The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-05
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AAdieisnaI PssiicalASD
Thu New York papers 81 Tuesday are filisd with
ths evidence given In 1t the coroners investigation
OF the my sserious murder Of DR. Harvey Burdeil.
The excitement 10 the city stu continues, and
hundreds Of persons occupy the sidewalk oPpo
site the late residence Of the murdered man. gazing
ct hs fatal second story in which this terrible deed
Of mystery was perpetrated. The Times thus
| sums up the evidence elicIied on Monday:
It 10 now minated, - appears BY the test.
mony, that Burdeil and Mrs. Cunningham were
never marfied;-shat Ecksl and Mrs G. were on
very intimate terms, and that Eckel personated
Burdell Ia tho marriage ceremony and had bis
name inserted In the marriage cerfidcsfe Tho
chambermaid, Mary Domain, was examined ~
great length-and her testimony. which WAS eivtn
with great clearness and evident truthfuiness,
related exclusively to the previous reatious of
the pa ties, she Il f the houss on the Wednesdsy
preceding the murder. She gave MT Burdell
| very excellent character, saying that he always
came home by ten O'Clock. that he was never In :
| toxicated, had never been known to have any im~
proper intimacy with any persons 10 the house.
but was quiet and uniformly attentive TO his own
affairs She represents him Ga having been treat
| ed with great rudeness for some weeks past by
| Mrs Cunningham and Ecke who were exceeding
| ly Enthusiastically so, according to her own
| account and both of whom had frequently indulg-
| ed 10 iptimations that Doctor Burde was very
bad man and ought to be put out of the way.
Eckel of late had assumed, 70 very undue ex'
| tent, the oversight Of the house, and had been
treated by Mrs c. a. the most important person In
It, She slept in the bedroom adjoining ADD COM
municaiog with his, and would never allow eth.
er Of her children to sleep with her, except on the
| night Of the murder, when both of them did 80 -
| In the drawer of a bureau which stood In Eckers
room, of which 1t seems that Mrs. Cunningham
kept the key found ye. terday sundry private
| papers, 10 the hsndw.i Jog Of DR. Burdell. and
evidently intendedto be signed by him; among
the m was . check drawn and signed by DIR. B. In
Mrs. Cunningham's favor which had not been
presented for payment. and also an agreement on
bis part ia considerai of the withdrawal of cers
tain suits, that he would always befriend and pro-
tect her family. This would seem somewhat in.
consistent with the notion of their marriage
Sundry facts were reported yesterday, though
no evidence concerning them has yet been heard
1t seems that the doctor had come home and drawn
off bis boots though he had not undressed, prepa-
ratory to retiring. According to al pearances he
was seated In bis arm chair at the table when his
assassns entered, and it was found slightly showed
back, AZ if he had risen from it to meet some one
coming in. Mr.. Brooks, q gentleman living two
doors from the house, states that not long after IL
o'clock be heard the cry OF m ur1er very distinct
ly and DIR Parker living opposite perceived the
smell Of burning flannel at about halt past H.
He was SO much surp ised by it that he went down
Into his own basement and then crossed the street
to the door of DR.. Burdelrs house where the smell
| was much ronger-but beyond this he did not
push his inquiries 1t is also said that examin-
lag the grats In an upper room of the house. ashes
of flannel were discovered and one piece of Canton
flannel which cot of blood had proven. ed from
being burned We understand that the presence
of blood upon the soiled clothes found 10 the gar
ret will be explained by one of the females of the
family. who had used garments taken at random
from the basket of soiled clothes and thrown
| them into the store room. Mr.. Snodgrass
plains the fact that a shirt was found there mark
ed Charles j. Ketchum," by saying that he Dor
rowed it from friend Of that name In the country
while on visit
Abs chamber directly over that in " hch the iced
| was committed was the lodging room OF Hon. Daeisl
Uiman In the front room upon the same upper oor
| sept Mrs. cunningham ana her two daughten.-
| Next to them was Mr. Eekel aud ia the attic
were the two servants Mr. Snodgrass and little son
of Mrs CUNNINGHAM. 1t is scarcely credible that so
| horrible murder should have been committed, att
| tended by snch struggle evidently took place
| and such outerles he ard two doors distant
| and 50 soon after the family had retired AM yet
chat no person within the hsuse should have hoard
| The slightest disturbances Of any kind wha' -
| On he other hand, marks Of blood upon the stair
way wall-as ii msde by the fingers OF man sropins
his way out OF tie hall the daIk-indicste that rhs
| murderer left the house after the deed wss me.
