The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-17

II liIC uOOI Z 4Illlc a4lu tdlleus Iu
Ed. Ed" She saw something on the
couch. 1t was dark in there. She saw
the Murray girl in the hall and said:
Maggie, 1 fear that something has
| happened. 1 don't dare go in there, do
you? What shall we do? Then 1 said
that we had better send for Mr..
why didn't you go into the den tha.
morning?"
II was too nervous"
Il did not know what had happened.
I thought perhaps it was Ed on the
couch"
But you had seen him sleeping be-
fore Why were you afraid to see him
sleeping
IF he had been asleep, my screams
would have awakened him. I was
afraid of finding him dead in there. OF
course 1 did not know it was Ed in
there
Then you did scream?"
Yes. as loudly as 1 could. 1t did
not arouse him and 1 was frightened"
you had no reason for expecting to
find him dead in there?"
mo except that he did not respond
to my screams"
Previous to DR.. Marcy's arrival, Mrs.
Hull said she had just stepped over the
threshold and looked in. At this point,
Mr.. Coatsworth handed Mrs. Hull a
photograph of the den with the body
Of the murdered man lying on the
couch, covered as DR.. Marcy found it
covered. Mrs. Hull took the photograph
without so much as trembling of her
hands and looked at it intently and
calmly Then she discussed the picture
and pointed out the familiar objects In
the den.
Mr.. Coatsworth's examination was
conducted all through with the evident
purpose Of breaking down the witness.
II
many minutes
Does this photograph represent the
den as you saw 1t that morning?" ask
ed Mr.. Coatsworth.
Il do not remember
The body on the couch was COW
cred as this photograph shows?"
- l think so.''
Mr. Coatsworth then showed the wit
ness a photograph of the den taken af-
ter the covering had been removed from
the body. 1t showed the body of the
murdered man on the couch, with the
battered and bloody head. Mrs. Hull
took the photograph from Mr.. Coats
worth and looked at it. Her hands
trembled a trif1e.
rs that the way the den looked after
DR.. Marcy got there?" asked Mr..
COatsWorth.
4 never saw the room after he got
there" replied Mrs. Hull, looking the
IlSlIlCI attorney SQudrely III the eye
Continuing, the witness said she had
never asked and never had told of the
details of the tragedy. She denied haV-
Ing said that she thought she knew
some one who might have done it. She
had had no conversation on the subject,
except with the officials. She had never
told Burdick that he was as much to
Eiame as his wife.
But you thought he was?''
L do not know that / did,
Then you thought that your daugh-
ter was more to blame?"
I certainly thought she was impru-
dent. l thought if he had done diff
ferently, she would have" Witness
said she and Burdick had never quar-
relied
Mrs. Hull smiled family as she left
the stand. She was supported by her
lawyer as she left the court room, but
she did rot appear to be in need of any
assistance
Maggie Murray, the cook at the Bur-
dick house was the next witness. She
detailed her movements as previously
published as to seeing Burdick in his
under clothes and afterwards hearing
some one working at the furnace. She
heard no further noise in the house that
night. She contradicted Mrs. Hulls
story Of what transpired on the MORN
ing of the murder. She said she went
to Mrs. Hulls bedroom and told her
about the door and window being open.
She sWOre positively that she did not
call to Mrs. Hull from the first floor
She also cOntradicted Mrs. Hull who
had testified that she did not look over
the balustrade. She said she and noe
Mrs Hull suggested that DR.. Marcy
be called, She knew Of no one who held
any animOsity toward Burdick.
Adjourned until Monday.