The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-04-16

that al the time IN question he had married her TO a
man representing himself as DIR. Burdell, and whose
appearance resembled that ofthe body, though
he could not positively identify it as that of the man
whom he had married. Adaughter of Mrs. Cunning
ham was present, as witness to the marriage, who
swOre that the Doctor was the bridegroom. 1t APP
peared, at the cOrOner's inquest that there had been
much ill-feeling between the Doctor and Mrs. Cum
%ningham; that she commenced a suit against him for
breach of promise Of marriage, which was subsequent
~ withdrawn; that she had threatened him, and that
he was IN fear Of his life, and had at length taken
measures to remove her from his house; and an agree
ment was found among his papers, dated subsequently
to the alleged marriage, and signed by her as Z. A.
Cunningham, promising to vacate the premises In
May, and pay the rent up to that time. This and
other circumstances gave rise to the supposition that
some one had personated. Burdell at the marriage.
A very close intimacy was also shown to have existed
between Mrs. Cunningham and John J. Eckel, one of
her bOarders. Suspicion was at once turned toward
these as the murderers; but, for the first ten day.
during which the CorOner's inquest sat, nothing was
elected which fixed the crime upon them. Bat on
the eleventh day a witness was produced, who testi-
fed that at about IL O'Clock on the night Of the MUIR
der he was seated on the steps of the Doctors house:
that n man whose general appearance resembled
Mr.. Burdell entered, and Il moment after the witness
heard Il noise rs If a struggle was taking place, fol-
lowed by a suppressed cry; and directly after q man
came TO the door, looked out, and seeing the witness
sitting on the steps, accosted him roughly, and that
he being II armed went away. On being confronted
with Eckel, he positively identified him as the person
who had looked from the door. The clothes of the
murderer must have been covered with blood, but no
traces of them, or of their having been destroyed,
have as yet been discovered .uORthiy.
The VERDICT-State of .New- York, City and
County Of NeO- York., Ss.-An inquisitiOn taken at
the house. of the late DR.. Harvey Burdell, No. 81
B0nd-street, In the Fifteenth Ward of the City OF
New-Tork, in the County of New-YOrk, this 18th day
of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ffty-seven, before Edward ID. Con-
merry, of the City and county aforesaid, on view of the
body Of the said Harvey Burdel, lying dead at NO. 81
D~.1 rX,ooE Nrocn ,Dnn TIo Z 0nI 0HIrDll n N
of twelve good and lawful men of the State OF New
York, duly chosen and sworn or affirmed and charged
to inquire on behalf of said people how and Ill what
manner the said Harvey Burdell came to his death,
do. upon their oaths and atfirmations, say that the
said Harvey Burdell on the Both day OF January,
1857, at No. 81 Bond-street aforesaid, was feloniously
murdered, and came to his death by being stabbed
in various parts Of his body with n dagger or other
sharp instruments; and the jurors believe from the
evidence, and therefore find, that Emma Augusta
Cunningham and John J. Eckel were principals in
the commission of said murder; and the jurors afore-
said further find that George Vail Snodgrass either
Joined the said Emma Augusta Cunningham and
John J. Eckel in the commission of the said murder,
or was an accessory thereto before the fact, counsel
ing, aiding or abetting the said Emma Augusta
Cunningham and John J. Eckel to commit the said
murder; and the jurors aforesaid further find that
Augusta Cunningham and Helen Cunningham,
daughters Of the said Emma Augusta Cunningham,
being in the house No. 81 BOnd-street aforesaid, where
the said murder was committed, have some knowledge
of the facts connected with the said murder, which
they have concealed from the Jury, and that it is the
duty of the Coroner to hold them for the future
action of the Grand Jury. In witness whereof, we,
the said Jurors, as we'll as the Coroner, have to this
inquisition set our hands and seals on the day and
place aforesaid.-N Y. Times.
Mr.. Preston S. Brooks, the assailant Of Mr.. Sum-
ner in the Senate Chamber, died very suddenly at
Washington, Jan. %, at the age Of 81 years. He
had been for some days confined to his room by n
cold, but was apparently recovering, when he was
attacked by Group, and expired almost before any
zo.o,, I@~~o- -N, M SA-o- nf
Tennessee, when the death was announced in the
House, took occasion to commend the action of Mr..
Brooks in the affair which has given him SO much
notoriety.
The vocabulary of crime. especially in New York,
has been enriched by q new term, descriptive OF o
new mode of robbery. 1t is performed by two or
more. one of whom seizes the victim by the neck
from behind, In such a manner as to straDgle him
and render him powerless, while the others proceed
to rife his pockets. This is styled gGrrOting, from
its resemblance to the well-known Spanish mode of
execution. Hardly a night has passed for weeks in
which some offence of this nature has not been re-
corded. In u number of cases the offenders have
been arrested, summarily tried, convicted, and SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life.
AFFAIRS AT HOMO KoNG-We had some CONVERSE
ton, last evening, with Capt. Berry, of the Hurri-
cane, which vessel brought the late news from China.
There Is much reason to fear that the next arrival
will bring dreadful news from Hong Kong. Capt.
Berry says that the ladrones were arriving on the
island at the rate of one thousand per day. The
proportion II EnGIlSn SSiuenI 10 the CnluSSS, WAS
about one of the former to fifty of the latter. As we
view the condition of affairs at Hong Kong, there is
really cause for serious apprehension for the safety Of
the town and its inhabitants. The only hope Is that
the gun boats ordered from England will have ar
rived in time to prevent the threatened disaster.
The American vessels at Hong Kong, one hundred
In number, and some fifty vessels OF other nations,
were huddled up together close in shore, as the only
means of protection from the pirates who were
swarming in the vicinity, ready to attack any vessel,
little or big, that might afford a prize. Notwith-
standing this precaution, several vessels had been
robbed, and every species Of annoyance was prac-
ticed upon Americans and Europeans alike. The
only vessels of war to be depended upon by the Amer
lean shipping at Hong Kong were the San Jacinto
and Leuant. The Portsmouth had sailed for Shang-
haze, to protect the American interests at that point.
San Francisco Paper.
PRETTY WELL DoNE:-A respectable citizen of
Brooklyn had d long time been annoyed by a neigh
Dor who persisted in maintaining a nuisance. A
complaint was made, and the case was tried before
Justice Daniel K. Smith. After the evidence was in,
the complainant made an appeal to the Court for
clemency, that the defendant was a good citizen, and
in all other respects had been a good nelghbor. He
was accordingly let off with paying So % and costs.
When the order was made, the defendant said to the
complainant that he had no money, and did not know
what he should do, and as he had given him such an
excellent character he felt at liberty to ask the loan
of the fine imposed. This was assented to, and the
parties left the Court in the best of good feelings.
The crown of England contains the following valu-
able Jewels TWENTY diamonds round the circle.