The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-02-25

exhibited in q daguerreotype, or Eckel,
whom he saw. Mrs. Sollenbaug and
her daughter Emily, recollected Mrs. c.
and Augusta, coming to their rooms on
Broadway one evening in the latter part
of October, and waiting there for a gen.
tleman, who finally joined them, and to
whom Mrs. G. handed a piece of paper,
and who went away with them. Mrs.
Sollenbaugh had not seen the man and
her daughter had not noticed him suf-
f%ciently to identify him. 1t was shown
by DR.. Smith, DR.. Blaisdell, Mr.. Steph-
ems, Mrs. Hubbard, Mrs Crane, DR.. Cox,
that DIR. Burdell had transacted business
with her, as if they were wholly indie
pendent of him had in the middle of
January exacted an agreement from her
that she should vacate the house on the
LIST of May next, and was about leasing
his house to Mr.. Stanbury. On the day
of his death he had said TO the wife of
Mr.. S., speaking of Mrs. Cunningham
/" She thinks l am an old bachelor worth
about 500, 600, and do not know what
l want myself. She is determined l
shall marry her, and I am determined 1
shall not; out Of tile house she shall go.
Ii 1t costs me damages, l will pay them,
before she shall remain in it after the
lst." DIR. Blaisdell and DR.. Cox swear
to DR.. Bnrdell having declared, as late
as a few days before his death, that he
never would marry he so distrusted
and disliked the female sex. To Mr..
Stevens and about the middle of
January, speaking of MIS-. G, he said:
: That woman wanted me to marry her;
| would not nave her to save all my mo-
ney and my life" He said to Mrs.
Crane, on the 23d January, that he
Twas no. married, and never intended to
be-" He told Mr.. Blaisdell so on the
afternoon Of the murder, and DR.. Cox
swears to the same statement. Add to
these the all important fact that three
1ceckS after the date of the alleged mar
riage, Mrs. G. consulted her counsel as
to renewing the action for breach of
promise-a fact attested by the evidence
of Levi s.. Chaifeld and E. G. Thayer-
and a strong presumption is raised against
the marriage. That the conduct of DIR.
B. in the house, and his habits with re-
spect to lodging and eating, remained
unaltered after the 28ih of October, is
shown by the testimony of all who have
been in the habit of seeing him there
He still slept alone, and still took his
meals at the Hotel absented himself
from the party of January Ia; wonder
ed at Mrs. Cunningham's extravaganza
in spending $500 so foolishly; congratu-
lated himself on getting rid of her SO
soon as the LIST of May No sufficient
reason has been assigned for concealing
the marriage. 1t was not disclosed un-
IL ~, ,>o.n- cll,o tho rpnrAar
RELATIONS OF MRS. CUNNINGHAM N
ECKEL.
John j. Eckel came to the house to
board early in the Fall; spent most of lis
time when not at bushes with the family;
was in the habit of sitting, with The rest,
in her bedroom, where at night he would
pull off his boots, a"d doze in a chair by
the fire; was in the habit of assuming
authority in tue household according
to Mary Donohue, servant, behaving as
if master of the house is supposed to
have acted as Mrs. C.'s lawyer in the
Instance, in her intercourse with the
Steveuser, under the assumed name Of
Van Dolan; Mrs. Cunningham accom-
panied him to the wig makers, about
the 18th of Jan, to assist him i'll choos-
ilg a toupee; and afterwards accompa-
MED him to get it. when completed; his
bed room aajoiued Mrs. C~unningbam's.
with a door between; their relations
were sch that DIR. Burdell had told
Mrs. c., in the presence of Hannah Cor
Ian, that he had looked through a key
/, hole, and saw conduct between her and
Eckel that lie did not like the same
remark he made to Mrs. Stevens, a fort
night before his death, in regard to Mrs
C.'s behavior with d man III the house; lie
had observed them, he said, through a
key-hole; Mary Donohue had heard
Mr.. Eckel remark at a table a few days
before the murder, that it would be q
little matter for Lin (Dr. B. if he did
get a knock, if it could be done handy"
she had also heard Mrs. G. say, recentlr,
DIR. B. was a very had man it was
time he was out of the world" DR.. Bur
dell, on the day of the murder, told Dr..
BIaidsdell, "they had abused him, ami
said he ought to have his head broke"
Officer Davis testified mat during the
qlarrel in September, when Mrs. G
struck the d .ctor, she threatened she
would have his hearts blood" Suod
grass swore that at the table one day he
asked her eff she did not wish the Doc
tor were dead?'' She replied, 'she did
not tell all she knew
RECEPTION OF THE NEWS OF THE MURDER
BY THE r SUSPECTED.
John BurchcX-Mrs. c. began to cry;
Mr.. S~nodgrass held her while on the
bed.
Hannah ConIam-They all seemed
confused. Mr.. Snodgrass went down to
see, and came up, saying it was true
Mrs. G. seemed crazy tore her bair.
SnoZgr0Ss-I thought she (Mrs c.
was going to faint, and caught her in
my arms. She commenced raving when
DIR. Roberts came in.
Dr.. 1Iaine-The youngest of the two
young ladies lay across the bed, and ap-
peared to be in great agony. l tried to
relieve her, and loosed her corset; the
old lady was excla;ming, "He is dead,
and L alw Us liked him, and thought a
great deal of him." l thought her
" fainting" different from the others.
William, Cunningham-I do not
know what she (Mrs. c. said first; she
was running round the room and did not
know what to do, and my sister tainted
and had Il fit. She tainted away on the
bed.
Snodgrass-(recalled)-T was sitting
in Mrs. Cunningham's room playing the
banjo; the two Misses Cunningham were