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


fellows were NJ ut,r the stird-cacl one haNins NJ
scquaiutGrc. ID suo,; said, IN th, crowded court
o. end forced 70 tel his arties story, II wa. ap
sc t. e,c1y that every word hich tel from
IL. Dir Na- truth itself
G,ut.tmcu we shall. cal the children ii THE lady, IS
mary Of them a. sr, thereto important shall cal
Der cat ,htfls who were in IT, house that nht. aud
,lclt With h.r al uigLt. Who VT with her 81 the
;re q 10. murder was committed " e. shan caH tAoso
Eu.e bow and they VII. tell YOU al that they know
uLica irarstired that evening. Ana Z W. deem i,
uccesssry we shsu cal young sncdgrsss upon the
-tard and you may question him; the pStrct-Attor,
hey u'sy question Inn 10 his hearts conteS lie hrld
m as wines, ior TIE pTocecut.on-hrd him Ia oa1l
t. the amount Of 81 OOas witness for;he pSpsecu
HI father hsd had him in EFT, ndaGce here. Why
G.ju the District Attorney cal him Is II snythins
but the truth that the Di>uct-Attotney wants Ana
vt he ha- leA Cf the witness-stand every person.
with ne exception who was in that house on the night
q the homicide Does he suppose that sll In The
hous, verr pfivy 20 thar murder Does he suppose
tina, this iady "a at her little that SGOdgrsss that
this rvsnt girl ,hst Ecke. that oae and al were con-
cerDtj ia this murder Why not call Ii IN and extract
the Truth will cot state in detail the evidence Of
the chldre Of the defendant prefer that you should
hear il from their own bps. Gentlemen. do you be-
heve vi hin the range of human possibility that this
lady could have committed thst murder In that house
on the night Of the Both January Is 1t possible
that she could have done il Why, before
the testimony ia closed, II you are not now
satisfied Of the utter impOssiblhty Of anything
81 that kgd. YOU certainly VIII DE- SO
The Dstrici.A;iomey told yoa that whoever assassi.
rated DR.. Burcel must have been covered with blood
~ ne ad to foOt-saturated With blood No hgure OF
speech is IT, said he in this connection, about this
ssssu "sadng in blood Do YOU suppose that
Whoever perpetrated that deed could have done il
wiihcu thus becoming saturated with blood Would
not tie mark have been carried wherever that person
", II , This house was searChed-lnstant possession
aiken Of il by CorOLer Connery and the Polce-
searched frcm cellar 10 garot-o,rhouses searched
arch made eyeTyWhere-the premises of Eckel
searched
Eyerytod in bis employ-everybody in the en-
poy Of the defcndaut-aI who ever heard of her, so
Tar ~ Coroner Connery could find out almost, were
called as witnesses, and On examination ext ndlng
over tao week. time had in reference 10 the matter.
Blood found up stairs, and the theory was that thc
assassn had gone up stairs. And there was blood
ur on the clothes up there that subject 10 careful
sIrl,sis 1t WAS demonstrated that il was menstrual
bl4od-tha, il was not venous blood And this theory
was aiterward overturned. The dresses-and ask
y.ur special attention Ia ths-the dresses of every
lady in that house--of the mother and two daugh-
tens, every one of theul--were examined by
the chemist. The Police also examined them.
Every little spot upon the dress OF any ot them was
subj, cted 70 chemical analysis with view to see
whether they were spots OF blood. Every pearJuice
stain that was upon the dress OF any of the children
was subectcd e a chemical analysis Every grease
spot almost wS- subjected To tho same analysis and
y the result Of that examination entirely in their
favor and should have spoken humpst-tongued in de-
use of their innocence. Could they have covered up
oil violence of this natter C0Hd the defendant had
she been guilty oft tell yOu the thing is impossible
The DstricIAnorney tells yon that Dr. BurdeIi, when
the assassin plying the murder0us dagger, fought
with all the desperation Of a whole army Do You
suppose that woman, with her little power-whose
AIMS and hands are, 20 certain extent enieebled
by iheumalism-a woman with scarcely iourth'
or perhaps a tenth of the muscular power of Bur
dcll-do YOU suppose that she alone could have
gra1plcd with him, ard she, in company with
othcr4, could have participated in that tonl deed,
vet not leave any trace Of the crime tell you gem
fltmen II is impossible. Further than that, gentle
men, the Distct-Attorney'~ medical witnesses, some
Of thcIn state ;ha. the fatal blow which severed the
carotid artery was struck from b,biHd. suppose II
was The squirting blood If the blow csmc from be-
hind. shows tina; Dr.. Bu'del stood up erect; for the
God ,sputed in that directOn--a stream OF blood.
The blow which severed the carotid artery went down
ward. and 1t il just "a plain as the sun nj
Hoon-day that that blow were gl'Cn as the prosecu-
ton Witnesses say il was it inflicted by strong.
II ocular mani man much taller than Harvey Bur
dell. That fact can De established beyond all ques-
ton, that from the position OF the parties,
r"re,pondmg With his hight onows--,hnt stond-
iug erect, this blow WAS inflicted d1'cnword.
Yourselves can at once that il must have been
given by man much tailor than Harvey Burd1l, and
by man IL great muscular power. IL was blow
which required great force. Further than that, gen.
tlemcr-snd rsk You to take this into your careful
consideratCn-that blow IN all human probability
was given by one possessing dnatOnlcal skill.
The physician. tel y"u that il would be
very difficult to plant blows 80 efectually.
1heTc j. not one surgeon M o"n IA struggle oi ths
ont that would STRIKE wish -ucl dead" et'ct nj vital
UpIt- did te a--as-ir on That pccn~i'n tall man
must have done ;--GId i man possessed ~ medical
Kill Who i, that man W. Hrc ~. public prose-
Gutois. ANY information III orr power, within onr
reach, has been furnished the District Attorney All
that We know lie hnOws. Gentlemen, IT appeared
before the Cornoners jury that various other parties
saw DIR. Burdel the day oi this murder.
II appeared that but one individual OF all had an ap-
poinment TO meet him that evening ana that ne saw
Inn late in the afternoon. lie was the only living
nam who had appointment of any business with
him. rs far "a the testimony before the Coroner
bowed on the evening Of which II Is alleged the. he
was Killed. Why has not that man been called The
District Attorncy in his opening, said that DIR. Cox
law him the day before, and that he would
cell him a. witness. Why has be not
In order .hat / may not mistake, read from his
opening:
She has once stolen HI. .sk .hs has stolen hi,
Is. coninsaDd bc WHO hsd always haunted and hunted hu
- YOU viii remember the testimony when comes % be
s,be hin on Frday o had watched bis conversation with
Dr. Cor. who will b. upon the -'shd sud WIN ~ nIa,lci
v ho wi sso upon th. tald who watching HI coming
WHY do thew not produce these witnesses, or will
thew produce them | hoped they would produce
III. M and especially the witness DIR. Blaisdel who
swore before the Coroner that he had an appointment
with him that night; that he bad business with hum
TIA. only living man who had any 0ccasi0n as 1t IA
rroycn 10 meet him that night. the Distric'.Ator-
nry saws, Show Us who had greater motive Call
Or Blaisden and ask him whether money was to be
paid 10 Dr. Bulde that night Ask him whether he
was interested in the money thai. was TO be paid Ask
him for what purposes that money was to be paid
Take that fact in connection with the tact
that no money was found upon his person.
W e are not public prosecutors As good citizens We
give the District Attorney every information in our
bower. and whatever information We have been able
t. procure has been furnished TO him. freely and cor
daily.
But. saws the D istriet-Atorney, prove who had a