Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-24

| wrote the letter in good faith, and that she
| did not keep the promise. Another letter
was read in reply to one from MT. Burolck
| in which he had evidently declined TO take
her back. 1a
lime was the date Of another letter
written by Mrs. Burdick to her HUSBAND
| She wrote of having been notined OF the ul-
vorce suit brought against her On one occa-
sion Rurdick wrote her that she could not DC
trusted He said that If she loved Pencil
as she said she did,. he did not blame her
for what she did; that IL he loved woman
as she did Pennel, he would do as she was
doing He declared that he had loved her
honestly long after she had ceased to love
him, and that If she, tried she might win
back both his love and his respect; he
referred to the fact that Mrs. Burdick was
wearing a. ring given to her by Pennell over
her lawful wedding ring Burdtck declared
that he had no faith in Pennells promises,
and that she wished to be taken back until
Pennell was freed from his WIFE,
In another letter Burdick wrote tnat ne
forgave his wife the wrong she had done
In another, Burdick declared he had de-
termined to fight for the little honor she
had left him, and, aiter geItlhs 9ls ,;s,,
to fight for the children. He would insist
on the counter suit by Mrs. Burdick being
fought out in open court Ihree weeks
after this letter, Mrs. Burdick was taken
back by her husband.
After returning from Atlantic City and
after promising her husband to be good
wife, she met Pennell. 1t was not her
habit to meet him, she said, but he was
constantly begging her 10 40 So ana she
did meet him in a house on 1th street she
was there one time when Burdick came
but he did not see her, as she stepped out
of the window and went to church. She
did not hear that MI. burdick anu ms
friends on that occasion caught Pennell as
he was Jumping out of the window, and
that they took him back to the room.
Meetings With Pennell.
Mrs. Burdick admitted having met Pen
nell in another house on 7th street after
that incident. She at first denied meeting
Pennell elsewhere, but on Mr.. Coatsworth' s
telling her that Pennell had told him diff
ferentIy. she admitted that she had met
Pennell at a house on Whitney place two
or three times
George c. Miller, attorney for Edwin L.
Burdick in the divorce proceedings against
Mrs. Burdick, was the hrst witness OF the
day.
He told in detail the steps that had been
taken at the request of Mr.. Burdick to Sc
cure a divorce He last saw Mr.. Burdick
on the afternoon of the day he was muir
dered. Mr. Burdick spent half an hour
with him discussing the divorce matter.
He did not state that he had an appoint
ment with any one at his home that night.
Mr. Burdick was ready at all times to
Ga crifice his own interests for those Of his
children" said Mr.. Miller. He carried
revolver. but / never heard him say that
he feared harm from Pennell. At a con-
ference held at my office Pennen made one
or two statements from which an intima-
ton of suicide could be drawn. never
heard Pennell say that unless the divorce
action was withdrawn he would kill himself
and Mrs Burdick.
The testimony given by Henry ]. Orrett,
the furnace man at the Pennell house, was
unimportant. He simply stated that he re-
moved the ashes from Pennelrs furnace on
= ,n 1nr. To I'D
no buttons, buckles or metallic substances
in the ashes. Pennelt put on the coal and
shook down the furnaSe, as mad been his
custom. -
Testimony Favorable to Pennell.
Lizzie Romance maid at the Pennell
house at the time of the murder. gave tes-
timony favorable to Psnnell. She said Mr..
Pennell was with his wife In their room
reading at 7:45 O'Clock aon the night of the
murder. She saw them again at 10 o'clock
when she passed their door. She did not
see them again until the next morning.
The servant said she did not notice the
suit of clothes Pennen had on Thursday
night before the murder nor the one he had
on Friday morning. The girl admitted
that she pressed PennelIs trousers but she
said she cou-d not remember which he
wore on either occastpn.5 She had not no.
ticed whether any of-his trousers were
missing. whether Penneil went to the. fur
mace Friday morning, or whether or not Mr.
and Mrs. Pennell left the house after 10
o'clock Thursday evening.
Miss Romance did not notice anything
unusual In Pencils manner on the even
ing he and Mrs PennelI started for the
automobile ride, which ended in their
deaths.
1t was after the incidents related by Mrs.
Burdick that Mr.. Burdick sent her away
| from home the second time Her second
| exile from home began last Thanksgiving,
and lasted until after the murder of her
| husband.