The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-19
.BURDlCKS LIFE
THREATENED
Letter Found Alleged to Have
Been Written by Pencil.
WILL BE PRODUCED MONDAY
BUFFALO MYSTERY IS SLOWLY
BEING UNRAVELED.

d UFFALO. March lS-The Burdick
ID inquest has been postponed until
nazt Monday. District Attorney
Coatsworth is suffering from a sore
throat and cannot speak without dif-
dculty.
For the first time since the murder
5f Edwin L. BurdIck suspicion as 90
.he Identity of his murderer was voiced
yesterday with quasi Official sanction
at the third session of the police court
Inquest In reply to the question by
District Attorney C0atswOrth. We'll
who was IT," Charles $. Spark. tie
business partner of Mr.. Burdick, re-
Piled
Arthur Penneu or a hired assas-
SIM"
The question and answer were the
most sensational features of the i'm
quest up 90 that time. Hitherto the
officials have named no one I'm con-
nectiOn with the supposed murder To
is known, however that the authori-
ties knew beforehand whom Mr. Spark
was 90 name The police and district
attorney had previously talked over
the crime with Mr.. Spark and We're
aware OF the trend of his suspicious.
Mr. C0atsWorth said today that De
expects Co finish the inquest Monday
Or ne feels well by that time. other
wise part of another day may be
taken
Mrs Burdick win be the most inn
pOrtant witness called Monday he
added. There win be several others.
BurdIcks furnace attendant VIII be
among them. 1 viii examine the man
who attended the furnace lu the PEN
nell house and see what there is 90 the
story that the furnace was fed and
attended 90 before he arrived the day
after the murder. III there is any
thing In the story he viii be called as
a witness"
Damaging Letter.
10 IS stated ON good authority that the
district attorney win place in evidence "a
letter alleged Co have been written 90
Mrs. Burdick by Arthur Penneu several
months ago. The letter was found in The
BurdlCk home when the search OF the
house was made by the police. ln the
letter the following occurs. 'l feel chat
must kn Ed BurdiCk'
no. was learned today that Mr.. Penueu
left "a win Iu which Mrs Pencil is
named as sole eNerutrIN iu the event of
her surviving. Three alternates are
named 20 act should Mrs. Pennell die
first
when Mrs. Burdick comes TO the stand
Monday she will probably be CF ED upOu
90 Identify the letters mentioned above
She knew both the dead men pronahiN
better than any one person Don the world.
and her testimony promises t' De the
most important and interesting or The
entire proceedings. .....
Hated Each Other
The details of the strained relations be-
tween the two dead men were gathered
Immediately after the murder Of Huruck
and before che death of Psnueu Pennell
aH .H HHa.rH I u H
relations between himself ana kurdlCk
were strained. lu fact. alter The murder
of Burdick, Peuneu spoke to others than
the aNthor.ties of the hostility between
him and Burdlck on the dav he was
killed De was arranging 90 give out
statement Tor publication and spoke of
part of what he intended 90 say.
"It deals with Burdlck. said Pcnnells
referring 90 this part of the proposed
statement some say that 30 comes with
ODD grace from me tn abuse dead man.
but Eurllck was no saint. and when the
time comes that I must make "a statement
iu the newspapers I'm defense OF myself
from what other newspapers are print
ing about me. ] intend 90 let people know
just the kind of man be was. and then
perhaps some OF them Will turn little
of their time 90 him that they are now
uevOtlng 90 prylug lulu mN affairs tll
not like him and DE did not like me and
police frankly that We were not on good
terms. His death coming at this time
was one of the worst things that could
have happened 90 me.
Theory Of the Murder.
One of the criminal authorities Is quot
rd as saying. There are several reasons
Co believe three things. First. that the
murder was committed by more than one
person; second. that at least one of the
persons implicated was entirely familiar
with the interior of the Burdick home.
and what perhaps Is most Important OF aIl
is third. that che murderer or murderer-
had no fear of interruption while at their
work or Immediately atterWard
ION the iirst point ] do not care Co say
much. AS tO the second point familiar
ity with the interior of the house q may .
point 90 the fact that after the work was
done the murderer washed his or her
hands and must have known where the
vashbasiu was Co be- found. That he or
although there was bl0rd on tla inside
knob oft the den door. there was no blood /
on the knob off the outdoor of the house .
which had been purpO-ely left open l0.
the purpose OF creating the impression .
that burglars had entered the house Fac
mllarlty with Ihr house Isl also shown bE
the fact that che lunch was not hrouElt
90 the den Boy Hurdick, but by some other
person.
-The analysis of the contents Of Bur
dicks stomach shows that lr had not
tasted "a particle OF the crackers. cheese
and tarts found ON the table iu the den
Deliberdtiou and freedom from fear of
apprehension Is shown by the fact that
the murderer took time tO do MANY thugs
that "a person lu Tear or discovery would