| Some particulars respecting the previous history
Of Mrs. Cunningham whose name, in coIneeti n
with this event hiss bseaso prominently brought be.
fore the public, may not be uninte resting. She was
the wife of MIR. Cunningham, of tbs firm of unning.
ham Harris, disters, OF Brooklyn Af.er Il ,ursh.
ing In that business MIR. CunEin ham Quilted Ii to
become broker in grain and W sky ana az such was
fsvorsby known on change in this city Hisdeath,
which occurred about ten years ago, was very sud
don, and excited at the time NOT little CONNIE Mt
life policy for $40 09p taken in Mrs CHnnins ham,
favor, imned iately ensued to her, ard she ihus
placed In comfortable, nos to 81 sfiuent cireurn-
stances. her family nams was hen pstead. About
two years sgo the members of that family were re
| siding at FIatbush.
1t is said the Miss Van Wrinkle who, with her lover
MIR Caldwell, come time sgo committed romantic
| sucise at Troy, wss daughter Of Mira. Cunning
hams sister Some persons, indeed. bslleve that
Caldwell cut Miss van Wrinkles throat and the cut
his own, but that the whole proceeding was the
suit OF mutual arrangement and that the i'll fat ed
young lady willingly resigned herself to his weapon
Since thu excitement conseq uent upon DR. Bur-
dePs murder has increased in intensity, the great
Bnrdell divorces suit, which created much interest
| some years ago, has been recalled from the oblivion
into which it had well-nish fallen The Mr- Burdell
therein referred to was not Dr. Harvey Burd ELL the
victim in this awful tragedy, but his BROTHER Mr.
| John Burdell. DR.. BurdeIl, We understand, was
| never married. except to Mrs Cunningham. IT. in.
Decd he was the Bridegroom en- that singular
SIGN.
The first witness examined on Monday ives Snod.
grass senteei ung man, about 80 Or 20 years of
age rather Of light complexion, with an adoescent
beard He il g son Of the distinguished Rev. DR..
Snodgrass formerly Of Murray street. church, in this
city, then of Troy, and now Of Goshen, Orange
ty. He lodged In the house. His evidence was
| nearly similar to that alreaay published.
Mrs. Stevens testified that bar tcxel called upou
her time since aud tleo to get her to 90 to Nc
81 Bend street and remain there SINE tlEie while
| Ms. Cunninshsm would go and stop at Dr. steven1
house, thsfSby makP1g Dr. burdGl Jealous ard so az
10 get him into q about Mrs Cunningham. she
also stated thas than two weeks ego Or Harvey
Burdel was at her house. and stated that there
a dispute b-tween him and Mrs. Cunningham and
| or. EckeI; shat be- the DE- was afraid they ?,
murdsr him; that he hardly dared slee, In his o. n
beJ in his house, for fear of their taking his
life. This, it will be remembered told to Mira
Stevens by Or. Burdell two weeks before bis death
Mr. sne Mrs. Stevens v then taken to the Fiji
tsenrh ward station house, when Mr. Eckel was In
troduced, and they were ask sd IL he was til: man
they replied that he was tie man; they bneW
him by his face form; but when they ssw him
before he was not so baId-he had black hair on
his head, &c. Tho coroner d not think this diff
terence a. 10 thu Appearance OF Mr. Eckel very i'm
pOrtant, but nevertheless noted il, snd while
ming the pre- ses found the wig OF MI Eckei
cd in nighteap In his CELL On being ask 50 the res
son for this change in his Appearance why did
not wear his wig, M. Eckel seemed confused, but
at length said he had forgotten to put it
Another paper says that Mrs cunniu Oh N had once
entered snit against DR.. Rurde for breach OF PROM
ise OF marriage which was com proI ised before it
came to decision. While the minister, who it is
alleged married MIS-. Cunningham to Dr. Burdeil
looking at the body of DR.. B. to zee If h. eou
identity him, mrr c. burst into tears and ssz ns Il
dead mans hand, repeatedly kissed it. She sflel-
wards fainted, Up n being told that bloody dasse,
had been found i her bureau
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MARINE LOSSES FOR JANUARY The New
York Couiier publishe, list of the vessels report
ed to be totally lost during the month of January