New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-05

,ba. be is Distrc: Attorney Of this county, A n.
s S,s' for ssvsrsi y .ss 20, acquainted Win
Tist shortly ai.sr iss l,h of July, deOs,.,.
called upon by the said W., sho said he hsd = -
Tun.caiion VI some publ Importance 70 make ~
That Dr. Uhl then r.s,sd ,hs, he had sess ~. .,
wiser OF Mr.. Cunningham, otherwise called Bssasn
az her medical ATTENDANT, and lad been shosil, 49,
ektd BY ter 70 attend rpon, her Confinement; "a.
peced to be delivered Of 3 child by D,. Harves n.
den. deceased, iD he course If the month az -.
prox; that said DR.. Uh Observing by her snss.s,
npce that che os'enslbly eneste believed fbsr ~
story as be Informed deponent that soon af,s, -.
rr occasion to AK certain medical ons r. ~.
las bee the sajd Ub fnrsheI stated to depoesoti ~
suspicious BY her snswsrs were aroused to he Va
nditv Of her story and 'hs: ihsraupon stating shsm
her he was cenfrrcd nv her replies in bis su.ve;os
that Dr. Uhl then stated 70 depopent tina, sak..
rable man he deemed sneh criminal ma:tsfhks
without the pale Of pr fes-ions confidence, snS sss
wiling il IL would serve he ends OF justice, to uaks
an affidavit.
Official opinion bis conduct was highly comnenlake
but HAT an affidavit at tea. stage would be o. no s
vice for no overt act sufficient IN law toward cine
bad been committed. and suggested 70 H. M
that for purposes Of public justice he should listen
what Mrs. Cunningham hal further 20 say, and shoaA
ostepsibly lend hlasef - her plans to trick ts
proposed crme ha. the said Doctor Of irst strongly
objected but after considering the subject secsded
to deponents proposal; that dspons ut then wasby
The said Ub placed from time 10 time ia possessel Of
o. rain facts which led to his obtaining child from
Bellevue Hospital, and, as deponent informed saa
believes to ts production 70 various iIdiyidual b
fhe said Mrs. Cunningham as The child Of Dr. Burdeh
sndfher the said Mrs Cunningham a. his wife, and
"a fbe heir of the said Brr1eB to certain property
which deponent has been informed and verify believes
ire sad Burdell on his deg ase left.
peporent states that u everything which the said
DIR mi has done he las acted with the advice and
consent and at the suggestions Of this deponeof bic
official capacity. -.
Deponent has no personal knowledge 81 any q the
facts constituting the alleged offense, but makes ~.
,ffidavt ashpg that investigation may be he'd u
due course OF law. ..,
lie charges, ON information and belief that the MD
MIS- Cunningham has committed the felony u peo-
ducine an infant audulenty, and falsely representing
that L was the child of herself Mrs BGrdell, the
wife of Harvey Burden and Of the said Harvey Bur-
dsl, now deceased, as It's father, and therefore The
heir Of biz estate when s n S re- ana ssd chd -
spring of one Elizabeth Anderson an inmate OF Belle
we Hospital. -
Tie deponent requests thst the following vitnesse.
maybe summoned, who will testify, as ne Is informed
ard verify believes, TO cetaln facts now In connection
with their names, briefly referred 10 viz, as foliovs
Doctor John De 10 Montagnie who procured the
cbid identifies II. and heard and saw IT produced by
Mrs. Cunningham, otherwise Burdell' a: me cnnd o.
Or Harvey Burdell and hers,lf rs his alleged wife.
J.. Mrs Cnnnipg6an h r.eli lesve 81 Bond street 10
90 after The child and return with it in basket 70 the
hoMe.
Cunr;, CHAM going down the Bowery on the night OF
The 3yd of August, whose name deponent is ignorant
Of, but whom Inspector Speight knows.
Officers Walsh, s J. Smith and wilson OF the nha
Precinct, who made the arrest and heard the a'k
missions of said Mrs. Cunningham rs to the child
INSPECTORS bikes and Hopkins who alec were pres
ept at the arrest ard actively engaged IN it,.
DR.. David Uhl who was present during the alleged
delivery of ME-. Cunningham.
DR. Waiter y. Roberts, who has ,as deponent verify
tflieyes) been informed by Mrs. Cunningham hat she
was eacientc; also, Miss Hester Van Ness TO the
similar fact also, Mr.. and Mrs Wilt to the same faet
aso Mrs. DenLsOn ~ the same fact; also one lately
a domestic in Mrs. CdnniDgham's family to the s.me
effect, whose name deponent does not know also,
one DR.. Calm, who has been arrested coming from
the house en- the night OF August 3; also, the two
nurses then arrested in No. 81 Bond street; aud de-
pc1ert rrays that the person of Mrs. Cunningham be
examined by matrons. Further, on his infornsn0u
ara belief, depopent saith not.
WV. DAWSON, Police Justice
AFFIDAVIT OF DIR. DE LA MoNPAGNIE.
John DE La Montagnie, being sworn, says that be
Lending, Dutchess County that on Monday, the y
dnyof August inst at the request OF Oakeyshs!
esd., District.Attorney Of the County Of New York
whose personal friend and family physician he hss
been fCf Ten years pdst Le CAME 10 tn CITY W oocns
Mr. Hall in the discovery of alleged felony, tast
On the said Cay, in company with the said DISTINCT
Attorney, he had an interview with Timothy DAILY,
ESQ.,. Warden Of Bellevue Hospital, upon the proddc.
ton Of letter from Washington Smith, esq, one ef
the Ten Governors.
That the said Timothy DAILY furnished THE deponest
with female child two days old, with tho consent d
its mother and with the said child and he pro-
teeted to certain apartmen hts No 100 Elm street. Thae
there the evening Of the said day. the ssid female
child wss marked by this deponent with lunar cause
behind i.s left ear and under the arms Another de-
pcnebt tied about the umbilical cord minute edging
Ct pocket handkerchief.
ThGt 6eponent then took position on the side Of
Elm street opposite to No. 1870 Elm street with WI
lam Il. Walsh, patrolman of Police to watch the
said premises that aferward about the hoHr of "
p. NJ, this deponent failing to perceive any per'os
ccmirg cut went into the BOwery, and deponent saw
q woman in the Bowery the block between Bleeck-
er ana Bond street, coming up toward Bond street
with basket that deponent passed very near TO her
but could not see her lace; she was dressed in dark
clothes with close hood on her head. that deponent
recognized the basket distinctly one which deponenf
he'd that afternoon procured from the house Of the
Dstct-Attciney, and which deponent had last seen
twenty minutes previously in the premises No. l?y
Elm street; that deponept next followed the said
woman carving the said basket around Bond street
and the BOweTy into Bond street, and enter upon the
sioop of and heard the door shut OF the house No. 81
Boud street, that just before she stepped on the stoo
deponen nj saw Inspector Speight of the Metropolitan
Police 10 whom he had that day been introduced and
ceed attention to the came OF the fact Of entrance
and depcnent is informed and believes that the ssid
Inspector Speight the person enter the house.
That deponc1t afterwards, between IL and O'Clock
at night at the request Ct Inspector Dlks went r
boute No 81 Bond street while the District Attorney
Inspe Hopkins and Speght and Pstrolmen Walsh
Smith al d Wilson were near by waiting for an oppr
uDity oeLter thatdeponent and Inspector Dks racf
the door-beu, hut there response given to thu
cal; deponent then rarg violently when the door wa
soon opened by the two women, who objected to on
coming in, and asked what we wanted ct such ats
hour Of night; Inspector Dilks and this deponent ex