Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-11

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hands with IT. Meantime . lady from Sec
ond avenue was sent for who was to persor,
ate nurse. They pretended that she wa
not In the secret By and by the bell rams
and they asked me 10 60 down and opel
the door, for that was the nurse. / wen
down and did 20. and the gentleman vh,
let rne In before WAS there and told me tn.
nurse was ready to come whenever she wa,
wanted. ! told him she was wanted i'm
, mediately. and he went after her and in
. about half an hour returned with her.
let them in and the nurse came up stairs just
AS Dr. Catlin was removing the bloody
sheets. dc, from Mrs. Cunningham, and
her sister was washing the child. They
were thus engaged when she entered. The
nurse assisted Mrs Cunningh am's sister, atten7
ded 10 Mrs. Burdell and pc formed all the
operations usually performed by nurse =
| remained till after il was all concluded,
and then left the house, DR.. Catlin closing
the door after me did not assist in any
Of the operations. ] wish to state, that In
my conversation with Mrs Cunningham, she
stated that Dr. Catlin could be- trusted in
the matter, for she had him 10 completely
in her power, that he did not dare to dis
close anything connected with it, that he
had adhered to hei interests during oil her
troubles with her first husband and she
could rely upon him. l was advised by my
counsel not to hold any conference with DR..
Catlin until had seen Mrs Hall But one
day as was going up broadway, he stop
ped me In the street and insisted upon con
versing with me on the subject told him
! supposed We understood each other: there
was no necessity for any conferences on the
subject between u.s. He said no; we must
arrange things together. ! did not say
much. During the conversation he said he
Tad devised this plan while he was in the
lombs IL was mere matter OF Justice to
her, for she had been very much abused
woman, but that they had made up their
minds that they must have another Doctor,
they could not get on with one and certain
parties had been applied to to get me to Ell
ter into the plot. told him | was in
hurry, and if he wished to see me he must
cab at my Office, left him and went up town.
lie never called These are the material
facts OF the ease as far as | remember them.
made no secret of the matter and told a
number Of persons.
tSigned) DAVID UuL
sworn to before me this 4th dav of Au-
gust, 1857.
WM. 5. Dawson, Police Justice.
AFFIDAVIT or DR. CATIIS
The following affidavit, made by DrSam-
uel III. Catlin, the Brooklyn physician; who
it was alleged had assisted Mrs. Cunningham
in fictitious childbirth was then read:
Second Police Court City and County Of |
Neo lork:-Samucl II. Catlin, being first |
duly affirmed by Justice DAWSON deposes
and says in the first person II am 80 years |
old. and resident Of Brooklyn, in Court |
street, No. 223; am physician by profes. |
sion, am aequainted.with the accused, Mrs.
Emma Augusta Cunningham, calling herself |
Burdell; have been so for about SIX wears.
have been for the years 1851 1852 and |
! s5a very intimate with the family Of Mrs.
and was its medical attendant
during That time; Mr. Cunningham dcceas-
ell about June. 1854, as near rs can now
recolleet without referring To melnornda:
the family soon after moved to New York.
and ] ceased to attend it, thereafter saw
Mrs. Cunningham but three times before
she was arrested for the murder, or about
that number of times. after she Mrs. Gun
was arrested, | saw her in the
rcmbs prison.
saw her there about dozen times on
different occasions. Whilst in the prison
she told me that she was with child have
no recollection oi any positive statement
from her that she was with child by the
late Harvey Durd.ll but that was nv in.
ference from her conv creations | then firm.
ly believed the fact was as she sta ed il
soon after her acquttal noticed that her
appearance correspondei to the fact of her
statement, and thereafter noticed that she
in,size pretty regularly. Some time
IN tho month of June was formally reques'
ted To become her medical accoucher by
herself, and | consented about this time
speaking OF the child Of which she was prey
nant, she said Judge Dean told her that if
she had child it would be heir to the pro.
pertv, and she hoped it would live, | can.
not state that have remembrance of her
saying it was the child Of DR. Harvey Bur
dell or words to such an effect as TO her
date Of pregnancy. she stated 10 me thai
she supposed herself to be- so soon after she
went up stairs TO sleep in No. 81 Bond st:
She was not more explicit as to this, but as |
knew the locality of rooms in the house she
needed not to be more particular on Mon
day. the Sd of August, Mr. Wilt called at
my office between and o'clock in the
and said they were sick at No. 81
Bond street, and wanted me to come oy err
made the acquaintance Of MIR, Wilt at 81
Bond street | went over alone shortly af-
forwards to New York City, and arrived ut
II Bond street about half past nine o'clock
Georgiana Cunningham let me in then
went up stairs into the front second story
bedroom, over the parlor; entered the
room; saw her sister, Mrs. Barnes, and Mrs
Cunningham Mrs Cunningham was on
the bed, Mrs. Barnes was moving around
Mrs. Cunningham was undressed and in bed
she said she was sick and was suffering a
great deal of pain examined her tongue
and pulse, and was satisfied she had had
cholera morbus; l gave her an emetic |
did not then see any child a few minutes
later she vomited green bile; | soon after
examined her person her abdomen was in
a nearly natural state; ! sac she uus not in
any ,cdy ruth child aud lead not been the first |
saw Of the child, saw it brought in Dy
the sister, Mrs Barnes mean az medi- |
cal fact that she was not with child; the
child was dressed when saw It first
saw the after BIRTH it was quite an old one
took bloody sheets from under Mrs. Gun
bingham they had been vet with blood
from pail Of blood brought there by know
not whom; heard Mrs. Cunningham re-
mark about the child, that il had Burdelrs
nose, but her eyes and color; Mrs. Bell was
brought into the room after the child was
there to see it; think she said it was a |
very bright child if Ars Cunningham al
ieges that any childbirth took place that night |
up 10 the time Iiett aud ,,as arrested, il is not
true during the evening gave her about |
an ounce Of paregoric. and before leaving |
gave her dose Of calomel-
SAMUEL II. CATLlN.
Affirmed to before me this 9Th day of Au.
gust 1887 WILLIAM q DAvrsox poy:.. H..