The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-13

THE BURDELL TkAGEDY.-The New York
correspondent Of the Philadelphia Ledger furnish
es the following abstract of the evidence taken
ON Tuesday in the case of the murder of DR.. Bur
dell
The proceedings of the inquest in the matter OF
the murder of Or. Burdsl ELECTED but little of i'm
porance during the forenoon Or. BardeIPs pnvste
ledger was prod uced and shown to contain charge
entered on the 18th October in his own handwriting,
showing that be actually in the city the day
of the alleged marriage This tact also conhrme
Or burdei attended meeting OF the BOARD on ihst
day.
fed to The condition OF the dead body when no saw
it. and TO the fact of the difficulties existing between
Dr. Burdell and Mrs. Cunningham, Us reported by
ethe. Hs se hn nss b n w,ess
all is act led intend to be their friend through
life."
uess WIS that the gas still burning when The
murder was disc 1vrred.
A Juror then handed check book to the coroner
check for 1897 81 was paid January IA, but TO whom
The witness rave his theory of the murder. The
key being the outside OF the door, looked ss II In
Doctor opened it aud he entered the muldeieI
M ct him and struck the blow; he doubted II Lr.
ever cried aloud; the murderer either went to ms
chair and struck him met him at the door; cr IL
tn. Doctor checked in any way, the result ms hs
have been the same; the GOD crops might nave
been spattered from his hands, he thought there
mi ght have been considerable noise and the family
no hear it; there people p.ssing in the street,
and any sound below them might not have aroused
them or attracted their attention
DIV hyuothesls is that whoever did the deed was
acquainted with him and every part OF the house
some one ne did not suspect. The unn -cessary num-
Der of stabs indicate thstit was adeady enemy VINO
bore him great mai ce; al! these blows must have
be an made before DIR burdell fell.
Judge Capron-What would you tn NIX OF this hy-
moi that, in tine first place, two committed the
murder; tina. it was osne by choking ut hrsr that
this that choked couid not we'll have been the
one who committed the rest OF the transaction; that
the person who seized and held the doctor was .
strong man, able TO do it, he must have been; that
the arm that Inflicted ne blows was comp sratively
weak; that this part was done by an impusrve per-
son. no had nervsd himself herself to do the aot
and struck upwards!
Judge Capron SAID that anybo kne that 20 strk o
the heart ud prove fatal and further argued that
the cuts we e.underhanded like q woman's
Mary Miller was called and sworn She testiii d
to having bsen in DR.. Burdells room Froay, the
day of tn. murder. The doctor begged of her the
losn of hundred dollars.
Young snodgrass was again in court, but nothing
ELECTED rom him.
la ths course of the afternoon, Mr. Farrell testified
tn st on the night Of the der be was passing Dr.
Burdelrs house. a, half past ten and q man pass
in Immediately afterwards he be ard cry of ''mu-
de-" and fall He stepped to listen when n an in
his shir sleeves opened Dr. BurdelPs front door and
ordersd him away.
M. Farrell was subsequently, taken iuto another
70 m where, from u mum boz Of persons ho pointed
out Eekei as the man. The latter appeare d dumb
fJInded but uttered not q word.