The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-10
INVESTIGATION OF THE MURDER OF Or. euaOstl,
TENTH DAY OF THE INQUEST
FULL REPORT OF THE PsoCEEDmCs.
Hckd and Mrs. Cunningham Again
On the Witness Stand.
They Decline to Testify, and are Again
IMPRISONED.
HIGHLY INTERESTING TESTIMONY,
&C., &c, &c.

Tho Coroners inquest into he 't,culars OF the MUIR
dor OF DR.. Burdeu was resumed al half past eleven
O'Clock yesterday morning. al snd street. the late resi-
denos OF the sed Ths -n,oh the nvestigs
tom held close of IRON tLc ron, paror bv means
Of ba1rcade net work Of ropes shich close up the
spacs usuay occupied by Toe iDaog ooors. BY this ar
rangsmen the audience cobsj 10 the front parlcr
TIE back parior being pied almost exclusively by the
Coroner the Jurors and the members "f the press. The
spectators did not assemble n oree as on the pre-
vious day.
Before examining any Of tho illnesses the Coroner
made out order 70 the keepe, o. Tombs requiring
,hs attendance Of John ]. E,ke fitness. The order
wss given to an officer who oh nmediately and
during his absence the Coroaer procseed to the nj
tion OF another Witness Upon ggog the officer the or
dor the Coroner cautioned hia sc ioo~s:-Bring him
upo said ne, "in carriage Sad spSs care you don't let
nny person know who IL In preserve him from
the insults OF the people"
Ono OF the Jurors was os1lol noe, which, ap
pears was from . friend outsaa aaesting to be I'd
mitted. The Juror stated the 20 some OF bis col
Leagues and they expressed ,aeir willingness to admit
him. ana the being left ~ ins Coroner and Judge
Csproa they offered NO objection sid the gentleman
IVES accordingly admitted On tns p,iot Judge CApron
said that he thought citizens nai g 70 come In aud
wss not proper to exclude n cases OF the
greatest emergency On this occAsou, however, he did
noe consider necessary to Close ~ he doors, aud he
thought the gentleman should therefore be allowed to
come Ia.
TEsTMONY OF ALLkN +. SMITH.
The nrst witness examined Allen z. Smith, who,
being duly sworn, testified as fouos-:-
Cofoner--Are you dentist? A. Yes, sir.
Judge Csprou-You have been ooce examined already,
Nr Smith and will NOT therefore put any questions TO
h>~, hsfov 4 4, mt a Ami
aal thsss era fsv things that ~snt 70 draw out from
yeu There are some thst have dra out partially
bsfors ana others that are aad which We want to
gss a. appears from your fo,msr exsmsnst,n IN that
yea had Dr. Burde on the day proceeding his mar
des-eo Frdayf A. les, sir, on Friday
O. What the latest thsl DAY, you recoleo having
seen him A. About twelve oc'ocK
,oms ume ! should thins, bet wees Twelve and two.
Q. Can't you get more dennite, <s tha'umeS A. VOL
I was under the impression vas soo9 tSMve oo.oox
O. where c,d you then him A. ln the hborstorv
O. In tho officer A. No, str, od IN toss room right
there Here the witness pointed 20 sne working room
in The OF the psror in which the Coroner holds his
O. What was he engaged In dc.uxS A. Nothing, cir,
We'll. he WAS out there; wns, fort A. Isuppo,e
merely 70 me- and that sl o. ne frequently used
o. Was That place Of yourn Yes sir. right bsok
OF ,hs, (rhe witness again pointed TO this room
O. In the yard' A. Yes air that little work room:
wss here si the time myself
o. Be calIei In about no,hipg' A. Yes, ctr, about
o. How long did he remainS A. For q fev minutes;
Just paid him some money, bill that had 70 pay;
o. Where aid be como from when he entered your
laberasory there-did he come from down town. A.
