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VOL. XIU
PRESIDENTS SPEECH
Meets With Great Ovations at All
Stopping Places.
A BIG SPEECtl IN MILWAUKEE.
He Addresses the Wisconsin Legislature
and Afterwards Speaks to a
Much Larger Audience.
Milwaukee. Special. ? President
Roosevelt was the guest of the Milwaukee
Merchants' and Manufacturers'
Association at a banquet at the
Plankiugton House Friday night, the
occasion being the climax of the day.
1'he President sat in the centre of a
long table with other guests of honor.
At his immediate right, sat United
States Senator Quarles, while E. A.
VVadhains, president of the Milwaukee
Merchants' ami Manufacturers Ast/ae.iation
and toastmaster of the oe%
r as ion was seated at ills left. After the
banquet had been served. Toastmaster
VVadhains introduced President Roosevelt
who responded to the toast "The
President of the United States." The
President took occnsion to give hi3
views on the subject of trusts.
Mr. Roosevelt's speech in part follows
:
Mr. Toaslmaster. Gentlemen:
I wish to speak to you on the question
of th*e control ami regulation of
those great corporations which are
popularly, although rather vaguely,
known as trusts; dealing mostly with
what has actually been accomplished
in the way of legislation and in the
way of enforcement of legislation during
the past eighteen mouths, the
period covering the two sessions of
ihe Fifty-seventh Congress. At the
cutset I shqll ask you to remember
lliat I do not approach the subject
either from the standpoint of those
who speak of themselves as anti-trust
3r auti corporation people, n<>r yet
from the standpoint of those who are
fond of denying the existence of evils
in the trusts, or who apparently proreed
upon the assumption that if a
corporation is large enough it can do
wrong.
OBSTRUCTION OF F.IG CORPORA
TIONS NOT DESIRED.
I think I speak for the great majority
of the American people when I
?ay that we aro not in the le?i3t
tgainst wealth as such, whether Individual
or corporate: that we merely
... iu nnv auuse or corporate
or combined wealth corrected and
remedied; that we do not desire the
Abolition or destruction of big corporairons.
but. o ntho contrary, recognise
'hem as being in many cases efficient
?conomic instruments, the results of
in incvltal le process of economic evolution.
and only desire to see them
ogu'.atcd an.l controlled so far as may
be necessary to subserve the public
<ood. We should ho false to the historic
principles of our government if
we discriminated, either by legislation
or administration, either for or
j gainst a man of either his wealth or
jis poverty. There is no proper place
11 our society cither for the rich man
who uses the power conferred by his
riches to enable him to oppress and
wrong his neighbors, nor yet for the
demagogic agitator who, instead of attacking
abuses as all abuses should
oe attacked wherever found, attracks
property, attacks prosperity, attacks
men of wealth, as such. wheth?r they
he good,or bad. attacks corporations
whether'they do well or ill. and seeks,
.11 a spirit of ignorant rancor, to overthrow
the very foundations upon
which rest our national well-being.
In consequence of the extraordinary
industrial changes of the last halfrentury
and notably of the last two or
three decandes, changes due mainly
to the rapidity and complexity of our
industrial growth, ve are confronted
with problems which in their present
^hapo were unknown to our forefathers.
Our great prosperity with its
Accompanying concentration of popu
.niun iuju or weaun. its extreme spceiillzation
of facilities, ami its development
of giant industrial Isadora, has
'irought much good and some evil,
Jiid it ic aa foolsh to ignore the good
is wilfully to blind ourselves to the
svll.
REMEDIES FOR A PORTION OF
THE EVIL.
The evil has been partly in inevltnlde
accompaniment of the social
changes, and where this is the case it
can be wired neither by law or by the
administration of the law, the only
remedy lying in the alow change o!
character and of economic environment.
But for a portion of the evil, at
least. we think that remedies can he
found. We know well the clanger ot
false remedies, and we are against all
violent, radical and unwise change,
But we holleve that by proceeding
slowly, yet resolutely, with good sense
and moderation, and also with a tlrin
dote: mlnation not to l.e swerved from
our course either by foolish clamor or
by nay base or sinister influence we
can accomplish much for the betterment
of eruditions.
