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Show "ARTHUR" PENNELL OR SOME HIRED ASSASSIN KILLED E. L. BURDICK BUFFALO, March 18. The Burdick inquest has been postponed until next Monday. District Attorney Coalsworth is suffering from a sore throat and cannot can-not speak without great difficulty. For the first time since the murder of Edwin L. Burdick, suspicion as to the identity of his murderer was voiced yesterday with quasi official sanction at the third session of the Police court inquest. In reply to the question by District Attorney At-torney Coatsworth, "Well, who was it?" Charles S. Spark, the business partner of Mr. Burdick, replied: "ARTHUR G. PENNELL OR A HIRED ASSASSIN." The question and answer were the most sensational features of the inquest up to that time. Hitherto the officials had named no one in connection with the supposed murder. , . '-. WITNESSES" AT BTJBDICK INQUEST TESTIFY THEY BELIEVE PENNELL GUILTY. BUFFALO. N. Y.. March 18. The name of W. R. Pennell, who was named as co-respondent In the Burdick divorce proceedings and who met a terrible 'death in a stone quarry two weeks after aft-er Edwin L. Burdick was murdered, constantly came to the surface In the inquest before Judge Murphy yesterday. Thomas L. Park, Burdick's former business partner and close friend, while on the witness stand this after- (Contlnued on page 9.) talked about or why the appointments were made. "When was the last time you had a conversation with him?" "On the day cf his death." "What did you say to him?" "I told him I hud not seen Mrs. Pen-nelL Pen-nelL and did not know whether she was going to lttend the Elmwood dnce or not. He said that if the Pcnnells wcr not going to be there he mip;ht go. He wanted to know if I were going. I told him I had a cold and would not go. The night previously he had called me up and asked me if I could find out whether the Pennells were In the city and let him know the following morning. morn-ing. That was why I telephoned to him the next morning." Burdick had called on her several times while Mrs. Warren of Cleveland was there, and had taken them to the theater, and she thought, to the dancing danc-ing club. "While he was talking to you at Main and Summer streets did he tell you that Mrs. Warren wss getting a, divorce from her husband?" "Yes, sir." "Burdick thought' a good deal of Mrs. Warren, didn't her "Yes, he admired her very much." ( 'Did he say there was any arrangement arrange-ment by which he and Mrs. Warren were to be married when the got a divorce?; di-vorce?; "No, sir." Mrs. Paine said she was home on the night of the murder. She read until 9:30 o'clock asd then went to bed. She had no company that night, and did not leave the house. "Did you have any telephonic communication com-munication with Mr. Burdick that night?" "No. sir." , Arthur , ftnncll. (Continued; from page I.) i m ' ' " noon gave it as his opinion, based upon up-on ir.formation and, supposition, that Pennell or a hired assassin murdered BurdlcV:. Fears of disclosures growing out of the divorce-proceedings Instituted Institu-ted bv Mr. Burdick against his wife, Mr. Tark firmly believed, was the motive mo-tive for the crime. . Mr. Park told of conversations he had with Burdick relative to trouble with PennellOn one occasion Burdick told Park that Pennell had threatened suicide if the suit was not stopped. Pennell threatened to kill both himself and Mrs. Burdick. Mrs. Gertrude Ii Paine, wife of Dr., Peth H. Paine, an Intimate friend of thV Pennells and Burdicks. was closely close-ly Questioned regarding the relations between the two families, and espeal-lv espeal-lv of the feeling dlsplayedby the men toward eatb other. Mrs. Palne's house was searched by the police on the Sunday Sun-day following the murder. Today the District Attorney touched lf ly on her whereabouts on the night of the murder, devoting most of the time to oviestions concerning her relations witlnrnrdlck and her knowledge of the fSig between Pennell and Burdick. Mr'C Paine denied being at Burdicks house at any time when not accompanied accompa-nied by Dr. Paine. Her relations with Burdick were purely social. . Dr Paine was examined. He wu on the stand for only a few minutes. He was In Batavla on the night of the murder. A Carlson, a Swedish boarder at Mrs. Palne's house, was very nervous nerv-ous while en tba witness stand. He thought Mrs. Paine was in the house on the night of the murder, but could not say positively. Miss Mary Cunningham, Cun-ningham, the other occupant of the Paine house on the night of the murder, mur-der, has left the city, according to testimony given by Mrs Paine today. Her whereabouts Is not known. - Mrs. Pain was aked: "You have met Mr. Burdick frequently since Mrs. Burdick left homer' "I have seen him a number of times." ."Where T" "At the . dancing club, downtown, snd on the car." "By appointment?" "Twice or three fifties by appointment." , "How did he make the appointments?"- "By telephone." The appointments, according to the witness, were kept, once at Lang's candy store; once at the Genesee and once at Main and Sumner streets, six weeks or two months ago. On the last occasion .burdick talked about his wife.. He said that the gossip that had been going on about his wife .was true and that he had necessary evidence to secure se-cure a divorce. He di.d not say exactly exact-ly that he had sent her away, but that was what was gathered by the wlt-ticSs. wlt-ticSs. ' " Burdick told Mrs. Paine that he felt very : badly about Pennell, his friend, coming into his family that way. He Eiilfl he had had a talk with Pennell ftcil that Pennell had agreed to leave the Wei ly." Once before Pennell had r'ronNsed to leave home, but had not done o. Mr. Burdick never asked the ; witness to fix up an appointment with P Mrs 1L Paine ' said , she . met Burdick down lown several times by 'appointment, 'appoint-ment, but did not remember what taey |
