The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-07

to tie record Of the past to show the seceHonists
that the democratic party hos always been success
'ul when united-that it has always failed when
divided Or must we again quote the often re-
peated maxim, Whom the gods wish to destroy
| they first make mad"
| The Bond street Murder and the Sham Ac-
couchement.
There is Q very general ard very hopeful i'm
preston on the public mind that circumstances
growing out of the exposure Of Mrs. Cunning
hams attempt to prcduce an heir to the Burdell
estate will lead in some way to the removal Of
the veil of my stery which yet eushrouds the MUIR
der of Harvey Burdell. 1t is very natural
idea, and one to which present indications lend a
good share of likelihood. Doctor Catlin, one of
the actors in the pantomime of the shaun accouche
ment, has made revelations to the District At
torney; aid only such portions Of his statement
as bore particularly on this last transaction were
embodied in his sworn affidavit, aud special re-
servation was made of other portions, it is not
unreasonable to infer that the reserved portions
have some bearing upon the question of the mur
der, or, may hsp, upon the question of the pre-
tended marriage. The general impression is that
they have, ard that The minute examination of
this appendix to the tragedy will bring to light
the whole mysterious secret of the tragedy it.
self.
Much sympathy has been created for the
daughters of that remarkable woman who con-
tinues to perform her RE at 81 Bond street, re-
CARELESS Of the officers abrup. announcement
that the game was played out. 1t is quite evident
that she did not confde even in them, or ac-
quaint them that she was bat acting q part
Perhaps oil her woman's nature was no. extin-
guished, even by the crimes through which she
had waded, and that one spark of conscience re-
NAMED which prompted her to spare her daueh-
teIs the necessity of perjury. Augusta, the
eldest, having probably tried every effort to dis
suade her mother from her resolve to 90 through
this mock confinement made up her mind not to
he witness to the scenes that have since taken
place, and which her imagination may have sug-
gested to her; and so, on the afternoon of the
day when the Burdell heir was to be born, she
left Bond street and retired to the house of an
aunt Her department at the examination be-
fore the magistrate evinced deep tribulation and
anguish. Her bearing-so different from her
former naughty manner-has been attributed to
grief at this new Development, but it is much
more likely that it was the effect of re.
morse for the part she has heretofore
taken in aid Of her mothers stratagems.
From whatever source ii sprung, II has, a. all
events, awakened sympathy on her behalf, show
ing, as 1t does that she is not altogether callous
or stony hearted. She may yet be induced to
ease her heart Of all the secrets locked up there
affecting that terrible tragedy Of Bond street. 1t
would be well for the poor girl II she would do So
Some slight hope appears to be entertained,
! too, that the wretched woman whose figure looms
up 70 gloomily in all this mystery, and who now
VIRTUES on her bed In that ill-omened house 10
Bond street. prey 10 thousand furies, may, in
her despair, or in her rage at being betrayed and
foiled reveal all. Possibly she may. She Is
just the woman who, in desperate circumstances,
would do such desperate act, particularly If she
supposed ecould thereby avengc herself on those
who may have played her false or have other
wise exposed themselves to her hate. She has
declared that she had Doctor Catlin under her
thumb, intimating that che was possessed Of some
crushing secret in regard TO him. He has re.
vealed to the District Attorney what secrets of
hers he fnew. In revenge she may give practi-
cal expression TO her implied threat against him
and thus clue may be afforded to the unravel-
ling Of that mysterious web which covers the
whole Gaze.
Among the extraordinary peculiaritics Of this
whole Bond street tragedy, one Of the not least
f, hrkable is the strange affinity In the charac-
hfs Of many of the principal actors in 1t, as
developed in the course of the numerous incl
dental investigations. Dr.. Ca..,,iia, who has inst
row assumed prominent rtle In the affair, fur
nishes another illustration of this Not only
have the statements that we have just
glanced at attached to his name. but
other curious circumstances in his domestic and
professional history have been remarked upon.
II is stated, for instance, that his wife--who, by
by-the-byc, Is the sister Of the Rev. Mr.. Beecher,
Of Saratoga, at whose seminary one Of the Gun
ninehsm girls was being educatcd-has for rea-
sons of her own, separated from him, and refuses
10 live with him? We have also heard Il assert
Cd that this sham ACCOMPLISHMENT IL not the FIRST in
which the Doctor has played part; but that he
participated in o somewhat similar aAair Ia
Brooklyn not long since. Isthcre any truthin this
assertioni We think that in connection with
this case of the sham Burdell heir somc investi-
cation should be made into the truth or false
hood of these allegations. II they are false, DIR.
Catlin's reputation should not be permitted to
suffer By failure to expose their falsehood II
they are true, they may help to subservc the ends
of justice. II s in that view that we refer to
them.
II might be well, also, in order 10 guard against
possible Misrepresentation in the public mind
that Dr. Catlin should have an opportunity OF
showing that he was not the man who represent
cd Dr. Bmdell at the marriage ceremony Of the