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

rage you na0 nos been sent Tor "a mualors ovness
A. I would not.
@. What wss the you did not witt the hcrse
| a. Twas afraid my wife might feel Jealous.
q DID You NOS think you would be insulting your VIII
you came here9 A. thOught IL wozld be Improper
for me to visit hero.
Q. DID you sec Mr.. Eckes A. did NOT
Q. Did you see hkn Nevious 10 your WHIT A. did
not.
O. you suspect that there was any uncuo intimacy
between M Eckel and Mr. Cunningham A. cid not.
Q. Did you ever hear that thsrs wass A. did not
O. Did yos ever hear that there existed any Intimacy
between Mr. Ecke and Nrs. Ounninghams dnnshters ?
A. No.
@ Did you bear that It existed between Mr.. snodgras
and either OF she daughters A. No.
@. Did you ever hear that Mr. Burden and M,s Gun
uipghAm were married A. No.
Q. Did you know Il? A. l DID mot.
Q She told you that any such thing existed A.
sbe did not.
Q. Did you come here again thss day. A. did not
Q When did You hear Of the murders A. About nve
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
Q. Were you aware Of any dispute between Mrs. Can
nnaham and the deceased1 A. In the month OF septem
Der last Mr.. Burdell called upon me, and said that Mrs.
Cunningham hud charged him with having broken
promise OF marriage; he desired mo to give opinion
to what course he should pursue, when Mrs Coming
ham walked In and Joined I'm tho conversation she sai
she would commence action against the deceased.
O. Did she make any threat7 A. NO.
O. Did she say she would have bis bloods A. No. she
did rot make any threat at all
Q Did they 60 away togetherS A. They did.
q What old yoa say deceased In reference TO the
breach Of marrisgeS A. l told him would not like to
Interfere In the matter, and wrote him note that
eject.
Q From what you have seen do you think this is q
here; the only that supposed there was
hing wrong going on was because the decessed spoke
of the charge Of breach OF promise Of marriage
made against him by Mrs Cunningham.
@ Have you any other to think that the house
Improper A. have not.
One Of the jurors here and said that Re did not
hnk II was proper for certain portions OF the wnosses
testimony to be made public, IL might DO tho
Of injuriDg ipnocen, and respectable persons whou,
Going lea good far the ends Of public Justice
required.
Another juror agreed with the gent ,man who preceded
him, ard hoped that such matters would no! be made
public
Coroner Connery here and said that did do
sreto interfere with the freedom OF the press any way
Ibe representatives Of the various present
shou their judgn ent in the matter, and
no, for him to instruct hem In their duy to the public
He would not stop at revealing family secrets long
he thouabt might be the means Of sfrordfng him
clue TO the perpetrators Of Of tho foul and
cruel murders committed in the city Of New YORK.
Public justice demanded that every effort shouj be made
to ferret out the author OF such henious crime,
matter whether might inconve nisnce persons
He warned them Of the increase Of crime this city, and
said ID prompt action not taken to check the
flow OF nnocen, blood would be necessary to initiate
example OF czens Of San Francisco In tho orsani
zsaon Of Vigilance Committee.
THE MARRIAGE PsovEN.
sarsh hohAplnien, the servant girl In the employ Of
the Reverend Mr.. Esrvine, then placed upon Ia
stand and to testify to the Identity Of the deceasef
and Mrs Cunningham she pcrsois who we're married
by her employer. Sho brought into the wher
he corpse and shown the body Of the deceased On
her return the witness tesuhed a. follows
q. Did you see two persons msrried as Mr. Marvnes
house In the month OF October LASH A. did,
q. whs, time iS A. The night time.
@ You have seen tho body of deceased, Is that Of
the you married A. think IL looks Ike him.
IA nkc&oss OF deceased shown the witness
O. Is the dsguerreoypc Ike the man A. 1t looks Ike
O. Is the body Ike that OF the man you married.
A. II resembles him. but cannot ssy positively 10
the idsn,iS.
O Can you Identity The LADY, A. cannot say whether
I can not,
krs CuDnirsha and her daughter here entered the
room. when The witneso exclaimed " There the two
ladies' that to the house. the eldest lady the
that married; the youngest or WAS witness
Mrs Cunning ham and her daughter then retlrod
Q nd you hear Mrs Cunn,r CHAM say that she did no,
want the marriage TO be known? A. did.
q. Had you . good opportunity Of hsaring' A. had
for ! wss in the room Mrs. karvne always gave me
the privilege Of being present at marriage ceremonies
MRS. JONES TESTIMONY.
Margaret Jones was then placed upon tho stand, and
gave her testimony, as follows-
q Where do YOU liver A. No. 90 Second avenue.
O How long s "a since you were 10 this houso' A. In
bsy last tenant here rented tho place from Dr.
BurdeI
a. What the Tor lesvinxS A. I bad made
other arrangements
Q Had you any dispute with Or. Bardeuf A. bad
not.
o Had you any quarrel A. We had NOT We bad .
difference about the household rranxemsa.s, and that
was all.
O. What did he say 10 you IN regard 70 this A. He
disputed paying the gas bill had pay Tor gas .hs, he
bad burned In his apartments.
Q. Was Mrs. Cunningham In the house ., the .uo you
resided here A. she was.
q. Was abe boardcr With youS A. Yes.
q. Did you ever observe any intimacy between Dr.
bufnch anu mrss tunh nRneuf n Ne'ef'
o Did you ever hear OF Mrs. Cunningham having
child A. ! did not.
Q. Did you not hear that Mrs. Burdel had . miscar
riss,f A. did rot the cook said that something very
strange bad happened and that s all ] know Of the
matter.
O. when the cook said that there was something
wrorg did che say who she thought the parties IN
fsuN A. shc old not
Q hid you ever SEQ anything wrong going 90 between
III. Burdell and MIS-. Cunnlnshs A. l did not.
q. Did you not know know that there was Illicit inter
courre between Dr Bardel and Mrs. Cunningham
never raw anything improper between them; Dr. Bur-
dell aitcDted her when soc was SICK
O. Dont you know tbstsn abortion vss produced upon
the person Of Mrs. Cunningham A. do NOT
O. md you ever hear them quaneR A. did NOT.
O. hid they live In one rcomi A. cannot SAY; that Is
more than know.
O. Did you not say that you looked through the key
hol NJ Dv md hat voua