The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-24
sEVADED QUESTIONS si.3S
AS FAR AS POSSlBLE5
Admitted Meeting PennelI requentlY5
8s Even After Her Husband Had X,
Taken3Hor Back on Her Prom
ise 10 Be a True and Loyal gs8S4
Wife-Other Witnesses
Were Unimportant. isss
tBy Associated presss)

BUFFALO,, Ny. March # g. MIS-
Alice Hull Burtlick, widow of Edwin q u iS58 ~
Burdlck, underwent a a4merciless scxamina4sS
! ton by District ttorney Goa tswJr rth toe
day;$in the Inquest into the death ofS .hekMl
When court adjourned until 10 O'Clock
to morrow morning. She will then8 bs VI
reca ledat complete her estimony. 3ssa
Will a package of letters in his hands s$5
some OF (which awere writtenSto Mrs. Bur,.sS
dick by Arthur r. Penncll. u respondent
In the divorce proceedings Instituted sSbyisS
Mr.. Burdick, and other COMMUNICATING
between Mr.. Burtllck and his wife. n dr.is,
Goa atesworth forced Mrs. Burdlck to .stellIg
the story OF her rotations With PcnnellI'
from the time $he first made love to her III d
New Haven in 1893, until 1901, when these
relations We're renewed after Burdlllkt
L had given his wife and had taken
her back to his home, for the sa kes q Sof Ii
their children u sSs
U Mrs. Burdlck was tdcathly pale. fon IA hsss..
Witness stand! She ans Hered question sins
n low, IA ltcrlng tone 4 evading afd irect an.fs
swer whenever possible and elilctantly,S
admitting facts when % he District t-
itorney1 pltilessly read extracts from the
love letters written to8hcr by Arthur Il. $5
EPenne. Not since tho Einqiiest Into &tFesa
murder began has there been such n In -s5
tense interest In tho proceedings. As Nj
early at II o'clock In the morning mem
and women, mostly women. applled at tie
Police Court for seats. Judge Murphy
ordered the courtroom cleared. md \ n rs
one was admitted until IL il clock. Nh
When the inquest was resumed a ~ 3%
o'clock most Of the spectators In the
crowded court-room were " omen. N here
was a. hum of excitement when MRS.!
BurdIck took the witness stand Mrs:
Burdlck testified that she met Pennell3s III
at a card party fve or six years ago.
Sllo went to New Haven and New Y orlsSE
with the Pencils In 1898. Mr. Burdlcs5
did not so. being detained BY hllslness.
No unusual friendship existed between
her and Pencil. Witness did mot grecalLSSs
"a letter from Pennell written in New
Haven In 1900. In which she said d:s"Yes-sS
iterday was at theE gateway at hes 81
campus grounds, where more than tWts
years $50 drew you in In he darknesss
This place is enshined toJme"
DID NOT OBJECT. 5$s5 SS55s
Mr.. Hartzell asked what was the pur-$
that Mrs. Burdlck might refuse to an
swer any 4 questions that would incrimi-ja
nate her. = d
",ye do not wish to object said a1r..5,5
.Hartzel Il h s ~
The District Attorney produced Tie Lett;
tor and handed It to the witness. who s
trembed Violently. t3 u ~ A
Do YOU recognize 1t as Pennell s llands
writins?'' 81 s&t ls
Yes" whispered Mrs Burrdlck. Il
y Aud you recall the incident now w?.'
Yes, slr:' s,S "a NM
Mrs Burdick In recalling the incidenk
confessed that Pennell Went into doorS 81
and kissed her. She thought she remon< III
strated. She did not remember that PenS sEs
nell Was at Shelter Island In Septembenl
1900, nor letteS from him In which hAss
wrote that he had found her gloves In
the pocket OF his tuxedo, The letter was {s
handed her, She read II hastily, and did NJ
not appear to enjoy its contents. It was
written by Pennell she said. but she did s5
not remember having seen 1t before, 4 e H
Mrs. Burdick was shown another letter "a
from Shelter Island, written In Septem ri
ber, 1ano. and 1t was Identified by her n
She did not recall Pennell's telephoning b
her from New York, ms stated In the 81
letter, 5 Nh
Mrs Hurtllck was then questioned at
some length relative to the meaning oe "
a .. 81 referred to In letter from NJ
Pennell In which be said. II will meet II
YOU at l.. 2, 3 Wednesday, morning" - but #
Mrs. Buriick answered that she did not #
know, There We're two or three houses, n
she said, a which she used to meet him,
ANOTHER LETTER. FL
Mr., roatesworth produced another let- 81
ter postmarked New Haven, September i5l
H. 800. Mrs, Burdlck said she recalled III
It, Pennell wrote; 5
IT shall try and comfort myself by tele,
phoning from New York and on Thurs
day shall know the exquisite happiness
Of seeing YOU" He referred TO her dear 8i
picture In the locket" and declared her #
''n,y love- life, my dearest one s VI Ssl
Mr. Coatesworth produced another lets III
ter written from New York, September gs
Is. 1900. addressed to Mrs Blrdlck. In I'll
this letter he wrote: 3s sG
II lust came from telephoning you and Il
hearing your dear, sweet voice, Am Assss
foolish to phone you from way down a
here? It was worth all It cost me. NH
realize more and more that You are tho
only woman In the world for me-. # 4sS
''Do you remember getting that letter n
asked the District Attorney, H
"No SIR X W. n sS22 s sss
z "ln this same letter he says; Only a 5
day more and shall once more see tho Ia
loYellg In your eyes and experience thu EY;