New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-04

FORE sUioieot to show VITO The sssassin notwi,h
standing the strong suspio,ons that have been raised
toward the parties II The house and according 70 pre-
sent Appearance light than We have slN~ say
setn VII ever iluuire the mysterv
The evidence yesA-l.y fuLy cOToberated the opin-
loo that 10 advsoced the day before tina; the cry Of
pu,d.r was distinctly heard by witness living at No
D. nearly opposite, sbou; II O'Clock Friday night;
and &, clock DR.. Main and Ii wife, who live =.
No 81, directly opposite came home aud remarked
the very strong smell Of burt 1eu and burnt e sher
that seemed to fiji the atmosphere al around their
houie which induced them to search their premises
carefully to see If anything was burning
But Whist does this evidence amour. 70 Simply
that such things burning somewhere 81 the south
Of their house because that tie direction Of the
wind. 1t does not prove that II the smell Of the
burnt clothes Of the urderer nor that the sreu came
from anything burt il tho CRATE Of the attic room OF
No. 81, which had been cleared out aud a lock put
upon tie door AID the CRATE prepared for fire. for
ErkLOwO purpose And If it dsl prove that the smell
from that house Il would fI the guilt Of this
clicking crime upon Of the innatee slt1oTgh this
circumstance il connection with many otherl, m-ht
cast sufpcion upon Mr. Cunningham aud iIr. Eckel,
that D. time or ,caratons Of innocence on their part
could effaCe.
II the Coroner suspects that This smell Of burnt
clothing did come from this house, and tia. It va.
from the burning Ct clothes worn By the murderer, or
that these were the clothes Of Mr. Excl WHY not
certa whether any Of his clothing is mssing And
above all Why not take steps besies very bud
buser to show the public that he has single parti-
Gle Of .cence that he the track Of anything that
viii lead to discovery Of the perpetrators Of his
II
discovered there viii be a cry too loud Tor any poiti
cal party Lush sgant the blundelDs and s;uqiiyo OF
this Coroner If not against the whole system Of coro
IerS rquess. 10 such event pesple viii certainly
cal fr plan 4 inquiry that viii no. exp such
this TO the contingency Of being ingesti-r ed
by the greatest iynoramus in the city, II he shoui
chance to be diced to this most important Office.
II is already charged BY excited public that the
investigation Of this hes been conducted in the
OFT ool-b coarse and riulicious manner. Not that
people bocdthifty reyergeful but they desire,
cor the rravest reasons to know, Who guilty Of
the Bond stcet nuri,rl II the persons living in D..
Burdtns house not guilty, why has the Coroner in
al his examinations Of Witnesses made il point to
direct Suspicion toward them
The testimony Of Daniel Imam goes to show that
a very singular degree Of careessncss prevailed in
nhtlOn 10 1hrtcnoR lhc HOW ucfI u Wa, -'ntllilf7
found by him late at night open, sometimes fastened
With nght-latch, and only once bfted, 50 that it
sttmsa very easy matter for the assassin 10 have
come in from the ereet. 1t appears that Mr.. U.mann
came in on the night Of the murder at midnight, and
found tie house all STILL that whoever was the muir
derer lad done his work before that time and retired
How bold the act if done by inmate of tho house,
at on hour when this lodger might walk in and find him
in the very midst of the struggle This was the only
important point ELECTED in his examination, i tended
to fix the hour at which the crime committed.
VIII be thought that the murderer intended TO gar
roe lis victim and pace hin, perhaps, upon his own
doorstep where he ng be found with all the appear
ance Of having been attacked there for the common
purpose of plumber perhaps TO he found By this very
man, Mr.. Ulmann, who would be good witness, aud
discover the body while yet warm, and, OF course,
know him snd give the alarm, and find the family all
quiet and Of course all innocent.
This is a hypothesis, among others, that Will be
adopted ard probably to the detiiment of the parties
toward whom suspicion has been officially diverted,
and yet it altogether possible that they are gntess
Ard this shows 80 much the more need Of greater
udgmen, ard efficiency in The investigation Of this hoT-
nd tragedy