New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-04

other room of the eouse, fave these psTlo,s my e<n
srtculsr rom snd IN the front room third story
when came with Mr.. Waeot:-
o. Do you csll ths. TIE bedroom A. Front bed.
room.
Q Ii you viii come now IS nearly 10 the elesins
maitsr-your relston IS very excellent A. have
this 70 saw that never saw, oever heard snythng
done or .sd by any Of the innses OF the soase vii,
gave me an urfavorshe opinion respecting them; Que
pieht only-I can't tx ire eyenog-l ihiok. h,seves,
Y AZ il must have been within two weeks, VAS soke
M quite lste BY nc ise IN the lover hall he>rd the
voice Of Dr. Blrdeu speikng in very snsry t,nes,
ssvirg that TIE hall door should not be iOcked o.
holte5 on Fndsy lsst | came 70 my o1m soou'
d clock In the afternoon yawuI, and ei shout ,;
mettip- Ms. Cunulny am, she expressed resre, 81
Ere NOT being maze in my Tlom | sns sered hat ii
YVES of no conseauen, e, a. | should Dc o3t the
whole evening went 70 the - Nicholas Hotel took
nv dinner sitsrwsld Neut TOund 10 the house OF ny
friend Dr. Bullui in Beach sr,et, nd remained with
b;s family pntil after 10 clock then re:urue 10 The
St Nicholas Hotel, took 81 per with M Doasi,ss,
Col. Locney snd his family; on leiYlpg me dnner l
mi INV rifnds. Mr.. Nsn Du.eo, OF HuSsos, and
Whiting. Of Undertook; they told NE thai they IN
t,nfd leaving IL the morning and wished 10 have some
ccry,fsa;iou with IRE. | remained taxing - n uen
mill took cui my wS'ch snd eNppssed my surprise
at IFS beirg stor l. coSS 500 sau Soa Inv mus
tpru home return YES, home, came 10 thls hSuse
sr5 On. u,l the front door NTH my psss Key; there
were no lgh,s il the pssssge and as | passed up re
.ts,Is TO ny room il struck me thai Il was unusually
Crroner-Nore than YOU have ever bean before
A No. can Il say that, L Nas unusually dam
hal been dsrk previously, snd | had though. o; re-
monstrstug sbCut Il; locked the door oi my sooui,
xss always nv custom and as took on. my watch
10 sv il 6y for the light saw that It was sf prl!
,,,ired laid awake, thought for shor; t,me-l
think for a short time-anc did not awake untu Iay'
lights net feeling very well | ehIeavo'tT ~ sissp
NV watch inmC daiely after Sard-l heard gfsa' out,
cIy; il alarmed me; | put ON WHAT eloues could,
,hme out Of NV room, head the words ~ Df burdel
desd." | came down 10 the door OF the sccond story
hark rnom. and young man, who dont
know was standing there with Key 10
hs hand l asked hun ~hst all tcis meant;
said be- " Or Burdell Is dead ssSed INN ~osh
had dor @ about il, Have you sent Tor Coroner
Have Won sent 10 the S,atlOn-llOusei' tie answered
nat be had sent to the Station House asked him %
omen the door and let me see Perhaps he not desd
vet" he opened the door a. once; we stepped 10, and
saw At Glance there could be no doubt OF his having
been dead come time; my impression Wa that he had
committed suicide: the ,tceIs came, aud one OF them
turned him over his back we saw no weapon nor
did see any wound the blood an out OF his nose o.
thew turned him overs gentleman was theIe, VINO
understood was his partner
o. lie was there 4. lie came in; he sad hist the
Doctor had been much troubled with irequeot large
beediugs at the nose that lac was very much afraid OF
diving Of apopleXy; that some OF hls relations died
Of spopexy; that he was the very last man %
commit suicide for he very much afraid OF dying;
we tktn looked round the room and the suggestion
was MADE that the Doctor had been attacked with Apo
plexy end in eudeaNorng 20 get TO the door 10 make
an alarm had fallen scattering the bloed abont asked
the otlcers what time they supposed the Coroner
would come; they said they could not tell-he might
be otherwise epgsged then said that had an 60.
gseement at m! Office, that would leave, and dis
leave.
