The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-19
EVIDENCE POINTING
TOWARD DEAD MAN.
Facts Brought Out That Make 1t
Seem PcnneII Was the Murderer.

Buffalo. N. Y. March 1S.-Police
Justice Murphy announced to-day that
owing to the illness of District Attor-
ney Coatsworth, the inquest into the
murder of Edwin L. Burdick would not
be resumed until next Monday after
noon at , o'clock. District Attorney
Coatsworth is suffering from a severe
cold. which prevents him from speak
ing above a whisper. 1t is expected
that the inquest will be concluded
next Monday, unless some new evil
dence of Importance develops this
week. Mrs. Burdick, Burdick's fur
mace man, and the man who tended
the furnace for the Pencils will prob
ably be called on Monday.
1t is stated on good authority that
the district attorney will place in evil
dence a letter alleged to have been
Pencil some months ago. The letter
was found in the Burdick home when
the search of the house was made by
the police. In the letter the follow
ing occurs: II feel that 1 must kill Ed
Burdick."
When Mrs. Burdick comes TO the
stand Monday she will probably be
| called upon to identify the letter men
toned above. She knew both the
dead men, Burdick and Pennell, prob
ably better than any one person in
the world. and her testimony promises
to be the most important and interest
ing of the entire proceedings.
The details of the strained relations
hAH, h. a y,
cred after the murder of Burdick
and before the death of Pencil.
Pennell stated frankly to the author
tiles that the relations between HIM
self and Burdick were strained, very
strained" In fact, after the murder
| of Burdick Pencil spoke to other
than the authorities of the hostility
between him and Burdick. On the
day he was first arranging to give out
a statement for publication. he spoke
of part of what he intended to say.
1T deals with Burdick," said Pen
nell, referring to this part of the pro-
posed statement. II did not like him
and he did not like me, and we both
knew it and 1 have told the police
frankly that we were not on good
terms. His death, coming at this time
was one of the worst things that could
| have happened to me-"
Notwithstanding all the talk about
| Pennell, however, the authorities are
not consenting calmly TO dump the
Burdick tragedy on a dead man. There
| are a number of points to be consider.
| ed before any such branding of a dead
man becomes a finality, or even is &C.
| cepted as part solution of the nrS's
| terry.
One of the criminal authorities /:
| quoted as saying: There are severa
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that the murder was committed by
| more than one person; second. that al
| least one of the persons implicated was
entirely familiar with the interior OF
the Burdick home. and what, perhaps
is most important of all is (third), that
the murderer or murderers had no fears
of interruption while at their work or
| Immediately afterward."
Mrs. Hull Reported III.
Buffalo. N. Y, March 1S.-A rumor
was current tonight to the effect that
Mrs. Maria Hull, mother-in-law of the
late Edwin Burdick, who was MUIR
dered on Feb. u. had been seriously in
jured or was ill.,
Efforts were made to learn the real
facts in the case, but all requests at
the Burdick residence were met with
refusal to discuss the subject.
A young man, who said his name was
Allen, and that he was a friend of
the family. acted as spokesman. He
said: 81 refuse to confirm or leny
the story that Mrs. Hull was injured
or that she is in other than her usual
health except to say that she is weak
ening under the terrible nervous strain
to which she has been subjected and
has not been herself since the try
ing experience on the witness stand"
DIR. Marcy, the family physician,
WAS not called to the RiIrdicLr horn,a