Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-02-22
TIE BURpELL HURDLRCASE.

The telegraph has announced the result Ofthe Cor
OneFs investigation Of tas BURDELL murder Ms.
CUESIEGHAM and her eidss: daughter, Mr.. EcKsL.
and Mr.. SNoDGRAss, have been committed as prin-
cps's and &C .=ssoriss. As tbs case has excited
much attention, re give O5iow q sun nary OF the
facts elected during the Coro1ers investigation,
copied from the New York T,T5ue:
The late Dr. Burde owner Of the house No 81 Bind
street the me Of the MURDER occupied the entire
Ond hlor the rest OF the dwelling being let to Mrs Gun
Binguam. The occupants Of her portion Of the house we're
herself her two daughters sixteen and eighteen years Of
age her two sons Zine and ten years Of eye boarIer
and LOGGER Mr.. Eekei friend Of the family Mr. Suod
grass and ledger simply, Mr. Daniel Ullman and 1t the
time Of the murder servant woman second servant
woman, having left two days before. The murder was
committed on the night Of Friday, The 5Oh Of Jsnuarv-
The servant-w1msu ordered By Mrs Cuuniogdan
about 10 O'Clock 70 TO bsd. That domestic and the Two
little boys aud Mr. ouo1gTass ept IN the attic the
fourth hO0r- Mrs. Cunningham and her two daughters
slept the night in question the tlrd ar
Mr. ECke in another room on The same or and sir mi
in the third that door. Between 10 and II
O'Clock all these persons with The tu,epuCn Of Mr. I'LL
reu1ei 20 the rooms fog tie night tley all lei
ty that they disturbed by unusual noise or
any cry Of murder Four Wtntsses, three o; whom
IN the street and house opposite state that ut
about larter 10 IL O'Clock, they heard CRY murder"
Two Of tLsse theses testify 10 having person
whose appearance ponds vita that Of DR. BurdeU
sud wrapped O shawl such he wO-eErn er his house
Only few before cry was heard One Of these
WITNESSES Farrell sitting The very steps when the
Doctor entered his house, heard tbs cry and fall of the
body and Identified Eczel man who nlued sisIy
sttsrwsd came the door and warned HIN OF tue step
al menasag manner anC whom he supposed N be
for that purpose by the DR. BUrde) who had ilsg en-
tered the Several other witnesses pas through
Bond street. between II AID clock " that hight re
marked peculiar smell gs Of the smoke Of burning wool
and leather The atmosphere Of the urbt Fgs damn
and heavy and s Ose ElY held TO Inc earth Re-
and O'Clock the morning Of SATURDAY the next
day, Dr. BUTdes Ob8ebOy discovered the dea body on
the second hoo back roem near the door, lying pool
OF blood The gas 10 the room was bu ming, tie Is
the lock outside Oithe door Mrs Cuaninghams
family with The exception Of Mr. ECke had at that lime
all breakf2s ed Ecke on at mJrlIug had left tho house
before breakfast to FIJI business e. gagement made the
day before Mr. Uumsn only LOGGER never had IL
ken any meals in the HOUSE, and had vet risen lie
had into The house the night u = o'clock and
be testified hat during tie night be heard noise The
testimony Of he four witnesses who heard The Of muir
der At lOSi O'clock not alone fixes the tr the deed
rs the cu.cue8 ana UEG OF The corpse and the dryuess
OF The blood with which ITS C.OEes had been Urated
prov ia the opinion q The medical men then called In
lhat the murder lad been committed about that tute
The time Of ths murder having been established as that
when the Cunuingbams Ecke and uodgrgEs testified hat
thsy jus about retiring Just retired for the
night added 90 their positive statement that they ia the
house and probably swake had not heard Tia cr OF muir
der which Cler IN The street and IN house opposite had
hsaTd 81 ca suspicion upon them and led an in
vestgatOu o. their reaI 70 the murdered man IL be
log reasonably presumed that person outside the house
and fall OF The body the door, without being heard by
them they must have been awake This yJOIhesis at
kOe opening WIS invest o. the
oner mind aud The primary, and indeed the almost sole
object Of the thirteen days inquest has been 70 tx the
guilt on these parties. What proof 10 We
may now consider.
Within few hours after the murder was discovered on
Saturday morning, d Is Cunningham gave infOrms0n
that she b4G on the vening Of the IS of O0ber last
been secretly married 90 D.. Burdel by the Rev Mr. Mar
her eldest daughter being witness aud the Cler
X mans servant another witness to The cerJu1n7
which took place EJjhe house the clergyman Mrs Gun
nngham produced at The CorOner inquest her marriage
certificate which correspondent with hs register of the
Rev. Mr. harvIue. The reverend gentleman when before
the Inquest, ldenihsd HTs. Cunningham the woman he
had then married bat unable denufv the c0-se Of
Dr. Burdel that Of the man. and this too Btbough his
at euon either Of the marriage or on me- fol
lowing day when the him tor the marriage
certificate had been directed 70 the peculiar ap elrauce Of
she mans FhskeT which then led him 90 ID that thrV
were false The clergyman woman servant likewise /
was unable % identify the msn who was married The
ssme whose dead body before her, The Two servant
wOmtn Of Mrs Cunningham te utGd among other points
thai Dr. Burdel unit; st Ssumer, some time preceding
she occupied part have stalled since that time
and the OF the marriage had taken meal
In house. had refused articles u food and bsver
sEeswhch she hsiselE 10 him irOn her sbs had not Oc
cuped the sleep apsTtaens and had not appear
regard or treat her ms VIE One OF these servants
further tesneo that a. period anecedent 70 hs an abOT
lion had been prodCced upon Mrs Cunningham and that
since The time Of the alleged marriage Mrs Cunningham
and Mr.. EcEe mot Dr. BurdelD had occupied chambers
,1mmuu eating BY door, ana that from her observation as
hsmbermsd her opinion that the relations between
,rs Cunningham and MT. ECke. Of su iuumlte or
riminsi character
IL further appears evidence that Mr. Cunningham died
syer years ago and previously hrs death he hal been
inf r;uuoe 10 5us ness, had yOas 20 California and 10.
sd with q. improving his ahurs that diving Mrs Gun
iDgbam received 4 sem o. ten thousand d2lLrS from
scy Of insurance hs lite and that che pTO545
t ssesssd OF other means that since Mr. Cunh nghaus
cath she had lived good style te4uenung watering
Iscss brought Up her family literally sending her 2
gupbeFs 70 shI5nabe boarding schools, and 80 FORTH
nd had not kept bOders or resorJed TO other oersbe
avs rrels Of meeting the expenses Of uvrg Of which
y .rsst of such sun the life policy oil zen hous-
nj dollars must have been very trtng part Her hst
rpsrence a. boarding house keeping seems 10 have com
sDeed IN Boui street where she had one 0OsTder and ,,
der one ledger Dr. Burdsl not included. :
m FeEeI Is said ~ have been formerly butcher and