The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-11
BurdlckE Murder Mystery viii
Ever Remain One.
PENNELL INQUEST ENDED. j 1, ] i,
Whether Accident or Suicde Cat, Not ': +
Be Determined, Says the Justice.
a Establishing a Motive Does
: Not Prove Suicide.
tBy ted Press,

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BUFFALO, N. Y, April 1o.-The evi-S
dence given today at the Inquest into Erl'A'
tho deaths OF Arthur L. Pennell and Mrs Mrs.
pennell before ustice Murphy. VIII II not t'ts.
help the authorities in any way to Q 81 soiu-
tion Of the Burdicls mystery. Whether the The
tragedy at $th cston equarry on on March NJ arc
10th In which Pennell was killed 3, and and
Mrs. Pennell was fatally injured. was due
to accident or design, Is not pro ven.
Thomas Penney, who has acted as at at
torney Tor the Pennell family since Ar--S
thur Pennel's death. declared that go 80
far as she was aware. nothing I'M the the
papers left by Mr.. Penneell would throw 't'''i
any light upon the murder OF Edwin l. u.
iBurdick When questioned regarding tho
alleged idefalcations by Pennell. Mr.. Pen n
sney declined to ans swer. F'reder1ck{
Pennell brother Of the dead lawyer, and &
administrators of his estate. who has pos 4
session OF most Of the papers. was " ( out 4;
Of the city, and Mr.. Penney nformed the
courtgtllat he did not know. where he was m /
or when No would return to Buffalo. Is
Evidence that would show defalcationE
would simply be cumulative, !, said III usticeS i
Murphy aftr&the evidence was all in.25
No stronger motive could be proven than
has already been brought out here. But
proving a motive does not establish suit
eide The court is prepared to I'm nnounce
Its findings # i5 "a;
Judge Murphy then delivered his YER
dict. as follows :fs VI
s@'1 find and certify that Arthur ] L.
$Pennell f came to hts death on tho 10th
day of March, 1908. MS a result OF injuries
received while riding In an automobile.
the said automobile plunging from an
embnnkment into the Gehrc's III stone
quarry IA .3 's::s5 # N f S
hat cannot determine from the evil
,dence submitted whether such plunge rsns
sacciden tai or signed. 3j
That Carrie Lambert Pennell came to
her death{as the result OF the said plunge
of said automobile into the qua rry, W.
9.i sa E IJATDD D#COLLOQUY.33 f3.sS III
e. Dr.. p. q Dancer. the medical exam
liner, described his 6visit@to "a the quarry
where he viewed X he body OF Pennel.$
reply to Attorney Penney, he said
he did not observe how close the curb
was to the bank Gor3 notice how high the
curb was at that point. There was noth-
Ing between the bank and the curb to-
prevent a vehicle from going over the
cliff. @ ISSf ,,s2 5
$ Frank Jerger, who saw the NJ utomoblle5
on the afternoon Of the tragedy described
the movements Of the vehicle III 553 III
ttorney Penney objected to the testi-
mony as e irrelevant, whereupon Judge
murphy declared q that i MI. Penney had
no right to object. 53S 55 5
Mr.. Penney attempted to cross-examnes
the witness concerning the time, thereby
to- show that Jerger was gu essingt at 4 u.
Judge Murphy q gain lnterposed and n
heated colloquy between the Justice and
Attorney Penney ensued. The attorney
declared that the proceeding had been
Irregular all the way. through. The dis
5pute ended with n threat from the Judge
TO eject Mr.. Penney. Il i5Ss Ak
II George Volk, saloon keeper on Ken
Rsington Avenue. testified that the Pen
{nells bought a drink OF Whiskey and a
cigar at his place at 850 o'clock on that
evening. l s3 II y: is53 s$ y
James Reiley, a boy. saw. Pennell'sl
automobile stop in front 4 Of AZ olls's sa-
loon. Mrs. Pennell was inside the car.
riagc. He saw Pennell come from the
sal oon3 and got into the automobile. 4 u
"Just before he got in he said some
thing, and he and Mrs. Pennell laughed. =
said the witness. Pennell put the top
down until he got in. and then put It UP
again. rang the gong and started "a. away
983s5 WENT OVER BAN Il 4. sf
George Dunbar testified to hearing the
gong OF an automobile on the evening
OF March 10th He turned and saw Fell-4
nell with his hand UP to his head as II
he were reaching for his hat, which
seemingly had blown off. AS his hand
came down tho automobile swayed and
went over the barf.
Attorney Maurice Spratt, representing
a life Insurance company. endeaYored to 4
ascertain from the witness II the auto
mobile was not on one side OF the road
or the other. but Dunbar insisted that It
was In the center Of the street,
wallace e. Ompheius. who was Pen-3
.nell's clerk, was called to. the stand,
Mr.. Pennell. he said, got out state
mont for publication, hut took the manu-
scrip to make some corrections, and Wit
ness did not SEQ It again. lie said j..
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