The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

I "I did not have a latch key to the Burdick
| house. ] would like to have that positively
| stated. have not engaged a lawyer to de-
| fend me. My friends have sent Lawyer Fen
| nelIey to act as my legal adviser. He is not
| my defender | am willing, TO tell the au /.
| thorities all I know regarding Mr.. Burdick
| and his personal AFFAIRS
Mrs. Paine denies that there has ever been
any trouble between her and her husband.
CHASTITY CONDITIONS.
But the mystery,is still unsoived.
The murder was CHASTITY. but gnastlier stiil
are the revelations of the state of Buffalo S
exclusive society which have resulted from
The circumstances which have been made
public show that the Burdicks were a center
of intrigue. They were members of the
',Elmwood avenue set; they belonged TO
fashionable golf club.
it would seem that almost all the persons
with whom they came in contact subse-
Arthur Pennell. a weil-known lawyer.
was named by Burdick in his suit against
his wife. Mrs. Burdick in her counter suit
named three women, one by her actual
name. and two. by the legal aliases Of
Mary Roe and Jane Doe
All of these women are known. All nave
In exclusive society; 1t is known. too that
other women. equally prominent. in
volved. and that the divorce suits. had they
come to trial. would have resulted in
public scandal that would have wrecked
many homes.
According to the first belief it was a wom-
mined to prevent them by causing the
death of the principal, Edwin l.. Burdick.
In theory the police have accounted for
her presence in the house. They believe
she had been there before: that she made
another tryst with Burdick her dreadful
purpose hidden under the guise of love-
WAS ADMITTED BY BURDICE.
She was admitted by him: she ate a
luncheon which he set out for her in his
study: she watched her opportunity and she
killed him. when chance offered.
Then she stole from the house and back
to her own home; One man saw her. Po-
lceman Meyers. but he supposed she was
woman Of the neiShborhood who had been
visiting sick friend or on some other
social or charitable mission. and did not OBJ
serve her closely.
Mrs. Burdick. widow of the murdered
the body. were again examined by Chief OF
Detectives Cusack and District Attorney
Ccatsworth. after they returned from the
funeral of Bur.iick. in Canastofa
Both women frankly gave all The facts in
their possession. but could throw no light
on the murder.
District Attorney Coatsworth said after
they had gone:
I'VE examined Mrs. Hull and Mrs. B.,r-
dick for the purpose of completing the ex-
amina ton of all those present In the house
the night the murder occurred. and
to ascertain from Mrs. Burdick if possible
who, IN her Judgment. might have been
actuated to commit such a crime"
SAW MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
Policeman Meyerss report upon The oc
currence is that he was standing at the
northwest corner Of Ashland avenue and
Bryant street. where he saw woman com
ing from the direction of the Burdick house
She was walking along the east side az
Ashland avenue toward Bryant street and
as she neared the corner whera he was
standing she turned from the sidewalk into
the middle OF the street and went past him
with averted face. walking on until she dis
appeared at Hodge avenue
He did not see her come out of the Bur-
dick house but remembers that she was
fishes the fact that there was a woman in
front of the Burdick house at the hour
when the murder is believed to have oc-
cured.
1ndisputable evidence shows that Burdick