New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-12

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take the GROUND that Farrell's testimony in the
BurdoN murder Gaze IS unworthy OF credit, beng
c.ed by hat Of thee other witnesses. Let
US exsune whether this ia 30.
T7e Egprtss quotes the testimony Of Mr. Ross,
the principal Of these three witnesses, s. follows:
al rassed on this -de Of the street; it might have
becn about quarter 10 IL when parsed tbs house
ar only oze 7-Tson N ne Hrct, a n ~ ab.f oH
krndrfd and fCy fo N front 81 M tO'r1Td ne B2'.
FRA: be wa whipped up In shawl but uId not t II
Whether DC had q bat or cay, believe II = be cap
s0u Lm cor1c ~ Nis StooJ hc opened the door With
bey could hear the key CHATTER in the door, the freet
hcr very quiet be appeared 10 ne to be about Fl 70
6N eight 70, bat btiug Wrapped up ia sha VI he
might have spIesred lower. Il10ked rY ~ ~
door p0C os p0s"d ba' s0w mcrcy me opl'ne Of 4
WHOM got ebou house aid bali or tgo hou-o' n |
heard the cry 81 d" NCFD -tLoft, Ike that the WJTd
Wan fhi-h,o
Now, Mr Ross was ore hundred aud nifty feet
b,bud Dr. Buiddl when be went ia ut the door Of
hs houte sid although Mr.. Ross idettiiies the
house it e. not follow necessir y that be may not
have failed 10 perceive Iarel si;ttg on the door
sep (wtcre Farrell Gays be was sitting when Ross
pissed ibe coor. The objection made TO Fsrrel s
testimony is that he seesrs po''lvey that The man
sUpposed 10 be Or. Burde7 who went into toe
The Bowery, wh,e il is asserted that Roess testl-
moDy proves that he came from Broadway. If
Ross testimony IA correctly Quoted above, 1t
proves nothirg Of the kind. He merely says that
The person wa che huldred aud fifty feet IL front Of
BIN toward the Bswery, AID dee; not sag whether
he was coming from the Bowery or going toward
II at the tine be entered the house,
The testimony Of SuaDgman, another q these
three witnesses ssid to contradict Farrell, is thl.:
Il was in this pciphborhood about quarter to II
clock On / iday evening the opposite side Of the
strc,t and heard sharp, stA crJ it Appeared TO
CONE from II direction; The cry Wis Loud a1d like
thbi OF peron in agony II sOr OF a shrill cry
h0fcd up and doTH BOhd street a. ne f'me, ant EAR
10 TCrSOn IN me STRAIT
ItIs Ieilher impossible nor improbable that Mr..
StrsnpmAn, who was in the neighborh0cd on the
opposite side Of the street, may have been in such
position, or at such distance as not to have seen
Farell sitting on the stOop.
Mr.. Brooks, the third Of these three witnesses,
who lives at No. 80 Bond stree', nearly opposite
The house Of the murdered mau, testified folio VS.;
The sound appeared 20 come from this direction;
the fist syllable d" Mur' distinct, but the " der
was PROLONGED ard gutturs was goias to bed; my
window clcseo, aud Instantly sPrsng on chest
near The window, 10 he'd over the top OF the u,de
shutters and through the Venetian blinds Which wee
shut; could distinctly this house looked 10 th,
direction, and tie night beng ve'y still tbosght
heard 4 noee Of sbufling 90 q floor, but wont be
positive: Il Was in THE house; looked up the srcet
in oIdr to see if garroers were around; IsaT nothing
Ju,thtT.
Here We have Mr. Books looking through Vene-
tiau blinds (Which were shut" and looking, too,
from an upper story. Now, every one knows taat
it is difficult to see Clearly such distance through
window panes and such blinds at hight to such
6ista1 &c rs was Farrell from Brooks; and besides
BROOKS says that he could "distncuy see the
house; but makes no particular mention Of having
locked at the street door or the stop; aad more
over saws, as to the noise be heard II won't be
positive it was in tbs (BuIdells) house, looked
up he street TO see if gsrrotcrs were around
If. rs we believe i. is in evidence, the front
window of DR.. Burde Is house was open, the single
cry e Murder" might have been heard by al
these witnesses, when st such distance from the
house as not TO be able to identify Il (he house) at
the very moment, to recognize Farrell who at the
time Was sitting On the s'oOp. Such cry, utder
the circumstal ces, might readily be heard late at
risht in quiet street like Bond stree fIr
distance Of several hundred fte,
This remarkable corrobora,ive fact Of Farrtl's
evidence is not 70 be overlooked: 1t is tina. be
descIibes the manner IN which Eckcl opened the
door. lie (EckeD turned the latch in his right
baud, AID grssped the edge of the door with his
ltf>, leaning his head out 10 warn of Farrell, in
voice and manner which SO alarmed the latter
JUS, where that left hand would have been placed
ON the edge of the door was the mark Of blood Dis
covered.
Another significant fact is, that when Eckel was
brought from the Toubs for Identification BY Far
Icll AID requested by Capt. Ddks to appear in his
shirt sleeves, along with twenty-five thIty other
persons, similarly without their coats he refused TO
do 30; and when Farrell coumenced his scrutiny Of
the assembled crowd EcSeIs hard hood ofdemeanor
for the frat time failed him, ACCORDING TO the
current testimony Of al the reporter', some Of
whom ssy that his kness evidently tremblel
Farrells te,tiuony should hot be lightly treated,
especially by .lo:e not used 10 sitting evidence o.
to Ioconcilirg apparent though Lot real coDtrad c
ti,ns Of W.tnts sts Unless faISeI : proved t. De
a Il an unw,r'hy Of he ;ei Ii, evidence seem; Of
sWful aid conclusive Import, far as moral con-
yie'ions" are Necessary to poiat toward N ma.
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