The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-18

away from the house and began TO think
| about II.
9; Did ycS e, ,p your ,t thSuSsts a i9
| TO members OF my family.
! Q. To any Of the police authoritiesf A.
Q. Did you have any facts upon which
| to base your opinion2 A. had my
knowledge Of Mr.. Burdick's character ana
I felt convinced that Mr.. Burdick's death
was traoeable in some way TO this divorce
| suit.
Q. Are you possessed OF sufficient
facts or information now to De wilhng 10
say who murdered BurdickI A. ! an Am
Burdick,
o. Then you think you have sufficient
facts TO warrant you In thinking sof A
Sufficient facts to make any other conclusion
| impossible to me. =,
3. Well, who was it' A. Arthur Pennell,
| in person or by hired assassin.
| ACCUSED PENSELL BEFORE HIS DEATH.
O. Did you ever say this to any one be-
fore Pennell dicd7 A. No. sir. Before
Pennell died? Yes. sir. / beg your pardon
| I misunderstood you. Yes. sir;
Penneil was in Burdick's house that night
o. Who do you think was in Burdick's
house that hight? A. don't know: =,
| Q. Well. why do you think II was Pennen,
| either In person or by proxy? A. Because
IL seemed to me that this was strong
motive, the strongest motive that l coWo
| imagine.
o. Have you any facts upon which TO
base this opinion OF yours? A. have Mr
Burdick's repeated statement Of Mr.: Pen,
nells endeavors TO break OF this suit and
have IL discontinued and his threats Of
suicide.
o. Mr.. Burcick also told you that Pennell
was a coward, didn't he' A: Yes, sur.
| O. And that he was not afraid OF him!
A. He was not afraid OF him personally :,
| Q. Did you know Pennell very weir
| A. Not very we'll
o What do you say as to whether or
not he was a ooward' A. have no direct
| means OF knowing,
o You say that you think it was Pennell
who murdered Burdick because you think
his motive was the strongest a. Yes, sir.
| o. That In the only reason? A. Yes.
O. You did not hear Burdick say. or you
| did not know, that Pennell was to visit
his house that night? A. No. sir.
Q. Do you know whether or not Pennell
had a key to Burdick's house? A. No, cir.
! don't know.
| that nobody in that house heard any of the
noise that must have attended his murder
that night? A. Knowing the man as do.
| / don't think il strange
NOT STRANGE NOISE WASN'T HEABD.
0. Why? A. Because the den, where the
| murder probably occurred. is an isolated
room. There is no sleeping room above
il or adjoining il; because. as 1 understand.
| the door OF that den was cloeed. and be-
| cause, as l understand. the doors OF the
| bedrooms upstairs were also closed.
O. Well. We don't know whether the door
| Of the den was closed when the murder
| took place or mott A. We'll. don't know.
! O. You don't think It strange that no one
| In the house heard any noise, II there WAS
a noise, around there while this murder
was going on? A. I think it might have
gone on without waking the family because
Il need not have been a noisy murder.
| o. Now, Mr. Parke. Is there any light
| YOU can throw on this murder or on this
mystery or any information that you can
give or anything that you want TO say that
| I have not asked you or that you have not
| told about? A. Why. | have no light. be-
| cause was no witness. ! have thought a
great deal about it, have thought OF all
| the theories advanced 10 account for II,
and knowing Mr. Burdick as ! have known
| him | have never believed that woman
| committed that murder or got into his
| house, that he had any connections with
| immoral women of any kind. and that the
man who had made extraordinary efforts
| 20 have Mr. Burdick drop that suit was the
| man most likely to have put him out of the
| way.
q You never gave public utterance 10
4 D.pn..lI di.At HiI
| you, op"uoli ui'm a'h ,'mt.., ~ s,I,
you ~ ho ~ 1, ~. ,,,,'iin x,han ! a.
2 s,oLe IN various peopIe. and whether
anylhing / said az that time was published
| don't know,
Mr. Coatsworth-T That IL all, your Honor
BY the Court-Q Mr.. Parke, do you know
| Of any reason why anybody In that house
should desire to have that death reported
as a puicidey A ! heard nobody express
such a d.sir. bu, DR. Marcy.
q DO you know of any reason why be
| should desire 10 have II ~ reportedt A He
! aid thai Ice wanted 90 ~ ". the family from
sandal, and II II iooked like suicide. Why.
! he would b. very glad Ia have It hook 80.
4 - Vas not he yas sorry
. Was Ms Hull pr-s-n, when you
ihiuL thai noi,oJy vas pr,.s.n
ID Do yo,, Ln0x Of any r.A.on Why the
t4oll. of thai hou.p should no, have tri.,d
| 10 All M. I,Dllc. IN every ssy ~ fnd oui
| who tb. u,,lrd.nr xasi Ne, cir. ! do
Y N tb.n ~As nol,ody in that ho,i~s in
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