Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-02-04
The New York Mnrd,r

The New York papers continue to be filled
with details in regard to the murder Of Dr.
Burdell The Herald says:
few circumstances have transpirsd which
may or may not lead to the detection of the
person or persons who have perpetrated this
extraordinary crime.
On Monday night the coroner's assistant
called upon Mr.. and Mrs Stevens, at 81 Mer-
Ger street, both Of whom were called upon the
stand as witnesses yesterday. Mrs Stevens
stated that Mr. Eckel called upon her some
time since. aGd tried to get her to 60 to No
81 Bond street, and remain there some time,
while Mrs. Cunningham would 90 and stop at
Mr.. Stevens house, thereby making DR.. Bur-
dell jealous, and so as to get him into a row
about Mrs Cunningham.
She also stated that more than two weeks
ago DR. Harvey Burdell was at her house, and
stated that there was a dispute between him
and Mrs. Cunningham and Mr.. Eckel; ID at
he, the doctor, was afraid they would murder
him that be hardly dared sleep in his own
bed, in his own house, for fear of their takir 2
his life. This, it will be remembered, was
told to Mrs. Stevens by Dr. Burdell two weeks
before his doath. Mr. and Mrs Stevens were
then taken to the Fifteenth Ward station
house, when Mr.. Eckel was introduced, and
they were asked if be were the man they re-
his face and form, but when they saw him be :.
fore he wss net so bald--he had black hair on
his head, &c The Coroner did not think this
difference as to the appearance of Mr. Eckel
very important, but nevertheless noted it, and
while examining the premises found the wig
of Mr.. Eckel secreted in q nightcap in his
cell. On being asked the reason for this
change in his appearance, and why he did not
wear his wig, Dir. Eckel seemed confused, but
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DR.. George Z. Woodward, at the request of
the coroner, made an examination Of the
bodies of Mrs Cunningham, Messrs E,kel and
Snodgrass, ard found nothing on thcm--no
marks If blood or violence
DR. Doremus, who rccided at the corner of
Fourth avenue and Nineteenth street, will
make An examination of tho retinas Of DR..
Burdells eyes by powerful Instrument to-
day, TO SEQ if the last object which the de-
ceased saw is still imprinted upon the visual
organ, and if so, whether it TO the murderer
or murdcTers
The Times says:
1t is now intimateG, as appears by the tes-
tlmony, that Burdell and Mrs Cunningham
were never married that Eckei and Mrs C.
were On very intimate terms, and that Eckel
personated Burdell in the marriage ceremony
and bad his name inserted in the marriage
certificate The chambermaid, Mary DOnahu,
was examined at great Iength-and her test:-
piony, which was given with great clearne:s
and evident truthfulness, related exclusively
to the previous relations Of the parties as she
Lett the house on the Wednesday preceding
the murder. She gave Mr.. BurdelI very
excellent character. saying that he always
came home by ten clock, that he was neyer
intoxicated, bad never been known to have
any improper Intimacy with any persons in
the house, hut was quie: and uniformly at
tentlre to his own affairs. She represents him
as having been treated with great rudeness for
some weeks past by Mrs Cunningham and
Eckel, who were exceedingly intimate-crim-
lnally so, according to her own account, and
both OF whom had frequently INDUCED in in
timaiions that DR. Burdcll was very bad
man and ought to be put out of the way.
Eckel Of late had assumed, to a very undue
extent the oversight Of the house, and had
been treated by Mrs C. as the most important
person in it. She slept in the bedroom adj
joining and communicating with his, and would
never allow either of her children to sleep with
her: except on the night of the murder, when
both of them did So
In the drawer of bureau which stood in
Eckels room, Of which it seems that Mrs.
Cunningham kept the key, were found yes
terday suntry private papers, in the hand
writing of Dr. Burdell, ard c7idontiy in
tended to be sigued by him +; among tlcm
was CHECK Drawn aud signed by DIR. IL. IN
Mrs Cunningham's favor which had no. been
presented for payment, and also an agreement
on bis part, in consideration of the withdraw
al ct certain suits, that he would always be-
friend and protect her family. This would
seem somewhat inconsistent with the notion Of
their marriage
The Express says that Mrs Cunningham, on
hearing that bloody knife had been founu in
her bureau drawer, became greatly agitaf Cd :,
and Tell back in her chair and swoOned