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Believes II Grew Out of the Divorce
Proceedfngs-PennelI Threatened to
Kill Himself and Mrs. BurdIck Unless
Gives ImpoI tant Testimony-One Wit
ness Disappears.
Buffalo, March 17.-The name of Ar
thur r. Pennell, who was named as CO.
respondent in the Burdick divorce pro-
ceedings and who met a terrible death
in Genres stone quarry two weeks after
Edwin L. Burdick was murdered, con-
stantly came to the surface in the in
quest before Judge Murphy to-day.
Charles S. Parke. Burdick's former bus
mess partner and close friend, while on
the witness stand this afternoon gave
it as his opinion, based upon informa-
ton and supposition that Pennell, or
hired assassin, killed Burdick. Fear of
disclosure growing out of the divorce
proceedings instituted by Mr.. Burdick
against his wife, Mr.. Parke firmly be-
lieved, was the motive for the crime.
He told of converse tions he had with
Mr.. Burdiek relating to the trouble with
Pennell. On one occasion Burdick told
Parke that Pennell had threatened sui
eide if the suit was not stopped. Pen
nell threatened to kill both himself and
Mrs. Burdick.
Mrs. Gertrude B. Paine, the wife of
DR.. Seth T. Paine, a close friend of the
al ~
questioned regarding the relations be-
tween the two families and especially
of the feeling displayed by the men to-
ward each other. Mrs. Paine's house
was searched by the police on the Sun
day following the murder. To-day the
district attorney touched only casually
upon her whereabouts on the night of
the murder, devoting most of the time
to questions relating to her relation
with Burdick and her knowledge of the
feeling between Pennell and Burdick.
Mrs. Paine denied having been at Bur-
dicks house at any time when not ac-
cornpanied by DR.. Paine. Her relations
with Burdick were purely social.
DR.. Paine was examined He was on
the stand for only a few minutes. He
was in Batavia on the night of the mur-
der
A. Carlson, the Swedish boarder at
Mrs. Paine's house, was very nervous
while on the witness stand. He thought
Mrs. Paine was in the house on the
night of the murder, but could not say
positively.
Miss Mary Cunningham, the other oc-
cupant of the Paine home on the night
of the murder has left the city, accord
ing to testimony given by Mrs. Paine
to-day. Her whereabouts is not known.
The inquest was not resumed until
3:25 this afternoon, owing to the fact
that Justice Murphy was holding juve-
nile court.
The first witness of the day was Mrs.
Gertrude Barnard Paine. She was very
pale when called to the stand.
Mrs. Paine said she had lived in Buff
falo for nine years and that she and
her husband had resided at 492 Elm
wood avenue since August of last year.
She said she met Burdck four years
ago at dancing club on Elmwood
avenue, which she afterward Joined.
She testified to visiting the Burdicks
and Pencils at their homes, but denied
that Mr.. Burdick was in the habit of
calling at her home.
Asked if she had talked with Burdicls
about his wife leaving home, she said:
II met Mr.. Burdick on Main street ac-
cidentally and told him / had tried to
communicate with Mrs. Burdick over
the telephone and that she was not in.
Then he told me she was out of town"
did Mr.. Burdick visit you at your
home after Mrs. Burdick left home?"
YES once, in December last
"Was DR.. Paine home at that time ?''
Eyes. sir"
''Did you call at the Burdick home
after Mrs. Burdick left?"
''No, SIR
you have met Mr.. Burdick frequent
ly since Mrs. Burdick left home?"
81 have seen him number of times. "
'Where?"
''At the dancing club down town and
on the carr
"By appointment"
''Twice or three times by appoint
ment."
"How did he make the appoint
ments?''
by telephone"
1.-THE appointments were kept, once al
Lang's candy store. once at the Gene
see, and once at Main and Summer
streets, six weeks or two months ago
On the latter occasion he talked about
his wife.
"He said that the gossip that had
been going on about his wife was true
and that he had the necessary evidence
to secure divorce.
"He did not say exactly that he had
sent her away, but that was what was
gathered.
''He said he felt very badly about
Pennell, his friend, coming into his fam
lily that way. He said he had had a
talk with Pennell and that Pennell had
agreed to leave the city He said Pen
nell had promised once before to leave
home, but had not done so.'
Mr.. Burdick never asked her to fix
up an appointment with Pennell Mrs
Paine said she met Burdicl down town
several times by appointment, but did
not remember what they talked about
or why the appointments were made
When was the last time you had a
conversation with him over the tele-
phone?"
"On the day of his death"
What did you say to l1im?"
''I told him I had not seen Mrs PEN
nell and did not know whether she was