Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-03-26
I TIE 1 BURDELL MURDER,

The grand jury Of New York county
found true billsagainstt Eckel and Mrs tlrs.,
Cunningham On the 2lst ult; for the the
,murder Of pr Burdell. and held snod-. 81.
grass to bail as 4 Witness We shall
now probably find cut who committed il!
The. awful crime, and whether Or not
ISnodg grass and the two Misses Gun
ningham were priyy to i Or accessories les
before the fact. From the tone Of the
New York papers there seems to q be E. no q
doubt that the murder was planned, and
dcited BY Mrs. Cunningham and Ecklee,
a1nd from demonstrations frequently
made during the Coroner's inquest By
ts1ose who attended II, and from senti-
Iments expressed by those in the street
and in all places Of public, resort, the
popular nind appears ready to pro-
nounce them guilty. Guilty or no! gull
ty, they will have a fair trial before q
court and jury Of their countrymen and
if they are proved innocent it will also
be proved, we dare say, as IS shown in
the following extract from the New
York, Herald, that DR.. Burdell was not
killed too soon:
a SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER
OF DIR. HARVEY BURDELL.
To write the life Of a good and great
man is one Of the most agreeable duties
that devolves upon the chronicler Of
public events, but to perform the same
service to man of bad moral or doubt-
full character, is an unenviabIe task. L
DIR. Harvey Burdell is now histori-
cal character. and if there is a moral in
his life or death, it IS sufficiently pointed
to drive home the barb of conviction
without any comment from us. We
therefore merely give the following well
authenticated, and but too notorious
facts, in his history and character.
The late DR.. Harvey Burdell was
born in Herkimer county, in or near
Herkimer village, New York. He was
born in 1911. His father died before he
knew him while he was yet a child his
mother moved from Herkimer county
10 Sacket's Harbor, Jefferson county,
New York. With her he resided till he
was thirteen years old. His mother
then turned him into the street, and for
badc him ever to return to the house.
The boy thus turned forth upon the
world at so early an age, felt the throb
Of ambition, and was determined, ac-
cording to his own words, to- raise to be-
come great, to gain gold. Without q
profession, education or means, he look
ed around him to see what course he
should take what path pursue-to
achieve his desired success. The press
held out the tempting bait. He deter
m ned to begin on the lowest round and
mount the ladder, and consequently
went to neighboring country town and
engaged himself as compositor. He
remained there for some years, and
either did not like the business or had
better inducements held out to him in
this city, for before his seventeenth year
we find him here studying dentistry in
his brother Johns office, which was
then located on the corner Of Chambers
street and Broadway, where Stewart 8
store now stands !; he was Of studious
habits and made good use Of his time
Forming taste for the medical profess
sion, he went to Philadelphia when about
twenty-one years old, and pursued a
regular course Of study in the Pennsyl-
vania Medical College. He partially
supported himself during his studies by
the practice sf dentistry, and was par
tially maintained by his brother, John
Burdell, of this city. Having gradual
ca in the college at Philadelphia, he re-
turned to this city, and entered his
brothers office, learning and practising
dentistry during the day, and practising
medicine at night. He expressed him-
selfready to do anything or practice any
profession to make money. J. Burdell
soon after marrying, Harvey lived in
the house with him as a member Of his
family. Their dwelling house was in
the same building, directly over the
dental office. John Burdell owned two
Or three houses on the corner Of Cham
bers street and Broadway at that time !.
Harvey Burdell, after being in his
brothers office short time, opened an
Office for himself in the house of his
brother, and the next door to his office.
They kept their Offices there number
Of years, doing fair business, Harvey
living all Or most Of the time with his
brother. Harvey Burdell was q man Of
strong feelings and passions. He fre-
lquently quarrelled with his brother; !;
was very pennrious ID his. transactions,
and economical III his dress and habits.
With these traits strongly marked, he
hnrron -, ma r. ifeaf a vpry licnf1fin,lS and