Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-02-10
The New No,k usvJcr- No ug~suit Vet.

Tho Enquirer OF Saturday makes no mention
oil Mr. Pryor's retirement.
The New Sc,k usrdcr M U~s"it Vet.
The excitement in New York about the Bur
doll murder. seems to be on the wanc. and with
the burial Of the victim, the morbid curiosity Of
the public seems to- have partially subsidized. On
/ thursday no new facts were brought out save that
DIR. Burdell was secn on the night before he was
found murdered to go into his residence nbout
IL / O'Clock and II was very shortly after TINT
the cry of ''murd--" was heard by two persons
in the vincnty. It has also been proven that
hardware merchant sold to II man answering tho
description of Eckc dagger of such si1o rs
tie wounds IN the deceased were inflicted with.
lhr NV York papers are very severe on Core
nef Cnhnrty for his "brutnl lcvity' IN conduct
ing the eNamjnatiou, aud his ,1olt- to duplicate
Mrs. Cunningham aud fckcl thu Express Of
Saturday. thus sums up the evidence taken the
day before:
notwithstanding hs "pcoular' manner of
conducting the examination, the Coroner learned
from Or Baisdcll, that Or Hurdcll constantly
expressed himself afraid of the parties in his
house. Mr. Cunningham, he declared, had often
threatened Ia take hi, fc aud this evidence was
confirmed by that OF policeman, who witnessed
II trlrible quarrel that took place between the
Doctor aud the lady about the stolen note, IN the
course ot which the lady struck the dcccasrd,and
she trouid hare his hcdriS biood. hcmurdrred
INN continually complained To DR.. BlesdrIl that
Mr. Cunningham had keys To ali his locks, aud
she mad her daughters and two gentlemen friends
searched everything he had, and "vcrhnulcd all
his papers, even going the length t" abstract some
ot them. Those persons, ilr. BurdtI shld, hl-o'
were in the habit of stcnllHly opening his door
nt night and hooking in after no retired, watching
him without cessation. Tho day of tho murder
L.. lou, .,,,,I tod a,,l
begged Dir. Blasdcll to go home aud stay TINT
night with him. The murdered man. II seems,
had presonlment of his fate and mad" similar
statements ns regards parties III tho house, 10
his cousin, Miss Dnnis Hubbard.
Mrs. Smnsheny, who proposed taking the Doctor =
house IN the Il of May next, when Mr.. Cunningham
TO 20 out testified 10 having visited the deceased
Tie day ut the murder and to ing prepared an
agreement with him ~ ia orms &c., which her hns-
band WIS 10 come and sign on the following day -
Tue lAr. in making the ArrtuGcmcuts spoke III nleui
tone ot ,orc III very hard terms ct Mrs Cunningham,
expressing hi nnaltcrahlc determination TINT she
should leave the house if lac had to pny damage Tor
it, He added tb4t lac had no duuht that II Ma.
Stauehnry should opcu the door, she would hnd his
tamrntless listening to their conversation. Mri.
,Sllnsuiry went cut aud found Mrs. Cunningham on
the sair.ca-, ,.lr, enough Rev. DR. Cox, on auoh-
or eeeasion. discovered Mrs. Cunningham shut ap IN
tie bath r1nn listening to hja u>crsation with tho
D. Tor aul other witnesses make ii PLAIN that Moth
pe the Doctor said dIl IN his own house was hid
lieu Ilau his teuaut
The mast positive testimony WAS given by several
Vitnes.c5 that tho Dr. has mndc hls wilt and 10 ono
" tines lie stated that he had left nothing to Mrs.
Cunningham in that document, and had had "A quar-
rel with her os that account pr NAisdcll saw The
will the "Wednesday before the murder, but did not
notice its date names OF the witnesses. Strong eV-
encc Wa also produced that the pr was never mar
rirl 10 Mr. Cunningham. Rev. Mr. MarYnc, who
performed the ceremony, Visited Mr. E,kcl nj the
Tomb: and saw him in ha wiz and ont OF ii' VIZ,
but fi1ed to recognize him a. the male party to the
marriage 4 Geographic dispatch from Albany as-
surcd the Coroner that the day OF h4 alleged mar-
riagc with Mrs C.. the deceased WAS Mt Saratoga ma
| the Troy Budgct confirms the statement, with uie
allen INN that his Is rcgi stored at the Marvin
! House IN Saratoga, where he was for three days
Gu SATURDAY, Misses Emma aud Augusta Cunning
| hain testified before the Coroner, but told nothing
concerning tlc murder. Young SuodgrnS' was dis
charged On habcas corpus The Latter was present
! al HE marriage. she said
Br RnfdrlI hll often visited her mothers house
duffns ihe pu3l two years and had travelled with hei
Ia yailuas Watering places Burdr had often threat
enel her Miss tuunin cham - life II sh" revealed th'
! ftct If his marriage with her mother, the marriage
! took place ou the ?sth of October, 1885, aud DIR
Bnrlel bad often sad 70 her, Augusta, remember
the 9TH OF Dttohcr.'
Lust Saturday her mother blvd a long conference
/ with the doctor in his room The door was locked
! Her mother had previously told her she VIVA going
IL inf ,rm the Doctor that she could not keep th'
marriage longer secret: that she (Augu-tal feeling
auAiau# aud uneasy knocked at the door. The doe
Tor came and opened the dnpg, hut on seeing hei
pushed her AWAY. She saw her mother INSIDE oil th'
r3on sitting al the doctor desk
lter testimony in regard To the marriage WAS sery
minute. rifcun. stantiG and conclusive. Her mother
showed her the marriage certificate at the time i
W. given.