Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-03-24

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reason than because l was going
away If there was. dearest, | wish
you would tell me There is that in
the manner of your husband toward
you that makes me fear some times
that l might kill him. Do you re
member receiving that letter."
mo, sir"
whether her husband was aware Of
the fact that she was receiving let
ters from Pencil. Her habit had
been to keep her letters locked in a
box. Her husband first knew of her
| intimacy with Pennell, she thought,
on Jan. l, 1901, when she told him II
reply to question that she had been
walking with Pennell He told her
she was very imprudent She agreed
with him then and did now.
Did you give these letters to Bur
dick?"
81 don't know"
did you take some letters from
that box and give them to him?"
II unlocked it,
"How did YOU happen to unlock it2
"He forced me to-
How did he force your"
He took me by the throat"
She did not remember whether at
that time Pencil was the subject OF
a discussion with her husband. She
did not know whether some of the let
tiers read were in the box at that time
1t was in January, 1901, when ne
choked her She could not remember
when she rented box In a safe de
post company's vaults. It was not
about the time her husband HAD
choked her, but recently, when she
received papers from detectives about
Rurdick.
Her husband had not started the
divorce proceedings. 1t was she that
wanted divorce from him. She had
no love for MIN, but did love Pencil
whom she expected to marry. He
had a wife, but he expected they
would be divorced. In reply to a
question as to whether Mrs. PenneU
had consented to a divorce she said.
Sometimes she did and sometimes
she did not"
Witness admitted, however, that
she had never talked with Mrs. Pen
nell on the subject. Pencil had
hired the detectives who Swallowed
her husband. Her husband sent her
away in May, 1901, on account of Pen
nell.
Mr.. Coatsworth showed her a letter
written by her from Atlantic CITY.
May II, 1901, in which she begged to
be taken back, promising never to
see Arthur" and that she would be q
loving and true wife. In the letter
she said she could not promise that
he would leave town, but declared he
would do what she said. She admit.
ted writing the letter and said at that
time she had hired no detectives.
Met PenneII Frequently.
After returning from Atlantic City
and after promising her husband to
De a good wife she met Pencil. 1t
was not her habit to meet him. she
said, but he was constantly begging
her to do so, and she did meet him in
house on Seventh street. She was
there one time when Burdick came.
but he did not see her, as she stepped
out of window and went to church.
She did not hear that Mr.. Burdick
and his friends on that occasion
caught Pencil as he was jumping
out of the window 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 else
where, but on Mr.. Coatsworth's tell
ing her that Pencil had told him
differently she admitted that she had
met Pennell at house on Whitney
Place two or three times.
George c. Miller, attorney for Ed
win l.. Burdick in the divorce pro-
ceedings against Mrs Burdick, was
the first witness of the day.
He told in detail the steps that had
been taken at the request of Mr.. Bur-
dick to secure divorce. He last saw
Mr.. Burdick on the afternoon of the
day he was murdered. Mr.. Burdick
spent half an hour with him dis
cussing the divorce matter. He did
not state that he had an appointment
with anyone at his home that night.
The testimony given by Henry j.
Orrett the furnaceman at the Pennell
house, was unimportant.
Lizzie Romance, maid at the Pen
nell house at the time of the murder,
gave testimony favorable to Pennell.
She said Mr.. Pennell was with his
wife in their room reading at 7:45 on
the night of the murder She saw
them again at 10 o'clock when she
passed their door She did not see
them again until the next morning.
Miss Romance did not notice anything
unusual in Fennell's manner on the
evening he and Mrs. Pencil started
for the automobile ride which ended
III their deaths.
Will Receive Her Share of Estate.
New York, March 24-Mrs. Fannie
Rayne McComb Herzog, daughter of
the late James Jennings McComb, and
who married Artist Louis Herzog be
fore she could get court to decide