The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-18
KILLED BY PENNELL
HE OR A HIRED ASSASSIN MUIR
DERED BURDICk.
WITNESS VIEW AT INQUEST.
HE HAD SO SETTLED THE MYS-
Terry IN HIS MIND.


dick and PennelI-Mrs. Paine Had
Appointments with Burdick-Mrs.
Warren, a DiVOrcee-EIect, Was
Admired by Burdick.
Buffalo, N Y. March 1.-THE name
of Arthur r. Pennell, who was named
as correspondent in the Burdick d.
vorce proceedings and who met a ter
rible death in Genres stone quarry
two weeks after Edwin l.. Burdick
was murdered, constantly came to the
! surface in the inquest before Judge
Murphy to-day.
Charles S. Parke. Burdick's former
business partner and close friend. while
| on the witness stand this afternoon,
| gave it as his opinion, based upon in
formation and superstition. that Pen
| nell, or a hired assassin. killed Bur-
| dick. Fear of disclosures growing out
/ of the divorce proceedings instituted
| by Mr. Burdick against his wife, Mr..
| Park firmly believed was the motive
| of the crime.
Mrs. Gertrude B. Paine, the wife of
| DIR. Seth Paine, an intimate friend of
the Pencils and the Burdcks, vas
closely questioned regarding the rela-
lions between the two families, and
especially as to the feeling displayed
by the men toward each other.
To-day the district attorney touch
ed only casually upon her whereabouts
on the night of the murder, devoting
most of the time to questions relating
to her relations with Burdick and her
| knowledge of the feeling between Pen
| nell and Burdick. Mrs. Paine denied
| being at Burdick's house at any time
when not accompanied by her hus-
band. Her relations with Burdick were
purely social.
DR.. Paine was examined. He was
on the stand for only a few minutes.
| He was in Batavia on the night of the
| murder.
A. Carlson. the Swedish boarder at
| Mrs. Paine's house, was very nervous
while on the witness stand. He
thought Mrs. Paine was in the house
on the night of the murder. but could
not say positively.
miss Mary Cunningham. the other
occupant of the Paine house on the
night of the murder, has left the city.
| according to testimony given by Mrs.
| Paine to-day Her whereabouts is
not known.
Met Burdfck by Appointments.
Mrs Seth r. Paine was the first
| witness called when the inquest began
before Justice Murphy. She was very
pale as she walked to the witness
stand. Mrs. Paine said she had lived
in Buffalo nine years and that she and
her husband had resided at No. 492
Elmwood avenue since August of last
year. She said she had known Burdick
four years, having met him at dane
ing school. She said she had met Bur-
dick frequently since Mrs. Burdick
left home, several times by appoint
ment.
The appointments, according to the
witness, were kept, once at Lang's
candy store. once at the Genesee, and
once at Main and Summer streets, six
weeks or two months ago. On the last
occasion Burdick talked about his
wife. He said that the gossip that had
been going on about his wife was true,
and that he had the necessary evil
dence to secure a divorce. He did not
say exactly that he had sent her away,
but that was what was gathered by
the witness.
Burdick told Mrs. Paine that he felt
very badly about Pencil, his friend,
coming into his family that way. He
said he had a talk with Pennell and
that Pennell had agreed to leave the
city. Once before Pennell had prom
Used to leave home, but had not done
so. Mr.. Burdick never asked the wit
ness to fix up an appointment with
Pennell. Mrs. Paine said she met Bur-
dick down town several times by APP
pointment, but did not remember what
they talked about or why the appoint
ments were made.
Burdfck and Mrs. Warren.
when was the last time you had
converse ton with him."
ION the day of his death"
What did you say to him?'
81 told him / had not seen Mr.. Pen
nell, and did not know whether he was
going to attend the Elmwood dance or
not. He said that if the Pencils were
not going to be there he might go, as
he had done nothing. He wanted to
know If / were going. i told him
had a cold and would not go. The
night previously he had called me UP
and asked me if l could find out wheth-
| er the Pencils were in the city, and
let him know the following morning.
That is why I telephoned to him the
next morning"
Burdick had called on her several
times while Mrs. Warren of Cleveland
was there, and had taken them to the
theater and, she thought, to the dane
ing club.
I WINE ne was taking 10 you at
Main and Summer streets, did he tell
you that Mrs. Warren was getting a
divorce from her husband"
Yes, sir"
"Burdick thought good deal of
Mrs. Warren, didn't he?"
Yes, he admired her very much"
did he say there was any arrange
ment by which he and Mrs. Warren
were to be married when she got a
divorce?'
mo, sir"
On Family Affairs.
Mrs. Paine said she remained at
home on the night of the murder Her
boarder. Miss Cunningham, had a Wis
itor, who remained until quite late.
She read until $50 o'clock and then
went to bed. She did not see Miss
Cunningham or her friend again that
night. She had no company that night
and did not leave the house
The witness was at Pencils house
about two weeks ago, and had a talk
with Mrs. Pennell.
Did Mrs. Pencil say she was going
| "a oef a divorce from peuneli2ff