The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-19
KILLED IN HIS AUTO.
PenneII Goes to His Death 10 a Very.
Tragic Manner
WAS ANOTOTHER SAD MYSTERY
One of the Chief Figures In the Bur-
dick Murder Case Crushed Qoiny
Over Precipice.

most, than the death Of e. L. Burdick
was the tragedy that occurred late
Tuesday afternoon when Arthur PEN
nell, one Of the chief figures in the in
vestisation Of the Burdick murder, was
hurled headlong into eternity. Mr..
Pennell was riding in his electric au-
tomobile with Mrs. Pennell. They were
on Kensington avenue, near Fillmore
avenue, skimming the edge Of the stone
quarry, huge rock-ribbed hole in the
ground. PennelPs hat blew OF, the au-
tomobile swerved and in some mex
plicable manner it leaped over the
killed instantly, his head being crush
ed to an Unrecognizable mass Mrs.
Pennell was injured so severely that
the surgeons at the Sisters Hospital
to which she was taken, say her chan
ees OF recovery are very slight
Two boys saw the tragedy They
were too far away to know positively
just how it happened. Mrs Peuneit
when found was unable to speak. She
was only semi-conscious when taken to
the hospital and could speak no eoher-
ent words After the operation was
performed Immediately by Dr.. Eugene
Smith in the hope of saving her life,
she lapsed into Inconsistencies and
hence there can be no true version of
precisely low the affair occurred
Mr.. Pennell left his office in the AUS
tin building at f:05 o'clock in the
afternoon. He went to his home at 208
Cleveland avenue. A friend who called
UP Mr.. Pennell on the telepl one about
5 o'clock was Informed that Mr.. Pen
nell was In but that he was going for
drive. Mr.. PeDnell himself answered
the telephone and said that he would
be back between $3.50 and o'clock,
making an appointment with his friend
for that hour.
Would O'Clock do?' he was asked.
"Oh, we'll yes, might come at 8
o'clock, but you better make it later,
81 d Mr.. Pennell. Vi
Those were the last words PennelI
was known to speak to any one except
Mrs. Penneu, save that he went back
to the stairs and called out to Lizzie !
Robmance, the maid, Lizzie, we will
be back between and o'clock" nen
he and Mrs. Pennell rode away in the
automobile. II was learned that tae
matter mentioned in the telephone
talk was something he considered mys-
terious and which weighed heavily
upon Mr.. Pennel in connection with
the Burdick murder. Recently Mr.. PEN
nell made the following statement:
about this case of Burdick, hars
told the authorities | went away to
New York before the murder and that
met Mrs.. B1rdick while was away.
In fact I saw Mrs. Burdick near New (
York two or three days before thu mnr-
der. have told it frankly and tho
meeting was proper one. But they
seem to be determined to drag all this
business out in the papers. i would do
anything to stop It.
Pennell and his wife left their home 3
at 4:50 o'clock Or one or two minutes Z
before that time. Il was a gloomy ST.
ternoon and rain was falling. 1t seemed
a strange day for man to take hiS
wife automobiling, in the lonely north
east section of the city at such an hour.
Pennall was not veteran at automo-
billing. Yet he was an expert at hand
ling the machine and was experienced .
as to its management. What was un-
usual about todays proceeding, ac-
cording to the maid, was that Mrs-
Pennell had always before told her
when they would return, To-day, how
ever" said the girl, when they went
out it was Mr.. Pennell who told me-"
Their route on their ride no one can
tell in detail. Captain Cable and the
police were trying tonight to trace the
route OF the automobile. Mrs. PEN
nell has been loyal to her husband
throughout his trying experiences du-
ring the last ten days. She frequently
said that her faith in him was unsha-
ken and that she would stick to him to
the end.