The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-28
ORDERED TO PENNELL INQUEST
TWO NEW YORK MEN SUMMONED
TO BUFFALO.

One Il the bartender and the other the
cashier Of the Hotel Roland-1he'
kne~ Penncii when He visited Mrs
I.urd,ck There and Say That He lnti'
mated His Intention 20 knl Some One
BuypAlo. March 27.-Two men from
New York are expected to appear before
Justice Murphy in the police court on Mon
day to be questioned on conversation
they had with Arthur X. Penneli last de-
cember. In this talk Pennell is said TO
have intimated his intention to take another
persons life. One OF these men Ii Alex
j. Quinn who, as to-day's Sun told. was
bartender In the Hotel Roland, Fifty-ninth
street, New York, when Mrs. Burdick was
living there after her husband had sent
her away. The other witness is the cashier
Of the Hotel Roland. Both have oeeh
summoned to the Pencil inquest.
Quinn wrote to District Attorney Coats
worth, telling him that for several days IN
December Pennell was q frequenter OF the
Hotel Roland. Mrs. Burdick was staying
at the hotel Quinn and the cashier became
acquainted with Pennell, and while drinking
the lawyer mentioned his troubles ana
said he was having the happiest days oil MS
life at the expense Of another and that they
would not last many months longer. he
also indicated, according 10 Quinn's story,
that he intended to Kill some one. Inc
exact details of the conversation are what
the authorities desire.
When Mr., CoatsSorth received the letter
he showed ii to Chief Of Detectives Cusack'
who telegraphed to Inspector McClusky,
head of the New York Detective Bureau,
with request 10 verify the contents.
McClusky's men saw Quinn and the cashier
81 SEC, fxala nh
report to Chief Cusack. Then the witnesses
were ordered to be here on Monday morn
ing.
Another. matter upon which the police
have been busy il statement made 10
them by Della lesry. adomestic employed
stT se fns back Sixdows OF this oSsr-
luuk a lot that adjoins the Burdick lot. Ash
land and Elmwood avenues being parallel
Miss Leary's story is that on the night
before the murder OF Burdiok she hap
pened to look out one OF the rear windows
and she saw in the yard adjoining Bur
dicks a woman who moved mysteriously
and cautiously. The woman. she says,
was well-dressed and wore black hat and
real coat. II was at about 10 o'clock when
she first saw the women and she saw her
again at intervals for about an hour. She
did not recognize the woman. She thought
the time and place unusual for the appear
ancs OF the s'ranger ana soine dsss L
have been on her way TO the Burdick house.
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