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dick, was the first witness at the aft
ernoon session. Mrs. Hull said that
Burdick came into the dining room on
Thursday evening (the night of the
murder). He had a bottle in his hand.
She did not know what it contained,
nor did she see it again. She thought
it strange that it had disappeared. Bur-
dick and his daughter Marion were in
her room about 1880. They talked about
the message from Mrs. Burdick. She
did not see Burdick again that night,
hut heard him talking with his eldest
daughter, whom he kissed goodnight.
and went down stairs. She did not
leave her room again that night, after
putting the children to bed about $3.50.
She got up the next morning at her
usual hour, 1880, without being called,
The Murray girl called to her that the
front door was open and the kitchen
window was open, and tSat she had
called to MIR. Burdick and got no an
SWer.
Mrs. Hull averred that she heard
no voices, when she went to bed; she
did not hear the Murray girl come IN
or hear the bell ring. When she went
to the den she said she opened the door
little way and called, Ed! Ed! Ed"
She saw something on the couch. 1t
was dark in there. She saw the Muir
ray girl in the hall and said Maggie,
fear something has happened. l do
not dare go in there. do you? What
shall we do?" Then I said we had
better send for DR.. Marcy"
Screamed From Fear.
s"Why didn't you go into the den that
morning."
Il was too nervous"
What did you Think"
nt L xarlaa laad honnannI
1 thought perhaps it was Ed. on the
couch"
But you had seen him sleeping be-
fore, why were you afraid to see him
sleeping?"
IF he had been asleep my screams
would have awakened him. / was
afraid of finding him dead in there.
OF course, L did not know it was Ed.
in there
"Then you did scream?"
Yes, as loudly as / could. 1t did
not, arouse him, and l was frightened"
you had no reason for expecting to
find him dead in there?"
mo, except that he did not respond
to my screams"
Previous to DIR. Marcy's arrival, Mrs.
Hull said she had just stepped over
the threshold and looked in. At this
point, Mr.. Coatsworth handed Mrs.
Hull a photo of the den, with the
body of the murdered man lying on
the couch, covered as DIR. Marcy found
it covered.
She Observed the Photo.
Mrs. Hull took the photo without so
much as trembling of her hands. and
looked at it intently and calmly. Then
she discussed the picture and pointed
out the familiar objects in the den.
Mr.. CoatswOrth examination was
conducted all the way through with
the evident purpose of breaking down
the witness. He Kept the photo be-
fore her many minutes.
Does this photo represent the den
as you saw it that morning?" asked
MIR. Coatsworth.
'I do not remember"
THE body on the couch was covered
as this photo shows?"
Il think So"
Mr.. Coatsworth then showed the
| witness photo of the den taken after
| the covering had been removed from
the body. 1t showed the body of the
murdered man on the couch with the
battered bloody head. Mrs Hull took
the photo from Mr. Coatsworth and
looked at it Her hands trembled a
trife.
ut that the way the den looked after
Coatsworth.
II never saw the room after he got
there" replied Mrs. Hull, looking the
district attorney squarely in the eye.
husbands Fault, or Wife's.
Continuing, the witness said she
nevers asked and never had been told
of the details of the tragedy. She
denied having said that she thought
she knew some one who might have
done it. She had had no conversation
on the subject except with the officials.
She had never told Burdick that he
was as much to blame as his wife.
But you thought he was?"
IT do not know that l did"
"Then you thought that your daugh-
ter was more to blame?"
81 certainly thought she was impru-
dent. 1 thought if he had done diff
ferently she would have"
The witness said she and Burdick
had never quarreied.
Mrs. Hull smiled family as she left
the stand. She was supported by her
lawyer, as she left the court room, but
she did not appear to be in need of as
sistance.
Maggie Murray, the cook at the Bur-
dick house, was the next witness. She
detailed her movements as previously
published as to seeing Burdick in his
underclothes, and afterwards hearing
some one working at the furnace. She
heard no further noise in the house
that night. She contradicted Mrs.
Hull's story of what transpired on the
morning of the murder. She said she
went to Mrs. Hull's bedroom and told
her about the door and window icing
open. She swore positively that she
did not call to Mrs. Hull from the
first floor. She also contradicted Mrs.
Hull, who had testified that she did
not look over the balustrade. She said
she, and not Mrs. Hull, suggested that
DR.. Marcy be called. She knew of no
one who held any animosity toward
Burdick
The inquest adjourned until Monday.