The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11
THE PENAELL INQUEST.
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 entire matter necessarily became public and if the truth could have appeared
 the harm would not have been so great, but the truth and yellow journalism are at opposite poles, and consequently
 mass of lies, fiction and imagination was published which had no possible
 basis in fact, but for the sake of those most concerned some of these misrep- Iresentations must be taken up and met. First-In reference to the office which was alleged to have maintained in the Ellicott square. That office was leased and furnished by me under an arrangement with another man, whose name can be given, to enable him to do a collection business. Shortly after that arrangement he received an offer of salaried position in another city, which he desired to accept, Il arrang- ed, therefore. to release him, and no business was ever done in the office, nor was it ever used as meeting place In any manner so falsely and unjustly in dicated. -...&
 Secondly-In reference to the alleged statements Of a New York detective dSGitGy, m-@DSG lllGAIl bltSliAOS0 5NSAAAo M
 have been to give their clients secrets to the public, I desire to say that, with out knowing what arrangements were
 made with them by any person, any statements on the part of such agency tending to reflect in any way upon either myself or any other person in- volved are unquaiifiedly false, and have no basis in fact. They are made up of these unfounded statements of this class of spies which have become of such doubtful value that even in the courts it is nov almost held that the presumption is against their credability. Thirdly--During the pending of the l divorce action it became necessary for me to consult with the defendant in reference to the course to pursue. For that purpose 1t was necessary that ] meeting should take place here, in New York or Atlantic City, but in such cases,
 as can be absolutely proved, these meet l ings were in such places and circum- 1 stances as to absolutely negative any other idea than the purpose of trans acting the affairs relative to the divorce proceedings.
 Finally, it was said that the crime is as great a mystery to the writer as to 1 any one. That the terrible notoriety and publicity has been brought upon people,
 more especially women. who have en-
 tirely undeseryed it, and great wrong has been done all concerned. especially
 to the family which has and must suffer | most. For that we must thank the spirit \ of yellow journalism, which does not 1 hesitate to violate every principle of ! truth, honor, chivalry. justice and sane tty in these efforts to make news and sell papers. which made that style of Journalism one of the sickening things of modern civilization. Justice Murphy announced his find- ings immediately after the last witness
 had been excused. He said: T find and
 certify that Arthur R. Pennell came to
 his death on the 10th day of March, 1903, as a result Of injuries received while
 riding in an automobile, the said auto-
 mobile plunging from an embankment
 into the Gehre's stone quarry. That I
 cannot determine from the evidence
 submitted whether such plunge was ac-
 eidental or designed. v That Carrie Lamb Penneil came to
 her death as a result of the said plunge
 of the automobile into thequarry.'' *'''