The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-10
pRNNELL'S LAST STATEMENT.
,,sTJCE MURPHY EXPECTS TO
1--we 1T At THE INQUEST.
N. stenosrapher to whom Pennell Me.
~" ,a,ed II Can Produce Ills Notes-n
w.s typewriter and Was Penneips
,.s, known Plea In His Own Defence.

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,,,,o. April e.-Joining the inques SITS
.,,hur Reed Pennell and Carrie Lamb
saeu Justice Murphy will begin at 8
~ tomorrow afternoon the public
,,.,'rv which promises TO wind up for the
'n'. tho entire Burdick-Pennell affair.
~, the civil action over $4,000 Of the in
log is 10 come up in the courts between
,..arncv Wallace Thayer and Admins
80, Fred Pennell. But the inquiry be-
u ls",s tomorrow is to end Justice MUIR
Investigation. The Justice decided
r,o.d,v TO hold the proceedings In Police
uo.douarters instead OF at the morgue.
:. the facilities are better.
Goo of the most important developments
=. ,hs inqnost is expected TO be the pro-
s,.,ion of the statement Pencil prepared
e tSsoro his d. ath The authorities located
!, .oro time ago and expect to be able to
bring il out.
One of the witnesses subpBnaed Is STEM
o,ranher Wallace G. Imphalius Of Pencils
osce He was one Of the witnesses to
PANELS will. When Pencil came to
n,enare the statement In his own defenoe
/. called in the stenographer and dictated
The hrst OTdlt Oh tle stdtciueit " 'hil'
This typewriter draft Pennell took and
rorked over and then called In the stem
osrspher a second time and made certain
additions to the first draft. Then the new
,vpewritten copy was prepared, making a
complete statement. II made five type
written pages.
Pennell had arranged for Attorney Wal
sp Thayer 10 show part OF this statement
% Mrs Burdick. to see II 1t met with her
mn approval, or whether she had any
chanpes to suggest in IL. He took the copy
Iii 10 his home on Cleveland avenue and
left II there.
Administrator Fred Pennell Is expected
u have IL in the papers found at the house
where he took them after his brothers. death.
II Admin strator Pennell does not have
his statement for production at the in
guest, the authorities will call upon Stenog-
ripher Imphalius TO read the statement
from his stenographio notes as Pennell
dictated il to him.
This statement Penneli prepared to be
gwen to the public. 1t was his last known
Plea in his own defence. Pennell stands
ior his own innocence OF the Burdick crime
In this last statement. During the days
OF lis preparation Immediately before his
death. in fact within the last four days OF
his life, he spoke OF II many times, and
be remarked that Burdick was no saint
And yN' ne 'fpUTcltD Wdb DtiUR DldCktucu.
He told the newspaper men that Burdicks
death was the worst thing that could have
happened to him.
1.-THE statement is silent as to the defalca-
tons. he probably expected that those
Interested in the administration OF his
Affairs would not inspire their publication
or become the authority for branding him
a. swindler. - - -
Il have already in my possession and
shall send out this afternoon said Justice
Murphy. -subpPnas requiring the atten-
dance at the inquest OF Thomas Penney.
attorney for the Pennell estate: j. Frederick
Pennell, administrator Of the estate: and
Wallace Thayer. who was Arthur r. Pen
nells legal adviser and who holds trust
executed to him by Arthur r. Pennell.
Besides these, i shall subpoena Police Captain
Cables list OF witnesses, who are expected
10 testify to the movements Of the auto
mobile in which Mr.. and Mrs. Pencil met
their death.
These witnesses. it Is expo cted, will de-
tcrite the course OF the We hicle from the
time il left KensinRton and Bailey avenues.
out Kensington and then on Leroy to Order
street, its move ments back and forth on
Crider street, then the start down Kensing-
ton avenue at full speed, the top having
hen pulled down, Pencils hat being
blown of by the wind. his leaning forward
as il in an effort to shut on the power OF the
vehicle and set the brakes, Mr.. Pencils
tcram and the plunge over the brink into
the quarry. tn, sc witnesses and the on
Gals who made the examination Of the re-
minis Of Pencil are the only one we have
in mind now, but the testimony may de-
wlop in such a way as to necessitate the
clling Of other witnesses"
DO you expect j. Frederick Pencil to
b on handf' was asked.
j have received assurances that he will
b. here when wanted replied Justice Muir
ply. y shall notify Thomas Penney tina Mr..
Rnnl Is Nanied.'
Since the typical Yale man. memorial
to Pencil appeared there has been much
talk over it. President Arthur T. Hadley
o! Yale. who was in Buffalo to-day said:
Arthur r. Pennell, in connection with
the Burdick murder case. did not act like
atypical Yale man. So far as / can learn,
at college PenDell was always q modest.
honorable and, az has been said, In general
atypical Yale man. 1t Is not well to judge
case or man until the legal investigation
has been finished. ! have no opinion to
offer on the matter Of the reported defal-
cations by Pennell. l read that such was
announced by a Buffalo lawyer. but. as /
said before, | will not judge or discuss a case
before it Is officially settled
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