Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-25
HER STORY FINISHED
Mrs. Burdick Declares She Does
Not Know Who Killed
Her Husband
HER EXAMINATION COMPLETED
District Attorney coatsworth Draws
Out All the Details of Her Intrisues
With PennelI, But Throws Little
Light on the Identity of the
Murderer.

HuIOOTSIs
Buffalo, N. Y, March 25.-"Have yo,
received any information as to wht
killed your ~husband?"
mo, sir"
You swear you nave no knowledg,
or information as to who killed him!
II do"
These questions We're addressed tt
Mrs. Alice Hull Burdick yesterday b.
District Attorney Coatsworth at the
inquest into the death of her husband
The answers We're returned by Mrs
|Burdick in a calm, clear voice. The
questions came abruptly while the dis
trict attorney was drawing from Mrs
.Burdick information about her relations
with Arthur r. Pencil.
She denied that Pencil took the key
to the front door of the Burdick home
while they were in New York together
and had duplicates made of it. The
district attorney put the question re-
garding the key to Mrs. Burdick in q
number OF different forms, but the an
swers always We're emphatic denials
that she or Penneil had ever ordered
duplicate keys made, or h a the key
had left her possession during her last
exile from home.
Mrs. Burdick was calmer and more
collected today than yesterday. while
testifying. She left the stand at AIS.
To complete the examination of every
one known to nave beer in the Burdick
home on the night of February 26, when
Edwin L. Burdick was murdered, the
district attorney yesterday called to the
stand the two youngest Burdick chill
dren. Carol and Alice, aged respectively
10 and 10 years. The children displayed
grandmother or mother. or older sister.
while talking about the terrible death
of their father.
Mrs. Burdick's testimony covered the
week in which Burdick was murdered
and the name of Arthur r. Pennell was
constantly upon her lips. She trusted
him implicitly in everything. The dis
trict attorney read a number of letters
to Mrs. Burdick by Pencil,
in which he said life was not worth
living without her, and that death
not be unwelcome.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Coats
worth showed Mrs. Burdick a letter
from New York to Mr.. Burdick
by Mrs. Pencil on Dec. %, 1902. In it
Mrs. Pencil asked Mr.. Burdlck if he
vas absolutely a in taking the
of pressing the divorce pro-
,eedings. She called attention to the
fact that Pencil did not value life too
mighty and intimated that he might
suicide and take Mrs. Burdick
With him.
What did she mean by that?" asked
Mr.. C%oatsworth.
II don't know replied Mrs. Bur-
lick.
Threats at Suicide .
In q letter written Dec. IS, 1902. by
Mrs. Burdick to Mr.. Burdick she told
aim she intended to go to Atlantic
City. The letter also contained a yelled
at suicide.
In another letter written by Pencil
% Mrs. Burdick from Portland, Me-.
he addressed her as dearest Allie"
the night is beautiful and as l look
Up at the moon l try to put my
thoughts away. 1 love you n must
you, but fate is memorable unless
choose to break it, and you car
never be mine"
She had received letters from him
in similarly melancholy mood.
lie was a very emotional man.
Mr.. Coatsworth read another letter
by Pencil to Mrs. Burdick
rom Boston, in which he said:
Dearest love, this is also a very
TASTY note. l was not surprised that
our note was unhappy. We seem to
We had our opportunity and failed
o take advantage of it"
What did he mean by we had our
opportunity and failed to lake advan-
age of it?'"
Il don't know, unless ne was re-
TO the time we Went to At
antic City and came back again"
In another letter Pencil said his
leart dragged him to her and would SO
ong as the breath remained in his body,
low long that was he did not care.
Il am never happy now unless l am
With you" he declared.
What did he ever say to you about
an end to his e~xistence?"
Nothing definite"
well. what did he say of an indefi-
lite nature h a would lead an ordinary
,erson to believe he contemplated sui
ide?"
ii said he would rather be dead
han crippled or MANNED"
He never told her that he would COM
nit suicide.
Mr.. Coatsworth read various other
etters from Pencil. all couched in
imilar language. Replying to the ques-
ions of the attorney, Mrs. Burdick said
Ter mother knew nothing of h rela-
ions between her and Pencil.
did she ever say anything to you
bout Pennell?"
The night l vent ava she told me
blamed Pennell more than she
id me-"
Did Marion ever say anything to
'ou about Pennell?"
mo, sir"
Don't you recall that Marion told
.ou she thought you We're doing
srong?"
No, sir"
Have you received my information
$ to who killed your hnsband?"
mo, sir"
You are positive about that"
Il am"
That's ALL" said Mr.. C%oatsworth.
Cross-examined by Attorney Hart
ell. Mrs. Burdick sail that Pennell
at the charity ball that Bur-
lick had secured from her the letters
which Pencil had written to her. He
eemed much agitated and wanted the
atters back.
did o fsar the revelations of a d.
.orce a%ction?'