Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11
VERDICT IN
PENNELL CASE
Judge Murphy Does Not Find That
He Committed Suicide.
STATEMENT FROM DEAD MAN
Had Nothing 10 DO with Burdick
Murder Connection via Di-
yoree Proceedings

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''oday peloFe justice Murphy az lNe ~
quest into the deaths Of Arthur II. Pen
nell and Mrs. Pencil win not help the
o,,,ho,.t,t... il, 49,. 49,. 49, a .ot,,lo, NJ
"N'',o' '''ee ~ "''s "'' " 'V'.,'V
the buruleR murder mystery Nhethoi
the tragedy ut Geheis stone quarry on
March 10 IN which pennell was killed
80 49, pa.aan M. ra,anv ,n,,,ed
"''N MS 4'''''0H "'' ''''"'
''a ,, -
Thomas Penney who has acted as
s,,ornoy tor ~. panuo,i CONT, sicce
sunny lVF s"e 'V''"V' fanny ~
arthur Pennells death, dec area lhat 50
laf as ne was aware hothlhs ~ Nns
papers leit py Mr. fenneil Wou,A NV
any lBht upon the MURDER oI huNIh
burdlch When questioned feBa. dlhs
me alleged defalcauohs OF Fennell Mr'
Penney declined TO answer D. tredef-
lex Pennell, brother OF the deau lawyer
ana administrators oil nus estate WIZ mas
possession OF most OF the papers was
out OF the city ana MI Fenhey lh,orih-
ed the court that he dld not know
where ne was or when he would return
TO Bunaio'
EEluehce thut WIZ SNOW gei YEA, Atm
would simply be cum dialVe, SAID JUS
wy ~ piiy' ut.el ny eNluensS a. az
H. no stronser ihouNe couIu NC PloN-
en- than has already been brought OUT
mere. But proving motive does not
estaDllsh sulclde' me court is pre-
pared 10 announce us nhdlnss Judge
MQipny tueu QellNtitu MS hefQlCl us
iol'o"s'
VERDICT OF JUDGE MURPHY,
i ma ana certiiy' Ihat Arihut b'
iehhell came 10 nus death on the lyth
day OF March lgg5' as a result Oh IN
Julles received while ridlne IN an auto-
mobile, the sald automoblle pluhSihg
from an embankment into the Geheis
stone quarry.
Ihat cannot determine from the
evidence submitted whether such
plunge was accidental or designed
Ihat carry Lamp Pennel came TO
her death as result Of the said plunge
OF the automobile Into the quarry
W. Z. Omphilius, Pencils 'stenog-
rapher' produced typewriter copy OF
the hrst draft OF statement prepared
for publication by Pennell, before his
death. the statement In full Is as tol-
lows;
PrNNETI,s STATEMENT
''i' "a i--'i i-N
ITO the Publlc-Now that the flood Of
sensationalism and yellow journalism
has lessened and that public excl ement
has died down to Gamer consid. ra-
ton of the facts and events leading
up TO a terrible tragedy which has re-
Gently taken place in this city. ] wish
In behalf Of myself, but especially more
in behalf Of others whose sufierings
are even greater than mine, to maze
this statement:
owing TO the fact that my name was
so unfortunately at this time connected
with the pending divorce proceedings II
was forced into great publicity In con-
nection with the tragedy Itself. So far
as any possible connection with that
crime was concerned am satisfied
and | think the district attorney and
his assistants understand Thoroughly
that / had nothing TO do with II and
since that time neither has nv bouse
nor myself been under susnicion ar arr
veillance.
After being out for n short time I'm
the early part of the evening I snant
the rest of II AZ home ne va shawn
by the evidence Of NV vic and the sor
want girl In our house 7 tblnL usas
so acquitted both Inv Inc nuhiic ana are
on snv connection WITH w.
crime. y" '''e
~ now hecomas ,poruba,t rco,, ma
TO make some sra tament rolat,,a ~ 90 , rnv
connection with he dtrorae az ,,ly
In this abatement wish ~ saw oS,v os H. H.
lie as nossihla about ~ 49, o.,
must he ren,enboroa ", 49, v ~ pus II
re living have ,haIr ,, .n"' .nVse VIZ
The riehts 90 ,ho ii,',, n,es 10 tne anu
The ,sghts - ~ s ans ar slea'er than
trntb IN no eho r ueau lneLe wns no
~ tha, prse v.ousht oy the
dafandan, an ma poJveui'ig against tne
Were ahso,,toiv 49, ne pnaises
co,n,er, ohorecss S S1 ui'uer oaln ana
a shor, ,,r,a ~ lou oeen maui, ana IN
"ria,I,. III, ,' h ~ .ase Nouid nave Deen
,iad wv 0eio'e d reieree ana set
,,,rbo ,.,I..,o .1..,.
n,oin,io GA ~ N Jssn between the
s, ,'' az s',u 'ne ueIehunnl had peen
sunlhvu LOT soIne ume twice he had