The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18
ARTHUR PENNELL ACCUSED



morning. That is why I 'phoned 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 dancing
club. She said Burdick admired Mrs.
Warren very much.
Mrs. Paine said she was home on the
night of the murder. Her boarder, Miss
Cunningham, had a visitor who re-
manned until quite late. She read I'M
til $50 o'clock and then went to bed.
She did nto see Miss Cunningham or
her friend again that night. She had
no company that night and did not
leave the house.
did you have any telephone COM
nunication with Mr.. Burdick the night
he was murderer"
mo SIR
us Miss Cunningham here now?"
mo, I understand she is out of the
city"
Witness was at Pennell's house about
two weeks ago and had talk with
Mrs. Pennell.
Ibid Mrs. Pencil say she was going
to get divorce from Pennell?"
''No, she said she had heard the story
that she was getting divorce but she
said she had not intention of doing any
thing Of the kind"
Mrs. Paine said she had spoken to
Burdick about taking his wife back.
Before that Burdick had told her that
Mrs. Pennell wanted him to take Mrs.
Burdick back. He said that Mrs. Pen
/ nell had caused all the trouble in the
: first place and that it was too late for
. her to intercede.
II believe it was Mrs. Pencil who
=, first told Mr.. Burdick about Mr.. Pen
; nell and Mrs. Burdick.''
Mrs. Pennell had never told witness
that Mr.. Pennell had threatened to do
Mr. Burdick harm and witness had
: never heard of Pencil threatening
: harm to Burdick. She did not know
! whether Pennell was quick tempered
man.
Lawyer Hubbell asked Mrs. Paine if
she knew of Burdick carrying weap-
on. She did not know, although Bur-
dick had told her he had been fol-
lowed.
Did he ever express his feeling to-
ward Pennell?"
HE said he would forgive Pencil for
all that he had done if he would only
marry Mrs. Burdick. He said he would
not permit her to have the children six
months of the year"
f Ibid he ever say anything about
numbering Pennell?"
HE said once: Who would there be
T. o1,o oh; hod a
murder, on my hands?'
Dr. Seth D. Paine, husband of the
previous witness, was next called. He
is a dentist and does business at Ba-
q tavia. He said he had been in the habit
of coming to Buffalo to visit his fam
lily two or three times week. He
was in Buffalo on the Monday preced-
ing the murder and went back to Ba-
tapia on the following morning. He
was in Buffalo again on the following
Saturday.
On the night of the murder he was
in Batavia. Burdick never loaned him
money.
A. A. Carlson, Mrs. Paines Swedish
boarder, the next witness, said he
thought Mrs. Paine was home in her
q
he was not sure.
Charles S. Parke, Burdicks business
partner, was the next witness. He had
been associated in business with him
for fourteen years and had known him
for eighteen years. He occasionally
visited at Burdick's home. About a
year ago he saw Arthur r. Pennell al
Burdick's Office At one time Pencil
was Burdick's lawyer. Burdick told
Mr.. Parke about the trouble with his
wife about Christmas time. Mr.. Bur-
dick told him he did not blame Mrs
Burdick so much as he did Pennell. He
said he had shown him every consider
alton and that Pencil had promised tc
Il get out of town but had not done so
He said he lost patience and the di-
yocre suit was to go on.
"Then the man who made all the
trouble was Pennell?"
yes"
ibid he say he was afraid of Pen
nell2''
~ "He said he had been warned to lool
out for him but he believed Pennel
was physical coward and he had NJ
/ fear of him. He said he carried a re
volver when he went out of town jus
as matter OF precaution."
Burdick had a conference with Pen
nell in lawyers office about the pro
ceedings. Did he tell you anything
that Pennell said at that conference? p
HE said Pennell had threatened f
~ commit suicide if the suit was not stop
ped. He threatened to kill both him
self and Mrs. Burdick if the divorc
proceedings were continued. Burdicl
told me he thought the threat was
bluff"
= Did Burdick tell you that Mrs. Pen
nell had tried to have him Withdraw
Il the suit?"
He said both Mr. and Mrs Penne
had pleaded with him to drop it."
"What was the purpose of that con
ference you speak OFF,"
r, II understood it was held for the pur
pose of reaching a peaceful settlement
/ of their troubles. But it was fruitless
Burdick said that he made no conces
sions."
What was Mr.. Burdick's mental con
dition about that timer" asked Distric
Attorney Coatsworth.
"Well, it appeared to me that fo
some time he had been breaking dowr
He had been unable to concentrate hi