The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
MRS. PAINE WILL LATER s.S.
co ON WITNESS STAND
sBurdick FarniIyis Represented bYAhIsS2t
Counscl--AIl Who Are Supposed Is 5ss
know@AnYthing Of the I Case jss3 s'51
Will Be Made TO Help 3I
Clear Up the Myste.s Il N
! IA rious Murder. is$i
3rious Murder.
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BUFFALO, tst N. NJ arch 14i--Fourl II
witnesses were eXa mined to-day at q the s.
opening Of tho Inquest into tho death OF
Edwin i. Burdick. before Judge Murph y.%Sj
There were Dr. Howlaiid !, assist aiitS med NJ.
cal examiner, who was one Of the frat
y to visit tho Burdick home on the morn. s
sing OF February 26thh after the discovery
ZOE the murder; etective IIolmlund ono I
Of the detectives from head auar tors who
visited the house on the same morning.
Mrs. Maria Hull. NJ rs. Buruickis rnotilerslS
|aand Maggie Murray. cook I ID y the Bur-
| dick ;houschold. 4 the two women who disc
lowered Burdick lying lead Air his den
The otller women whose names NJ haTek
been mentioned during theiprogress Of tho
Investigation. inct Is Mrs. Hurdlc " Mrs 3
Paine, Katie Koenig. a a maid & ints Bur-sll
dicks home. and n fssSs Roma nee. d NJ rs.
ARTHUR r. PenneIl's maid, we're III sS
court room but they are not cal lied
" The sBurdicls 4 Ia n,lly was /. we'll repra.
,sente colnse 3, 81 tel artzalI.
and JohnS IIubbel Il llIg nj ter sirs
Interests. district "a ttornny C;oat sWorth nv
and Detective Clisa OK 4 sa VI bes II JudgSS
Murphy promptliigJ him to- ask a several
Iinucstions during the %da =. 3s3 5ss
Tho most interestll1g wi tness8 @ the
WAS AZ rS.g& II lt.ss SIG @!s
man with at,l,ervous but resolute les W
bllle K eyes aud sSs gray HI Ii, She wa So,
$gowned entirely In bla ok. 4 and wore nv
long. mourning veil, fastened well back 4
from her forehead. Nttwithsta ndin ne sller
sixty-six years. Mrs. Hull stood L UP u M
dcrttwo hours OF severe exan,inat Il ions BY
District Attorney Goa tswortll with res
markablo GOODNESS. g VI
Dr.. Rowland said ne had becn sum
moned to. the Burdicks ho1,c BY phone on
the morning OF 4. February 18th, AZ shO rtly
after s O'clock. DR.. II. &. Marcy met
him at theSdoor and told him that soms-$
thing had been going on there and that
Mr. Blirdick was de al. am not SUI ..S
continued DR.. Rowland. "but I think hss
told mo that he was not certain whether5,
II was murder or suicide. He asked me-
to max @ 1t out as a Z. case of suicide ieS
possible. as there had been a good deal OF
| gossip In tho neighborhood respecting tho
l5Burdick." The witness said he then Sex1a:
amlned tho body and told Dr. Marcy IT,
was impossible to entertain the suicide
theory for n minute. 81
DR.. Rowland repeated the converse ton
lie had with Mrs. Hull as to the ending
OF the bodyitof Bnrdick.2 The finding o q a \
window open. the fact hat there were nd D
tracks In the snow outside the window
AMI the finding Of the open drawer.
I Mr. Coatsworth \ brought out tho fact
| that Rurdck's body had been moved ID y3S
the murderer after tho crime had been y
committed Is I. n sj9 nm
Or. Rowland described the q clothing
found in the room. the finding OF N tn q {
luncheon. a six-ounce druggist bottle. con-
tanning whskey and a cocktail glass. fIa
cnuld not say whether the glass had been
used, !, 3,s 35 vs. XIX 81 ts51 AZ 55s;s5s&.
what was your conclusion as to swhetll.S
O.. Burdck was In tho den? RE. he I was
asked. 55s rs sst 5i4 i.ss
II think he was, = I. gs
do YOU think he was killed on thsisss
couch?" rs RI
~ think no was killed on the couc l...5
'Whenata was killed was he lying ro,1
tho couch In the position in which you
found the lbody?'' s III
Judging from the location Of theS
wounds he must have been lying ~ r..z;
some other position when he vas struck !.
TUFT OF HAIR.
Dr. Rowland sta ted he found n tutt9otS "
hair on the couch. Tte was OF the opinion
that it was longer than RurdIck,s hair
Z DR.. Rowland stated that from the con- Il
dltion OF the body he was OF the opinion
o'clock, This Is regarded as Import AM |.
as IT would tend to nulllty the statements u
made to tho district attorney by Of,lcera 81
Meyer and Reid regarding the 4 'lone
Womal '51 @ r. t3 VI ~ u ssi "a II 55SSEf5
In reply to anotherauastton. an af1rnna,
tive answer to which would have shown
that a woman had been in the room, the
doctor gave .. negative reply ss
Replying to- question BY one OF n
the attorneys representing tho Bur
dick iaraily. the witness said his opinion
was ths blood found on the door was
thrown from the instrument used In
committing tho murder
Detective John ". Polmlund, who foir
lowed Dr.. Rowland on Tho stand. descrtb-
I'd the srena In the den ana reluted tho
conformation he had with one Of the maids s&
He found soma letters and a revolver In iiss
Rurdlck's coat, Tho trousers, he said.
were lying on the couch and locked az S
IL they had been placed thare carasul l3t
and folded over. IL M
Mrs, Etull, tho 6Inther NJ alIst hprdi f
was Tho .,sst ltness at the q sternoon
Session W az 5ftt(t n 5&
DOOR OPEN
Mrs, IIull said that Bl,rdisE came tr.to lSisss
the Nd!ning room an THURSDAY eyentr1s ss
the night ot the nlur der. He had aja
bottle In hts hand. she did mot know
what Ii contained, nor did she SEQ IA
again. she thought II strap o. that y