Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-02-11

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No C1041O No e1Sse ssSSs
81 saturday mosning 1t o'clock; : sssvant
boy Id the house No. 81 Bond ssrses g. eo'nG
mo III soon 81 Harvey Bnrdeii, the week.-Mrs.
surgeon dentist, found the doctor lying On the
aocr. his person and the room covered With
blood. The boy Immediately gave the alarm,
and other parties in the house came 10 the scene.
Dr.. BurdeiI Was found 70 be dead, and the sp-
pearznce Of the body gave rise TO report that
he had burst . biood-veasel, and perished before
he could summon help. This was the story
which appeared in the morning papers Of Sat
urday.
A closer examination Of the body, however,
disclosed the fact that be had been murdered.
There we're no less than fifteen stabs in his neck
and breast, made with SOME narrow bladed
sharp instrument; and on his neck we're signs OF
an attempt at strangulation, when was iur.ner
proved by the fact that the lungs were full OF
air. and his tongue protruded between his teeth.
One OF the cuts had severed the iugular vein, and
another had nearly separated the yertebrm. Two
Of the wounds in the breast penetrated the
heart.
The condition OF the room wherein the bloody
scene was enacted bore evident traces Of q long
and desperate struggle having been made by
the deceased ere he yielded TO the knife OF the
| assassin. The walls we're smeared with gore,
while the entire floor in the neighborhood OF the
| spot where the body was found was one sea OF
blood The mutilated condition of the body,
and the number Of wounds upon the corpse
would lead one to think there must have been
| more than one hand in the horrid butchery.
Twice the steel had pierced the heart, twice the
| lungs had been reached with the deadly point
of the stlletto, while the jugular vein, and car
otid artery were both severed, and lifes blood
| oozed from the gaping wounds. Nine other in
cisions bore testimony Of the desperate struggle
| that must have taken place between the MUIR
/ dered man and his assassins. Any one Of the
| six other wounds alluded to would have been
| sufficient to cause almost instant death so we
are led to infer that the foul deed was the work OF
| more persons Il an one. Indeed, one would I'M
| apine that half dozen fends were concerned IN
| the murder. and that all and every one OF them
| had dealt O fatal blow.
THE TRACES OF BLOOD.
The marks of blood were traced into the
| closet where tue person or persons committing
| the murder washed themselves. Blood was al
| 30 found on the door which leads into the front
room, or the sleeping apartment OF Ut. buroeli'
The traces of blood were then followed up stairs
/ to the fourth floor, into sort OF store room,
containing ladies' skirts and some trunks; there
sheet containing clotted blood, was iouno, al
so night shirt with blood upon it. From there
| the traces OF blood were lOuOWeu lhto I" oeoi'
1 front room, on the same story. Seyerai Spots
of blood we're found on the floor of that room,
and also blood ON the door mob. There was
CRATE containing coal partially burned out In
this room; the fire seemed to have been extin'
guished by pouring water on it, as the mantel.
! piece and hearth were covered with cinders and
ashes. the same as they usually are when water
/ is poured on fire. Some spots of blood on the
floor were covered up with grease from sperm
candle; such spots of candle grease were very
numerous on the carpet of the fourth floor. La,
dies slept in the room directly opposite this va
cant room, but there were no traces of blood lead
ing to their room or to another one occupied by
gentlemen on the same floor. The blood could
be traced from the fourth story back to the room
| where the murder was perpetrated, and from
there to the front room.
The body of deceased now lays in the from
room on the second foor-that is, in the room
formerly occupied as a sleeping apartment by
the doctor A fine rosewood coffin, lined will
satin is placed near it. The body appears like
that of strong, healthful, vigorous man; thu
countenance is slightly distorted. the lowe
part of the face is covered with fine blacl
whiskers; there is a broad, high, slightly re
treating forehead; round nose; the features ar
strongly marked. 1t was face which in lif
must have possessed prepossessing appear
| anee.