Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-03-21
Sitting Of the Evidence in Sensation
of National Interest
BusDIogS DAUGHTER A WITNESS
She Is Only Sixteen Years Old, Eut
Gave Testimony in Satisfactory
Tanner.



quest before Judge Murphy Marion
l. 1s years old and bears striking
resemblance 70 her mother. Like Ms
Hull. she volunteered no Information
She answered in nonOsyilables. when
ever possible. IL was yes or no
when those replies would not sothce
she used as few words as possible she
was not easily confused and there
Vas no sign 81 agitation or emotion I
when the district attorney questioned 4
her closely regarding the events that 4
Incurred AZ the tine her father was !
mu~ae-ed- Attorney CoateswOrth be 4
csr BY speaking kindly 70 the girl ana
carefully choosing his words IN puttioS
questions 10 her. Later he hre1 cues
tons in rapid succession al OF Nnlcn
we-c met with replies both sharp and
decisive. Al one time when the dis
r-s-r attorney 2Sked the sane cues
lion several times. the girl caused 3
rru-uur in the court roou ~ raising
hs~ voice SHARPLY IN q clear emphatic
4 don't know Nothing q importance
vas ELECTED from her while she Was
on the stand and the district attorney
gave ND IN cespsir-
she sid that Grsndnother Huh
S-Sf Informed her that her father was
ia IN RS den That was before d.
Marc arrived and before Ms Hull
knew positiveiy. according 10 her owu
testimony. lat u WIS burdicks oo11
lxs-r On the couch The district n
tone tried 10 get Marion 70 tel Why
she auna-entiv took SO little interest
in her fathers illness when she vas
told O. * by her Erandnotner- Marion
renlied rhzr she knew that 7nen *
v-az u-one- for her 20 know Grand
all 49,
he father and he had always been
good Il her. hur she would not ADMIT
thai there WAS anything wrong IN her
not frcuf-iur about his sllness O. I1af
she should have done differently
Marion admitted that she knew q the
divorce --occedinrs instituted by M
Burdick AGAINST her DotEe-- She
Svu1.-.-lt-e6 with her 1ather. cui
p-o--is - admit that she thought he
was rtznt IN driving her mother Ton ION
hon. Neither wOul6 she admit tnai
she Kew q her mother meeting
Ar-h1- r Pencil
D. Wu- NJ Marcy. the family ply
sicinn and 1rst person 70 see the ceat
BODY after TIE murderer covered 2
m v-ne The frsr witness Of the cay
Ts-. Nzrc-v admitted that be told D.
HOzfznG ne medical examine. TIA
II X uas suicide. OF looked suicidal.
would be al TIE better for the fzrnil
10 make IL out q case o. suicide Late
r. agreed with Dr. HoUlzn1 that u
suicide rhnorT was U1tenzbls- DR.. Aa'
r.y -as sharply questioned on his 81
eide statement and IN telling Why 2
made - said
Wei. / thought X would save BIZ
dicks good name I saw hl-1 alrnos
dlE7oSed lying Oh The couch. and 50
the lunch OF the table. especially
the divorce procs-zll-gE had bee
started
TIE witness said Nrs- Hull had n
asked him 81 any time how buroic
lad been killed. He LhDugLt he "a
had : woman there- IN response 10 4
rornev Eertsells questions. Dr. Mar
said he had come 70 the co1cl1izif
that Rur1Ick was killed between III
zsEht and ! O'Clock IN the morning
When you 1rEt loOked a. the bO'
LId you see the wounds CT The he'
aid brains scattered about
Yes. sir
And you had the idea that i mig
De Z case Of suicide"
Wei. J did NOT know had
considered
The facr that there were p-llo
piled upon the body vas cou1r-narl
q your suicide theory.
Attorney HartEeil brought out
interesting fact that the gas Il
hall znc "a the den was Lighted BY
electro appliance b pressing
button the gas could be lighze1-
pressing znOraer button i was exg
Euishsd. On the night Sfter the p
der 81 was fOuEd that the electric
rznxenent csd not work Al 1--we
cation showed that some one had 20
&C or the gas in the den instead ~
tinguishi1g 4 BY means q TIE butt
The attorneys purpose 81 or11g
out this fact was % show that ~hoe
vas IN ths house OF tie night q
murder wax not familiar with the e
tic ar-zngeraenf for turning out
gaH-
Um Y Delahuuf. the czbuen !
took an unknown man from IN r.
q che Tiff House 20 the corner ~ A
land aEeuHS and Bryant streets,
nsxbs q the murder. told hES stOrl
did YOU afterwards see ArthuS
PenDell ~ ree district attorney 4
fcez" aSked District Attorney Goa
worth
yes. sir
When you were asked 81 NY o
II ne was the man you had take'
Ashland ard Bryan Streets %slaf
your repsy,
Il said could not tell The
hooked like the s&n1e. ] could
swear that II was Pennel2
The hackman then fol0 ~ tah'
party ok fhreH Oh the night q tne
der from the corner 81 North DIV
street % the corner OF Asn1enc
nne an6 Summer streets. Ia ne