The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-03-28
TELLS "A STORY
1ssr ..,5.- - OF GUILTY LOVE.
Mrs. Burdick Confesses Her Relations with
Subjected to a Pitiless Exam -
.ination- Declares She Has No
knowledge of the Murder.

| loved Pencil as she said she did he
did not blame her for what she did;
that il he loved a woman 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 IL she tried she might win
back both his love and his respect.
Husband Forgave Her.
In another letter Burdick wrote that
he forgave his wife the wrong she had
done him. In another Burdick de-
clared he had determined TO fight for
the little honor she had left him, and,
| after getting divorce, to fight for the
children. He would insist on the
counter suit by Mrs. Burdick being
fought out in open court. Three weeks
after this letterMrs. Burdick was taken
back by her husband.
After returning from Atlantic City
and after promising her husband 10 be
good wife. she met Pencil. IL was
not her habit TO meet him, she said, but
he was constantly begging her to do
so, and she did meet him in house
on Seventh street. She at first
denied meeting Pennell elsewhere, but
on Mr.. Coatsworth's telling her that
Pencil had told him differently she
admitted that she had met Pennell at
house on Whitney place two or three
times.
Tuesdays Session.
When Mrs. Burdick resumed her
testimony on Tuesday Attorney
Coatesworth took her over the di-
vorce episode. She said in letter TO
him she plead with her husband, for
the sake of the children, not to per-
sist in his determination TO sue for
divorce. In answer to question
as 10 what occurred upon her return
home after jumping from n window
in house on Seventh street, on the
occasion when Burdick raped at the
door while she and Pennell were oc-
cupying the room, Mrs. Burdick said
her husband told her she would have
to leave the house, and advised her
to communicate with Pennell She
went away and remained from home
for several days. When the complaint
in the divorce case was served on her
she left home, taking all her clothes
and went TO Niagara Falls She
thought she was leaving home for
good. Later she saw her mother in
Buffalo. Burdick had told her why
her daughter had left home, saying
he had caught her in a position which
he could not overlook. He said he
did not blame his wife as much as he
did Pencil. She was notified of her
husbands death by telegram from
her mother. She started for home at
once. Before leaving Atlantic City
she telegraphed Pencil to meet her
at the station in Buffalo, but he
failed 10 do so. She never saw PEN
nell again after he left her at the
train going to Atlantic City. Mrs.
Burdick denied emphatically that
Pennell took her key TO the front
door Of the Burdick home and had
duplicates made of it. Then Attor-
ness as follows:
"Have YOU received any informa-
ton as TO who killed your husband?"
"No, sir"
you swear you have no knowledge
or information as to who killed him?"
mo, sir"
The answers were returned by Mrs.
Burdick in a calm, clear voice. She
left the stand at 4;15 p. IN.
Children Testify.
TO complete the examination OF
everyone known To have been in the
Burdick home on the night OF Febru
ruary 20, when Edwin l.. Burdick was
murdered, the district attorney called !
TO the stand the two youngest Burdick
children, Carol and Alice, aged re-
spectively 10 and ten years. The dis
trict attorney questioned the children
closely about the events that occurred
at their home on the night before and |
the morning after the murder OF their
father, The children displayed no
more sign OF emotion than did their
grandmother, or mother, or older sis
ter while talking about the terrible
death Of their father. Their recollec-
ton Of the happenings at the time
Of the tragedy was rather hazy, apd
Il don't remember" was usually the I
answer they gave when the district
attorney pressed them closely on any
point. The inquest viii be resumed
Thursday.
Denies immoral Actions.
Before leaving the stand Mrs. Bur-
dick took occasion 10 say in reply 10
questions from her attorney that
nothing improper or immoral had oc-
Cured between her and Pencil. AZ
the same time she said her husband
was fond of the society Of other WON
en-, and. for some reason not quite
clear. said that Mrs. Pencil was
quite familiar with the dining-room
and "den" in the Burdick home.
The Last Eruption of soufrIere.
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