The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-18

| BUFFALO. n. u. March 1.-THE name o.
Arthur R. Pennell. who was named a!
correspondent in the Burdick divorce pro
| ceedings and who met terrible death II
| Genres stone quarry. two weeks after Ed
win l. Burdick was murdered constantly
came to the surface in the inquest before
Judge Murphy to-day.
| Charles s. Parks, Burdcks former bust
ness partner and close friend. while on tn,
| witness stand this afternoon. gave it as
his opinion. based upon Information ant
suppostion that Pennell, or a hired assassin
| killed Burdick.
| Fear of disclosures growing out OF the
divorce proceedings instituted by Mr.. Bur
| dick against his wife. Mr.. Parke finally be-
| lieved. was the motive for the crime.
| Mr.. Parke told of conversations he had
had with Burdick relative to trouble with
| Penne!l. On one occasion Burdiek told
| Parke that Pennell had threatened suicide
| II the suit was not stopped. Pennell threat
ened TO kill both himself and Mrs. Burdick.
| Mrs. Gertrude B. Paine. the wife of Doc
| tor Seth T. Paine. an intimate friend of the
| Pencils and the Burd!cks, was closely
! questioned regarding the relations between
| the two families and especially of the feel
| Ing displayed by the men toward each
| other.
HOUSE SEARCHED.
Mrs Paines house was searched by the
| police on the Sunday following the murder
| To-day the District Attorney touched only
casually on her whereabouts on the night OF
| the murder. devoting much time to her re-
lsuo1s with Burdick. and her knowledge of
the feeling between Pennell and Burdick.
Mrs. Paine denied having been at Bur.
dicks house at any time when not accom-
panied by Doctor Paine. Her relations with
Burdick were purely social.
Doctor Paine was examined. He was on
| the stand for only a few minutes. He was
in Batavia on the night of the murder.
A Carlson. the Swedish boarder at Mrs
the witness stand. He thought Mrs. Paine
was In the house on the night of the muir
der but could not say positively. Miss
Mary Cunningham. the other occupant OF
the Paine house on the night Of the muir
der, has left the city. according to testi-
mony given by Mrs. Paine to-day. Her
whereabouts is not known.
MRS. PAINE CALLED.
Mrs. Seth T. Paine was the first witness
called when the inquest began before JUS
tice Murphy this afternoon. She was very
pale as she walked to the witness stand.
| Mrs. Paine said she had lived in Buffalo
nine years and that she and her husband
had resided at No. 1872 Elmwood avenue
since August OF last year.
How long have you known Burdick?"
-Four years"
AT No. 149 Allen street"
Where did you meet him."
AT the dancing school on Elmwood ave-
nue."
Did you also meet Mrs Burdick there?"
Did you afterwards visit the Burdicks at
their homey
Yes. sir
And you also visited the Pennells?"
Was Burdick in the habit of calling on
you at your homer
DO you remember Mrs. Burdick leaving
home last ThanksgivinsT'
TALK WITH BURD1cK.
Did you have a conversation with Mr.
Burdick at about that time about his wife
iea ayss' . a1%eT'
. I'D he he tell you why his wife left homer"
Where was It you had that talk with
II met Mr.. BurdIek on Main street acct
nlunicate with Mrs. Burdick over the tele-
phone. and that she was not in. Then he
tof me ss s eo vas asy out Wh OF to, tSwS
Did Mr.. Burdick visit you at your home
after Mrs. Burdick left homer"
Yes; once. in December last"
Was Doctor Paine home at that timer
Il: "Hss xs f. just friendly eall'"
Did YOU call at the Burdick home after
Have you met Mr.. Burdlck frequently
since Mrs. Burdick left homer"
.. Il have 81, seen him number of timesr'
AT the dancing club downtown and on
the car"
by appointment"
Twice or three times by appointment"
How did he make the appointment"
BY telephone"
KEEPS APPOINTMENTS.
The appointments. according to the wit
ness. were kept. once at Lang's candy. store:
Summer streets. six weeks or two months
ago. On the last occasion Burdick talked
about his wife. He said that the gossip that
lad been going on about his wife was true.
and that he had the necessary evidence to
secure a divorce. He did not say exactly
that he had sent her away. but that was
what was gathered by the witness.
Burdick told Mrs Paine that he felt very
badly about Pennell. his friend. coming into
ak W,S s s shs p hae had had
agreed to leave the city. Once before PEN
nell had promised TO leave home. but had
witness to ii fix up an appointment With PEN
NELL Mrs. Paine said she met Burdick down.
town several times by appointment, but did
why the appointments were made
When was the Last time you had con-
versation with him?"
'On the day Of his death?"
What did you say to him2"
told him 1 had not seen Mrs. Penneil
and did not know whether she was going to
the Pencils were not going to be there he
might go, as he had done nothing. He
wanted to know IL were going. I told him
1 had cold and would not go. The night
previously he had called me up anG asked
me IL I could fnd out whether the Pencils
were in the city and let him know the fol-
lowing morning. That is why 1 telephoned
to him the next morning"
ADMIRED MRS. WARREN.
Burdick had called on her several times
while Mrs. Warren OF Cleveland was there
and had taken them to the theater and she
thought. to the dancing club.
While he was talking to you at Main and
Warren was getting a divorce from her hus-
bandg'
Yes, SIR"
"Burdick thought. good deal Of Mrs.
Warren. didn't he?"
Yes, he admired her very much
Did he saw there was any ARRANGEMENT
by which he and Mrs Warren were to be
married when she got a divorce?"
Mrs Paine said she was home on the
night of the murder. Her boarder Miss
Cunningham. had a visitor. who remained
until quite late. She read until $50 O'Clock
and then went to bed. She did not see Miss
Cunningham or her friend again that night,
She had no company that night and did not
leave the housa
Did you have any telephone communi-
cation with Mr.. Burdick that nisht?'