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Show PRETTY DAUGHTER OF MURDERED MILLIONAIRE TELLS STORY ON STAND. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 17. Miss Marion Mar-ion Burdlck. the pretty , rosy-cheeked daughter of the late Edwin L. Burdlck, was the most Interesting witness ' at the Inquest before Judge Murphy yesterday. Marion is 16 years old. She answered in monosyllables whenever it was possible. It was yes" or "no." or when those replies would not -suffice' she' used as few words as possible. She was not easily confused, snd there was no sign of agitation when the District Attorney questioned her closely regarding the events that occurred at the time her father was murdered. Mr. Coatesworth began by speaking kindly to the girl and carefully choosing his words in putting questions to her. Later he fired questions in rapid succession. succes-sion. At one time when the District Attorney At-torney asked the same question several times the girl caused a murmur in the courtroom by raising her voice sharply in a clear, emphatic "f don't know." Nothing Noth-ing of importance was elicited from her while she was on the stand, and the Dls-, Dls-, . trict Attorney finally gave her up in despair. des-pair. She said that Grandmother Hull first ; informed her that her father was 111 in his den. before Dr. Marcy arrived and be-' be-' fore Mrs. Hull knew positively, according to her own testimony, that it was Mr. Burdick's body lying on the couch. The District Attorney tried to get Marion Mar-ion to tell why she apparently took so little interest in her father's illness when nh was told of it by her grandmother. Marlon replied that she knew that when It was proper for her to know Grandmother Grand-mother Hull would tell her. She loved her father and he had always been good to her. Marlon admitted that she knew of the divorce proceedings instituted by Burdlck . against her mother. She sympathized sym-pathized with her father, but would not admit that she thought he was right In driving her mother from her home. Neither Neith-er would she admit that she knew of her mother meeting Arthur R. PennelL |