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0l marriage to her. DR.. Thompson was a
NO 81. Bond street for a very few minutes
at o clock on the Friday afternoon befor
tne murder. His business was with Mrs
cunningham, for whom he had been nepo
,Iatihg note-us he had done several time
before. While he and Mrs. Cunningham
were conversing in the back parlor, u stet
was heard on the stairs Mrs. Cunningham
opened the door, and as Dr. Burdell can't
t,ong she passage-way, said in an ordinary
ron1 " VOICE Where are you going, Har-
Ky .rr, or, " hat time shall you be home
, non'P'on was not sure which Of these
"%, wy question, nor did he hear the reply
" 'so' + Woodward gave the details
OF the post-mortem examination of Dr.. Bur
uei, pouy' Inc paper containing it's re-
suits was read to him, and he was exanined
upon it at length The wounds he thought
10 DC slngularly accurate, perhaps acciden.
tally so, but such as would have been given
W person possessing anatomical knowl-
edge. The body bore marks of resistance.
ana the wounds could not have been nude
Dy person OF less strength unless attacking
Dr. Burdell unawares. It could not ba de-
termined for certain from the wounds them
serves whether they were given by right
handed or lett-handed person, but in his
lneuieai OPINION founced on all the circum-
stances 1t was the latter DR.. Francis,
also stated that he inclined to the opinion
shat the wounds were inflicted by left
manned person, John Connery, son of
Notoher Connery, testified that Mrs. Gun
hihgnam told him on Sunday after the
murder that he wouldn't find pnvthinp in
her bureau, but that, upon looking there,
he found pistol, capped and loaded. and
TWO KNIVES, DR.. David Uhl did not think
that there was proper post mortem ex-
animation Of DR.. Burdeli's bodv-tbero
being no anatomical dissection of the narts
wounded, and so much time having elapsed
since the death. One Of the knives pro-
duced he put out Of the question the
other he though. unlikely to be the in.
strument that did the deed.
Thursday, the third day of the trial. the
prosecution rested and the defence opened
their case and examined three or four wit.
nesses.
Two matrons of the City Prison testified
that Mrs. Cunningham used her lett hand
lptly in sewing as we'll as her right. having
had the rheumatism, she said in the latter
Dr. Magnire Identified certain documents ma
in DR.. Burdell's hand writing, and the
loaded pistol (found in Mrs Cunningham's
bureau) as his property.
Dr. Uni was examined by the defense nj
great length. In his opinion the drors of
blood IN DE-. Burdell's room, as well as
hose In the hall and basement, came from
ne assassin. who might have been either
'lght or left handed. lie thought it i'm
probable thata person eleven equal strength
With DR.. Burdell could have inflicted
Ill the wounds without bearing marks of
violence. nder this impression. and with
strong suspicious glinst her on his mind he
ooHed carefully at her neck and arms on
saturday evening, but saw no marks. IIc
iad never examined body where so many /
Lccurate wounds had been given, nor had |
)r. Carnochan, called later in the day. In
stimlting the value of this testimony. it
must be borne in mind that the latter of
hese gentlemen is Professor of Surgery in
h" largest Hospital in the country. and
nat the former has attended 800 nost. /
a l'ftem7 within five years Dr.. Carnoehan.
l,o thought that any person of less size |
hd strength than than the decea sed would |
ave borne marks OF the encounter, mr.
icu!arly II female, and inclined to the
llnlon that the assassin was right-Lauded
cd at least as tall as Dr.. BurdeH.
me only other testimony specially to he
,ehtioned was that Of the Rev. Dr.. l}eccher
Saratoga Springs, who testified that Mrs
unnlnghdm third daughter entered his
'aruiog school last Summer at DR.. Bur
ell : request, and that his bill for her tui-
oh was pa!d ~ DR.. Burdell IN December.