Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-17

you see the wounds on the neao anu oiaih"
scattered about?'
yes SIR
And you had the idea that it might be
"Well, I did not know: I had not con-
sidered.'
''The fact that there were pillows piled
up on the body was confirmation OF your
suicide theory?'
"Oh. no."
did you ever know of man to COM
NIT suicide, and then pile pillows on MS
body?"
mo Of course not"
The examination of DR.. Marcy ended at
this point. 1t was not as severe as hao
been expected.
Katie Koenig on the Stand.
Katie Koenig, a domestic in the Burdick
family, was the next witness. She told In
detail Of the events of the evening, begin
ming with the arrival of Mr.. Burdick with
a cocktail bottle, which she had not seen
since he took 1t into the kitchen: OF her
having last seen Burdick in the hallway
about $50 o'clock; that she retired about
$50 o'clock, and heard no unusual noises
during the night.
Attorney Hartzel brought out the inter-
esting fact that the gas In the hall ana IN
the den was lighted by an electric appli-
ance By pressing the button the gas could
be lighted BY pressing another button 1t
was extingushed. On the night after the
murder It was found that the electric ar
rangement in the den did not work. An In
vestigation showed that some one nad
turned off the gas in the den instead OF ex-
tinguishing 1t by means Of the button. The
attorneys purpose in bringing out this fact
was to show that whoever was In the house
on the night Of the murder was not famlliar
with the electric arrangement for turning
out the gas.
Cabmen Give Testimony.
William " Delahunt. the cabman who
took an unknown man from in front Of the
Tuft House to the corner Of Ashland ave-
nue. and Bryant street the night Of the muir
der. told his story.
did you afterward see Arthur R. Pennell
In the district attorneys Officer" said Dis
trict Attorney Coatsworth.
''Yes, sir"
'sWhen you were asked In my Office IL he
was the man you had taken to Ashland ave-
nue. and Bryant street, what was your re-
ply?"
II said could not tell The coat and the
hat looked the same. l could not swear
that it was Penner"
Hackman Jeddo told Of taking party OF
three on the night Of the murder from the
corner Of North Division street to the cor
ner Of Ashland avenue and Summer street
In the party were man, woman ABOUT
thirty years old, with light red hair, ana
an older woman. On the way out Main
street the younger woman left the carriage
and entered drug store. returning in
few minutes with a small package In her
hand. At Summer and Main streets the
man and the older woman left the carriage
and he took the younger woman to the
corner of Summer street and Ashland ave-
nue. She walked down Ashland In the
direction Of Burdick's house He saw the
same woman about two hours later down
town.
.Did you ever see that woman again."
he was asked.
81 am not sure.
ibid you afterward see Marion w. Hutch
inson on West Upper street," asked the
district attorney.
IT do not know what her name was"
"Well did you see young woman on
West Upper street?'
Eyes, sir"
"Was she the same woman you took out
to Ashland avenue and Summer street,"
'tShe resembled her."
''Can you say whether she was the same
woman.
IT cannot"
Patrolman Meyer told Of meeting the lone
woman near the Burdick home at Ito
o'clock on the morning of the murder. He
would not be able to identify the woman If
he again met her.
The hearing was then adjourned until
Tuesday.