Show MAN AND WOMAN WERE IN THE BURDICK CELLAR information which may lead to the clearing up of the W mystery surrounding the burdick murder buffalo march 17 the authorities have learned that irs edwin L burdick had assigned a portion of the insurance held by her husband in alio first place it is said half of the was made payable to the children less than one half originally written in sirs bordicks Bur dicks favor probably was in email policies and it is said a portion of this wag ns signed by mrs bur dick to her husband the assigned policies therefore become part ot his estate all she will receive from his estate is her dower in one third of his realty and the small amount of insurance made payable to her that she did not assign the authorities will not say whether the assignment was made before or after the divorce proceedings were begun the inquest in the burdick murder will bo continued today beginning at sl 3 the district attorney declined to say who would bo the first witness but aa from the outset he has been questioning members of the household and as mrs burdick is the only one familiar with or connected with tho house who has not been on the stand it is presumed that she will bo the first witness in his examination of margaret murray and mrs hull last saturday the district attorney laid particular stress upon his questions relative to persons in the burdick cellar on the morning of tho murder miss murray testified that sho knew of no one in the cellar except miss keening another of the servants and alfred brookman an elderly man who had at times cared for the furnaces mrs hull made no mention of having been in the cellar brookman hail been called in by miss keening to attend the furnace brookman is said to have made a statement to tho police 4 that he heard the voices of a man and a woman in the cellar and that he recognized the voice of the woman liucc not that of the man the couple talked in low tones brookman is quoted as saying and when he took up a shovel the man said th att in a quick tone as though he were startled the woman replied oh that is only the man who takes care of the furnace they talked for a momena more and then went upstairs brookman said he had been told that bardick was sick and he supposed the man was a doctor after a conference with assistant superintendent of police cusack district attorney coatsworth Coat worth announced that mrs paino would be the first witness today the other witnesses will be dr pine adolph carlson the boarder at paines bouic charles S parke tha business partner of mr burdick and alfred brookman |