American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-02-21
Murder Of DR.. Burdsll. IN New York.

Since the morning of Saturday. the
3lst of January last, tho day succeeding
tho night on which DR.. BvrdcH was
most brutality mui dered. having recsiv.
ed / s stahs with a dagger. any one of
which might have proved fatal the cit.
liens ofNew York city have been great.
~ excited. Tho excitement does not
grow out of the simple fac, of the muir
der, for that is quite common in that
city. but on, ofthe seemingly ipipeue.
trable mystery by which it is cnvolnpcd
The papers oftllat city are iilled nlmos,
exclusively with tho evidence given in
reference 10 this murder. The streets
near the buildings in which the act
wa pcrpe,ra,ed were crowded with PEG.
Pile nf both sexes f,r several DAYS af.
forwards. After the body of The muir
dered man was Inferred, the excitement
seemed To abate somewhat. The evi.
dence established the fact that he was
murdered abou / o'clock IN Tho night
"f Friday, the 30th ult.--seyeral per
sons on the street at about that hour
heard the cry of murder, but as it was
| not repeated no attention was paid to
it.
DR.. BurdeU was single man and
was possessed Of about $4,000, He
owned the house in which he live and
was murdered, though he had leased il
To Mrs. Cunningham. a widow woman
with two daughters and twn sons, ill
the LIST of May next. The house was
occupied by Mrs. Cunningham and fam
lily. DR.. Burdell, Hon. Danr Ullman.
Eckle and Snodgrass. The two lat
ter, with Mrs. Cunningham and her
daughters. have been arrested for the
murder of DR.. Burdell
Mrs. Cunningham claims to have
been married secretly to DR.. Burdell.
and has u certificate IF marriage. The
fact that DIR. Burdell did not occupy
the same part of the house with Mrs.
u, and the further fact that he was nut
upon friendly terms with her. but. on
the contrary, dreaded her, and had de-
termined to got her out OF the house
as soon as her lease expired, negatives
the idea of his marriage to her. The
minister who married Mrs. c.. to some
one as DR.. Burdell, failed to recognize
IN the person of tho murdered man ,h q
individual ne had married to her. III,
thought that Eckle was more like the
person. The evidence wonld seem 10
establish that Eckle and Mrs. c.. had
been married by Row. Mr.. Marvine,
nuder the names of Bnrdell aud Mrs.
y. Tho minister had been requested
not I" publish the marriage Mrs. G.
having thus secured certificate of mar.
rage 10 DR.. BurdelI, would fall heir to
his large estate in case of his dearh. -
The certificate was obtained, aud his
death procured. IL seems that at the
date OF the purpored marriage Of Dir.
Bnrdeil to Mrs. c.. the former was at
Saratoga, as shown by tho Register at
that place. The evidence shows that
Mrs. Z. was ON more intimate terms of
privacy with Eckle than with DR.. Bur.
dell-with the latter she frequently
qnarrelled with the formsr kept impru-
dent hours.
1t is remarkable that though persons
occupied rooms above aud adjoining
that in which the murder was commit,
ted, and though there are evident marks
OF considerable struggle, aud though
the cry OF murder was heard upon The
street, yet M one in the building hoard
| any noise. The cry that was heard,
was mnrd--, the second syllable not
being heard. 1t is supposed that The
murderer had his victim by the throat,
and thus prevented him from giving the
alarm.
In the progress Of the testimony it
has been shown that Dr. Burdell willcd
his property To- his blood reatious-that
Mrs. &. knew that fact--that she had
access TO his papers by the use of coun.
tericit kcys--that the will cannot now
he found, She also heard him say that
he was afiaid that his lie would be la.
ken ny the persons in his house, and
heard him request DR.. Blaislell 10 stay
with him on that account. She also
overheard the conversation in which
Dr.. BnrGell agreed to lease the house
to another person on the LIST of May
next. The contract was TO be signed
the next day. On the day on which
these conversations were overheard by
Mrs G the murder was committed
Staunton True american.
verdict Of The COr0ner'S Jury.
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