FOItMEK SPEECHES RECALLED.
Nearly t to years ago. sneaking at
the State Fair in Minnesota. 1 said:
"It is. probably true that the large majority
of the fortunes that now exist
in this country have been amassed not
by injuring our people, but n.3 an incident
to the conferring of great benefits
upon the community, ami this, no matter
what may have been the conscious
purpose of those amassing them. There
is bnt#the scantiest justification fci
most of the outcry against the men
of wealth as such; and It ought to be
unnecessary to state thnt any appca
which directly, or Indirectly leads tc
.,1 jjii:
OR!
F
suspicion nnd hatred among ourselves,
which tends to limit opportunity, and
therefore to shut the door of success
against poor men of talent, and. finally.
which entails the possibility of lawlessness
and violence, is an attack
upon the fundamental properties of
American citizenship. Our interests are
at bottom common; in the long run w?
go up or go down together. Yet more
and more it is evident that the State,
and If necessary the nation, has got to
possess the rlcht of onnorwIoUn '"
control as regurds the great corporations
which arc its creatures; particularly
as regards the great business
combinations which derive a portion of
their importance from the existence of
some monopolistic tendency. The right
should be exercised with caution and
self-restraint: but it should exist, so
that it may bo invoked if the need
arises."
I?ast fall in speaking at Cincinnati
I said: "The necessary supervision nnd
control in which I firmly believe as
the only method of eliminating the
real evils of the trusts, must come
through wisely and cautiously framed
legislation, which shall aim in the first
place to give deilnlte control to some
sovereign over the great corporations,
and which shall bo followed, when
once this power has been conferred, l.v
a system giving to the government the
full knowledge which is the essential
lor satisfactory action. Then when this
knowledge?one of the essential features
of which is proper publicity?has
been gained, what turther steps of any
kind are necessary can be taken with |
the confidence born of the possession
of power to deal with the subject, and
of a thorough knowledge of what
should and can be done in the matter.
We need additional power, and we
need knowledge . . . Such legislation?whether
obtainable now or
obtainable only after a constitutional
amendment?should provide for a reasonable
supervision, the most prominent
feature of which at first should
be publicity; that Is. the making public.
both to the government authorities
and to the people nt large, the es
dcuiiui iucLs in wnteh the public is concerned.
This would give us exact
knowledge of many points which are
now not only in doubt but the subject
of fierce controversy. Moreover, the
mere fact of the publication would
cure some very grave evils, for the
light of day is a deterrent to wronkdoing.
SUIT AGAINST THE FEDERAL
SALT COMPANY.
In November, 1902. the Attorney
General directed that a bill for an injunction
be filed in tho United States
Circuit Court at San Francisco against
the Federal Salt Company?a corporation
which had been organized under
the laws of an Eastern State, but had
I its main office and principal place of
j business in California?and against a
i number of other companies and pert
pons constituting what was known as
the salt trust. These injunctions were
\ to restrain the execution of certain
contracts between the Federal Salt
j Company and the other defendants, by
which the latter agreed neither to i'uj
port. buy. or sell salt, except from and
to the Federal Salt Company, and not
o engage or assist in the production
of salt west of the Mississippi river
during the continuance of such conIt
roots. As the result of those agreements
the price of salt had been advanced
about 409 per cent. A tem1
porary injunction order was obtained,
which the defendants asked the court
I to modify on the prnnml .....i
j trust law had no application to coni
tracts for purchases and sale3 within
a State. The Circuit Court overruled
1 this contention and sustained the
! government's position. This practically
J concluded the case, and it is undert
stood that in consequence the Federal
j Salt Company is about to bo dissolved
i and that no further contest will he
1 made.
A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT.
The above is a brief outline of the
I most important steps, legislative and
j administrative, taken during the past
: eighteen months in the direction of
| solivng. so far as at present it scents
practicable by national legislation or
j administration to solve, what we call
j the trust problem. They represent e
! sum of very substantial achievement,
j They represent a successful effort to
! devise any apply real remedies; an efI
fort which so far succeeded because it
was ntade not only with resolute purpose
and determination, but also in a
spirit of common sense and justice, as
far removed as possible front rancor,
1 hysteria, and unworthy demagogic appeal.
