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

A. :, ,,e,ence bf his yic.iom and accomplished that
,nrrose with the gsshght burning, with windows
amen % the vie Of neighbopg houses, and TIE Key
81 the room on the outside OF 'oe u"''
And the family not ye, IL bed-certshy no' ys' a''p
ard a lodger, Mr.. UlmsDn, liable 70 cohe ~ 90. q. I.
moment However It u not nHu " n.
a.. ....s.;, vas s.cre,ed 10 the roOm ana 'h'l III
BurdsD was afraid Of an attscK' l"@' Nc
a.. 10 +, the door bu. locked II on the INSIDE a. ne
- .nd ,hs, 4, was placed on the outeide by the
80 Tho committed the murder, or by an accom-
- hands we're not bloody, as there ls no sign
S<h,o.od .hout the key or lock on the outside. The
..o,v that the assassin prepared 70 change his
-.rm.nts in the room il opposed by the fat that
n The fret blow had reached rs aim DEAN WouId
have instantly ensued, without cry or sfusgle'
and without any necessity for the person VINO
dealt it receiving drop upon hs d(hes'
The suppOstion that the deed was done i0T panoef
soptradcted by all the circumitanoes Il It vas done
fer revenge wsud il be very probable thai the muir
serer would enter a house Ike this while the ianuy
were sstk aid do such deed when some Of tnein
would be 20 very likely 10 see or hear him. "neh houi
sLe Doctors habi's he could have had daIy auu
nightly opportunities Of logging him through oy-sreeN
and darn places and dealing the dea,h-oo" a. steauh
Nv a. a cat and almost free from detecion b1t
h was done by such person, how DID be get Key OF
NE outside door or how did he get into the DocDrs
ysom 10 secrete himself And, finally, why did he
sea-eh his pockets for and carry of paper Of no
possible use to him anybody else-the une1ecstsd
Sease 10 stansbury Of this very house
The fact Of this paper being missing is perhaps Inc
.st striking thing in the whole chain Of circumst ancee
.oaipst MR.. Cunningham because il - proved thai
abe knew of this lease and that this paper was in Dr.
p,,d.Us hands in the room where he died bu, few
nutes be fore be went out 10 dinner and 10 al human
probability was in his pocket when he was killed II
tbis lease should be executed il would deprive Mrs'
Cunningham Of her possession, whether the Doctor
WAS dead or alive, whether she was hs VIE OF not,
III IL is deter mined that this woman was the nstgaor
Of the deed ard thst it had been already determined
upon this lease would be sufficient cause 10 precpi-
nate the catastrophe and render 1t necessary to com
,yete the Job in this hurried manner and at a time
sooner than had been determined on.
But all the causes Of suspicion do not eoncusvely
o. the guilt upon any one 10 the house. does any
Thing prove that Mr. + cke did the deed even if 1t WAS
snsgated by the woman that the witnesses declare he
was intimate with. We do not zee why Mr. T. ;keI
should be suspected Of being the tool used in this muir
der any than Mr. Snodgrass who is anything but
che unsopbsticated youth that he is represented TO be-
HE conduct every day since the discovery Of the
murder has been marked with hearess bravado, and
officers in charge of the house Saturday morning,
that he went down stairs TO the cellar at ii o'clock
for cider, and heard nothing and nothing out Of
the way His sworn testimony did not exactly
correspond with this statement. Which true
Still il does not follow that either Eckel or SnOdgrass
was the assassin is quite clear that both might
not have had hand in it.
Where is the mysterious man john the friend OF
Che cook IL it impossible that he may be such
character might have been hired to take the life of
. fellow mortal particularly if well piled with brandy
And if neither Of these were concerned, and we
see no reason for believing that they were, beyond
their somewhat peculiar connection with the family,
and their unaccountable obtuseness the night OF the
uIuIdvr aud uIfOvnsib Vv"I"Vt SsOV, "V-i1 - ~ =.
hard matter 10 hire an assassin TO do such deed for
money
But to imagine such horrid thing as hiring
yin TO put Dr. Burdell out Of the way must have
ssrsng nducement the part ofthe employer Now had
Mrs Cunning ham such an inducementl As HIS wife,
she would come into pos essOn Of onethrd his estate,
and should an heir be bOrn then she would, admin
itrstor and guardian have possession of the whole.
If the marriage not genuine, but got up for the
secession there was sufficient inducement to get the
man out Of the way, who alone OF all others, could de-
clare the marriage fraud Now was this marriage
fraud That il was so was almost proved yesterday
by her own counsels testimony, showing that che
wanted to rensae the discontinued suits for breach of
promise three or four weeks after the date OF
Me alleged marriage, and it is reported that
there il still in reserve some testimony Of
much stronger nature to establish the iasty
Of this marriage, and consequently establish
some grounds for the public to imagine reason why
Mrs. Cunningham should wish the Doctor dead; for
without some stronger than Jealousy and private
suarrels, the public Will not believe that any human
being instieated such a cold blooded murder.
Thus. after all, We are led to reiterate the opinion
Mat without confession Of guilt, would appear that
this most Mysterious murder will ever remain mystery