.
 Thomas Penny, who has been acting as attorney for Pencils estate, when seen today, was unwilling to disclose any thing regarding Pencils money trans actions When asked whether the state ment regarding his relations with Burdick, which Pennell is said to have written out just prior to his death would be made public at the inquest, MT. Penny said he knew nothing of any such state ment.
 Mir. coatsworth Knew 1t.
 District Attorney Coatsworth said to- day that he had known of the alleged swindling operations of Arthur R, Pen nell for a week. The operations, however. will have no particular connection with the Burdick and Pennell inquest.
 My policy in the Pennell inquest" ]" said MT. Coatsworth. will be to bring to light every scintilla of evidence which will or may throw light on the murder of Edwin l.. Burdick. The inquest will not be in reality to determine how Arthur R. Pennell came to his death. It Is not of any great importance to know whether he committed suicide or not, but 1t is of the utmost importance to recover the | .-I-~- oH D.trI lob