The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-25
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Don't you recall time In lyZ Wnen MI.
Burdick left home and lived at the Genes
see Hotel?'
mo, sir. He went out of town early in
1902. but returned again"
written at Indianapolis in January last
Year,"
81 will read it: Received a letter to-day
from A. r. p, of the contents OF which
you familiar. / shall decline TO have
any interview with him. ," In that letter
Burdick said he did not intend TO come
home again.
Mrs Burdick wrote letter in reply in
which she pleaded with her husband not to
persist in his determination to sue for di-
vorce. She made an appeal on behalf OF
the children, declaring that the divorce
proceedings would crush the children, espe-
cially Marion. My God, Ed, this must not
be. You cannot be so cruel to us. You
have been generous. Continue TO be so,
the letter concluded.
Mrs. Burdick said she remembered having
written It, 1t was dated Jan. q. 1902.
That letter was sufficient to induce him to
return TO his homer" queried Mr.. Coats
worth.
SOUGHT HER CONSTANTLY.
In response to this Mrs. Burdick said she
had an interview with her husband after
ward at his office. She asked him to re-
turn to his home. He said he intended TO-
And after that you continued to meet
Pennell?"
at do not remember"
why, it was right after that that you
had all those clandestine meetings with
Pennell, wasn't it?'
Not right after that; no."
But soon after?'
"Well. he sought me constantly"
ION what date was II when you jumped
out Of the window on Seventh street?'
What church did you go to after that 90
1.-The Church Of the Ascension
"What did Burdick say to you when you
II told him / had been to church. He
said he knew where l had been and he
asked me why did not let him in when
he knocked. / said / would have IL 1 had
known II was him. He then told me that
1 would have to leave the house and he
advised me TO communicate with Pennell. =
Mrs. Burdick said she saw Pennell that
same night. She went to his Office and
Mr. Burdick accompanied her. Il remained
away for several days" she continued, and
then went home. I had another talk with
Mr.. Burdick and he told me that might
remain that night
HE was very kind to you even Them
He was"
The witness admitted in reply to further
vorce suit was served on her the following
day, Dec 3. She left home then, going to
Niagara Falls: She took her satchel and
she was leaving home for good.
who accompanied you to the Falls?
asked Mr.. Coatsworth.
Mr.. Pennell."
You had arranged that the night be-
fore?"
II suppose so'
She denied that Pennell went with her to
her hotel, but said she saw him the next
day, when he visited her at the hotel.
AT what time did he leave your
He took dinner with me twice while
WAS, WAS there tn rs but do not remember no"
did he stay over night with you at that
hotei?'
He did not
BURDICK BLAMED PENNELL.
Further on in her testimony Mrs. Burdick
said she came to Buffalo one day during
her stay at the Falls. She did not see her
husband on that occasion. She saw her
mother. however. by appointment made
over the telephone. Her mother knew why
she went to the Falls, witness said. Mr.
Burdick had told her. He told her." Mrs
Burdick went on, "he had caught me in a
position which he could not overlook, and
that / would have to leave. He said he
did not blame me as much as he did Pen
nell; that Pennell was more to blame than
i was"
When she left the Falls finally. the wit
ness averred, she came 10 Buffalo. Pen
nell met her at the station. They re-
manned in the station and then she started
for New York. reaching there the next
morning. She went TO boarding house
and thence to hotel in Fffty-ninth street
Did Pennell go to New York with you?
asked the district attorney.
Yes" was the reply.
How long did Mr.. Pennell stay in New
York;
Seven days"
After you went to New York where did
Atlantic City. / was in New York
several weeks. leaving for Atlantic City
on the first or second of January"
Pencil was with you until them?
Not with me. He was in New York."
Was Mrs. Penneli there. too?'
did you visit Mrs. Pennell?'
How often did Pennell visit your"
Every day"
Did Mrs. Pennell know you were there?'
Mr.. Coatsworth showed letter written
by Mrs. Pennell, dated Dec. %, 1902, to Bur-
dick In 1t Mrs. Pennell said she wanted to
warn him, and pleaded with him to take
Mrs. Burdick home and not blast the lives
of his children. She told him Mrs. Burdick
was about to leave New York for Atlantic
City and that he should call her back be-
fore she left.
Another letter written by Mrs. Pencil
to Burdick was read. 1t was another plea
that he drop the divorce proceedings and
consent to the return of Mrs. Burdick for
the sake of his children, declaring that they
needed a mothers love and care. Mrs.
Pennell urged him to trust his wife once
more. The letter was undated. but evident
ly was written about two weeks after Mrs
Burdick left for Atlantic City.
THE DIVORCE CASE.
The district attorney here reverted to the
divorce action. Mrs. Burdick said that
Pennell managed everything for her in rela-
ton to it. She denied that she had en-
gagged the detectives who followed Bur-
dick. Pennell did all that. Proceeding,
Mrs. Burdick said she returned to Buffalo
in week or ten days from Atlantic City
to get the contents of the box in the safety
deposit vault She did so because Pennell
had been refused access to it, She re-
NAMED In Buffalo several days, stopping
at hotel. She saw her husband by ap-
pointment. II telephoned to him." she said,
land told him there were some things I
wanted to explain before he went on with
the divorce proceedings. 1 asked him TO see
me at the Genessee and he did l told him
it was not my fault that the divorce pro-
ceedings were being held up and delayed,
and he said he understood that"
Then you did not want TO defend that
suit?''
II did not know exactly what did want
TO do. / left II to Pennell to decide"
"On Dec. IL you wrote a letter TO your
husband from New York in which you said
that your going back home would make no
you had no defense and the divorce was
TO be granted by agreement. Why was the
change made with regard TO making a de-
fense?"
MIR. Burdick told me if I made no de-
Tense l could have the children half OF the
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