The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-24
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ted writing the letter and said at that
time she had hired no detectives.
A second letter written by Mrs. Bur-
dick to her husband the same year
was read in which she spoke of hav-
ing received Burdick's letter and said
that Pencil had not promised to leave
town if Mr.. Burdick took her back;
that she and Pencil had realized that
they must give each other up but
that Pencil declined to do anything
that would mean a loss of self-reSpect
Another letter written by Mrs. Bur
dick to her husband referred to her
being taken back home. She promis-
ed never again to voluntarily see or
communicate with Arthur" She
made a plea on behalf of the children
She promised to be a good girl to him.
Mrs. Burdick admitted she wrote the
letter in good faith and that she did
not keep her promise. Another letter
was read in reply to one from Mr.. Bur-
dick in which he had evidently declin-
ed to take her back.
June 6 was the date Of another let
ter written by Mrs. Burdick to her
husband. She wrote of having been
notified of the divorce suit brought
against her. On one occasion Bur-
dick wrote her that she could not be
trusted.
Burdick Would Have Done Likewise.
He said that if she loved Pencil as
she said she did he did not blame her
for what she did; that if he loved a
woman as she did Pencil he would do
as she was doing. He declared that he
loved her honestly long after she had
ceased to love him and that if she
tried she might win back both his love
and respect. He referred to the fact
that Mrs. Burdick was wearing a ring
given to her by Pencil over her law
full wedding ring. Burdick declared
that he had no faith in Pencils prom
Use and that she wished to be taken
back only after Pencil was freed
from his wife.
In another letter Burdick wrote that
he forgaVe his wife the wrong she
had done him. In another Burdick de-
clared he had determined to fight for
the honor she had left him and after
getting divorce, to fight for the chill
dren. He would insist on the counter
suit by Mrs. Burdick being fought out
In open court. Three weeks after this
letter Mrs. Burdick was taken back bv
her husband.
Persisted in Meeting PenneIl.
After returning from Atlantic City
and after promising her husband TO be
a good wife, she met Pennell. tt was
u,
but he was constantly begging her to
do so and she did meet him in a house
on Seventh street. She was there one
time when Burdick came, but he did
not see her, as she stepped out of the
window and went to church. She did
not hear that Mr.. Burdick and his
friends on that occasion caught Pen
nell as he was jumping out of the win
dow and that they took him back to
the room.
Mrs. Burdick admitted having met
Pencil in another house on Seventh
street after that incident. She at first
denied meeting Pencil elsewhere. but
on Mr.. Coatsworths telling her that
Pencil had told him differently she
admitted that she had met Pennell at
a house in Whitney place TWO or three
times.
Burdick's Attorney Testifies.
George C. Miller, attorney for Edwin
Burdick in the divorce proceedings
against Mrs. Burdick, was the first
witness of the day. He told in detail
all the steps that had been taken at
the request of Mr.. Burdick to secure a
divorce. He last saw Mr.. Burdick on
the afternoon of the day he was muir
dered. Mr.. Burdick spent half an hour
with him discussing the divorce mat
ter He did not state that he had an
appointment with any one at his house
that night.
Mr.. Burdick was ready at all times
to sacrifice his own interests for those
of his children" said Mr.. Miller HE
carried a revolver, but 1 never heard
him say that he feared harm from
Pencil. AT a conference held at my
Office Pennen made one or two state
ments from which an intimation of
suicide could be drawn. I never heard
Pencil say that unless the divorce ac-
ton was withdrawn he would kill him
self and Mrs. Burdick.''
The testimony given by Henry J.
Orrett, the furnace man at the Pennell
house, was unimportant. He simply
stated that he removed the ashes from
Pennelfs furnace on the morning after
the murder. He found no buttons
buckles or metallic substances in the