Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17
BURDICK INQUEST.
But Little Roadway into Buffalo
Murder Mystery.
Slim Progress in Connecting Late
Arthur Pennell with the Case.
Miss Burdick Denies KNOWLEDGE of
Mothers Intimacy With Him.

| di k, was the most interesting witness
at the inquest before Judge Murphy,
| today. Marion is Is years old and
| bears striking resemblance to her
| mother Like Mrs. Hull, she volun-
| teered no information. She answered
| in monosyllables whenevr possible. 1t
was Yes" or No" or when these re
| plies would not suffice she used as few
words as possible. Nothing of impor-
| lance was elected from the young girl
| While she was on the stand and the
district attorney finally gave her up in
despair. She said that Grandmother
| Hull first informed her that he father
was i'll in his Den" That was before
| DR.. Marcy arrived and before Mrs
Hull knew positively, according to ner
| own testimony, that it was Burdick's
| body lying on the couch.
| The district attorney tried to get
| Marion to tell why she apparently took
| 50 little interest iii her fathers illness
when she was told of it by her grand
mother. Marion replied that She knew
| when it was proper for her to know
| Grandmother Hull would tell her. She
admitted that she knew of the divorce
proceedings instituted by Mr.. Burdick
against her mother. She sympathized
! with her father but would not admit
tina. she thought he was right in driv-
| ing her mother from home. Neither
would she admit that she knew of her
mothers meeting Arthur r. Pencil.
DR.. VIM. NJ Marcy. the family physi-
| clan and the first person to see the dead
| body after the murderer covered it up.
was the first witness of the day. Mr.
Marcy admitted that he told Or. How
| Elnd, the medical examiner, that if ii was
suicidal or looked suicidal il would be all
| the better for the family to make it out
! a case of suicide. Later he agreed with
| Or. Rowland that suicide was untenabe
Katie kocnig, the second servant Of tho
| Eurdick househotb was asked if Mrs
Hull had been near the furnace on the
morning after the murder She Gid moi
knew. f
| Hackmen Delahuat and Jeddo and Pa
| troman Meyer wcl1 the other witnesses
| examined. Their testimony was brief and
| only served to bring into the case the
movements Of my Sterious persons in the
vicinity of the Burdfitk house on the night
| Of the murder without establishing the
identity Of those persons or connecting
| them with the crime. Dclahunt said his
| fare wore Il coat and cap like that WoI
| b. Arthur Z. Pencil. lie could not swear
| that it was.
None of the testimony ELECTED during
| the day gives promise of materially aiding
| the authorities in clearing up the myS-
terry.
Dr. William II. Marcy the Burdicll
| family physician was the first witness
called. Dr. Marcy said he had been the
physician for the Burdicks for about 1
| years He told of being called to the
house on the morning of the murder
and Mrs Hull had said on his arrival
that the servants had found the front
door open and a kitchen window open.
She said that Mr.. Burdick had been
home the night before. but that his bed
had not been occupied. Mrs. Hull was
nervous he said. Continuing, Dr..
Marcy said:
Upon entering the den ! pulled the
curtain from its fastenings and remov-
ed some of the pillows from the couch
and took away the crazy quilt which
had been wrapped about the dead
mans head. | saw pool of blood and
that Burdicks skull had been frac-
tured."
Was there anything in the appear
ance of the couch to indicate that there
was body on the couch?"
THE pillows were piled rather high |
and it looked as if there was something |
under them"
but lid there appear to be a body
under them?"
No"
What did you tell Mrs. Hull?"
Il said, 'Burdick is dead and ] |
think he has been murdered.
What did she say?"
She made an exclamation My God |
or something like that and said How |
shall | ever tell the chldren?' l told her |
/ would tell the children. | then }tele-
phoned Mr. Rowland, the medical ex-
aminer"
DR.. Marcy also notified Mr.. Parker,
Burdick's partner, but did not call the
police.
He said Mrs. Hull invited him to
breakfast He ate before DR.. Rowland
arrived.
He had no conversation with Mrs.
Hull before the breakfast hour. She
was up stairs most of the time.
Relate the conversation between
you and Rowland, in which the word
suicide occurred"
IL was after the police came there.
When DR.. Rowland came down stairs
we went into the parlor and sat down
and talked the matter over. said
Illdt II IL lOOReu anu he COulU
make it out a case of suicide, why, it
would be all the better for the family.
He said it was not suicide, and l re-
piled that that was all right. 1 spoke
of it on the impulse Of the moment"
1T was quite while after you had
reached the house when you spoke to
Rowland about it being suicide?"
Yes, SIR
And yet you spoke of it on the i'm
pulse of the moment
We'll. | thought it would save Bur
dicks good name. l saw him almost
iisrobed lying on the couch and I saw
the lunch on the table. and it all looked
very shady. especially as the divorce
proceedings had been started
Witness said Mrs. Hull had not ask
ed him at any time how Burdick had
been killed He told Mrs. Hull to go
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