Show VERDICT IN PENNELL CASE OASE Judge Murphy Does Not Find That Hd Committed Suicide STATEMENT ImO l HEADMAN DEAD IAN IIAN hitch lo to lb Do lit htiu 1111 Ulli itIs III I April evidence given ghen today before Justice Murphy at ut the In oldest Into tho the of Arthur II n Ien Pen Pennell nell neil and Mrs will not help the tho In iii any way Wl to a solution of the tue murder mystery Whether the nt lit atone quarry on March Murch Iff 10 1 In lb which Pennell was as killed and aced Airs Pennell ennell was os fatally injured was duo dUll to un an accident or 01 de was not lIot proven Thomas Penney Penno who ha hilS acted us ant attorney gui II thc tho th Pennell family since Mince Arthur death th that so fill feet us as ho hI was Willi aware nothing hi 11 the mime hl papers papera left I tt by liy Mr Mn l vua th lb w tiny uny 1111 light upon thee the or of Whon r lega d lieS time thu alleged of Pennell Mr Mv declined to answer J 3 i Ick Pennell lennell brother 01 ci the time dead Mull lawyer lao yet et und atur of Ills ices estate who has hal halIOS IOS 8 lon of ot most of oC the paper papers out of the tue city elt and Mr Penney cd ed the court that he lit did not nol Know whorl he was wn or em when whon he would return to tu that will show would simply be cumulative said Jus Joe Justice tice Murphy after the evidence In ea a all allIn allIn allin In No stronger motive could bo lee provo proven en titan than has already been li ell out here hore Hut But proving a II motive does not meet note establish e The file court Is pre lIre prepared pared to Its findings Judge Murphy then delivered his Imis verdict us as follows I OF JUDGE 1 I find and tind certify That Arthur U n Penned lennel carmi to 10 his hla death pet the luth day dllY of or March larch 1103 as us a result of In Injuries juries julies received while willie tiding In an auto automobile moLlie mobile the said automobile plunging from an embankment Into time thc stone quarry That 1 I cannot determine flam the time evidence submitted whether r such plunge was wae accidental or designed That Carry Lamb Lamu Pennell coma to her death deuth as tie u a 1 result of ot the thc Bald pLenge of tho time automobile Into time the quarry qUaff W v C stOob stenographer produced a typewritten copy lOP of the time first draft of or a statement prepared for tom publication by b Pennell before his death Thc fhe statement In him full Is III as us lot fol follows lows STATEMENT To ro the that the thc Hood flood of sensationalism sen and anti yellow journalism tent has lessened 1 mend and that public has died lIed down to a It canner calmer thou tion of the facts and events up to n a terrible tragedy which less bus re cc recently recon con Uy taken tallon place In title this city olty I J wish In behalf of ot myself but especially more moreIn moreIn morein In behalf of others whose sufferings are aix even 1011 greate teC than tItan mUte mine to male mahe this thin statement to the fact that my m name was wall BO Ito unfortunately at this tiei time connected with time the pending divorce proceedings It I was 1115 forced Into great publicity In con connection with the tragedy Itself IC So far fur faras furos faras as os tiny any possible connection with that crime Wb concerned I 1 am nm satisfied and I think the district attorney and his assistants understand thoroughly that I 1 had lead nothing to do eo with It and aced since that time neither has haa ha my amy III house nor myself been under suspicion or sur our surveillance After fter being out for tor a short time In Inthe Inthe inthe the early part of tIme the evening I spent the rest of It at t home us as was shown hown by liy time the evidence of my may wife and the ser servant servant vant ant girl In our oter house I think I was wasso as asso so 80 acquitted both by li the thc public nubile nM time the authorities Of any connection with the tho crime It ft now nos becomes Incumbent nt upon me toe to make sonic some statement relative to my mI connection with the divorce proceedings In this title statement I wish to say as us lit tie tic as nB possible pos about the dead Hut nut It must be remembered that those who are living leave have their lives hives to live 11 and the rights of the tho living are greater g than tItan the time rights eights df of the dead There TImers ons os no truth In ire the time charges brought by the time plaintiff In that proceeding against the defendant and myself The charges were absolutely denied deeded under oath and ant countercharges head had been made and In Ina a short time the tho case would have hae been quietly tried before a n referee and set tied Thee Tho Th relations existing between the plaintiff and tIme the th defendant had hoti been shamed for tor gome omne time Twirl Twice lie ho bail 1111 unjustly IY attempted to make mako her leave lert her h r homo home My anti and had leer her side In tho ho that ause aI e between them and she