The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-06
The BOND STREET MURDER.
nNMa OF MIR. HALL FOR THE PROSECUTE.
sTINo EVIDENCE.
INTERESTING EVIDENCE.
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T6st1mOuy OF DR.. Francis, Hannah Conan,
Hrs. stansbury, John Burchcn, nary
DoNohO and Doctor Main.

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Esstnncuy OF DR.. Francis, Hannah Conlan,
Mrs. StansbaFy, John Buvohcn, Mary
Donoho and Doctor Main.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Court or Oyer and Tsrrnmss.
7 Before Hon. Judge Davies.
axcoHD DAY's PROCEEDINGS.
Tvzunxy, Nay k--Ihe Court nd Jury were punctualy
asndance his morning at the hour 70 which NE ad
uusnmens TOOK phcc. Mrs. Cunningham and her daagh-
~ helen were Also early in court Miss Augusta kept
= home By illness. mo room Of the Marine Court ad-
hanmg-which opened for the accommodation of the
sudSepee-was crowded with spectators The Attorney &C.
nssal was present 10 assist in the prosecution.
Ae jurors having answered 70 their names,
III. Hall, the District Attorney, opened The Cor the
Uvsecution.
me duty he said, bad been assigned TO him Of prepar-
~ The usua legal way for their minds the evil
assee which would be offered in support Of the indct
mont The prosecution proposed 10 prove by testimony
Witch, though formed of dekcste links, would
0Bm o perfect chain Of mental conviction, that
- Of their late fellow citizens, DR.. Harvey Burdell,
b dying hours Of the FIRST month Of the year,
sased 70 be Of their fellow citizens that he
assed with malice aforethought IN his own house,
ssmded by the sancusy Of his own home that the deed
premeditaed that all the circumstances show that
- . deed showing its very impress marks of
hssdful hate and revenge; that in that house
IA she deed; that there was total exclusion Of every
Uer person in the world from that case that among the
Inmates OF that house who Of all persons
aosd bad the motive for desiring his death that that per-
m was this defendant and that all the circumstances
vent 70 show that that the deed Of woman-bod,
Aaxng, desperase-perpekased great with
Vn0rsnce Of human nature which has marked in al ages
sr ~ n, n 70 con
hing 70 the persons, the other relating TO the circum
snnOesf Who the personsP citizen against whom
% reproach had been made, and who bad no enemy
bat could be called enemy except this woman.
needed Of his bring before them the feelings
which they had nrst reading Of this crime. When they
role 70 their homes at night and when they closed their
tees at night their horrhed feelings for weeks after
Yards led them to look that invisible shaft should be
hurled against them He Or. Burdel) was dead, and
~ charity said let his name be forgotten, and she
whe ives his deadly enemy in life lives AZ Witnesses
- stand yesterday when che challenged them through
NJ COUNSEL today abe sat there yelled picture OF
rcw, demanding the sympathy which belonged not TO-
ssss . sis tSsre 70 challenge them BY Their sympathy
ms presecston appreciated fully the dcufy Of their
psson Bnt crime bad no SEX no peculiar attribute OF
gwn, whether be settled in the breast Of .
