The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-15

Replying to a question by one of the
attorneys representing the Burdick fam
lily, the witness said his opinion was the
blood found on the door was thrown from
the instrument used in committing the
murder %sasNsaMN
Detective John W. Holmlund. VINO fol-
lowed DR.. Howland on the stand, de-
scribed the scene in the den, and rels
ted the conversation he had with one of
the maids He found some letters and
revolver in Burdick's coat. The trous-
ers he said were lying on the couch and
looked as if they had been placed there
carefully and folded over.
Mrs. Hull. the mother of Mrs. Burdick,
was the first witnes sat the afternoon
session.
Mrs. Hull said that Burdick came in
to the dining roomo 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 dis
appeared. Burdick and his daughter
Marion were in her rom about 1870. They
talked about the message from Mrs. Bur
dick She did not see Burdick again that
night but heard him talking with his eld-
est daughter, whom he kissed goodnight
and went downstairs 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,
1890 without being called The Murray
girl called to her that the front door was
open and the kitchen window was open
and that she had called to Mr.. Burdick
and got no answer. Mrs. Hull averIed
that she heard no voices, after 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 that something has happened. l
don't dare to go in there, do you? What
shall we do? Then said we had better
send for DR.. Marcy"
''Why didn't you go into the den that
morning."
81 was too nervous"
'fWhat did you think?'
81 did not know what had happened.
I thought perhaps it was Ed ON the
couch"
but you had saen him sleeping before
Why were you afraid to see him sleep
ing?"
''If he had been asleep my screams
would have awakened him. I was afraid
of finding him dead in there. OF course
1 did not know It was Ed in there"
Then you did scream? %
Eyes, as loudly as I 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 DR.. Marcy's arrival 1.~rs.
Hull said she had just stepped over the
threshold and looked in. At this point
Mr.. Coatsworth handed Mrs. Hull pho
tograph of the den with the body of the
murdered man lying on the couch covered
as Dry Macy found it covered.
Mrs. Hull took the photograph 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's examination was con-
Quoted all through with the evidenh>S/--
kept the photograph before her for many
minutes.
Does this photograph represent the
den as you saw it that morning?" asked
Mr.. Coatsworth.
Il do not remember.
THE body on the couch was covered
as this photograph shows?"
II think so"
Mr. Coatsworth then showed the wit
ness a photograph of the den taken after
the covering had been removed from the
body. 1t showed the body of the muir
dered man on the couch with the batter
ed and bloody head. Mrs. Hull took The
photograph from Mr. Coatsworth and
looked at it. Her hands trembled a
trfle.
''Is that the way the den looked after
DR.. Marcy got there?" asked Mr.. Coats
worth
Il never saw the room after he got
there" replied Mrs. Hull, looking the
District Attorney squarely in the eye.
Continuing, the witness said she hal
never asked and had never been told
OF the details of the tragedy. She denied
having said that she thought she knew
Sohlc onC WIN hHiSut nave U0n6 1t. 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?"
Il do not know that | did"
Then you thought that your daughter
was more to blame?"
Il certainly thought she was imprud-
ent. | thought if he had done differently
she would have"
Witness said she and Burdick had
never quarreled
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 any
assistance.
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 eontradicted Mrs. Hulls story OF
what transpired on the morning of the
murder. She said she went to Mrs.