In the same spirit the laws will
continue to he enforced. l\ot only is
the legislation recently enacted effective.
t.?t i~ ? *
m my juugnicni u was tinpract
table lo attempt more. Nothing
of value is to he attempted from
ceaseless agitation for radical and extreme
legislation. The people may
wisely, and with confidence, await the
result? which are reasonably tc be expected
from the impartial enforcement
of the laws which have recently been
placed upon the statute books. Legislation
of a general .and Indiscriminate
character would be sure to fail, cither
because it would involve all interests
in a common ruin, or because it wouid
i e.ot really reach any evil. We have
ndeavorrd to provide a discriminat
ing adaptation of the remedy to the
real mischief.
ALLEGED REMEDIES TOO DRASTIC
Many of the alleged remedies advocated
are of the unpleasantly drastic
type which seeks to destroy the disease
. by killing the patient. Others are so
Obviously futile that it is somewhat
liilficult to treat them seriously or as
being advanced in good faith. High
i among the latter I place the effort to
reach the trust question by means or
i the tariff. You can. of course, put a.?
. end to the prosperity of the trusts by
putting an end to the prosperity of the
L nation; but the price for such action
. seems high. The alternative is to do
I exactly what has been done during the
> life of the Congress which has Just
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ORT MILL, S. C., WEI
rlospd?that is. to endeavor, not to de
stroy corporations. but to regulate
them with a view of doing away with
whatever is of evil in them and of
making them subserve the public use.
The law is not to be administered in
the interest of the poor man as such,
nor vet in the in^p^es^ of ri.-u .i-.
as such, but in the interest of the lawabiding
man. rich or poor. We are no
more against organizations of capital
han against organizations of labor.
vVe welcome both. demanding ouiy
that each shall dc right and shall remember
its duty to the republic. Such
a course, we consider not merely a
benefit to the poor man. We do no
man an injustice when we require him
to obey the law. On the contrary, if
he is a man whose safety and well-bi
ing depend in a peculiar degree upon
the existence of the spirit of law an
order, we aie rendering him the greatest
service when we require him to 1
himself au exemplar of that spirit.
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many ATatters of General Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
Down In Dixie.
Apprehension is felt for the fruit
crop of North Georgia.
Will Harris, the notorious barn
burner and all around outlaw, of Charlotte,
N. C., was captured in Norfolk,
Va.
A nephew of Senator Latimer, of
South Carolina, shot and seriously
wounded his teacher on April 1st.
Further argument was heard in the
Southern Paeiiic Union Pacific case,
at Nashville. Tenn.
Richmond (Va.) hanks were tb" fiist
to offer bonds for refund under Secretary
Shaw's circular.
Dr. I'rie, acting Surgeon (leneral of
the Navy, received a dispatch from
the commander of the receiving ship
Franklin at Norfolk, that the cases of
diphtheria among the crew was well
in hand and there had been no new
cases within the last 48 hours.
It is proposed to form cotton-mill
company at Steplienville. Texas, and
Upshur Vincent is interested, lie is
now endeavoring to interest capital,
and is also desirous of corresponding
with manufacturers of cotton-mill machinery.
The surviving soldiers who served
under Gens. Taylor and Scott in Mexico
in 1S46 and 1S47. are invitea i>. ho
present at the thirty-seventh national
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic in San Francisco next August.
The pension rolls show that
000 dwell on the Pacific coast. IVu*
managers hope to attract nC least 400
of them to the reunion, believing that
it will be the last they will ever attend.
At The National Cnp'.tal.
Associate Justice Alexander 15. i Intrnor.
of the District of Columbia Court,
will retire May 31.
The District Commissioners decided
to enforce an anti-expectoration regulation.
William Johnson, a negro ex-polisernan.
was held for the grand jury,
charged with shooting at two policemen.
The value of building operations in
March was $6t>3.373.
At The North.
Secretary Root made a speech on
tariff revision, before the Home Market
Club, of Hoston.
Horses attached to a carriage containing
Mrs. William MeKinley ran
away in Canton, Ohio, but no one was
injured.