s>ed In tho breast Of woman But they mot here
pronounce upon that woman. They were here 70 pre-
sounoe upon the crime. II wonder that such sym
shy shoud crowd around The jury box, when they
eubered the mother OF their devotion the sister Of their
ove Ae wife Of her bosom the daughter who sits upon
rom these considerations 70 the conviction that crime knew
70 They remembered that in the history Of early
ane ScrvA drew her chariot the dead body OF her
Aaher, IarQuin, and that in imperial Rome Fuyia who
nnehd in all The Of the riumvirae, scorned
md spat uponthe head Of her dead enemy, Cicero and
ovs her bodkn again and asa through bis tongue Tho
ns dra.s's who ,roke % thsm q the glorious wife af
NO dipped her feet In the blood Of sixty three noble
knights, and enjoyed IL as il were May dew and the
Gospel which speaks Of the Marys who sat q, the foot OF
vho had borne 70 her the head Of John the Baptist on
charger The relationship which existed between them and
tho loving Cordea existed aso between them and her na
snous sisters Regain and Gonerl The hand which drew
nsa&ce drew also Lady Macbeth. He deemed his duty 70
ell sp bese references from the archives Of history 70
AOv hsi they must remember that there sometimes
only much Of the woman left as was In the body, and
ha the tenderness Of the womans heart was utterly gone
kpife of hend found its homo in the breast OF
hs victim The prosecution called upon the jury TO look upon
NE witness stand simple deed Of malignant horrible,
vengelul crime. This woman had known him (Burdcl)
tree years and she said she the mother OF his child
wbo never saw the light. She was his mistress though
~ claimed 70 be his wfe and be challenged them, in all
ne testimony that would be produced 70 ind one io OF
Sestony which would show her 10 be any other than he
cscrbed her by reference 10 history She Jealous OF
him; she hunted him. and abe haunted him. she was 10
III wori the shadow Of remorse 70 him. and If he died
rnSorgiven abe would be his shadow Of remorse in the
paxt world The evidence Of the domeetcs would ht the
cover of The sink Of inQa which that house Was They
haunted him. The police officers would show how they
bad 70 come TO settle their quarres She had sued him,
claiming thai there had been breach Of promise Of mar
rage that there had been Islander and defamation;
and hoee quits settled and papers drawn up and
woman And these two came 70 the house Of Dr. Thomp-
and forced their quarres upon him, she Following
him here She bad her domescs, too, ~ SPIES AZ she
thought and listen 10 the conversation between
fen. On no. thou artfu ~omanl not spies OF yours but
spses Of jossioe Spies 70 hear the words Of oaihlns
vhich fed from her woman lips And there 70 the
hux1aeO nPd N he - q
whom seher be COUNSEL nor they lihe jary) would
SsAxrel with. Bat The lustfd eyes OF The woman we're
ksed upon him. and he became story tho counter
part q Aim who had been her psramour on the eoor DO
hv hey must Dot forget that, whether abe was the
guilty Of the rossest inndey 70 him he bad made up
IL mind that he 70 him useless long he bad this
- Sooss se beard ' q Il; and The very night before
shs murder abe down before one Of her domestcs
ana sa,d, "BAnnah What vas that woman dong hsrss"
ssis abe so4ng 70 take The housef"
sYes; she was Iooting all round che has been In the
.sk Dr. Burdel going 70 let this house TO brY"
"Yes; n looks so."
he man q The world could no. have said vhA, now fell
sBcscre 70 morrow nigh, he shall be corpse Tor he
may be oorpse-or before 70 morrow night be may be
And Wa, very morning 10 the boy who had swept his
room, she had said The doctor was passionate man. and
ne S ss day all And % 9 very
vas be day before me deed was signed which
aSn her of the house. those threats uttered And
On thai night the deed done On The very day when
CHS newly found tenant 70 inspect the house the
Hs ncomines and outgcings were regular. But
there was another highly respectable man In This
house on. Ulman) and she gains from him the
knowledge on that very morning by pretence about
having q nrcSin his room, that he would nc be
IN IN midnight Her own household she would
sahe care o. There bcr gsramour-she would
tahe care o. HIM She would also take Of her
daughters, her boy, ian artful chd) the other chill
dren and the cook In the whole annals OF crime when
they put their finger on bloody murder they would
never hnd 70 good on opportunity prepared pre-
cber be get out Of the way. "0h, said lying wo
man. ON the before the Coroner al rang the bell for
the cook 10 come up the parlor, and the cook came mn
70 The parr received her orders for the day and
thcp sent hcr up 10 bed" But the cook will say "Ns
,vees Won came down 10 the Kitchens very unusual
,bingwjth this paramour OF yours and you ordered
10 bed But this artfui knew that she told that
hoxoalf "A would bc n point her.