The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-23
BURDICK MURDER INQUEST
IVILL BE RESUMED At g r. IL.
TO-DAY,

Several Important Witnesses TO be
Heard, Among Them MRS. Burdick,
George C. Miller, who Was Burdick's
Attorney and the PenneIl Servant
GirI-The "I Must XIII" Letter to be
Produced.
Buffalo, N. Y. March 22.-The inquest
into the death of Edwin L. Burdick will
be resumed in Judge Murphy's court
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
first witness will likely be George c.
Miller, who was attorney for Burdick
and in whose Office Burdick and A. r.
Pennell met for a conference several
weeks before Burdicls murder. Fol-
lowing Mr.. Miller the district attorney
may call Miss Lizzie Romance. the
Pennell domestic on whom Pennell re-
lied for part OF his alibi on the night
Burdick was killed. The third witness
of the day is expected to be Mrs. Alice
DuluiNh W4oC" VI Ll1C 1iielh.
If these witnesses consume the entire
day the programme for further proceed
ings in the public inquiry will depend
largely upon the developments to-mor-
row.
Mr. Millers testimony should be in
teresting for he knew Burdick well, was
familiar with what occurred between
him and Penne1l, and had long talks
with Burdick over the divorce case in
which Pennell was named as co-respon-
dent.
Miss Romance will be questioned re-
garding Pennell's movements on the
night of the Burdick murder, so far as
she observed them and his conduct
thereafter as it came to her notice.
Then will come Mrs. Burdick. The
court room will probably be jammed to
hear her testimony. The police, how
ever. will see that there is no over
crowding officers will be stationed at
the street door, and when all the seats
open to the public have been taken the
doors will be closed to all except those
having business connected with the
case.
While Mrs. Burdick was not in Buf-
falo on the night her husband was mur-
dered, she may testify fully as to the
details OF his domestic life up to the
time she left her home last December.
The purpose of Pennelrs visit to her
whiIa che yrrae In Natx, vnyIr a,,d A Hon
tic City and his return to Buffalo to
seek Burdick and have an interview
with him, may form fruitful field for
Questioning by the district attorney.
The authorities are in possession of
minute details regarding the where
abouts Of Pennen before and after the
murder. It is known that he saw Mrs.
Burdick in Atlantic City three days be-
fore the murder. He was in Buffalo
again on Wednesday, February rs. Is
was on the night Of Thursday. Febru-
ary 26, that Burdick was killed. On
Friday, according to the story told to
the authorities by Pennell before his
death he and his wife visited Niagara
Falls. He first visited the automobile
factory at the city line. While at the
factory Pennell said he called up Mrs.
Pennell on the telephone. He explained
that Mrs. Pennell for some days had
been urging him to take her to the Falls
to see the ice scenery and had spoken to
him about it the day before, on his re-
turn srom the east. He told her to
take Niagara Falls car and he would
join her there. He said this was about
IL o'clock on Friday afternoon, or few
1iY,YJt Jtosy ao,.1tn h.
down to the falls and that his wife
came and brought the papers with her,
and that he read in the papers of the
murder of Burdick. They stayed at the
falls until evening. He and his wife
returned from the falls and late that
evening the detectives called at his
home and questioned him, and he gave
them the foregoing account of his move
ments.
Certain letters and documents, the
letter alleged to have been written by
Pennell to Mrs. Burdick in which the
sentence II feel that 1 must kill Ed
Burdicl" occurs. will be placed in the
district attorneys hands tomorrow.
Mrs. Burdiclk will be closely questioned
about them.
No arrest. it is generally conceded,
will take place at the close Of the in
quest.
The authorities may see f1t to present
the case to the grand jury, but this is
considered improbable in view of the
lack of material evidence in hand.
Judge Murphy will probably issue a
statement at the conclusion of the in
quest embodying his views.
Thousands Of people to-day visited the
stone quarry where Penneil was killed
and Mrs. Pennell fatally injured by