Could interests have purchased an
old Pennsylvania charter giving
sweeping privileges, which may be
used, it is reported, to gut the Wabash
into New York.
The flood situation has changed little.
Greenville, Miss., and Yazoo City
being partially under water. One
death is reported.
The heavy registration for the municipal
election in Cincinnati is s?aid to
he favorable to the election of M. E.
Ingalls, Democrat, for Mayor.
A London dispatch says: "Referee
Pillsbury has decided the sixth game
in the inter-university game chess
match in favor of England. This gives
the match to the English players."
James R. Keene was reported to
have called on Union Pacific striking
shopmen to nid him in showing that
that road controls the Southern Pacific.
A verdict of not guilty was rendered
in the case of Elmer Collins,
accused of wife murder at Georgetown,
Del.
A London dispatch says that it is
officially announced that King Edward
and Queen Alexandria will visit
Ireland in July, or August, of this
year.
A meeting of Jewish rabbis was
held in New York to devise ways to
raise the $500,000 wanted for tlft
Isaac M. Wise memorial fund.
Importations of leaf tobacco at New
York are being closely watched to
prevent loss to the Government on
duties.
Pretty Hard.
It la pretty hard for a man to keep
on being a pessimist when a beautifu1
woman looks up into his eyes and tell./
him she is just awfully interested in
his work.?Chicago Record-Herald.
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)NES1)AY, APRIL 8, 1!
NO MORE INJUNCTION
Judge Adams \Yithdraws His Famous
Restraining Order
WABASH MEN MAY NOW STRIKE
The Court Find* the Statement That
the rien Arc Satisfied Is Not to Ih
Credited.
St. Louis. Special.?'The injun tiou
issued March 3, by Judge FInter 15.
Adams, of the United States district
eourt. at the instance of the Wabash
Railroad officials to restrain the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen and
Firemen from ordering a strike on
that system, was dissolved Wednesday
in a decision handed down by Judge
Adams, a week after the hearing of
arguments for and against the removal
of the legal obstacle.
While no one will express an opinion
as to the next probable move on
either side, remarks dropped indieat'
that every effort will be made to effect
a settlement and avert a strike.
But if a settlement shall not be effected,
the understanding seems to he
general that a strike is sure to result.
At Wabash headquarters it was stated
that amicable adjustment of the controversy
is hoped lor. The same sentiment
was expressed at the hotels,
where are quartered the few representatives
of the officials of the trainiucnt
and firemen now in the city. Counsel
for both sides spent the afternoon in
conference, but no agreement was
reached.
Judge Adams announced that court
would be in session and retain jurisdiction
of the case, if desired, so that in
the event of any molestation of or interference
with, inter-State commerce
or the mail service, all its lawful powers
may be invoked to restrain Hie
same, with the confident assurance
that they will he fearlessly and effectively
exercised.
The temporary injunction was granted
by Judge Adams on allegations
made by officials of the Wabash system
that, the defendants w -re eonspir
ing to interfere with inter-State traffic
and in the transmission of United
States mails. Judge Ajjatns in his declsion
says the provisional restraining
order was made without notice to the
defendants, under tiie stress of the
facts disclosed by the hill and was
fully authorized by section 71S, Revised
Statutes of the I'nited States, and
was Imperatively demanded by the
general principles of equity jurisprudence
recognized and enforced in many
similar cases in the United States and
England, and many authorities warranting
tne provisional 1 straining
order in question in eases of , mspiracies
to interfere with inter-rft-.te commerce
and otherwise arc cited in sapport
of this last proposition.
Within the time allowed hv the restraining
order the defendants d"lj
appeared and file 1 their sworn answer
denying the alleged conspiracy in all
its phases and particularly denying rny
purpose to inter'i with inter-State
commerce or the mails of the i'n ?' ;
States, and especially denying 11;at th.
employs were satisfied with wages and
conditions of their service and denying
tiie practice of any and nil coercion
or false representations to bring about
a strike; avering that the only purpose
of the present defendants in eon
stilting to a strike was to better th<
condition of their members who wrrc
in the employment of the railroad !>y
the exercise of their undoubt- .1 right
to peacefully withdraw from such service
until such time as their demands
of wages .etc.. should be concede 1.
