Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-02-17

We give below the substance of The tcstimon of
Mr. John Farrell. on Tuesday. before the
ner'S jury in the Burdell murder. whose impor-
rnni revolutions were mentioned in the sun yes
terday:
rARRELL's TESTIMONY.
WAS in Bond street that Friday night; | was
on this stonp that night; IL WIS abont half past
ten o'clock, or between TINT and eleven; ! start
ed from my home about hnlf past nine that night;
| nm troubled with disease IN the back by which
| an sometimes bent. and fac. it necessary TO
exercise myself on foot 10 strength, n myself; on
ihat night, at half past nine O'clock, having some
work to do next day, walked up 10 Marion
street to f,iend's went in aud stnid few
minutes aud came out agnin; went up Prince
street 10 Bowcry and walked up Bowery to Bond.
| came dawn this side IF Bond street till got
within n few steps of this door. | stepped on the
string of my shoe and drew ii out; then sat
down on this stoop, on the third or fourth step,
and took the shoe off; ! WINS trying To fix tho
string in it, pr per place; found tho Tin had
come off the end of il. and II took me some time,
while | was sitting there ono man came along
there wers two men, one before the other one Of
them came up the Stoop and walked in the other
passed on; tho man was not III this house more
than minute or n minute and II half, when
henfd cry ot lnurder-- said to myself there is
n mass in th- house | thought they had been
drinking, or something like TINT in probably half
!
relr .aiinE slep-,l heard the door opened heard
noting altor the cry but something like the sound
Of n empty barrel thrown with its end down
wards on the floor; thought the man who had
got into difficulty with some oneaiter he had got
IN; IN half minute after that noise, ms |
say a man opened The door and looked ont, he
said TO me; ~ hat are you doing the e." | look
ed At him, he spoke IN very rough manner, and
| was afraid; thought the mnn who went in had
.,t, ,..,l . ~ 3
the nun who went in that opened the door,was in
his shirt sleeves; saw his left arm and shoulder
his left hand was resting against tho door case
! nm sure hc had no cont on him; when he spoke
toma saia nothing had my shoe in my hand
and walked "a the steps sideways. for was bent
IA little aud sat down ON the third stoop below,
put on my shoe and went home.
! he New York Daily lines. from which the
uhoye is copied givrs long report Of othcrquc
tons and answers relative 10 the above facts but
they arc lmmntcrial The Times then udds the
following
WITNESS IDENTIFIES ErKEL.
II was then announced fhat the witness would
be taken up stars tn sre II he could recognize
Eckel rs The man who eome IL the door aud
spoke TO him on that night There was I'm in
sfnat rush 10 the door, which policeman guard
Cd eaously.
The ooionrr.- Gentlemen If the press will be
permitted Ia go mp stnr-.
The reporters, pencils and paper in band,
wended their way up stars hecor hngly, bat
found the doors Of tho rooms On the second hmr
securely locked.
In few minutes the car ner came up followed
by tho witness. Ihc doors w.le opened. tho
crowd suiErd in. pissed through the room in
which the murder va committed mud entered
the front room. In this room snt Lckel, rccu
pying n ehair near the foot Of tho bed He was
dressed in shaggy. brown ovarooat, with
pointed plu,h cap on hi, head. lie sat quietly
until the persons who accompanied the coroner
up stairs entered, but rose immediately after.
wards and lonk his station behind tho chair un
which he bad been sitting leaning against the
fouipost oi lhe bed; his appearance Indicated con
siderable nervous trepidntion, although his feel
ings were 'vdrn"n,ly under strong control.
After the reporters entered The room. the nun
Der of persons present WIS perhaps thirty, Ger.
tainy not more than that.
lie coroner came in wI'h the witness alone
The persons in the room arranged thcmsclvo. in
n sem-orclr. leaving Eekel ri the furthcst end Of
the line. The witness came slowly along tho
front, peerng int, the face of each individual "a
he passed, bat did not nj frs, pay any particular
attention TO Eckel; u momen, afterwards he
turned and looked at Eetsi .frediy. EckeIs
eyes wlnked necessarily. but he gazcd steadily
al witness while undergoing this SCRUTINY. The
absorbed attention with which every person in
the room watched this proceeding was actually
pnintn in lis intensity.
The hysianders scarcely brea,hed, and pin
might have been heard to drop. Mr.. Farrell, nf
ter CHANGING Mt Eckel in an uncertain hcsitatinr
way, turned twice, Violently struck by someth Y
familiar in EokcrS cauntrnance, and tho thirl
tune he looked continued Ia gaze. We observed
Eclci's coantenancr attentlvrly. The lines about
lis mouth were even more deeply set and strong
y marked than usual He lad the appearance of
n nun who had made up his mind to undergo OK
animation. and had sleeled him> elf To the task
1t WIS impossible, of course. that he should have
known tho precise OH jet FIR wheh his scrutiny
was instituled he ha. Undergone several inter
views with different parties VIII were called to
identity Inn; but il could not have escaped the no
tice OF lie most unnb>eryng that he had arrived
at the oauelHelon that there was something more
than usual IN this particular investigation. Al.
though therefore, he was probably unaware Of
the precise object Of this examination, he had put
+ himself UNI severe restraint in order that no
movement of a muscle AMI M change of cnunte-
nance should hetray his emotions. But if the
expression OF Eckel's face ihct of stoical in
difference, that uf Tho win Farrell wa, the ep-
1t me OF hesitation. d'HH and reluctance. He
gave very slight start. slight to be almost
impercoptible, when his attention was first an
rested by the expression in EckeFs face Tn.
willing 10 swear positively that Ecke the
man, yet he evidently struggled with a convic
ton Which seemed to force Itself upon his mind
that theperson who appeared at the door the
night OF the murder aud this man were one and
the same. lie put his hand to his head aud ap.
peared lost in thought for moment or two--then
turned and walked away.
The Coroner. Wen. which j. the mnnl
NItness-l don't knotr think that is the
man, pointing u EckoL
The witness again taken down slqrs, but
had scarcely taken his seat before he express ID