Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-24
Remembers Pennen,s Kinses.

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Remembers Pennen's Kisses.
Call Mrs. Burdick,' said Mr.. Coatsworth
then, and the audience turned excitedly to
watch the pale-faced widow walk slowly to
the witness stand. -.s
Hurrying over preliminary questions
counsel quickly brought her to her ,rela-
tions with Pennell whom she said she had
known FIVE or six years.
do you remember receiving q letter
from Pennell in 1907 asked the district
attorney, ''in which he said: Yesterday 1
was at the gateway on tn. campus grounds,
where more than two years ago 1 drew you
to me in the darkness. This place en-
shrines me7'"
mo, sir, / do not" @
Mr.. C~oatsworth handed her the letter.
do you recognize 1t as his handwriting"
he asked.
YES" whispered Mrs. Burdick.
And you recall the incident7"
yes, sir"
Witness said Pennell had taken her into
a doorway and kissed her. She thought she
had demonstrated.
+ A letter written from Shelton island on
September IL. 1900, was next produced. 1t
referred In affectionate terms to his hav-
ing found a pair of her gloves in his coat
pocket. A third letter from Shelton island,
written in September, 1900, was also handed
to her.
Mrs. Burdick held it in her hands and
read it. She identified It as having been
written to her. In it Pennell said he would
telephone to her just to hear her dear voice.
What did Pennell mean in his letter
where he says he hoped to see you Wednes-
day morning at 1-S?" inquired the district
attorney. r-r. 3D..
gW A. -
Doesn't 1-S refer to the, number of
some house in this city7"
IL do not know go e
ON 1900 there were several houses In
this city where you used tosmeet him p
There were two or three" ' -
Looks for love Light in Her Eyes.
Mr.. Coatsworth also produced a, letter
written from New York, on September Is,
1900. in which Pennell says: Il Just came
from telephoning you. and hearing your
dear, sweet voice. Am l foolish to tele-
phone to you from way down here? 1t
vas worth. all itSeost Wef u lrealiEe more
and more that you are the only woman In
the world for me-"
Later on in the same letter he says:
ltonly a day more and I'shall once more
see the lovelight intyour eyes and expert
ence the paradise within your arms"
Another letter written from New York
read: "As 1 looked into your beautiful
eyes last night 1 feared there was some
trouble hidden there. l did not know, but
/ l feared IL was because OF some other rea-
son than because 1 was going away. II
there was, dearest, / wish you would tell
me. There is that in the manner of your
husband toward you that makes me fear
some time that 1 might kill him" .
Mrs. Burdick listened to the tender
passages wistfully, but stoutly denied any
| recollection Of receiving the letters. 1t
seemed, however, that she kept many Of
Pennell's communications, for she admitted
her husband had taken her by the throat
and compelled her to give them up. She
declared, however, that II was she and not
Mr.. Burdick who started the divorce pro-
ceedings.
Double Divorce Planned.
She had no love for him, but did love
Pennell, whom she expected to marry. He
had a wife, but they were to be divorced.
THAT was it, was it? queried Mr.. Coats
worth. with a sniff, what did Mrs. Pennell
think Of the plang"
Sometimes" responded witness, YEARLY,
"she consented and sometimes she re-
fused"
A moment later she admitted. however,
that she had never talked with Mrs. Pen
nell on the subject, and that her husband
4 sent her away in May, 1901, on account OF
Pennell.
Mr.. Coatsworth showed her a letter
which she remembered writing from At
Iantic City on May %, 1901, in which she
begged to be taken back, promising never
TO see arthur" and that she would be q
loving and true wife. She had added that
while she could not promise that Pennel
would leave own he would. do what she
said.
In a second letter she said she and Pen
nell had realized that they must give eaeh
other up, but tina Pennell declined to dc
anything that would mean a loss OF his
self-respect.
Many similar communication passed be
tween them, and then after the divorce
proceedings commenced Burdiek wrote;
II you love Pennell as you say you 90
do not blame you for what you did. lf
loved a woman as you do Pennell 1 Wouie
do as you are doing.
Proceeding he declared he loved her hon
estIy and referred to the fact that Mrs
Burdick was wearing a ring given her, b!
Pennell over her lawful wedding ring. Bur
dick declared he had no faith in Pennell.
promise and said she only wished to b
taken back till the lawyer was freed from
his wife.
In still another letter Burdick wrot
that he forgave her, but a little late
changed his mind and declared he had de
termined TO fight for the little honor sh
, had left him. and. after getting a divorces
to light for the children. He would insis
on the counter suit by Mrs. Burdick bein
fought out In open court.
A Burdick Takes Her Back.
Three weeks after this Mrs. Burdiek wa
: taken back by her husband.
After returning from Atlantic City. an
after promising to be a good wife. she ms
: Pennell. II was not her habit TO meet hin
but he was constantly begging her to d
so, and she did meet him in a house o
Seventh street. She was there once whS
o Burdiek came, but he did not see her, :
s she stepped out of the window and went
b church. She did not hear that Mr.. Burdic
o and his friend on that occasion caught Pei
nell as he was jumping out Of the windo
and took him back to the room.
: Mrs. Burdick admitted having met Pei
II nell in another house on Seventh sire
after that incident and also at q hou'
7 on Whitney Place two or three times.
Mr.. Coatsworth was still examining WIS
the inquest was adjOurned