The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-18
SUSPICION CAST
UPON PENNELL
Victim of Accident Thought to
Have Killed Burdick
FACTS BEING BROUGHT OUT
MRS. PAINE's ADMISSIONS ON
THE STAND.
FACTS BEING BROUGHT OUT

u UFFALO. March 1.-THE name of
ID W. r. Pennel. who was named
as correspondent IN the Burdick
divorce proceedings and who met a
terrible death i'm stone quarry two
weeks after Edwin /. Burdicx was
murdered. constantly came 10 the sur
face In the inquest before Judge Muir
ply today. Thomas l.. Park, Bur
dicks former business partner and
close friend while on the witness
stand this afternoon, gave it as his
opinion, based upon Information and
suppositlon. that Pencil or a hired
assassin murdered Burdick. Fear of
disclosures growing out Of the divorce
proceedings instituted by Mr.. Burdick
against his wife Mr. Park believed,
was the motive for the crime.
Pennells Threats.
Mr. Park told Of conversations he
had had with Burdick relative to
trouble with Pencil. on one occa-
sion Burdick told Park that Pencil
had threatened suicide If the suit was
not stopped. Pencil threatened to
kill both himself and Mrs. Burdick.
Mrs. Gertrude b. Paine. wife of Dr.
Seth II. Paine, an intimate friend of
the Pencils and the Burdlcks, was
closely questioned regarding the rela-
uons between the two families. and
especially of the feeling displayed by
the men toward each other. Mrs
Palne's house was searched by the 90
Ice on the Sunday following The muir
der
Today the district attorney touched
only casually on her whereabouts on
the night of the murder, devoting most
of the time 90 questions concerning
her relations with Burdicll and her
knowledge of the feeling between Pen
nell and Burdick. Mrs. Paine denied
being at Burdick's house az any time
when not accompanied by Dr. Paine.
Her relations with BurdiCk were pure
ly social
DR.. Paine was examined. He was on
the stand for only a few minutes. He
was in Batavia on the night of the
murder
Mrs. Paine's Movements.
A. Carlson a Swedish boarder at
Mrs. Paine's house, was very nervous
while on the witness stand. He thought
Mrs. Paine was I'm the house on the
night of the murder but could not say
positively. Miss Mary Cunningham |
the other occupant of the Paine house |
on the night of the murder. has left |
the city according to testimony given |
by Mrs Paine today. Her whereabouts I
Is not known.
Mrs. Paine was asked: You have /
met Mr.. Burdick frequently since Mrs. |
Burdick left homer
Il have seen him a number of |
times"
Where"
AT the dancing club downtown and /
on the car"
by appointment"
Twice or three times by appoint !
ment"
How did he make the appoint |
ments2"
by telephone"
What Burdick Said.
The appointments. according to the |
were kept, once at Langs I
candy store. once at the GenOese. and
once at Main and Summer streets, six I
weeks or two months ago. On the last 4
occasion Burdick talked about his /
wife. He said that the gossip that I
had been going on about his wife was /
true and that he had the necessary evil |
dence to secure a divorce. He did not /
say exactly that he had sent her away,
but that was what was gathered by /
the witness.
Burdick told Mrs. Paine that he felt !
very badly about Pencil his friend.
coming into his family that way He I
said be had had a talk with Pencil ]
and that Pencil had agreed to leave 4
the city. once before Pencil had
promised 90 leave home but had not .
done so. Mr.. Burdick never asked the /
witness TO fix up an appointment with
Penneu.
Mrs Paine said she met Burdick .
downtown several times by appoint /
ment but did not remember what they
talked about or why the appointments
were made.
His Last appointment.
When was the last time you had
b conversation with him?'
"On the day of his death"
What did you say 90 him?"
II told him i had not seen Mrs. PEN
lel, and did not know whether she was
going to attend the ElmwO0d dance or
not He said that III the Pencils were
lot going TO be there he might go. He
wanted 90 know If / were going. i told /
him / had a cold and would not go. The
hight previously he had called me no /
and asked me II I could hud out wheth-