The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-01
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WARRANT WOLJ LJLD @slSSUEl
8udge Murphy Says That Burdick Hass
Been Proven Magnanimous III
/ and Upright Man, But Gem st5SsSI iSSsS5
sures Mrs Burdick Scath.
ingly - Mrs. Payne II
An y l.is Exonerated. asss',
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(By Associated v PreSs,) )


dict in the u Burdick inquest, handed q
down BY Judge Murphy to- day y.$ while
stating that the identlt III Of the Smur rdereEs9
h Of Ddwin y. Burdick has not been pro Vena a3
practically charges Arthur r. II Penle llssS
the dead lawyer. with the crime.
Pennell had q stronger Y mo- tive @ han "
any one else for putting SBurdick out fol Il
the way. Judge Aiurrliy SAY s. II ana all
the facts brought out by the inu uest con-
5sutute just grounds for. the Issuance oe q
% warrant against I'ennell Ii u he were a3
alive. The verdict Is oftened some HI es8
so far as It irelat tes to Pennell L BY hs
statement that Il Pennel 4 were ~ lYe n
would be given the presump ion Sof in-S
Snocence until proven gull
In the opinion Of u ges b Murphy. Il Burr
dick had 1 no woman guest In his dem
on II the ght OF the Il murder, ana W tic &
crime was not V the work Y Q fss a burg laf.3
He exonerates NJ RS Gertrude 3. {. ~ uinag
and Miss n Hutchinson 8 from any conrecrSS
#tion vi tn the crime. and in con clusioIls
ridclses Mrs. Maria Hull and Gems uresM
SMru Burd lex & he former fors ss,t
stude tOWard the nut hori les, ana the In
consistency or her ctions with tho Il tlie-
sory# that she had np Slsiio dye 8of. the
murder. &tE s3ssSS9ts&
Judge Murphy stated this il nrterno ooI, BIZ
that he will hold the inquest In to- deat lss
of Arthur r. Pennel, t he q tier part oe ss8
this week Or the first n ai .ne1t week
At the ginning OK eport,a Judge
Murphy certifies that S(l6 Cause Of Burg
multiple fracture OF the skull; t hat said ID
fracture was the iresul of several blows Sss
by some person with a. dill Led ged weapon,
delivered sprlnci ipally; n the back hesss n
head. y The said S@ blows ~ we're del lyered g
with honlcidal Intent. and the identityss
of said person has not beor proved .a ',s IIa E
reviews briefly the events OF the evening S8
preceding he murder as brought lnHtha #
testimony. which he SAY does m IT show sss
that anything unusual occurred a 4 the lssi
house in the II 1forepart 3 Of the rlls
in the morning and OF the events pref sB
ceding Its discovery rs related a va tile
different members OF 81 the household Al lg sgE
told and the dlsorep pancles In the testi,5S Il;
smony OF the servants and Mrs. II II arc 81
g'1 3 i@3 8$' THE MOTIVE.
$s' Where Is the mot tive for this ime ~
asks Judge Murphy 81 and then he takes aS;
up tile relations OF Mrs. Bnrdick and 94
2Pennell and says that seems that flvd III
years on tn. occasion of e visit to III
.nells, Mrs Burdlcle gave the love which, M
belonged to her husband to another. Shs &s
iovea @Penneii, ana ne apparen necame @
lniatuatea Win !eaTned ina
run Sanu 1oii2Wed, 4
~
his ~rnn ,ea IA
falo '"This promise and the promise
which Mrs. Burdiclt made A to hers llussj d.
band, = says ] Judg ge Murphy !, were afams- RI
lessly broken. Finally, Mr. Burdick told11
her she must leave his house ana he
piled for divorce which action she
not care to defend q US she wished
marry Pennell, who Ind agreed to sec
a divorce from xhis WIFE AZ Pennell, hid
ever induced Hsif etea1e fend the suit. Bu
dick had been shd1V%ng Pennell al
Mrs, Burdick and Pennell had detecti
shadowing Rurdlck.5 SO far as appe
from the evidence, 4, says the Judge ''Ps
nell had not succeeded In nScornpromis
Burdlck in any way. Burdlok, iowey
ters written by Pennell to Mrs. p,
dick. Of such gushing, loyesiok, imp {'t9 ~
tuning nature that publication 5msdnt /,
complete humiliation and social ruin Tia n
their author This Of all others " saya
the Judge, twas the motive strong enough IN
"a I'M citei a despernt te mind. already stebps sE