The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-03-14
WAS HE A SUICIDE ?
psnnsll. Co Respondent In BurdicS
Divorce Case Is Killed.


murdered in his home a Buffalo, y, / o.. early
ia the morning 5f February =.
IL. had = divorce suit pruHtng against ms
SItc, ~ whlch Agtbur r PsHusH, Buffalo
lA~yer, wAs named as correspondent DIS
ale had 8 similar sult pending against hita,
.1 ahirh Mr. Warren. uf Cleveland. Ohio, a
sigo-cs~. and ''Jans Doe. Of BEiislo, EeTe
named A. 90 respondents
TIE police tired many clues aud subjected
several someu go searching questions. but
hay. been unable 20 get any evidence war.
ranting An arrest. They held a. hrst That al
,srn, POINTED 10 SomAn the mur3rrr~s.
tbgavb P@nnell fell under their suspicion.
Nos the opinion IS gaIuiug ground thai a naan
committed the cri,ar.
Bvyg,ts. y. Y. March 10 With his asue
on The lips Of thousands IF Buffalo people As
the chief suspect IA the sensational B1rd.eS
murder mystery aud ib- police probing lHto
The tep,hs 81 BE-, p~fsouai life aud his rris
u.,u. nth Mrs. Burdick Arthur r. Penrrll,
Ia. co respondent ia the divorce suil 1' NJ.
i}ardiek. Sas instantly Killed this evening by
The crashing Of hiss automobile over 8 prrci
piee into a stone quarry which runs parallel
With aud eight ieei from curb Of hensiug'o"
avenue on which the automobile bad been
travelling
His pife. who occupied seat beside him.
Vas probably fatally hurt She Was Akeu 70
a hospital unconscious aud the doctors say she
Mil die before regaiuing her senses.
The tragedy happened ia one OF the Guilty
ing districts of the city about o clock. he
wrecked automobile j. the one in which Mr.
Pennell frequently. 1t Is alleged, took Ms
Bufiiek riding.
With the spreading cf the report OF this SEN
s.rional development 10 one OF The most start
ling and profound murder mysteries which
the police have ever hsd to solve came The
runog thai Mr.. Pencil, bounded by The as
sociation Of his name with the murder and
worry over the disgrace thsi had been thrust
upon him. had committed suicide, but so FAR
a. official information was concerned there
VA no confederation OF this
The tragedy occurred va the northeastern
part Of the ely in q stretch OF barren country
marked With asphalt payements aud dotted here
aud there With roadhouses and small cottages
Few persons ride through this region IN the
fall or spring and fewer still IN winter, be-
cause of the winds which sweep 1t. What Mr.
Pencil aud his wife were doing in the for
saken region, whose only recommendation to
automobilisis Is the payemeuiS. aud on one
of the weltest aud most unpleasant days of
the year, is ~ mystery not yet explained.
Two boys saw the plunge. The boys were
walking vest on keusingt0u avenue about
one-eighth of d mile east of Fillmore avenue.
when the Pennel automobile, with the red
initial "A. K. z. - stamped on the back, sped
By them. The machine Is light roadster,
aud WAS moving rapidly.
Mr. Pencil was sitting on the right and his
wife. with wrap clssped tightly about her.
leaned close 10 him. About 100 feet ahead.
the BOYS say, Mr.. Penuell'S hat was dslodged
by a gust of wind. He reached for il. A see
ond later. the machine then running at a speed
of 10 or u miles AN hour, swung sharply To
the left aud listed to one side, Mrs. Penneli
rising from the seat aud her husband, striving
seemingly to catch hold of the steering rod.
plunged over the edge Of the precpice and
into the quarry.
A woman's scream marked the disappear
ance of the conveyance from the sight OF the
bows and moment later the youngsters heard
a crash. Darkness was just settling and
thick mist hung over the quarry aud the
skirtiug meadows.
The bows were frightened. They ran with
all speed in the opposite direction aud into a
house, where they found another boy. len
minutes had elapsed before anyone was on
the way to the scene of the accident 1t was
so dark by that time that lantern was taken
along by the three youngsters. Two men
Joined them on their journey and the party
clanbered down into the quarry, the bottom
of which for long distance on Fillmore ave
nue. is lined with jagged rocks.
In falling the automobile had keeled over
aud it fell box down, with one of the edges of
the box on Mr.. Pencils head, which was
Aattened out Mrs. Pennell lay partly under
the automobile and was grooming with pain.
She was unconscious. The rescuing party saw
that Mr.. Pennell was dead and they first re-
leased his wife, carrying her out of the quarry