The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-06


has not appeared as a correspondent in
any action brought for divorce by Mrs.
Burdick against Mr. Burdick. There Is
no reason whatever why It should. My
husband and have visited or called with
the burdicks and they have called on US
do not recall having called on them with
out my husband. and am positive never
called alone on Mr.. Burdick at his house
For the past two years do not think Dr.
Paine and l have called regularly on the
Burdicks.
The last time talked with Mr.. Burdick
was last Thursday. II was over the tele-
phone. On Wednesday night he called me
up on the telephone and asked me about
a matter that was purely social and did not
relate In any way to an appointment. ]
told him l would let him know the next day,
and on Thursday I did call him UP on the
telephone. This was shortly after noon,
l think. We had brief conversation and
that was the last time talked with him
did not see him thereafter.
On Thursday evening had dinner
as usual at my home between o and I
o'clock. / did not 60 out OF tho house
after dinner Some people live In the
house with us. One Of them Is the young
woman named Mrs. Mary Cunnin CHAM
She Is not my maid. She is employed
downtown and works for a living. She
knows that I did not 60 out after dinner
She had caller on Thursday evening and
they sat chatting In her room. After
dinner ] went into the parlor and read the
paper. took some water up to her room,
knocking on her door. and at that time she
and her caller were sitting chatting. After
leaving them ] went to my own room.
Before retiring sat down ten minutes
with my little girl while she played and
scrawled on a blackboard. Then she went
to bed. and soon afterward retired.
slept as usual and awoke as usual on Fri
day morning. ! positively was not out Of
my house between dinner on Thursday
night and breakfast on Friday. ] passed
no one on the street. for I was not on the
street. Except those in my own house.
no one saw me and ! saw no one
That Is Mrs. Paine's alibi and II has been
corroborated by Mrs. Mary Cunningham
Mrs. Paine has been quite calm throughout
the whole trying week. She has allowed
the police to ransack her house without OBJ
lection. She has been followed wherever
she went. To-day she made the first out
waiu irSObiiNioh Va oiucdi
retained a lawyer. Philip v. Fennelly
Mr.. Fennelly said tonight that he had been
hired because Mrs. Paine might need some
one to consult. He has known her for some
time and Is emphatic in his statement that
the police have been barking up the wrong
tree.
AS DIR. MARCY FOUND BUsDIcK BODY.
DIR. william H. Marcy, who discovered
Burdick's body, told THE Sun reporter
Of his experience after entering the dark
smoking room. He said
Il crossed the room to one Of the windows
and pulled down one OF the sliding Venetian
blinds. then could see objects in the
room more distinctly. I saw a pool Of
blood on the floor. which extended under
the tapestry drapings Of the couch. II
was nearly under the centre Of the couch.
my first thought was TINT Mr.. Burdick
had committed suicide. approached the
couch. Several sofa pillows had been
piled up on 1t. I lifted two pillows and
uncovered a crazy quilt. ] raised the
quilt and saw Mr.. Burdick's head. The
quilt had been thrown over the head and
tucked In below. A marrow Turkish floor
rug covered the body from the shoulders
to the feet. noted the battered condition
OF the skull and made further examination
OF the room and the body
One sentence in this statement tells Of a
condition that has puzzled the police. The
quilt had been thrown over the head
and tucked In below. Further on DR..
Marcys story would indicate that Burdick
may have been asleep when attacked. He
says:
THE body was lying about midway on
the couch. with the head toward the north.
NY recollection Is that the forehead was
resting ON the right arm, which was partly
extended.
THE dead man was not lying prone on
his stomach, but rather, ] should say.
partly on his right side. The face was
turned down and slightly toward the west
wall Of the room. The left hand was ex-
tended, but do not think II protruded over
the edge OF the couch. Tho knees were
slightly hexed or bent
Why the murdsr,r took % much time
~ cover up the body and turn out the gas
has not yet been explained. Perhaps the
District Attorney has the reason on his
trump card.
MRS. BURDIck's STAY AT ATLANTIC CITY.
ATLANTIC CRY. N. j.. March S.-The
poles officials here have cleared Mrs.
Edwin l. Burdick. wife Of the nysteriously
murdered Buffalo man. Of the suspicion
that she was no, In Atlantic City on the
nigh, Of the murder, They have positive
Information that she did not leave until
the afternoon of tbs day that her husbands
body Was found Pictures Of Arthur Pan
n.li, Who 10 nAmsd - correspondent In the
1.l,,ilck tiyofos pfoo~sdinns, Sere shown
a. I-sfsoas who met the strange male con-
psnlon ~ Mo Burdick wbo called upon
hof frelu~s,ly ln Atlantic CITY. bY, they
aid that hrs BuIdiak's frlssd ~as alto
ssti,.T . disessn, docking individual, oidss
IN Apssarsnos sna not ~ good looking
f.slsiss, ,ls stranger had . pseuLaS oi,ln,
shich sss a n,ark.J fssiass ~ hls isns.
and tho pasture ~ p.ansli slosed . aosmal