The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-25

Nellie Lamb, sister Of Mrs Arthur Pen
nell, declares that faith in Mr. Pennell
has not been shaken, SO far as his wife's
family is concerned, by the revelations
Of the Burdick inquest in Buffalo.
III believe the half has not sbeen told
yet" She declared, '.and we shall cer-
tainly not tssiti in judgment ON my brother
in-law until all the facts are known"
Buffalo, N. y. March %. .''fIave YOU
received any information as to who killed
your husband ?'' .'l@s
mo, SIR ~ 4.
''You swear you have no knowledge or
Information as to who killed him?'":
II do - &s>s sss.,. : Il tf.... q
These questions were addressed to Mrs.
Alice Hull .Burdick yesterday afternoon
by District Attorney CoatSWorth at the
inquest into the death Nof her husband.
The answers were returned by Mrs. Bur
dick in calm, clear voice. The questions
came abrutly while the: district attorney
was drawing from Mrs. Burdick inforlna
ton about her relations with Pennell. She
had denied that PennelI took her key to
the front door of the Burdick home while
they were in New Y ork together and had
| duplicates made Of 1t. The district attor-:
ney, in number. of different forms, put.
the question regarding the key to Mrs,
Burdick. but the answers always We're en-
phatic denials that. she or Pennell had ever
| key had 5left her; possession during her
exile from home. - +, :. Il }::;$1: tSsEt 81 Il =.
Before leaving the stand Mrs. Burdick
took occasion to say, in reply to questions
from her.attorney, that nothing Improper
or immoral had occurred between her and
Pennell. At the same time she SAID ,her
husband was fond of the society of other
women For some reason not quite clear
she said that Mrs. .Pennell was quite ia
rliliar with the dining room and den ln
1.-THE Burdick home. - -
| TO complete the examination Of every
one known to have been in the Burd1ck
home on the night Of Feb. &C. when Ed
win Z, Burdick was murdered, the district
attorney called the two youngest Burdlck
children, Carol and Alice, aged respective
|ly 13 and 10. The district attorney ques-
toned the children closely about the
events on the night before and the morn
ing after the murder. The children dls-
nlaved no more emotion than the grand
mother. mother or older sister while talk
ling about the terrible death Of their father.
Their recollection was rather hazy' ana
81 do,i't remember was, usually the an
swer they gave when the district attorney
pressed them closely on any point.
+ The Murder Of Burdick. @:E
| Rega riding, her actions at>the time Of the
murder Mrs. Burdick's testimony was as
| follows: :" -
day evening, Feb. 2?'' Il think 1 was IN
my room in the, hotel, reading: l thlnh
| I was tired and went to bed early.
"When did you get up?' ABOUT.
o'clock aa}5" H.. #
did you receive. a telegram from your
| mother that ne1n111g y YES, a Telegram
that Burdick was dead."a- 's z a. n =
Did YOU receive any letters from your
| mother while you were away?" Yes, two
a. week sometimes" liz. :: =. H. >,..-.e,, SSy
Have you the letters; lioW22' Nos+sSt
| destroyed them .~sl":... ~. ~
| Wasn't that rather stranger" No 1t
was my custom to destroy my letters.
While 1 am away always DO that: e
| Letters from her mother ceased coming,
she said. so she telegraphed to Mrs. Hull
Con the Sunday preceding Burdick's death)
/ asking if she was i'll. She received reply
1 the same day, also telegram from zen
i NELL asking her to- meet him in New York.
! when you got the telegram from your
| mother announcing Burdicks death what
| reply did you send?' Il replied that
! would be home the following morning
1 'Did you also telegraph to Pennell?'
! Eyes. I wired him to met me at the sta
ton" : ~.
"You arrived that Friday morning, did
you see Mrs. Hull?" Yes. sir
Did you have talk with her?' Yes,
sir"
Did you ask her how it had happened?'
ssWhy, yes; said Mamma, what in the
world has happened?' and she said, Ed is
dead and he had been murdered right In
; his own house,"
What did she tell you about it?" "She
told me how the servants had found the
kitchen window open and how Ed could
not be found, how the den door was closed
and how they were all frightened by the
strange appearance of the den when they
opened the door, and about telephonine
; for the DOCTOR ...".
"Did your: mother tell you that when she
| looked into the den she saw Ed lying
, there?" NO. she did not know 1t was
Ed" ..s.. . .. :. >-.<11:EE.. ~, w.
did you hear from Pennell that day?'
IT got a brief note from him, in which he
: said he was sorry that he had been at the
falls when my telegram arrived; that he
could not meet me- She did not reply
she said, nor did she communicate witt
I him in any way after that. She never
. saw Pennell again after he left her on the
train going to Atlantic City. s =
Hlnted at Murder and Suicide.
: Mr. Coatsworth showed Mrs Burdick
a letter written from: New York to Mr.
Burdick by Mrs. Pennell, Dec. 20, 1902
i In it Mrs. Pencil asked Mr.. Burdck il
! he was absolutely crazy in taking the
! burden of pressing the divorce proceed
] Iings. She called attention to the fact that
Pennell did not value life too highly anc
, intimated that he might commit suicide
and take Mrs. Burdick with him. s:.5.
81 What did she mean: by that ?',i asked
Mr.. Coatsworth. II don't know, = replied
Mrs. Burdfck.& IN !, ~ ri, 5sS:E% e$ 80
In afletter written Dec: %. 1902, by Mrs
Burdick to Mr.. ,Burdiclx,. she told him she
, intended to go to Atlantic City. ~ The
letterlEalso contained a veifed threat a
!, suicide. She had never talked with Pen
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