The court, after fully considering a'!
the proof, finds that the statements ol
the complaint to the effect that the
employes were satisfied with their
wages and conditions of service ar? not
supported, irrespective of the question
whether the men or the con ..iittee
of brotherhood representing them
first suggested the increase of wa *e
and change of rules, the employer
themselves at and for a long time ; . :
to the filing of the hill of complain:
were dissatisfied with their wage-- and
conditions of service, and a real diffe.
enec of opinion existed between the
railroad and a huge majority of its
employes, members of the brother
1UUU3. wun reaper t to their wages end
that the defendants as officer and committers
of the brotherhoods were fuilv
authorized l>oth by reason of their official
relation to their members and
also by direct written authority to represent
tncin in tne clTort to secure
higher wages and change conditions of
service and the proposed strike insiead
of being officially ordered by defendants
was .a result of the vote of the
employes acting without coercion and
directly authorzing the same. The
court further finds after a full examination
of the evidence that the charge
of conspiracy to interfere with the inter-State
commerce of the United
States or the mail service of the
United States, is not sustained.
Crew Rescued.
Cape Henry. Va.. Special.?The three?
masted schooner Benjamin Ru*:s dl,
Capt. Cranmer, with lumber from
Bogne Inlet. N. C.. for New Hnv n.
Conn., went ashore Sunday, one mile
south of Creed's Hill life-saving station.
Her crow of five men were t.ii; u
off in breeches buoy. Her deck load
will be taken off.
Oifcrs $S0,000.
Roston, Special?The Congregational
Educational Society received word
from Br. Persons, of Chicago, that he
had made an offer of $r?9,(K)0 ns c. gift
to Rollins College. Winter Park, Fla.,
provided the college shall raise
000 additional. Rollins College is aided
by the Congregational Education
Society.
103.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Flna Ginghams Suggested.
Many Southern Cotton Mills are
manufacturing ginghams of the lower
grade and finding a ready market tor
their product. Southern manufacturers
of cotton clotha hive il:irtn?- -
cent years been developing their
tplants towards a better ilass of go > Is
generally; in fact. the tendency of tlm
Southern cotton-manufacturing industry
is iu the direction of finer van-.,
and cloths. It is now suggested that
tine ginghams should not be neglected.
One of the leading dry goods trench
ants of Columbus, Ua., in writing ol
this in the Columbus Fnquirer-Sun,
says;
"1 should think it would pay on
Southern mills to manufacture a high
grade of gingham for the home trade.
It is almost impossible to buy tin
best grades of gingham. By the b
grades i mean standard ginghams like
Ar.ioskcag, Lancashire. etc. It ia true
that some of the Southern mills teak
ginghar..'. but none of the best, graib s.
Our firm has about stopped buying
gingham from any but those milk'
whose product is recognized as absolutely
standard. The Southern mills
try to make a cheap quality, but 1
should think it would pay them tc
manufacture a real first-class gingham
The prico has advanced to six cents
and it is hard to get orders tilled even
at that price. 1 am writing now regarding
an order that was placed sonic
time ago which has not yet beer
tilled."
Durham Industries.
An address delivered before the Durham
(N. C.) Chamber of Commerce i>\
Mr. Thor. as 1*. Fuller, a member of tin
board of aldermen of Durham, has
been published in pamphlet form, am
is being circulated in the interest o:
Durham's development. Mr. Fuller it
his address showed that in the past U
years Durham's population has increased
from 500Q or 6000 prsons l<
about 20.000. the value of real ant
personal property from $1 17.">19 t?
20.0*. 1.802. it.-; hanklne cnnitil frnn
*50.000 to $303,200. and its cotton-mi)
industry from one mill to six. wit!
