The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25

Mr.. Burdiek. the Pencils and quite
VINO assigned the partners at that
bau2''
mr.. Burdiek',
He seemed to want to throw you to-
gether?'
..Tbis den Of his was his special
7ride2"
Yes. sir"
Now. at the Golf club who did you
usually associate with2"
with your husbands knowledge and
CONSENT"
And Who did Mr.. Burdiek associate
other women"
In all these appointments with Pen
nell did you seek him or he your
He sought me-
he was Infatuated with you?"
He was"
Were you ever in a compromising
position with him q
We're your relations with him ever
criminal
No. SIR
Did he ever make any indecent sug-
gestions to you2"
He was always perfect gentle
man 90
yes, sir"
Then why was he afraid of the di-
Vorce proceedings
He was afraid of being Inundated
After YOU came from Atlantic Civ
and promised your husband that You
would be good girl, did you resist
ments with him2
Il did"
And did he constantly solicit you ana
importune you and waylay you, and did
you finally yield2'
Yes. sir.
Was Mr. Burdick fond Of the ladies2'
Yes. he was very fond Of them.
She knew nothing of the counter
charges made in the divorce proceed
lngs against Mr.. Burdick except what
Mr.. Pencil told her.
If Pencil or any one else had made
threats against your husband what
would you have done2''
II should have warned him"
Pencil never made any such
NO. sir
Mr.. Burdiek and Mrs. Pencil We're
very friendly2"
Yes. sir
And he would have admitted her TO
his home ct any time?"
AT ni2ht2"
Yes, sir"
without any fear7"
Yes, sir"
Mrs. Pencil had been in your house
Yes, sir.
And she was familiar with the dining
room and the den2"
Yes. sir"
The door of the den faced the front
door. did it not2"
Yes. sir
And a person could tap on the win
dow of the front door and attract atten-
ton Of anyone in the den without ring
ing the doorbell2''
Yes. sir.
BY the court; Did not you know
that Mrs. Pencil loved her husbande''
She may have, once
Did you and Mrs. Pencil have any
conversation on the subsect2 Did not
she feel you had wronged her2'
NO 1 don't think she did. She knew
Il was Arthur's fault"
Mrs Burdick did not know that if
was Mrs Pennell's love for her husband
winch made her refuse to agree to 4
divorce Tt was because she dreaded
the publicity and the scandal of divorce
proceedings she thought. She knew now
mat Mrs. Pencil went to see Burdfck
about the matter.
DON'T you know that Mrs Pencil
was at Mr.. Burdicks home the night of
No. sir
Didn't anyone tell you that she
No. sir
DO yon know that Pencil was there
No. sir"
Didn't anyone tell you he was
No. sir"
And have you no reason for believ-
ing he was there %
No, sir
Re-examined by Mr.. Coatsworth.
When Mr.. Burdick made you give
lp the box containing your letters. what T
did he do with it2"
He turned It over to my mother !
without removing the letters"
Mrs Burdiclk was then excused.
The next witness called was Carol +
8urdick, the 13-year-oId daughter of /
the murdered man, a charming. unaf- +
-ected child She remembered the /
morning her fathers body was found /
She remem bered the dinner the prev
Ous evening. and told of her fathers /
up to the time he came into I
their room and kissed them good night |
Her sister Marion was in the hall and /
she thought she had gone to sleep be- |
fore Marion came to bed. Marion had f
been sleeping with her grandmother, /
but she could not remember whether T
she did on that night or Thursday I
night. She met her grandmother in the +
nall on the second floor on the morning I
hat her papa was found dead. She +
lid not think she had her bath robe on. +
She thought she was in her skirts /
Alice. the 10-year-Old sister Of Carol. /
was then put on the stand. She was T
more interested in what was going on F
about her than she was in the district I
attorneys questions. Tt was all new F
and strange 10 her. She watched the +
swiftly moving hands of the stenog- I
raphers. took in the judge with wide T
open eyes. and occasionally favored [
the district attorney with a pleasant T
smile.
Mr. Coatsworth questioned her for +
the purpose of showing that a bath I
habit of wearing. had not been worn t
by Mrs. Hun in some time, but Alice /
declared that she saw it on her grand T
nother two or three days ago. Alice +
said that she did not know that her I
father was dead until after breakfast I
on Friday morning. when her grand +
mother told her Before she came down T