The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Pastor Of Mr.. Burdick Tells Of Con-
yersations He Had Had with
the Murdered Man.
PENNELL HAD THREATENED SUICIDE.
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Witness Also Under hi Impression
That Pennel Had Threatened Mr..
Burdick-Had Tried to Get Mr.. Bur-
dick to Withdraw Suit-Daugh-
ter and Mrs. Hull Recalled.

ers was the first witness in the Bur-
dick murder inquest Thursday. He
said that Mrs. Hull and. the Burdicks
were members Of his church congre-
CATION. On two separate occasions he
had talks with Burdick concerning
the latter's domestic affairs. The
first one was at Burdick's Office about
three weeks prior to the murder.
Mrs. Hull also had discussed it with
him nce during a call the minister
made at the house. Asked to repeat
the conversation with Mrs. Hull, Mr..
Powers said:
"She told me her daughter had left
home and that a suit for divorce was
pending. She said her daughter was
not without fault, but that she was
not alone to blame either; that if I
knew the whole thing, I would not be-
lieye that the fault was all her daugh-
ter's.'
Mrs. Hull, he said, did not ask himto
speak to Burdick about withdrawing
the divorce suit.
%enneI Suicide Threat.
At the first talk with Mr.. Burdick he
told the witness that "Pennell had
threatened to commit suicide if the di-
vorce suit was not withdrawn and that
Pencil had succeeded in impressing
the sincerity of his threat upon Mrs.
Burdick to such an extent. that she had
believed him and induced Burdick to
go to Pencil and tell him that if he
1x-o,,lJ onf ro,,f IF 4nyv, bo would Gal =
everything square. I think he said
Pencil had given a written promise
to leave town.
'He told me that he had made up his
mind to make public all the letters
that Pennell had written to Mrs. Bur-
dick and he impressed upon me how
ridiculous it would make Pencil APP
pear"
The witness said he asked Burdick
TO withdraw the divorce suit and to
take his wife back, but he concluded
from the mans reply that he would
not do so under any circumstances.
Burdick, Dir. Powers said, had a very
kindly feeling for Mrs. Hull. He
thought a good deal of her.
Thinks Pencil Threatened Burdick.
""Do you know whether Pencil ever
made any threat against Burdick?"
asked Mr.. CoatsWorth.
ssNo. All I know is that Ihaye amin
preston that Pencil said to some
one that il the divorce suit was not
withdrawn something would happen.
u would not care to swear that any
body eyer told me that. 1t is simply
an impression which I have
Mr.. Powers was then excused.
Daughter Recalled to stand.
Carol Burdick, the ~13-year-old
daughter of the murdered man, was
recalled. She said she arose about
1880 on the morning following the
murder. She said first that she
reached the hall through the door of
her own room. Then she admitted it
was through the door of her fathers
room.
Continuing, the witness said that
when she came out into the hall she
heard her grandma and Maggie Murray
talking. At first she could not remem-
Der what they were talking about, but
being questioned said she heard them
say: "Why, he hasn't been in his bed
all night" and ellis den door is closed"
Alice said: "Why, I heard papa go
downstairs a little while ago"
MRS. Hull Recalled.
Mrs. Hull was recalled and the dis
trict attorney pointed out hat when
- IL F.4o-l lafora she l,l tocfsEoJ
that she was in the bathroom when
Maggie Murray told her the den door
was closed and the kitchen window
was open, while Maggie Murray testi-
fed that they We're in Mrs. Hull's room
at the time. Witness was sure they
were not in her room at the time. She
did not remember having seen the chill
dren that morning before she went
downstairs, nor having heard the re-
mark: "Why, / just heard papa go
downstairs"
C~ontradicts Mrs. Hull.
Maggie Murray, the servant, was re-
called. She repeated her story that
she went upstairs to Mrs. Hull's room
to tell her about finding the kitchen
WlIUO" open dIu Liz uSua uOOI CiOS6u.
She said she was not. downstairs when
she gave Mrs. Hull that information.
She. contradicted most of the testi-
mony reiterated by Mrs. Hull regard
ing events in this house the morning
after the murder. The taking of the
evidence is practically ended.
Pennells Inquest Next Monday.
When the hearing was resumed
after recess, Judge Murphy said: "No
more. witnesses will be called in the
Burdick inquest, either now or later
on. The Pencil inquest will be be-
gun at ten o'clock Monday morning
and will be a separate and distinct in
vestigation."
No Blood on Golf Stick.
The report of Chemist Hill, rpad
Thursday afternoon, shows that no
poisons were found in the liquor bot
tie found on the table in Burdick's den
on the morning of the murder. There
was no poison in the stomach. There
were no blood stains on the golf stick.
The inquest closed at 3:o5 p. m.