1O2.0S0 spindles and 21 OS looms, wltl
an annual product valued at $2.S01.175
The manufacture of yarns and she**
lugs into hosiery and tohaceo bass l>;
two o' these plants add $307,000 to th'
annual output.. Other industries it
t!ie city include four tobacco factories
three cii.ar and cheroot factories, om
snuff factory, pants factory, rolle
flou'dng mill, telephone factory, thrn
carriage factories, yarn factory, tw<
pinning; mills, furniture factory, mat
tress factory, paper-box factory, hoi;
bindery, dye works, foundry and ma
chip*' shop and two bri k factories, li
he past 10 years Lurham's area ha
incrc-'-t i ; in one square milt to f ui
square mil s.
Lumber Notes.
The Lot A' I'erkins Lumber c >. o
j ft i If port. Miss., has Incvreased it
1 capita! stock from ? 100,000 to $200.0!lC
'! he Wit cling Lumber Co. of V an
( s.'lvap.ia lias purchased and will de
; v. ! :> 1070 acrt t i f timber land o:
, Cindy's fork of Cheat river.
The Southern Line (' ?. of Georgia
j with principal office in Savannah, wil
i i unM? iin \?-in111 nu?.i Diuuawn
tin., to Rrooksvilhp Fla.
The T? xas & Pacific l/mibrr Co. In
been Incorporated at Qu^on City, Tex.
with a capital stock of $10,0(10. Tlx
incorporators a.*e S. II. Vaner, A. S
fa s and .1. W. Titley.
The W. II. Hancock Lumber C\ o
rarkadule, Miss., lias been incorporal
cd. with a capital stock of $10.00.' Th
Incorporators at" IV. 11. Hancock. \V
II. Uarksdalc and J. W. Kupeke.
The Quiver Lumber Co. at Harks
dale. Sunflower county, Miss., h e
: been chartered, with a capital sloe!
! of $10,000. The incorporators are R
\V. Perry, W. 11. Hancock and vV.
, Rarksdaie.
'l'!i Reont Lnmher Co. of Ohio;
county. Tennessee, has b< < n chart-Ted
with a capital stock of $jr,,000. Tin
on irporators are .1. L. FttRlish. II. '
Manning. .1. C. Kimball, Walter (1
j :inil I . II Cnillinon
The Southern I'inrt Kumber Co. o
Diboll. Angelina county, Texas, liai
begun the building of a new plant tin
dcr the supervision of Mr. A. W. Cor
kins. Tho capacity of the plant wil
1." 123.000 feet of lumber per day.
Textile Notes,
Merrimack Manufacturing Co. hat
received pities and spei ifirations foi
it-; additional building at liuntsville
Ala., mentioned last month. T"!.o
structure will be five stories high
130x '.:?8 feet, to contain 6.">.000 spindle.'
and 2000 looms, as was stated. Con
inet for ejection has been awarded tr
Plynt IP hilng Construction Co. o
Palmer. Mass.
Marietta (Ga.) Knitting Co.. report
? ! Inst week as having contracted foi
Kb,'-horse-power engine and tw itj
add!;ional knitting machines, intends
to iv. tall more knitting machines during
the year. Its present increase o
equipment will provide for an outpul
rf COO dozen pairs per day. all half,
hose. Contmet has also hern awanlofor
building materials, and the company
will do the construction w <rk
.i hn 11. Barnes is tho architect u
charge.
Henderson (N. C.) Cotton Mills ha.
decided to enlarge its plant. It is announced
that the addition will b?
f.6:;79 feet, with an ell 36x72 feet
Number of spindles and looms to b<
added not stated as yet. Company now
has 15,000 spindles and 216 looms.
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CASE NOW CLOSED.
Decision in Burdick Murder Mystery
Given Cut
SAYS HE MAS KILLED BY PENNELL
The Statement Is Hade That the I>eauS
Man Should Lie Regarded lnnixar?C *
j Until Proven (iullty.
Buffalo, Special.?The verdict ru tl'.oHurdick
inquest handed down by
Judge Murphy Tuesday, while statvas:
that the identity of the murderer ?&
Edwin H. Hurdick has not been prov^c,
practically charges Arthur it. Portcw2L
the dead lawyer, with the criiwti.
