Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-25
PALE AND WAN
Mrs. Burdick Continues Story
of Relations With PenneII.
Visited Her Every Day, Giving Cause
for Divorce Proceedings.
Shameful Tale of Shameful Doinss In
Buffalo Society"

Buffalo, N. Y, March 24.-"Have you
received any information as to who
killed your husband?'
NO, sir"
You swear you have no knowledge
or information as to who killed him?'
Il do
The above questions were addressed
to Mrs. Burdick, this afternoon, at the
inquest into the death of her husband
by District Attorney Coatsworth. The
answers were returned by Mrs. Burdick
in a calm, clear voice. The questions
came abruptly while the district attor-
ney was drawing information from
Mrs. Burdicll about her relations with
Arthur r. Pennell. She had denied
that Pencil took her key to the front
door of the Burdick home while they
We're in New York together, and had
several duplicates made of it. The dis
trict attorney put the question regard
ing. the key to Mrs. Burdick in a mum
Der of different forms, but the answers
were always emphatic denials that she
or Pencil had ever ordered duplicate
keys made or that the key had left her
possession during her last exile from,
home.
Mrs. Burdick was calmer and more
collected while testifying, today, than
she was, yesterday. She left the stand
at AIS.
To complete the examination of
every one who was in the Burdick
home on the night of Feb. rs when Ed
win l.. Burdick was murdered, the dis
trict attorney called to the stand the
two youngest Burdick children, Carol
and Alice, aged respectively Is and 10
years. The children displayed no more
sign of emotion than did their grand
mother, or mother, or older sister, while
talking about the terrible death of their
father. Their recollection of the hap
penings at the time of the tragedy were
rather haZy.
Mrs. Burdick's testimony covered the
week in which Burdick was murdered
and the name of Arthur r. Pencil was
constantly upon her lips. She trusted
him implicitly in everything. The dis.
trict attorney read a number of letter
written to Mrs. Burdick by Pennell in
which he said life was not worth liv-
ing without her and that death would
not be unWelcome. She knew nothing
of a document found in her safety de-
post vault bonding Pencil to pay her
$4,000 in the event of his being unable
to marry her. Although it was among
Mrs. Burdick's private papers in the
vault she claimed to have been igno-
rant of it's existence.
Mrs. Eurdick declared that the last timt
she saw Pencil was on the Tuesday be-
fore the murder. He left her that night
in Atlantic City, arriving in Buffalo,
Wednesday. She was informed of Mr.
Burdick's death by a message from Mrs
Hull on the following Friday and FASTENED
to Buffalo. She reached her home, Satur-
day morning. A brief note of sympathy
from Pennell came to the house that day
She never heard from him or saw him be
tween that time and the day he was killed
ny his automobile plunginS into the stone
quarry.
Before leaving the stand Mrs. Burdick
took occasion to say in reply to questions
from her attorney that nothing improper
or immoral had occurred between her and
Iennell. At the same time she said her
husband was fond of the society of other
women and for some reason not quite clear
said that Mrs. Pencil was quite familiar
with The dining room and den i'll the
BurGick nome.