The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15


81 = Il .alsa npeared. Burdick and his da.lEh-
II aar' Marion, yycro In her room aoo'it f'S"
" rTI,sv talked nbott the inesssnEe RON ,,l
4. nfYa, 1s,rdlck. Shc did not see bhr i.l!
" "A M lnatbat night, bit heard hin talking
4 t,sfh his eldest daughter. whom ~ kls ",
y, IA Airlt and went dowi, stairs. sit ~.
IA ,iia nat leave her room again that n,sh.
I, \ ffAr n,,ttlng The chtldrot to bed aoon.
Y .U she got lip tho ,,rSt morning ~. u ~
y ,is,inI hour 1870 without being caii ~.
grrl,e Murray girl called to her 'na. ~
81 front door. ws!S open ana ny ,, !, ~, i,aa
s ~ Z, ia. r,ne,. and that she htd caieo
h M Nh. 13,,rtlick and got no answer. Is
8ss Mrs. 11uil averrcd that she near en-, A., nG
u .,o,sos after She went to bed; she f'lu ~
VI Ne hear The Murray girl come IN. or near
4hsEbeii Ring. Wliens she went 70 thc l., ue y.
n Ana said She opened the door Y ftt y
NJ Mn. ana called .s11d. Ed. Ed. sho saw ~
n IN, nthtnn on tho couch 1t was dark 4, ~
AZ 4i,sre.1 She saw Tie Murray girl III ,ne
l55 hafifpfan said ,,NrnEgie. rear .n tl'
NJ something has happened. ! oo az, w. q, J,
N VA there, do you? WHAT shal. W. ~ ~.
Then / said we had better sew ny ~
Il Marcy. ~ a., thui
b morning 2" /, si t4g3, n u
was ,IOU IGi
d ..yybat did you Think"
F{ ~ Ala not know what Ind happene,n'.
s1 thought perhaps 1t was iM on wy
couch. I'M. s,oo,,,r 10.
forr why were YOU afraid 10 see sec mn
.5 sleeping?" 49, .,rca,,,s
,,,nnla have awakened him. I was alra,o
III az finding him dead in there. " eouise'
III did not know IT was 20. IN tie'
q 4 ..Then YOU did scream? ~,
s,Yes; MS loudly as couid. ~ "'' ~.
Z, ia HIN. and I was frightened
fnyou had no reason for cApect'is -
III Ana him dend In there?"
VA that no did not respond to
q my screanls.
'iSs SHOWN THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
5 pray,o,is to DR. Marcy's arrival MIS-
mi, said she had lust stepped over me le
, 5+hrnahold and looked In. At ms po'hl
VI AZ C,oatsworth handed Mrs. HUI a pho-
+ofra III of the den with the oouy Oh NY
q murdered man lying on the couch covered
Or. Marcy found 1t covered. q.
MRS. Hull took the photograph without
90 much MS trembling Of her hanos'
ana looked at 1t intently and calmly
srrhen she discussed tho picture,! amn
pointed out the familiar oo)ec's ~ 'A''
az den. 80
5,otcd ali through with the evident pur
III nee Of breaking down the witness He
ft Lent the phot ograpll before her for many
minutes. 49,
i5,on as YOU saw 1t that morning g ASKED
Il Mr.. Coatsworth.
81 Fl do not remember
ti..The body on the couch was covered
asathls photograph shows
ll.'T think So. @ :.
.ness a photograph OF the den taken after
n ia covering had been removed from the
Il hody. Tt showed the body Of the MUIR
II dared man on the couch with the bat
4 tered and bloody head. Mrs. Hull took
II he photograph from Mr.. Coatsworth ana
Looked at 1t. Her hands trembled trlhe'
Ess as that the way the den looked AFTER
III. Marcy got there?" asked MI coats
n worth.
4 there replied, Mrs. Hull looking tho
Z district Attorney sQuarely In the eye.
SE- HAD NOT TALKED.
Continuing, the witness said she had
n neyer asked md had never been told
& az the details OF tho tragedy. She de-
niea having said that she thought she
knew some one who might have done Il.
SA She had had no conversation pii .'iF ,''"
tcct except with the officials. She had
never told Burdlcl that he was as much
II to blame as his wife, lflS, VI
aa .,But YOU thought o was?'
or do not know that I did"
Then .ou thought that your daughter
was more to blame p
SCI certainly thought she was in1pru-
4 dent thought II he had done dlfferent-
&3Iy, she would have
s Witness said she and Burdicl had
never Guarrcled.
Mrs. Hull smiled family as she left
the stand. She was supported by her
lawyer as she left the courtroom but
I she did not appear to be In need Of any
& assistance.
s Maggie Murray. the cook ut the Bur
1; dick home was the next witness. She
detailed her movements as previously
s published, as to seeing Burdick in his
,ndrclothes and afterwards hearing
some one working at the furnace. She
heard no further noise in the house that
night She contradicted Mrs. Hulls
Z story of what transpired on the morning
5gof the murder. She said she went to
Mrs. Hull's bed;roorp" and told her about
< the door aid window being open. She
Fwore positively that she did not call to
AIRS Hull from the first floor She also
S'contradicted Mrs Hull, who had testi-
fed that she did not look over tho halus-
trade. She said she, and not Mrs. Hull,
suggested that DR.. Marcy be called. She
knew Of no one who held any animoslty
toward Burdick