The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-08-20
Probable New Developments In
the BurdeII Murder.


the BurdeII Murder.
The New York journals have been sur.
missing and limiting that some further discOv.
cries respecting the murder OF DR.. Burdell
are likely to come out in the recent Gun.
ningham farce. A New York correspond.
ent of the Boston Journal, processes to give
some of these new disclosures, cautiously,
however, preceded them with the declara.
ton that he does not wish TO be held account !
able for their accuracy. lie says:
Not to &c held to too rigid an account for
the full correctness Of all | have to state
not willing 10 be held to a strict accuracy,
have good authority for saying that proba-
the veiled mystery of Harvey Burdells mur-
der will be lifted, and the mystery. be dissi-
i pated soon; that the darkness of that night
Of crime will soon blaze with the brightness
of nounddy; that public morality and public
Justice will be vindicaied by the dark and ter
riblc revelations of that hour of blood; and
the authorities, am Informed, have come
into possession of some most startling de-
4 velopments, which will show that secrecy in
such great crimes is made impossible by the
laws OF God.
1t will be remembered that no account can
be gathered OF the manner or place in which
Dr.. Burdell passed his last night, from the
! time he took his dHner at six o'clock, 'at the
Metropolitan Hotel, until eleven o'clock,
when he was seen to enter his house, at 81
3 nd street, on the night he was murdured.
All his old haunts have been visited, all his
old associates found and examined, all the
usual places of resort searched, yet no one
! saw or heard of him after seven O'Clock, till
he was soen to enter his house at eleven
o'clock at night. The fact ,0a$. he ,ras mol
then aliUe; he lay on the floor ndnglea and
!, SiGened corpse. He raS killed soon after be
t entered his house al Seuea O'Clock that evening.
His probable murderer was seen to go into
that house before he come from his dinner;
in the closet he waited for his victim; with
I coat and shoes off, he watched for the return
e of the subject, with the intention to garrOte
5 him; his aCcompliCe and accessory was in
the next room, waiting, with dagger prepar.
= cd for q struggle if need ul. 1t IS difficult to
strangle stout, athletic man, struggling for
d his life, and as the struggle comes or, the
r blade Of the Gs5 assam is freely used with the
desperation Of q novice and of revenge and
> despair.
J. The inmates of the house were away when
= Burdel was killed. The deed of blood was
j. done. The clothes were consumed before
; the family returned The "smeIl of leather
testified to on the trial, is but another D! The
stories of interested medical men who have
If figured in this terrible affair. The man OF
|. blood, h: wing done the deed, takes tho loHk
d and hat of Dr.. BrrLeII, Slips out the back
. way through the lane into Blocker street
y Ond by concert and agreement, at the proper
tinG--tk2t is, about ii O'Clock at nj sht, the
time OF Burdell Usual rrturns-hc walks Il.
IL Bond street--eoos boldly up. the steps q
No. 81 Bond Street, US the, 1octor--entcri
so ns to attract attention, ard The evidence
II is REGARDED ns. comp plcta. He had persona.
|. at1d Burdrll ct the mock marriage; he hlc
|. deceived the ami be, yet creduluus ana un
reliable DR.. Mrrvin, the clergyman who
married the parties; he could easily deceive
those who only saw his form, the WeIi-knowr
n cloak and hat, at the midnight hour: ani
ID when the question is asked, "Where wa.
e DR.. Burdell between the hours Of and IL
1t that Iuta! night! the answer is, "He was t
n bloody and slifened corpse lying cold il
e DEATH and in his own blood, on his Office
i floor, the victim of fourteen slabs by an cy
l. cited, furious and maddencd hand" Ant
:" when it is said that he "was seen to ente
|. his own hOnse at ii o'clock" that tuta
night, through his front door-tha answer is
.. "bs hat, cane and cloak went in on the
person OF the assassin" But Burdell was
" cold in death in that room long before tina
II hour.
d The bloody deed done-the clothes burnct
the bloody stains washed out as tar a
possble--the door locked-and al! is still
when the men who occupied the rooms
= chanbers, and the upper part Of the hous
came in at ten or eleven or twelve, ant
! fUuni all still, and swear thatno noise, con
fusion cry, OF smell of burning cloth came tt
their notice that night, after they came ia
!. A II this was part Of a well cOns0mute'
!. plan, but no one that is destined, believe
d 10 an early and complete exposure. Whel
-. tle sense OF justic; is reIieved-the poop
- seem to breathe more frecy--publc securi!
e and confidence is revived. Men feel thu
% they may not he hewn down in cold blood il
if the heart of this great city, at their own fire
n sides, and the murderer not only 90 pnhOnI
: but reap golden h.rvest, in d9hJrce OF la"
t' from the work of Flood and death. Such
g understand to be the nature of some Of tn
developments about to transPIrc.