The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-03-26
GIVES NO INFORMATION.
MRS. BURDlCK SAYS SHE is IG
NoRANT OF WHO KILLED
HER HUSBAND.
WITNESS LESS AGITATED

<PPSaiS "oiS SdiIu anu So''SSlCo
Than on Previous Observation-Disclosures
That PenneIl Had Duplicate Key Of
Burdick observation-disclosures Chill.
dren Of Murdered Man Give Their
Testimony. 2
Buffalo, N. Y, March 25.-"Have you
received any information as to who
killed your husband?"
mo SIR
'You swear you have no knowledge
or information as to who killed him p"
81 do"
These questions were addressed to
Mrs. Alice Hull Burdick by District
Attorney Coatsworth at the inquest
into the death of her husband. The
answers were returned by Mrs. Bur-
dick in calm, clear voice. The ques-
lions came abruptly while the district
attorney was drawing from Mrs. Bur-
dick information about her relations
with Arthur r. Pencil. She had de.
MED that Pencil took her key to the
front door of the Burdick home while
they we're In New York together and
had duplicates made Of it. The dis
trict attorney put the question regard
ing the key to Mrs. Burdick in a num-
Der Of different forms, but the answers
always were emphatic denials that
she or Pencil had ever ordered dupli-
cate keys made or that the key had
left her possession during her exile
from home.
CaImer and More Collected.
Mrs. Burdick was calmer and more
collected than while previously testi-
flying. She left the stand at Ais.
TO complete the examination of
every one known to have been in the
Burdick home on the night of Feb. 26
when Edwin L. Burdiek was murder
ed the district attorney called to the
stand the two youngest Burdick
children. Carol and Alice, aged re-
spectively thirteen and ten years.
The district attorney questioned the
children closely about the events that
occurred at their home on the night
before and the morning after their
fathers murder The children dis
played no more emotion than did their
grandmother, or oldest sister, while
talking about the terrible death Of
their father. Their recollection Of the
happenings at the time of the tragedy
was rather hazy and II don't remem-
Der" was usually the answer they
gave when the district attorney pressed
them closely on any point.
Mrs. Burdick's testimony covered
{, dor ed sHf;nd the name-v2f Arthur R. Pen
!. - waA- constantly upon her lips. She
trusted him implicitly in everything
The district attorney read number
of letters written to Mrs. Burdick by
Pencil in which he said life was not
worth living without her and that
death would not be unwelcome She
knew nothing of document found in
her safety deposit vault bonding Pen
nell to pay her $4,000 in the event of
his being unable to marry her. AL
though it was among Mrs. Burdick's
private papers in the vault she claimed
to have been ignorant of it's existence.
Last Time She Saw PennelI.
Mrs Burdick declared that last
time she saw Pencil was on Tuesday
before the murder. He left her that
night in Atlantic City, arriving in Buff
falo Wednesday, She was informed
from Mrs. Hull on the following Fri
day and fastened to Buffalo. She
reached her home Saturday morning.
"A brief note of sympathy from Pencil
came to the house that day. She
never heard from him or saw him, she
said, between that time and the day
he was killed by his automobile plung-
ing into the stone quarry.
Before leaving the stand Mrs. Bur.
dick took occasion to say, in reply to
questions from her attorney, that moth.
ing improper or immoral had occurred
between her and Pencil. At the
same time she said her husband was
fond Of the society of other women
and for some reason not quite clear
said that Mrs. Pencil was quite IA
miliar with the dining room and "den"
In the Burdick home
The inquest was suspended until
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
TRIES TO KILL HIS WIFE.