he had head con can consulted me for tor legal and ti tl i l During this time time the man mann himself ran rae a In Intimate 10 relations with eIth a n we wenan nn nan whom hi ha desired to marry mar For that purpose it was necessary to be free from his hl wife wIre He lie discovered the fuel fact that his hI into knew of three these rein rela relations lens by br gaining access to safe deposit vaults where when she kept her leer through forgIng forcing a II written order over Ocr hi hem blank signature and purloining the th l ys from her lem thus thetis apprised of 01 the timO evidence him hine he ho deter determined mined to anticipate her action by b action himself In order that heat he might have the thee appearance of lC being time the Injured party and out of af the thc vindictiveness and desire to In Injure Injure jure jute me mo as os much as nN he made me rice n a defendant In time the Ills III nl eel were properly denied and th i It ues would have havu ha been squarely mt m t when hm his death occurred nt at the hands hond I cf rt some unknown woman whom hom he lie had Invited to 10 his lila house at n et midnight Nothing more unfortunate could have havo occurred for everybody Involved 1 as liS till thu the entire matter necessarily became pub public lic II and U It the thc truth truthe could coull have ap III the harm would not nol have hac been so Pt J great groat but truth gad and yellow ellow Journal Journalism ism hem e at opposite poles and ore are anc conse consequently n am amass ma 1 of t lies l s fiction antI and Im Imagination woe was 18 published which had head no heals basis b ls In tact act act hut but for the raU paka Mf of thore theore most some of these misrepresentations Il mutt be token taken up and met First In reference to the om office e which t I wn was alleged maintained In I equate That was a less leas Ital v 1 und nii by eat n Under an ar arraignment Ir I Ih another juan nan nn whose cnn b to enable him Idea to f fa ii d da iia a of lUon dullness bounces Shortly Sha I after that Ibal arrangement ho he h received en nn offer of or o a n salaried position In iii another nother city which he be bl desired dour to 10 accept I arranged there thre therefore therefore fore ore to release him ana nn no bu business n wait mUL lh ever er done In the nines nor was 0 It I Ir tired E 1 as ILS I a 1 meeting metUng place In any an manner nann r as U to so f falsely and unjustly In Indented dented In to the alleged allred of tf a Sew ew mork detect agency n ncy whose whore who e neal main business It I was wa to 10 give their clients secrets to the pub pubS public lic li Je I dul W to t say pay Il that without Know ILZ I what arrangements were wen made VW wit them by any 1 person e Nn any al state n nta on tho part of such Buch a agency enoy tend lag Inc In to 10 r ll ct In any nn way WI upon oiliest either or new other oilier poison iceson Involved rr ire unqualifiedly false cued wid leave have hu no HO 0 basis In fort They are made up of or those thos unfounded statements of tide thin Ih of tel tf spies which have havo 9 of oft ien t rl doubtful d value Vlut that even en In th courts urta It IB Is vow roW ow hold huld that thu the tn Is against 1 their credibility During the thee of time the th action ati It 1 became became for CUL form CULm or orm m to 10 consult with wih the tle In lie to tho tine course cOI e to 10 pursue For IrOl that t reason It was 11 necessary that a ant 1 ln herit leere In nt should take Plate place e l tw York ork or 01 In Atlantic City but In hue II such capos n can be le Absolutely proven e sonic WC In hem such sucie places ani an under ulder suCh Huch luch us ems 8 to 10 abo Ib o negative any other idea than Ihan th time e of or transacting the affairs reIn cola relative tive teve tl to tho time divorce notion action Finally U It I may be wild said that lent the thc crime clime Is la us os great a u mystery to lo the writ writer 1 er em I ns OR to 10 any In one oe notoriety end publicity leave have been n brought upon upun people more lore especially women who have entirely undeterred undeserved It and amid great wrong lens has been lieen done nil all 11 concerned especially to the family which had ban hal suffered and must suffer uffer most In t For Foe I ol that limit urfred vc tO C must thank time thu spirit of Journalism which does Joos not tf to every principle l of truth honor chivalry Justice ant sanctity In of ef efforts c forts to make mako nc and ant sell el papers which makes makeR that style tyl of Journalism one of the tIme sickening things of ot modern civilization a etc anil a ii it 1 il 10 In I a I Ic ii a I to New York April 11 Crown Princess LommIe of Saxony who once eloped loped on an Dec Tec DecH H 11 1 with Andre ron time the tutor of or her children and her husband the crown prince of Saxony Saxon ar ane to be next week treek according to ton a n dispatch from Berlin II the Paris ent of tho time |