The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-24

said Mr.. @Burdick had told her. z,
HE told her." Mrs. Burdick went on,
''he had caught me in a position which
he could not overlook and that would
have to leave He said he did not blame
me as, much. as he did Pennell; that PEN
nell was more to blame than was
When she left the Falls finally the
witness averred she came to Buffalo. Pen
nell met her at the station. They re-
manned in the station while and then
she started for New York. reaching there
the next morning. She went to a boarding
house and thence to a hotel in Fiftyninth
street. ........- .4..g' ~ .-...... =
Pennell Went With Her. J..
did Pennell go to New York With
your asked the district attorney. $3.50;
Yes" was the answer. -. -. . ae
''How long did Mr.. Pencil stay in New
York?'' ...,.. r E..,..s.-..-. -t,-s
''Seven days. ... - - .t
,"After you went to New. York whers
did you go?'' .r.-.... - .-.,.s.- ~
atlantic City. I was in New York
several weeks, leaving for Atlantic City
on the first or second of January
"Penne1l was with you until then?'
mot with me; he was in New York.
WAS Mrs. Pencil there, too?''
eyes, "a
did you visit Mrs. Pennell?'
mo- i. ...~ r4,..s 2 .---- - y.--.-. I
,''How often did Pennell visit you:''
every day. - -. - .-5-. .-. ...
did Mrs. Pennell know you were
there?" -, :.
ct think she did, -.
...: Mrs. Penneli Warns. Burdick.
Mr.. Coatsworth showed a letter writ
ten by Mrs. Penneil dated Dec. 20, 1902, to
Burdick. In it Mrs. Pencil said she
wanted to warn him and pleaded with him
to take Mrs. Burdick home and not blast
the lives OF his children. She told him
Mrs. Burdick was about to leave New
York for Atlantic City and that he should
call her back before she left.
Another letter written by Mrs. Pencil
to Burdick Was read It WAS another plea
that he drop the divorces proceedings ana
consent to the return Of Mrs. Burdick for
the sa1Ae OF his children, declaring that
they needed a mothers love and care.
Mrs. Penneu urged him to trust his wife
it5evidently was written about two weeks
after Mrs. Burdick left for Atlantic City.
Everything Lett to Pennell.
The district attorney here reverted to
the divorce action. Mrs. Burdick said
that Pennnell managed everything for her
in relation to it. She denied that she had
engaged the detectives who followed Bur-
dick. Pencil did all that. Proceeding.
Mrs. Burdick said she returned to Buffalo
In a week or ten days from Atlantic City
to get the contents Of the box In tho
safety deposit vault. She did 50 because
Pennell had been refused access to It.
J She remained in. Buffalo several days,
| stopping at hotel. She saw her husband
| by appointment. -
told him there were some things wanted
| to explain before he went on with ths
| divorce proceedings. I asked him to ses
me at the Genessee and he did: I told him
| it was not my fault that the divorce pro-
ceedings were being held up and delayed
l 0x,I 11nc oS1 IN bat
| Then you did not want to defend that
lsuit?'
ST did not know exactly: what did want
to do. I left it to Penneu to decide
ION Dec. II you wrote a letter to your
husband from New York in which you
tsaid that your going back home would
make no. difference for the reason that
Pennell said you had no defense and the
divorce was to be granted by agreement.
Why was the change made with regard to
making a defense?"
| T.. To Save Her Honor.
s:Mr. Burdick told me If made no de.
Tense could have the children half thu
time, so thought had better not make
a defense. Afterwards I thought would
make a defense and save my honors
Your honorT'
Eyes, my honor"
,.At the time you and Pennell decided
to put in no defense you supposed Pen.
nell would get a divorce from his wife2'
"And it was after Mrs. Pennen had RS
fused to permit Pennell to get a divorce
that you decided to defend your suit7''
mo. Mrs. Penneu never positively re~
fused or agreed
1 Didn't Pencil tell you that his wife
would not agree and did you then decide
to defend the suit?"
PenneII Promised Marriage.
mo he decided that himself
/ t'What was Pencil going to do with
you after you were divorced?''
eHe said he would go out west and get
a divorce from his wife and marry me-
/ His Bond for Support.
Mrs. Burdick declared she did not know
iif Pencil had any means of his own,
although she knew him and his wife for
six or seven years, and had travelled with
them. Pennen had not agreed, she said,
to give her a bond for $4,000 to support
her through life.
(. Mr.. zCoatsworth showed the witness the
copy Of bond for $4,000 given by PEN
nell to secure the payment to her of ss5,-
| 900. The copy was In Mr.. Burdick's
handwriting
/ vault also, didn't it?" asked Mr. Coats
1 worth. IT do not know Don't you
know that such a bond was in that box?'
81 do not
Isn't it strange that Mr.. Burdick co,:.s
| find that bond there and you could not?"
Mr.. BurdIck's Trick.
4 81 do not know anything about that.
think can explain how he may have got
| into my box. When went to the bank
i one day one of the clerks there asked
line If MY brother still had the right to open
my box. Il told him had no brother. He
i then showed me an order giving my
4 brother the right to enter that box.
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