rssums be cams nom up sArrs
o. Hsd be Q hat ooS A. No, sir, be had no hal on
O. Do yoo know where he went alter ne lsfr A. l do
nes know. sif
oss for II. remainder Of the day' A. dianr SOC him
O. How long have you occupied that laboratory A.
o Can't you ssy what time In oaobess A. About the
san Of October bat have 600 aoisd OH and on before
that nom Juy, suppose or fro" the ams he went
O. well, whom did he 90 to s~rssoga' A. He went
men you Ssa occupied the laboratory ct intervals
fron August down 70 that time. Veil, sis occupied
ysry Ilale tll ocsober, ocupeo u more, shen, sr
@ DID be can on you, or .ym 90 mimi A: No, STR
very seldom called on him be up stairs in his on 30
the lasS eseasemeus had with hin
q asos ocssssrf A. since oaooeri was seldom In
hb of1ce IN lee We there on businees
os., No. sr. uss otsn; aouS r.ooliscs Of Ssiss u
Ms once than three times bseeu 0ctober and The
os q b. death S that q s,. sSs ssn
seen him more thers than st any otbex places
O. DA he oall Oman upon youf A. vsn, he stepped in
o. Now vs he communicative with you In reference
- in private sasr:' a. No. ar
~ Dd be st say time 90 nmunicsse 70 Jon any Of his
axcuIses Win ne members Of his fauily-of nrs Gun.
msehams family A. he has mentioned something about
o. VIA, VA isar A. Concerning those papers.
q ooacsrnlls The los, pspsrs' A. Yes, dr. that sths
o when did he oomplai. Of that A. Rwss since Sep.
tsmbsr sometime; can't say exscsy, but u vas sincs
q W~ 4 before The time tha, you had shs most Of
your intercourse win hm-sln, 0c,obe A. had the
most Of my insercourss vish him IN October:
A. Yes, ON; u was alter O,sober.
O. How long ago, now, do you think w.' A.
oonosrs standing in the hall.
o. Can you nov form aay circumstance, or from the
S 70 s %. ySsD Di :. %ss h.s
70 YOU We oil have opinion about such things-wha
s The impression nov upon your nina IN reeard 70 thh
point A rbe impression upon my mino IN resArd" !"
O. Yes, sir A. nevor tte~ any fn,uliy tll the
o. wnsn vs that A. don't know when that was;
I think was sometime In september, and TIE Doctor
said sene.hIrs 9 about u after tina. ,,.,,,, tune.
He told me thu, Mrs. Cunningham had stolen Key from
O. Well, What more A. And tns, he had lost some
6or1sv-rnis. nov, you remember vas afer ocsobcr
O. And that you say vas in sep,s nberi A. Yes, sir.
Judge oaprou-hs vas quite an indeanite answer for
sny purpose. A. might have been The next d.y si.sr
o0icsrs were in The ha might have bean the next day
-anSr the officers were here.
nersly ryng 70 get n the time that com municston
made: was within day two ancr the ofoer were
here somewhere AMER The arst oofober, after saw
he 0noew.
Judge Csprcn-Hsw came be to speak 70 you about
M{a 0unnIr cham; was there any connection or inter
scourse oy friendship beween you and hr cunningham
that would lead him, knowing the fncs 70 complain 70
youS A. Well, there was something, suppose
q Well, tell what that is hr 70 presume that
Ne vossd not have spskcu 70 you Mrs. Cunningham
vhx vas ~ A. The vsy knew anything about II was
- Dy. Burdeu told me that Mrs Cunningham charged
linz \ h~t ~ sustps an
" Violating bio bed2 A. Yes STR. that fact he told
me- ne wanted me 10 20 up and see Mrs. Cunningham.
dosr know.
y fAsa h what van, b know. Wen. win You not
a. yeu can the Circumstances 70 which he referred
bes n1nde him make this reaark n youY A. will toll
Yos cAme 70 look amer Dr. BurdeiI's business wher
ne weN 70 Saratoga and whep be vas away aud after
- returned tnese charges were msde ssaust ma
wa were mey IN reference 70 mrs. Cunningham