Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-17

TT was after the police came there.
we went into the parlor and sat down
and talked the matter over. said that
il it was suicidal or if it looked sui
| cidal and he could make it out a case
of suicide why it would be all the bet
ter for the family. He said it was not
suicide, and replied that that was all
right. I thought it would save Bur-
dicks good name"
William V. Delahunt the cabman
4 who took the unknown man from in
front of the Tiff House to the corner
of Ashland avenue and Bryant street
on the night of the murder, told his
/ story.
Did you afterwards see Arthur r.
IPennell in the district attorneys Of
|fce?" said District Attorney Coats
worth.
"Yes, sir"
when You were asked in my Office II
Hand and Bryant street what was your
reply?"
| Il said I could not tell. The coat
! =
not swear that 1t was Fennell."
Hackman Jeddo told Of taking par
ty of three on the night of the murder
from the corner of Ashland avenue and
Summer street. In the party We're a
man. woman about 80 years DID, with
light red hair, and an older woman. On
the way out on Main street the younger
woman left the carriage and entered a
drug store, returning in a few minutes
4 with a small package in Eer hand.
! At Summer and Main streets the man
| and the older woman left the carriage
and he took the young woman to the
corner of Ashland avenue and Summer
lstreet. She walked down Ashland in
the direction Of Burdick's house. He
| saw the same woman about two hours
later downtown.
did you afterwards see Marion w.
Hutchinson on West Topper street,"
asked the district attorney.
| Il do not know what her name was"
| WAS she the same woman you took
out to Ashland avenue and Summer
street?'
"She resembled her.
Can you say. whether she was the
same woman?"
II can not
Patrolman Meyer told OF meeting the
lone woman near the Burdick home at
1:10 a. m. on the morning Of the mur-
der. He would not be able to identify
the woman II he again met her.
| Pastor Accuses PenneIl.
| The Rev. Levi M. Powers, pastor of
| the Church of the Messiah. formerly
attended by Edwin L. Burdick and still
attended by Mrs. Hull, mother of Mrs
Burdicl. said in statement last night
that Arthur Pennell wes the murderer
and that his death was 9 weil-planned
suicide. DR.. Powers argned the entire
case at some length AMI accused Pen-
nell in defending Mrs. Hull.
DIR. Powers said in his statement con-
lcerning Pennell's part i'll the affair:
Il am as anxious as any one can be
| to have this mystery solved.
| II am sorry that the one person Of
sufficient motive is dead
Mr. Pennell is dead. should keep
silence if could. Justice to the living
no longer permits it. His conduct in
life and in death does not merit silence
"He was the betrayer OF an unusual
friendship. Mr.. Burdick ramed him as
guardian of his children in will made
some years ago. Mr.. BuTlick's children
called him Uncle Arthur.
.'He robbed his friend of his wife. He
ruined her reputation. He brought
shame to his children and now by 4
death skillfully contrived to deceive he
leaves the suspicion OF murder upon the
mother Of the woman he had wronged.
1.-TWO years ago he threatened to kill
himself. Mr.. Burdick, with more than
ordinary nagnanimity went to him.
told him to brace up and get out of
town, and the past would be forgotten.
He promised to do SO an1 failed to keep
| his word, and for two years more con
tinued to meet in many places the wife
Of his old friend
with what he believes. the evidence
| In hand, Mr.. Burdick applies for di-
vorce. His wife agrees to let him have
| 1t without contest.
Compelled by Mr.. PenNell she bringf
counter suit, and for four months Mr.
Pennell hires detectives to follow Mr.
Burdick. No evidence is obtained.
'As a last resort he makes a per-
sonal appsal, promises Mr.. Burdick he
will do anything. 1t is too late. He
had promised before. Then he threat
ened He will kill Allie and himself
He has threatened before. Mr.. Bur-
dick does not believe him.
1.-The thing is done. Mr.. Burdicks
power to injure the reputation of Ar
thur Pennell is taken away. In Mr..
Burdick's house. home which Mr.
Pennell knew as well as he knew his
own, house in the dining room of
which he had often eaten, whose side
boards and pantry were familiar to him,
and in the bedroom of which he had
often slept as Mr.. Burdlck's guest.
Friday morning before any one In
Buffalo but the family aud the officials
knew of Mr.. Burdick's death Mr.. Pen
nell goes to Niagara Fails. There are
some moods which make Niagara Falls
attractive. The water looks cold. Ii
| is a cold day in February. He phones
to his wife to meet him at the Falls and
bring the Buffalo papers.
why so anxious about the papers?
How does Mr.. Pennell kaown that any
thing interesting has happened in Buff
falo? The papers are brought; the
ruse apparently worked.
He decides to live. He is interviewed
| by the police. Says he has no theory.
Yet writes to friends that Burdick is
seeking revenge because he befriended
his wife; that Burdick is loose with
women and has been killed by some un-