New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-09
REVIEW or THE TESTIMONY

befoie and after exb ton of the most pc,,,aivs
Die wsnt Of tact in lis management but sbl by IN. a.
cessy Of The case atr facts have beea ehss,ed
End the public have read psges Of testimony, and vsi
Of iwAdde, gossip, and scandal. we DO not per
ceiye that one ota has been elected TO con6rSa OF
charge public opinion in regard either to the authors
Of this murder or low /, was done. Through the all
Of the Steuoe-spheTs wonderful a., ny which coups.
tent persons arr able to record wors az Spoken every
question ard answer Of the testimony has been spread
before The public and through the all Of diagrsmS
and descriptions, readers have been made fsma,sr
with the topography Of the premises. But in reyerrs
cstk to all the facts we DO not see any grcusd L.
charge the diagnosis originally formed as TO the mAa-
rer the murder conn tted, which it may be a.
vel :, revw. fer the Satisfaction OF those have
OF found time 10 read the volumiuous testimony and
snalyze the Joints which il has calculated.
The N, It important fact determined IS that Dr. Bar
den murdered wbir two minutes Of the time that
lc was 10 enter his rost door, at lOi clock on
Friday night, Jan. 80. This proved by an iotelli-
gent witness who followed him along Bend street, 90
near that he heard the click Of the lick a. he tn
tered snd sfe he passed the house he heard the cry
OF MUR-r-r-r before be had got far enough away
to be beyond the sound of DIR. Burdsus voice. il that
his cry. The cry, and manner and tone OF its ut
ttsnce coroboated by the other witnesses and tho
coud, OF things in Dr. Burdels room-sho wing that
the deed was dore directly after he entered, either By
sssin lying in wait for him in his apartments,
By some member of the household; or else that tho
ASSASSIN entered from the street, almost immediately
after the Doctor and olow ed him into his room, and
ace, mplshed his purpose and retired as quietly and
mysttrously he entered. II he entered BY the front
door the person by Mr.. Ross mast have been the
in instead of the victim; and it WAS the assas
Il 4 4. ..t-.,I IL
ON this point the public should be dsuded by the
statement with regard to that lock Of Pc
culsr construction the key Of which, some ac-
counts have alleged, could not be couDterfeited.
This is an error The keys be duplicated to say
extent though it would be extremely difficult II aos
impossible for burglar to make hey TO it the lock
while N the door though, owing TO unusual
raneement of this lock- il not quite safe they
| are generally made, because he had a knob on the
street side of the door and when the inside catch was
stt for it, the eoor could be opened by that knob. 80.
by settrg the catch, 1t could not be opened from
the outside with key. The click heard by Mr. Ross
was not the opening of the door by the key for thai
makes no noise but when starts there is click pc
culisr to these locks Of sharp ringing sound. DIR.
Burde bad this lock lately put on because OF ~ high
recommendation as burglar-proof lock; aud with
MI butIer, pscntr- uuo mako, infosIns that
he furnished eight keys, and Capt Dlks at the same
| tine assured that those keys had not been sc-
counted for. This we consider important fact, be-
ause the ak extra keys cost DIR Burdell half dollar
ach and he distinctly told parties in the hou:e that
| whoever took key must deposit the amount.
| Who took the keys Had any person out OF the
house one of those keys, and if who, and who far
isbed il, ard for what pmposei
But to return TO the supposed entrance Of Dr. Bur
ell, as seen by Mr.. Ross. 1t becomes evident that
| lac ASSASSIN did not follow him; the villain must have
teen already in the house, for the Doctor had barely
inc to reach bis room, throw of bis shawl hat and
overshoes and seat himself at hi. desk with his papers
before him, though about 10 commence writing
when the ASSASSIN approached behind, having either
entered by tee door, came from q closet o.
| tie front room with knife in his rigka hand, with
which be aimed blow at vital part Of the seck,
exactly corresponding with one sherward given On the
ofer eide by which the power Of uterabce would DO
tfectualy and forever stopped. II this blow had
fallen where Wa aimed, II at stfed cry Of murdcs
would never have been heard, because the victim
would have sunk under it and died without
a struggle, on the spot where it was given.
| But that blow missed its aim exactly A. it
naturally would If the Doctor at that instant caught
gin pee Of the dagger by ts reflection in the mirror
us as il was DE- scendrg and started toward the left,
BY which the blow fell upon the right shoulder. We
nav suppose that be continued the motion OF this
sprpg 10 the left till he came around upon bis feet
facr his antagonist and al the time graphing
with hin and irving 70 ward of hs blows and reoeiy
ing several Of the small stabs hls body, hand and
ann. from which came the blood found in small quanti
ties on the de,k table chair paper and in that part IL
the room At the same moment he uttered the cry OF
murder, which was cut of in the middle by quick
motion of the assassins left hand graphing the
Doctors throat by this time they have both reached
the corner OF the room by the door the Doctor anxious
10 escspe and the ASSASSIN with ais back against and
his left hand in the others throat, brings his head
around 20 that the left side Of the neck 10 toward the
corner when the blow given that opens the caroad
artery from which the blood spirits along the costt
door and wall Naturally he would sink down BY hs
knees giving way at the feet Of the man who dealt
that blow and other marks Of blood spirited from hsk
| wound uIon the lower part Of both doors and door
cssipgs prove tha, this the petition in which he
went down 10 the h0,r after which the wound 10 tho
heart must have been given. Yet, mark the posites
Of the bcdJ-it is stretched at full length away from
| the sro, where he stood when the death blow was
given with his head 10 the south east bis face down,
hi. legs straight aud feet resting upon the toes Of his
| boots which show by the blood upon them, that .
shower Of blood fell from the wound in the neck and
a. the wound in the heart followed the wound IN tae
reck il clear that the body deliberately stretch
cd out where it lay aud was turned partly on It's face
| II il also clear that whoever committed this deed,
nu,t have found himself at IL conclusion covered al
| over with blood.
| How did he get out Of the room without leaving
single marx outside The only thing 70 prove that he
ever cane out is one drop II blood that mus. have
| fallen from his heIdr or clothes, knife, upon the