The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-05

Coroner-Whs. y DO you live, asnretsa' A. i've
20 Bond street, the vext house.
@ Where were yol' on friasy nlsn' ""' A.
Q Were you in the b, vement or up stalrsf A. I wi
In The bAsemen. TIL IL O., Mock, down stairs
@. Where did you 60 ai. 'er you went from oeloW'
Q Durlx Inc time you were below or when 20
sp .sn. Up star. or we're going did you near H' 0r'
Q Did you snd any particular 'mell about your h0u'
Whs, d'S UuSs0fT yoa S, No. or all daughter
9 Did you occupy the bssk or fro Ss room A. "oI
in the back room.
. Was this side or the nsnsr side cf the house;
We cave only got one room In the houst .
49, 2 Ms you hs.r Of .ay ono else IN 70 n'DAo' a.
Q DID the OiSsr srss ,ei you d hearing Nyshing A
q. DID y'u know tn y ssrvan, girls OF this house,
Q. Al whnt oolocf dM you retro to you osd
staisa cant tell, bat was alter eleven o., uoox'
q u there any other skS IN the house wsh WI
Q Did you 60 up together A. the Same time.
Do yoo hear ~ noise ~ II any person were ~o'
O. Who lives In ,he bsck pariSr Oron sbe second 90
OF }onr , house hr. sssw.rzWss'der. a
sir; we do not use them at oil.
O In the morning what time DO yoa gct up Every
morning we got up at SIX ana haic pest six O'Clock
u DID you bRye to 70 do wn for the nikmA1 ahe butoh
er or the bakers A For the mikmso.
Are you acquainted with any OF tss inmstss OF the
borse by si&h,s fes, SIR saw the girl
house Occaro BsUyS A. No. sir
z Would you know any ono in the hou,e' A. no sir;
only saw the girl, but never talked with her.
You never knew DR.. BurdeiL evan BY sight A.
This dnisfed the examination Of this wiipcss,
PaILnIPIHA HoKuAeDr's TESTIMONY.
fhin.pna Eekhardt after being sworn deposed toi.
lows
O. Where do you live A. Next 1000 Bond street.
@ Howlong have you boon employed there A Ssar-
iy four months.
@. Who're were you on Friday asht lass, from seven
O'Clock until you went to bed? A. Down In ,ss Kitchen
@ Did you hear any ncse from that TINE up to the
hour yor went 10 bed A. No, sir.
Q mean NOISE in this house, ~ furn.tuge or any
thing Was moved about? A. l did rot
Q. Did GU near the cry Of murder A. No. sir.
II; l heard no Dose whslI went up stairs; did no.
find nDy smell CT burned clot aes.
DID you moi hear person relate to the family tu.t
sho heaya deep groan In sns house on that night
No cir, did not
Is there more than one family living in the house
A No. sir the names OF the members OF tue family arc,
Christian sob Rachel Schwartz ~eder Fred
cks Sohwartzwelder, Amelia Sohwarszweider and Ma
ti'cs schwsrtIweder; there were no yisiters In the
house.
EVIDENCE or fREDEsIcKA s0HwARCzvELD
Fredorcka Schwarizweder WAS then called, and after
beng svo-p, depcscd n follows
O. Are you the wife Of Christian sehwar.z zweiders A.
Yer, sir
O. wero you acquainted with the family OF this house
--eiiher Dr. Burden or Mrs Cunninsham and family
A. No, sh-bui knew the Doctor By sgh.-no,hDg
Q Where we're you on Friday evening last, between
the hours OF to two O'Clock In tho morning
A. vas in the front basement
O Whist hour did you leave the basemsnt1 A. think
was about Ave minutes before or Aiter eleven, could
Q was your husband in, thens A. No, air; he Lett
q N wtst part of the house did you sloep A. oa
Q pBd you hear any rolse, Madame, that nighsS A.
No. sir.
Q Did you hear srOan from anybody A. No. sir.
DID you hear the cry Of murderl A No. sir fsup
pose " had bee In my bedroom at tho t,me could
lave beard IT. siter went up stairs a eleven O'Clock
q. DO you think, II tho CRY OF murder made, you
would have heard ~ A. Yes, sir; because | left my
door open which leads into the hail
q. Did you md any peculiar smen about house. Of
fomethins having been burned In tho neghborhood A.
o. Did you hear any OF the dsmestcs In your house say
that ney heard the cry OF murder, or groAnS n. No
0 What time did your husband come In A. Abou
Q. From .ns time you went to bed until your husband
cane n dd ssep mo- . In may have ses,a
generally leave my room door oreu so taas couid hear
very plainly:
could positively have hcardh' a. Yes, sir. certainly
could have heard Il.
o when your husband came in did he MAKE any re-
mark to your A. No. sir; he thought wa, asleep.i
Q You bad no conversation with your husband al all
alter going 10 bed A. No, sir.
BY Joror-Q When did you see DR.. Burdeil for the
asst time A. On Friday morning last be,weon and
o'clock.
q hid you observe the usuAl time he returned at
nghti A. No, sir did no, take particular notice;
night have seen him sometimes.
By another Juror-o Gould you hear suy no.s 10 your
II made In his could hear . littie ham
meripe sometimes when there wai quiet oil round
Q; DID you know Mr. Echel A. I never .sar him to
Did you see any Of the boarders 70 ou. on Saturday
morning early A. y did not; nor aid Observe car
rago drive up TO lhe door thai morning.
q. DO you recoeot when you took breakfast ss.ur.
day morniasf A. II Vas about ~ O'Clock.
@. Thsa did yos hear Of D,. BarssIrs ,,s nsr, ",
come TO clean ihs sidewalk aner ave minutes
no oame and ckaned the Sidewalk and said "therc
Ora, n,ilnstoa had Of The murder Then was reported
by coored man that mau next door had shot hmse fs
Q. 10 you reoolscs what time !, "a. when yoa nrss
fore or ten minutes after o.
Did you never hear any quarrel between parties In
wss tbcrs anybody else In your sIssping apartment
A. Nobody but myself until aher IL o'clock
wx. .. STAPLES TESTIMONY.
wm. j. Staples was the ncyt witness. HIS testimony
follows
q. where do you live A. live In % Bond street.
Q. DO you know Dr. BurdelT A. have known him
about year or two, since he came here 4.
Q. Did you know him Intimately A. Nc, sir, never
lnsde the house until TIE morning OF the murder;
10Y came IN Tue oooA Nss on no S'oPs
crying out that Dr. Barden had shot himself and wanted
10 come In writing, cfl my letter, pot on
my overcoat and procsesed 10 tho house immsda.ey.
y. At what hour this, sri Perhaps little Ater
nine there wss considerable confusion In the house
vent M hastily 10 the room; am not aware that any
one preceded me eIoep. tho boy I perceived
the corpse OF the doctor lying near the door
there was nobody 10 the room when opened
the door. Dr. Main followed me up I'm nedisiey; we
may have entered the together perhaps preceded
hun.
O. DID Dr. Main or you touch the body A. touched
the body with my hand put my hr on his wriU and
found he was quite cold
THE coRoNrRs SPEECH.
The Coroner here rose and ,ald;-- gentlemen OF the
jury letter jus, been handed 10 me, did not SOIL
cit n, but feel In duty bound to give you everything
Get. appears, gentlemen, tina, Mrs. Cunningham hs'
heard q do not know how those representations could
come) from quarter that the papers bare stated
this morning that iudclicsteiy exposef, and
have been castgated By OF the New York papers
The press, gentlemen, have free liberty h All nmts 70
deal with public chars rers they think proper would
only say, gentlemen, that ] an determined, nosv,o