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Show PASTOR. POINTS TO PENNELL AS MURDERER. OF BURDICK The Rov. Levi M. Powers, pastor of tho Church of tho Messiah, at Buffalo, Buf-falo, N. Y., formerly attended by Edwin Ed-win L. Burdlck and still attended by Mrs. Hull, the mother of Mrs. Burdlck, Bur-dlck, said In a statement that Arthur Ponnoll was tho murderer and that his death was, a well planned suicide. Dr. Powers argued tho entire case at some length and accused Ponnell In defending Mrs. Hull. Another friend of Burdlck's mado tho statement that letters asking Bur- iYILLIAII A. BULL (Superintendent of Police of Buffalo ) dick to become reconciled to his wife and containing tho statement: "Do you want to put nn end to all our lives?" aro missing. Dr. Powers said In his statomont concerning Pcnnell's part In tho affair: af-fair: "I am as anxious as any ono can bo to have this mystery solved. "I am sorry that tho ono person of sufficient motive Is dead. "Mr. Pennell Is dead. I should keep silence if I could. Justlco to the living liv-ing no longer permits It. His conduct con-duct in life and death does not merit silence. "He was the betrnyer of an unusual un-usual friendship. Mr. Burdlck namod him as guardian of his children in a will mado some years ago. Mr. Burdlck's Bur-dlck's children called him Uncle Arthur. Ar-thur. "He robbed his friend of hlB wife. Ho ruined her reputation. He brought shame to hts children and now by a months Mr. Pcnnoll hires dotccttves to follow Mr. Burdlck. No ovldonco Is obtained. "As a last resort ho makes a personal per-sonal appeal, promises Mr. Burdlck ho will do anything. It Is too late. He had promised before. Then ho threatened, 'Ho will kill Alllo and himself.' Ha hns threatened before Mr. Burdlck dqcs not bollovo htm. "Tho thing Is done. Mr. Burdlck's power to Injure tho reputation of Arthur Ar-thur Ponnell Is taken away. In Mr. Burdlck's house, a' homo which Mr. Pennell knew us well ns he know his own, a houso In tho dining room of which ho had often eaten, whoso sideboards side-boards and pantry wero familiar to him, nnd In tho bedroom of which ho had often slept ns Mr, Burdlck's guest. "Krldny morning before nny ono In Buffalo but tho family nnd tho officials offi-cials know of Mr. Burdlck's death Mr. Ponnell goes to NIngarn Falls. Thoro nre Bomo moods which make Niagara Falls attractive. Tho water looks cold. It Is a cold day In February. Ho 'phones to his wlfo to meet him at tho fallB and bring tha Buffalo papers. "Why so anxious about tho papors7 How does Mr. Pennell know that anything any-thing Interesting has happened in Buffalo? Tho papers are brought; tho niBO apparently worked. "Ho decides to llo. Ho Is Interviewed Inter-viewed by the police. SayB ho has no theory. Yet writes to friends thut Burdlck Is seeking rovongo becauso he befriended his wlfo; that Burdlck Is looso with women and has been killed by somo unknown woman. Strango words, suroly ono part a Ho! opo a slander, ns the friends of Burdlck Bur-dlck bcllovo; tho other advancing a theory tho police had not yet boon bold enough to advance. "Once more the scent leads back to Mr. Pennell. Onco more fear returns. Tho man of gloomy poetry, the man who visits tho falls, who slanders tho friend he has wronged, who has broken IiIb promises, who hns moro than once threatened suicide, decides to end all. "But even In death he plans to save that precious reputation. A bullet In tho brain, a jump over tho falls, Is confession! "A wifo left behind may clear some mysteries! "And an accident! And thero is at Where the Buffalo Lawyer Drove His Automobile Over the Embankment, death skillfully contrived to docotve ho leaves tho suspicion of murdor upon tho mother of tho woman ho had wronged. "Two years ago ho threatened to kill hlmsolf. Mr. Burdlck, with moro than ordinary magnanimity, went to him, told him to brace up and get out of town, and tho past would be forgotten. for-gotten. Ho promised to do so and failed to keep his word, and for two years moro continued to meet In many places tho wife of his old friend. "With what ho believes, tho evidence evi-dence in hand, Mr. Burdlck applies for divorce. His wife agrees to let him havo It without contest. "Compelled by Mr. Pennell she brings a counter suit, and for four least a reasonable doubt In the minds of friends. His death Is In absoluto keeping with all wo know of tho man." i - Believes Man Murdered Burdlck. Thomas Byrnes, formor superintendent superinten-dent of tho Now York pollco department depart-ment and probnbly tho most famous of living detectives, in discussing tho Burdlck murder at Buffalo said he believed be-lieved tho murder was not tho crlmo of a woman, though a woman waa probably a potent factor In the motive for the crime. Tho former detcctlvo chief does not for a moment entertain tho belief that tho tragic death of Pennell Pen-nell and bis trusting wife was other than a remarkable coincidence and an accident. ( |