0. Is that ALI A. That's all think have.
q. Was il ON Thursday nielr that you heard Dr..
Bui dell cou plan OF the door being bolted can't
tx the night have endeayorod to DO 50, but can't;
b.. bsa in IA
q. At about what time was il, Sir when you EFF the
house Saturday uorping a. 1t must have been
toward 10 o'clock
.. You saw the young man who was at the door
when you fret came down A. don't know who be
O. Didn't you see him before 10 the house A. Il
seems 10 me that | have seen hun, bat not in the
Louise: my impreerion Is tina, he lives near here.
q. Wss il Snodgrass that was at the door when you
went down. A. No, Sir Mr.. Snodgrass came into the
room sfterward, while the officers were there.
O. He was not the boy that had the key A. No.
Sir my impression a. to that person Is that be wS q
clerk or STUDENT or some person connected with The
dentist ear here.
Q. Was it man or a boy A. Well, Sir he wass
II an, very young man, though.
sion; was he excited No; he acted very much As
any one would act in that position.
Q. Nobody had touched the body previous to your
coming down A. know ne thing about ths..
q. How war the body placed when you saw III A,
The body lying on its face with the hands .rauy
eltended, ard II was that which gave mo the impress
sion OF spopexy, that he had been tying to him
self
O. You remsired Saturday night A. returned
from the S. Nicholas after dinner somewhere abou. n
cr8 O'Clock, ard bsd seen in the newspapers OF the
afternoon that DIR. Burde had died of spopleyy which
GO nhrmed me in my impression and relieved n o very
much from the feelings at had had on tue ,ubjec.
and therefore didn't come that evening Us early a.
Otherwise shODld.
q. About what hour was il when you leil after eco
ing the body up stas how long were you In The
ROMA quarter Of an hour A. Il is very diTcul, 10
give stat. meDt; l TX the tune in this way Vas
{ bged TO be al my Office At II oclck; felt that II
was nearly 10 not quite 10; bad b 20 ID tho ~,
Nicholas, obtain my breakfast and get coSn 10 my
office within al hour, and remember that Wa quite
hHnied IN doing il
q Tten to the beat Of your know ledge how long Wa
II AFTER you came down stars before you LETT the booze
4. Well looked around the room great deal o)ket
Al The fpots Of blood The iOor looked for them Ia
the pai sage connecting with the front wen. out
and looked at the walls of the hall desceniias the
stare toked with the Persons there as to the habis 81
Dr. Burdell.
Q WHO was there A. There we're officers there.
CorOLer.-Ihe matter want ~ arrive AZ is-
How long that tine was 4. IL must have been from
half an hour to three quarter ID far "a fin H. Sir;
1t some time before got down st,rs, after heard
the first OUtcfy.
O. II e fIsi tine you heard the noise you know was
about botpest o'clock a pat of the time Wa oecu-
pied In dIessing go that the whole would bs abou; an
hour AID a half A IIsa-ardiy-h1dly On hour and
a bali il was full hour.
q 10 all Of that time did you any OF the iomestes
coming down, expressing their regTet,l \. ss~ this
boy; b. ard ca, scret Oh and and r.cke. up
stairs which didn't feel authorized TO interfere with
a place had never been IN, sid did not intend o.
q. Was II ere any eyioence Of sympathy IL persons
betDgng TO The houfe! a. saw nobody ia the rom
that belonged 10 the house u ceptng tol young by
that LtieLded to the fire and Mr. SnOdgrass have
emitted 10 coy that tyersl minutes after hoard this
ouicry some persons dashed Themselves against my
door and cri Cd ouf Dr I<ntr.u h.adf AZ llImAn-