Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-11
Result of Automobile Acct
dent at Buffalo.
HUSBAND WAS KILLED
POLICE ABANDON THE THEORY
OF SUICIDE.
The Dead Mans Name Associated
With the Mysterious Murder OF
E. L. Burdick.

BUFFALO, N Y. March 11.-Mrs. Ar
thur r. PennelL who. with her husband,
was dashed over an embankment into the
Genres quarry late yesterday afternoon, 10
still unconscious at the Sisters Hospital In
this city and there is no hope of her re-
covery according to attending physicians.
Mrs. Pennell is suffering from a fractured
skull and probably internal injuries. She
has not been able to give any account Of
the events which led to the death Of her
husband and her own injuries.
Following twelve days after the murder
of BurdIck. the death of Penn.ll, who had
been mentioned in the case. has given rise
to all manner of surmises today. Investi-
cations by the police have brought little
that Is new to light.
Just Before Death.
A cigar man, from whom Pennell pur-
chased cigar just prior to his death, says
that Pennel1 did not appear In any way ex-
cited
With these facts at hand, and no state
ment from Mrs. Pennel the opinion is that
the tragedy was an accident, pure and
simple, and the stories Of suicide are given
little credence this morning
TIL police are making what Investigation
Is possible. ~.r-,.5 ;,.-= ~ :
office in the Austin building early today, and
It Is believed that the authorities are now
making a search of the papers and belong
ings of the unfortunate victim. 1t was also
dence of the Pencils, at POS Cleveland ave-
nue.. 1t Is known that detectives have been
at the house since last night
Medical Examiners Statement.
Medical Examiner Dancer, who made an
examination Of the body of Arthur r. Pen
nell. who was killed by his automobile
crashing over ledge into a stone quarry
last night. announced his findings today.
The wounds on the body consisted of:
1. The fracture Of all the facial and era
mum bones.
& A compound comminuted fracture of
the right thigh.
g. fracture and dislocation of the left
elbow.
l. A compound comminuted fracture of
the left shoulder blade.
s. Fractures Of the third fourth fifth
and sixth ribs near the spinal articulations.
o. compound fracture and dislocation
OF the left knee.
T. COLES fracture Of the left wrist
g. deep cut two inches long running
vertically down the back between the
shoulder blades.
Identification evidently had been a fad
with Pennell. On the back case of the
handsome golQ watch which was still tick
Ing In his pocket the intricate monogram
A. r. P. was engraved. On his key ring
was an Identification tag bearing his name
and office address In the Austin building
at No. 90 Franklin street. In a shake-skin
wallet there were eight visiting cards with
his name engraved upon them; his name
and address in gilt letters were on the flap
OF the wallet An identification card issued
by a life insurance company was also In
the wallet.
Besides these articles the medical ex-
aminer found in a compartment of PEN
nells wallet SIG in bills. Sixty-nine cents
was in change pocket book, and In an
other separate compartment of one Of the
two books was lot of newspaper clip
pings which We're found to be bits Of poetry
on love. life and death.
Mrs. Pennell Cannot Survive.
At 1880 DR.. Eugene Smith, house sur
geon at the Sisters Hospital, left Mrs.
Pencil and made the following statement:
THE condition of Mrs. Pennell Is very
dangerous She has not regained conscious
ness as yet. and l consider that the chances
are very much against her."
At 1 O'Clock this afternoon 1t was stated
by the surgeons at the Sisters Hospital
that Mrs. Pennell's temperature and pulse
were rising rapidly. There Is no hope for
her recovery. CThe details of the accident
In which Mr.. Pennell was killed will be
found in another column of The Starr