The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-15

open Just as it was. shsssid !. had not been
O How HIGH wa- the. vindgwf A That That
4:,. ySr %fsn ~ Sit fr f'T outside should
judp about a cotpl OF in'her.
At noon a recess Of two hours was taken
crowd AT AFTERNOON SESSION
The rush to get into tina court room was
greater as the hour for the AFTERNOON sess s,,,
approached. At recees the curious IoiS
the witnesses come and 90. All tho sysil-
able court space was taken al . 9cloSA
when Justice Murphy mounted the penon'
II was not then known who wouio % VT
afternoon witnesses, but the rumol nad
zone about that Mrs. Gertrude Barnard
Paine was to be placed on the stand They
had not long To enjoy their curiosi'y IoI
the crier's words were still echoing wnen
the big doors swung open ana ~ o nS
Mrs. Hull. Her lawyer. MI Hupoeh anu
the Hartsells were Ti' ,hs Sinss sn o5 police
Mrs. Hull Is short and small Her hair
il white and brushed straight back from
her brow. Her face Is pale ana nlieo WIN
fine lines. Her eyes are large and as1s.
able features The corncrs OF the mouth
seem drawn down as by the weight OF de-
termination. She was dressed In biack,
with a widows cap and q FUR boa, She
took tho stand without an evidence OF
nervousness, though every neck was cram
ing to get better view
MRS HILLS TESTIMONY.
Mrs.. Hull said she was o. years old and
had lived at the Burdick house, loi Ash
land avenue, for seven years. Her daughter
was Edwin l.. Burdick's wife. She said
her daughter was not al home on the hi&ht
OF Feb 20, or the morning Of the Nth. she
was sure Mrs. Burdick WAS then AZ the iray
more Hotel, Atlantic City. She had not
been at home since Dec. 8. when she vent
10 Niagara Falls without telling Mrs. Hull
wby she went there. She had sent two
kilograms TO Mrs. Burdick. One, sent
two weeks before the murder, was to as
sure her daughter that she was not W.
and the other, which was sent on Feb. "a
read: Come at once. I'd died this morn
ing" To this Mrs. Burdick replied Leave
for Buffalo tonight, Friday Mrs. Hun
denied that she had received letter from
her daughter in the two weeks preceding
the murder.
O. You remember. Mrs, Hull. Of Mr.. Abbott
asking you, on the morning that this murder
Was discovered. for this telegram which you
had received from your dapshteT. Mrs,
O. Do You recall what reply, you made to
his request? n said ! had It in my pos
Q. Did you r.. I. and e u. 1T !. to him'
think * tsa a's he sss %e Tor t. II he had he
would have seen II. ,,..u .,.,.
O. A matter OF fnct, Mrs Hull. ddnt
Won refuse TO let him soc it, A. No. sir
The District Attorney questioned Mrs.
Hull infinitely as TO her actions on the day
before the murder. She said she went TO
st. Johns Church on Wednesday. but did
not remember about going out on Thurs
day. Mr.. Burdick came home to dinner
She and the children were already at the
table. Then came sharp Questioning
about the mysterious bottle OF cocktails
which Burdick bought on his way home.
THE noTrLr or COCKTAILS.
Q. Did he have dHnythipiSs n. q IA his hand at
o. viii YOU statewhst 1t was? A. ABottle,
.. Have covering over it, A. 1t did
,oI,,s wh q Biz sf hand W mae dd he do He
went through into the buffers pantry, the
s pa ard S Se Sos IN Ss dnSs
''G" You saw him bring the, bottle back
bsok WAS toward the door
o when he came from the bach psrIor
into the dining room with this bottle Y his
was any wrapper or paper around ~ 4. !
don't think there was am positive there
70 o. Did you see him when he returped from
did not, as r-c9tlect 90. thu, no,,.,
4 q f Dia "a" any oenver..tton TAX. place be,
tween YOU and NJ; BurdiGk regarding that
a, Ina, 'd tine, lead You to believe il wa. for
y VoS' nd You have any information or knoxl-
edge at that time a. to the contents al ths'
oot''D Did YOU afterward sec that bottle in
the sideboard in the dining ROOM A. did
Hsys sss fny T"e rn Sso psn
With thst bottle seen ~ \. No, air.
o. Have you since that TING searched the
house to find that bottie' A. No. err have
no 10; Dyn't vow think I, rather s,5,.nse' Mr.
q And YOU hay. no, inte, .s So, yoarssli
searched on SUNDAY ' sOd Tor 'na'
there sundsy. SeTe yoH' 4. No. vas no,
mgr o. You have never nndert AIKEN on. your
own account TO find that bottle' A No.
members OF the household or with outsider.
that 6ot,le' Why i has been spoken Of
come m S " H. haven't sny.
BuRpIck DRESSED WHEN SHE saw HIM LAST
MR. Hull said she went from the dinner
leaving !. thai night. Mr. Burdick wen,
10 her room about O'Clock. His eldest
daughter Marion Was there. He then
was fully dressed Mrs.. Hull was reading
a Greek history Lesson To Marion She
except Greek history. Mr.. Burdck left
TIE raom het wpen A and 0 O'Clock.