New-York tribune., 1903-03-17
INQUEST GIVES NO CLEW.
u1sS BURDICK ON STAND.
eErgected Sensations Do Not De-
pelor at Murder inquiry.

ssven,la March fk-Niss Marion Burdick, dauEh.
sRsr os xks late Edwin L. Burdick. was the most In
Serag&sn9 witness 81 tie inquest before andse Aur
uhy TO-DAY Ntss Burdick Is sixteen yesrs oio' ano
SasEs striking resemblance 70 ner mother. HNs
e1srx Hull she volunteered 10 information ene an
svn~AA tn ysoposyTlahles whenever possible II was
generally Yes" No." and when thosS repneS
would not sun8ce she used az few words as possible.
she was net easily confused. and there was no SlSn
AZ agitation or emotion when the District Attorney
Questioned her closely regarding the incidents '@'
occurred at the time her father was murdered
ur Coatsworth began by speaking kindly 10 the
r5rI and carefully choosing his WORDS In Pu'uns
questions u her. Later he asked questions IN rapu
sueesssicn all Of which were net with replies oo'n
-, 10 AecssIve At one time when the District
AkSnrpey asked the same questions seTerA ui'IeS
Miss Bur4ick caused murnur In the courtroom ~ ~
rais.ng her voice sharply in clear emph6Hc
6ont know. .hu
Nothing Of Importance ELECTED from the
~,oun4 xorosn while she was the stand. ana the
District Attorney finally gave her up IN despair
shs sSid that her grandmother. Mrs. hun. mrs.
Informed her that her father Was III IN MS oeh'
That was before DR.. Marcy arrived ana oeloie
AZ E5uII knew posstiveIy according to her own
testimony that it Burdick's body lying OF the
couch The District Attorney tried TO get MISS
Burdick 20 tell why she apparently took so niue
interest IN her fathers Illness when she was told
~ ft by her grandmother. She replied that she felt
that when II was proper for her to know her
grandmother would tell her. She would nor aomlt
that there was anything peculiar in her not inQuI
tnr about his ilness Miss Burdick admitted that
she knew of the divorce proceedings instituted oy
ys,,r5sck against her mother She Sympathized with
her father but would not admit that she thoueht
he was right in driving her mother from home.
Neither would she admit that she knew OF her
mother meeting Arthur r. PennelL
DOCTOR ADMITS SUICIDE STORY.
Or. William H. Marcy, the Burdick family physi-
csu and the first person TO see Burdicks booy a1ter
the first witness OF
the day. DR. Marcy admitted that he told Dr. How
land the medical examiner, that " II was SUICIDE
or looked suicidal IL would be al the better TOT
the family 10 make it out case OF suicide Later
n. agreed with Dr. Howland that the suicide the
cry was untenable. When he suggested suicide ne
spoke the impulse of the moment
Katie Eoenig, the second servant OF the Burdlck
household was asked IL Mrs. Hull had been near
the furnace the morning after the muroer. She
said she did not know.
None Of the testimony ELECTED during the day gives
promise OF materially aiding the authorities IN
clearing up the Ashand-ave. mystery
In cxamning Katie Koenig, the servant MI
BartxeIL. Of the attorneys brought out the
Interesting fact that gas in the hall and in the
Gen was lighted by electric appliance By press
II ing the button the gas could be lighted BY press
Irg another button it could be extnguishel. On
the night after the murder it was found that the
electric arrangement in the den did not work. An
Investigation showed that some one had turned
Of the gas in the den instead Of extingu1shing IL
by EeSnS OF the button Inc ATTORNEY purpose All
bringing out this fact wss to show that whoever
vss in the house on the night OF the murder was
not familiar with ths electric arrangement for
$uraing out the gas.
PENNELLs NAME BROUGHT IN.
The District Attorney asked Miss BurdIck Just
why she did not enter the den that morning and
what made her think something dreadful had
happened, TO which she replied. "I do not know
She did not ask about her father
William V. Delahunt, ths caoman who took an
unknown from in front Of the Tiff House to
-Ashland-ave. and Bryant-st- cn the night Of the
tn. ps . ySg ofs oc asked pt AT n
torney Coatsworth.
When you we're asked in ny ay,s once IL hs sas gaf
Z said could not tell, The coat and the hat
looked the same could not swear that it was
Jeddo, another hackman. told of taking a party
Division-st, 70 Ashfand-ave. and summer-st. In
o6 ehs aS light fea h nd an oder eeoS oR
the way out Main-st- the younger woman left the
ssN niautss s WITH snail fF package in her hand
At susr and Main sts e n nan 1oo and ,tn the Hn 06er
e e aPf q. # @
dicks house He saw the same woman about two
Did you ever see that woman Again7" he was
Il an not sur."
'Did you sfterwsrd see Marion W. Hutchinson
tn West Tupper-st-2' - asked the District Attorney
i
We'll. did you see q young woman in West Tup-
PeI5st- -
Was she the same woman you took out to Ash
She reserhIed her He could not swear she
WAS the same woman.
DR.. MARCY's INTERESTING TESTIMONY.
DR.. Marcy. the first witness Of the day. said he
received q telephone message from the Murray
girl. Of Mrs. Burdicks maids. about o'clock
on the morning after the murder He was met at
the door OF the Burdick home by Mrs. Hull.
She said the servants had found the front door
and q kitchen window open" DR.. Marcy continued.
night Before D But That his bed had not BEEN occu
pied 1 took Of my coat and walked into the
'e sya.ss sSS 9 t. sss II: ass SsR Hull said she had
'pid she say that Burdick was in?"
had oand 03i fas She told
tRe oTda ys Of that d1 nGS as Ms
& IL ep3g she had tsfe nan eSne aid soe to ue d
her heart action. but not specifically to induce
Continuing DR.. Marcy said: Upon entering the
Es rs the eocS aeS
Sna 9Sf ABOUT the 5ns s5 a5y 1g nGh hac been
Rool q blood and that Burdick's skull had been
couch TO indicate that there was body on the
:. We'll the pillows were piled Up rather high and
sut there dtd not appear to 6e a BODY under Il
Dr. Marcy said he made a casual examination, ~,
the body ald LEFT the room. telling Afrs Hull Bur r.
M then teephoned for the medcsi e1aines s
Si0 not inform the police thinking IT unnecessary.
M R and Dr. ao2sSs a4Se and T he
Astc{ aSSeS that hf ,,f had come to TIE conclusion
C'eIeek in the morning.
any time how Burdick had been killed. To Jus
Sce Murphy the witness said he was OF the opin-
dlek's murder had grown out Of the divorce pTo-