The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-27

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: sou remember reading that letteda 81,
Locked Her Letters Up.
No, SIR
wh.tSoi Surdlck said she did not know
miet!ier her husband was aware Of ~
De- nat she was receiving letters FROM
1eti N Her habit had been to keen bar
first els locked in a box. Her husba nd
obs hheW OF her intimacy with Penneli
she ~. .nought, on January l, 1901. when
she t ha1 tlIn, IN reply to q question. that
tnIa ~ psen walking with Pennell. He
arraea Sne was very imprudent. She
"S.eeu with him then, and did now
IN answer to further ouestionine Mrs
purulck said that in January 1e01 har
ausoand compelled her to unlock ths
tsina ana give up the letters it con-
anennEua' He took her by the throat 70
enforce his demands. Ao ~
SLe " not remember Whether Of
nat Time Pennell was the subject ~
. with her husband. She did
nos know whether some of the letters
Eau To-Day We're In the box at that
Iane. She could not remember when
sue rented q box in a safe deposit COM
paMnss vaults. It was not about the
..ane ner husband had choked her, but
49, When she received papers
Getecuves about Burdick.
her husband had not started the a.
Vorce proceedings. It was She tha4
wanted q divorce from him. She had no
aove Tor him, but did love Pennell.
mnonn n expected to marry. He had
d VIE, put he expected they would be
oivorceo. In reply to q question as to
"netner Mrs. Pennell had consented to
q oivorce, h said: Sometimes she did.
ana sometimes she did not"
Didn't Ask Mr.. Pennell.
Wltness admitted that she had neve,
.aiheu with Mrs. Pencil on the sub
Ject. PenneL had hired the detectives
VINO Swallowed her husband. Her hus-
oand sent her away in May, 1901, on
account of Pencil.
MI. CoatsWorth showed her a letter
written by her from Atlantic City May
~, lsol, IN which she begged to be
aaken back, promising never to see
Atthur,1 and tina she would be a low
ing INC true wife. In the letter she
nell would leave town, but declared he
would do what she said.
she admitted writing the letter. and
sald at that time she had hired no de-
tectives. -
second letter written by Mrs. Bur-
dlck to her husband the same year was
read, in which she spoke Of having re-
ceived Burdick's letter, and said that
Pennell had not promised to leave town
II MI: Burdlck took her back; that she
ana Pennel had realized that they
must give each other up, but that PEN
nell declined to do anything that would
mean a loss of his self respect.
Would Give Up ARTHUR"
announcer letter written by Mrs. Burdick
70 her husband referred to her being
taken back home. She promised never
again to voluntarily see or communicate
with Arthur" She made a plea on he
half of the children. She promised to be
a good girl to him. Mrs. Burdick admitted
that she wrote the letter in good faith,
M that she did not keep her promise.
Another letter was read in reply to one
from Mr.. Burdick, in which he evidently
had declined to take her back.
June 6 was the date of another letter
written by Mrs. Burdick to her husband,
She wrote Of having been notified Of the
divorce suit brought against her. On one
occasion Burdick wrote her that she could
be trusted. He said that If she loved Pen
nell as she stated, he did not blame her
49, 'AA@ IAN NAe AAAAl . AS d WOl1l-
an as she did Pencil he would do as she
was doing. He declared that he loved her
honestly long after she had ceased to love
him. and that if she tried she might win
back both his love and his respect. He
referred to the fact that Mrs. Burdick
was wearing a ring given to her by Pen
nell over her lawful wedding ring. Bur-
dick declared that he had no faith in
Pennell's promises, and that she wished
to be taken back only until Pennell was
freed from his wife.
In another letter Burdick wrote that he
forgave his wife the. wrong she had done
him.
Burdick Would Save Honor.
In another Burdick declared he had de-
termined to fight for the little honor she
had left him, and after getting a divorce
to fight for the children. He would in
sist on the countersuit by Mrs. Burdick
being fought out in open court. Three
weeks after this letter Mrs. Burdick was
taken back by her husband.
After returning from Atlantic City. and
after promising her husband TO be a good
wife, she met Pencil. 1t was not her
habit to meet him, she said, but he was
constantly begging her to do SO. and she
did meet him in a house on Seventh street.
She was there one time when Burdick
came, but he did not see her, as she
stepped out of the window and went to
church. She did not hear hat Mr.. Bur-
dick and his friends on that occasion
came upon Pennell as he was jumping
out of the window. and that they took
him back to the room.
Mrs. Burdick admitted having met Pen
nell in another house on Seventh street
after that incident. She at first denied
meeting Pennell elsewhere, but on Mr..
Coatsworth's telling her that Pennell had
told him differently she admitted that
she did meet Pennell at a house in Whit
new Place two or three times.
The first witness yesterday was George
G. Miller. attorney for Burdick In the d.
yorce case. The witness said so far as he
! knew there had been no threats Of VIC
lence against Burdick by Arthur r. Pen
nell. correspondent in the divorce suit.
At one of the conferences In his office
Pennell had made a yelled threat at sui
eide. but never used words implying that
was his intention. Pennell had never
threatened to kill himself and Mrs. Bur
dick.
Henry j.. Orrett, Pencils furnace man.
was called, His testimony was unim'
nortant. and Miss Lizzie Romance, Mrs
Pennell's maid, then took the witness
stand.