Pennell had a stronger motive than
anyone else for putting Hurdick met
of the way. Judge Murphy suyvr. ami
all the facts brought out by ttie inquest
constitute just grounds for tfluct
issuance of a warrant against PeimcL'i
if he were alive. The verdict fs so?t
i ened somewhat so far as it relates tf*
Ponnell by the statement that if Itrnnell
was alive he would bo -given t5te
presumption of innocence anf.u
, proven guilty.
i In the opinion of Judge Murphy
! Burdlek had no woman guest in his
"den" on the night of the murder arti
the crime was not tlie work of a bar
gl&r. He exonerates Mrs. Gcrtrmlo R.
Paine and Miss Hutchison from
connection with the crime and in cmnI
elusion criticises Mrs. Maria A. IlttlS.
f and censures Mrs. Hurdick. the forxst1
or for her attitude toward tno xn
thorlties and the Inconsistency of
, actions with the theory that she bafil
1 no knowledge of the murder. Judgv
Murphy stated this afternoon that ftu?
1 will hold the inquest into the dewu>.
of Arthur K. Pennell the latter pari
of this week.
The story of tho finding of R<zr
Bnrdiek's body In the morning ami
1 the events preceding its discovery
as related by tho different members
of the household is told, and tho dfcH
q crepancy In tho testimony of tho ser!
vants and Mr. Hull is pointed out.
"Where is tho motive for ttv
J crime?" asks Judge Murphy, and Hires*
he takes up the relations of Mrs. Hvxr.
dick and Pennell and says that it
i seems that five years ago. on tho wcasion
of a visit to New Haven
! the Hurdicks ami Ponnella. Mrs. liurdick
"gave the love which belonged
to her husband to another. She
. Pennell and he apparently became
^ fatuated with her." Iiurdick I :ai*ued
>. the truth and a separation followed
. hut heeause of love for her childr/sr
he took his wife back and forgave the1
1 author of his wrong upon his promLt?
to leave Huffaio. "This promise ami'
the promise which Mrs. Iiurdick tuaoV
! to her husband." says Judge Murphy
"were shamelessly broken." Finn Hi
Mr. Iiurdick told her she must lhav^
his house and ho applied for a v?>i voroo
from bis wife. Ponnoll, hou.vovxu\
. induced her lv> defend the suit. IJI.ut
dick had boon shadowing Penacll and
i Mrs. tturdiek and Ponnoll had detectives
shadowing Burdick.
"So far as appears in the evidence."*
says Judge Murphy, "Ponnoll had r*??
succeeded in compromising; lturdirSc .
. in any way. Ilurdick, however, had ,-a
i lot of evidence, consisting of letters.
written by Penned to Mrs. Burdick of
such a gushing, lovesick, importuning
nature that their pubHentvara
: meant complete humiliation and so
; ciai ruin to their author. This of all
others," says? the justice, "was the ute
tlve strong enough to incite a teperate
mind already steeped in wrong
I doing, to so foul and cruel a inurdec.
1 i">id he do it? Was he responsible few
it? lie had returned from the
1 | man's wife I ho day bofore tho murder.
Ho was hrro that night. He was my
much excited tho next morning acta,
wont and purchased a revolver. Tit*.
clerks j>?? sent at the sale state at that
time ho did not appear at all like himself."
Tho judge tolls of I'ennell's visit hi
the Kails oft tho morning of the di?
covory of the murder, of his message
5 to his wif to bring tho papers an/!
of their failure to return for dinner
\ that evening. Continuing, the judge
1 says in one of Kenncll's letters to
Mrs. Burdiek there was a threat that
he would kill her husband. The eash"
lor and bartender of a hotel also tc stilled
that he said lie would kill a cer5
tain man and Mrs. I'ennell bail writton
Burdiek a warning letter. "I'oo,
nell Jiad eoniplete knowledge of th<Burdiek
home and considering his rr1
ialions with the family it could have.
been an easy natter for him to obI
tain a key then to. Altogether these
facts would in my opinion constitute*
just grounds of suspicion on which a
warrant could be issued were lie all'ae..
1 That would not mean, however, that.
he was guilty. He would have* the
s right of a trinl." the report continues^
"He ean never bo placed on trial here.
i nor can his cage ever be judicially determined.
I^t. us he as fair then to
* the dead as the law presumes us to
' be to the living. He must he presumed.
innocent until proven guilty."