Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-03-26
The RurdeIl Murder--The Talk
i'm New York.

The New York Tunes OF a late oaoe
says:
The health of Mrs. Cunningham Bur-
dell is somewhat impaired by her con-
6nement in the City Prison, and by the
anxieties naturally incident to her stu
alton. We found her yesterday quite
i~ndisposed, though greatly recovered
from an attack of sickness which nearly
Frustrated her on the previous day, when
several fainting fits supervened upon
each other, and hot water had to be ap-
Piled to her feet, to keep her from abb
solute exhaustion.
Her spirits are very irregular. At
times she is lively and mirthful, but a
reaction speedily follows, and she be-
comes melancholy to a degree that IS
painful to witness. She is never, du-
ring the day, without the company of
one, at least, of her children, while her
friends, who pay her repeated visits, keep
the matron of the prison, Mrs. Foster,
urgently busy in attending to their per-
petual applications for admission
The statement to which we have al
ready alluded, that Coroner Connery
caused her to be stripped completely ma.
ked, and examined in the presence OF
two men besides the Doctor, she pro-
nounces to be true in every particular.
The reason why she has SO long deferred
its publication was, asshe states, her I'M
willingness to appear as a prosecutor OF
the Coroner. Her friends have at length
prevailed oyer her scruples, and she now
declares that she was stripped to her
toes, and in that rigidly nude state was
examined by the Doctor, the Deputy
Coroner and a police officer. The GER
tifcate read by the Coroner, on h in
quest, to the effect that there was no in
decent exposure of her person, and that
it was at her own request that it was
done, she pronounces a forgery. She
never wrote such a note, and, although
she signed a paper that the Coroner sent
her to sign, she was not aware to what.
she put her signature.
Mr.. Eckel Keeps his heath and spin
its in good order, in the close little cell
in which he is confined. He has many
visitors, and is glad to see them all
The statement which appeared in the
! New York CORRESPONDENCE of a Phlla-
delphia journal, that he is rapidly fail
ing, and looks with terror to the APP.
preaching trial, is considerably exag-
gerated, if notaltogether incorrect. Mr.
Eckel expresses some anxiety IN rela-
ton to his business affairs, though he
says thcy are tolerlbly well cared for,
but still lack his necessary superlnten-
dencc. AS to the result of the trial
there can be no doubt. Being innocent
he must be acquitted. lie has no mis-
givings on the point. The incarcera-
ton is a hardship which only the con-
seriousness of innocence could render ct
!. all endurable. He says this cheerfully,
: and adds that he only w-.nts Justice
done and nothing more.
The correspondent of the Phiiadel-
phia Pennsylcanian thus writes:
As the time approaches for the trial of
+ Mrs. Cunningham and Eckel for the
murder of DR.. Burdell, new facts are
\ coming out, in unexpected quarters,
likely to effect materially the question
: of the guilt or innocence of the prisoners
: at the bar.
: Thus the counsel for Mrs. Cunning
ham, it seems, have come into possess
j ion of facts going to destroy the evi-
Y dence of Mr.. Walter, the man who, at
r ter the Coroner's Jury had retiredt to de-
h liberate on their verdict, came into the
room to testify, it will be remembered,
that he saw a person sitting on the stooE
c of No. 81 Bond-street, on the night OF
the tragedy, "doing something with his
shoe in his hand" in all respects CORE
spending with the description of Far
rell.
r Counsel have made sharp Inquire:
r with regard to this Mr.. Walter, and ex'
$ pect to be able to prove that he isa maj
of unsound mind, and that, moreover
on the night DR.. Burdell was murler-
ed he was never out of his own house
Y There are at leastfour witnesses ready to
swear to this statement. If counsel sue,
coed in establishing this point, it will dt
much to break down the testimony Of
e the witness Farrell, and open a way fol
an aequittal of their clients.