Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-02-10
lYsTERIoUs MURDER IN NEW YoRk

sINATEDg
The New York papers indicate that that city is
in a tremendous state of excitement about mys
terious murder. The New York Tribune, of the
I'd inst says
On Saturday morning, at O'Clock, a servant boy
in the house No 81 Bond street. on going into the
room Of Harvey Burdel the well known surgeon
dentist, found the doctor lying on the floor, his
person and the room covered with blood. The
boy Immediately gave the alarm, and other parties
il the house came to the scene. Dr.. Burdell was
found to be dead, and the appearance Of the body
gave rise TO 9 report that be had burst blood
vessel, and perished before be could summon help.
! This was the story which was published in the
| evening papers of Saturday.
| A closer examination Of the body, however, |
| disclosed the fact that he had been murdered |
| There were no less than fifteen stabs il his neck /
and breast, msde with soma narrow bladed sharp |
instrument, and on his neck were signs Of an at
tempt as strangulaton, which was further proved !
by the fact that his lungs full Of air, and his
| tongue prOtruded betWesn the teeth One OF the
cuts had severed the ugular vein and another near
" separated the verlebI@. Two Of the wounds IN
the breast had penetrated the heart.
Of course an intense excitement was created
Dr. Burdel was widely known as writer upon
and practitioner in dentistry, was fine looking
man, sbcut forty years Of age, He was worth
about $4,000 in real estate and stocks. He has
been married twice. The first wife had been d.
vorced the second was Mrs. Cunningham.
The following is from the editorial columns Of
the New York Times
TIE BOND STREET MURDER The murder of DR.
Burde is one Of the most startling incidents Of
the current history Of the metropolis. The mys-
terry that thus far surrounds it adds greatly to its
intTi nsic horror Our city mas been the scene Of
| very many tragedies equally bloody and Drutsl,
and some that remain to this day shrouded in
| equal darkness Some ten years since Mr.. Cor
| lies, while walking up Leonard street, near the
| Carlton House. Just at dusk, Broadway being
crowded was shot daSd-snd not the slightest clue
has ever yet been obtained to the daring murder
= More recently D.. Leutnec, a well known aurist,
? was shot at ten o'clock in the morning, IL build
lug upon Broadway, IN his own room fronting on
that thrOnged and busy street.-the report OF the
pistol was he8rd-sCOres Of people were passing,
t, vet no reasonable suspicion OF the crime has th-s
o far been fastened upon any person. 1t is not
. year since Burke, the porter Of a clothing store,
also on Broadway, was found dead upon the Sc
| cond floor of the building, with bis skull terribly
beaten in, marks of blood upon every part OF the
j. ROOM and indications every where that his murder
"a had been effected only sfer the most prOtTRCted
and desperate struggle. Yet Lo clue to the per-
petrstor of thtt deed has ever been obtained and
l. he still walks the world in complete IMMUNITY so
far as human penalties are concerned.
e DR. BurdeIls murder is thus far quite ss unex-
- / planned as either OF the Others but in some re-
spects the circumstances attending it were more
at remarkable He slept in the back room, upon
I'd the second floor Of boarding house in Bond
It, street-in which were living large number of
ar persons and several ToJms of which were oCou-
:: pied st the time Of the act. So far as we can
s gather from the testimony thus far given, he was
seen at shout o'clock IN the afternoon Of Friday,
be by the andlsdy, who to increase the romance OF
Ia the afzir proves to have been his wife. We ner,
,, | though the official report of the evidence from
which this part OF report copied says moth
o- ing Of the isct that he wss then going out When
he returned 10 not known. de IS next heard OF
,st | in the morning al O'clock when his errsnd boy,
=. | going 10 his room, opened the door and found
, MIN dead It was announced il the evening pa
10 pers of Saturday a case of sudden death from
Ire the rupture of blood vessel, but Rn examination
in ! reYesled the laC that he had been srargied by
cord being drawn around his ueck-and nat theFa
were no less than fifteen wounds upon various
nv paris Cf his body inflicted by knife or some
at sharp instrument. HIS door was unlocked and
,ge | the key Wss upon the outside. We fad nothing
- il the evidence to show whether he usually left il
SO 81 night--whe.her bis bed had been occupied
u during The night or anything els5 tending to TX
the probable time at which he murder per.
Or petra.ed. Whether it was on Friday evening, be-
mi fore he retired or on Saturday morning. after he
., mad risen, seems to have been point which the
"a Coroner did not thiHk worth euquirng ssOus-at
10 all events we find nothing fix 1t in lhe evidence
in Il must lave been at enc time or the other, fol
US when found he was fully dressed.
The murderer was evidently some one seq iaut'
0"I ed wi b the LUUse--foT Il stOreTOUm next the
val gauet ere found q toWel, shees and night shirt
lie, smsaTed with bOJd, aud also an ordinary shirt
7er with blood upon one arm, and marked Char J
bo Ke,chum" The name Wss printed, and msy haze
be- put there for the express purpose u divert
81 g suspicion 70 the belief tha3 It vas the 5cs
-, ~ n. 7l-,
be it WIS not done for purposes o! robbery, il sJ
o., by the isc. tast nothing wHGCeFec wa 'a&ens
eylde- &c has as yet shown any mOtVl anywhere
III fer slcu an act, though the principal tG--a la:
been IL that direction Il vas at en2ted 10 tj
sly shown tl6t fsreGCes had existed between D:
BITdell ard the woman who proves to have beer
n his Wlie--5ut /. did not amount to any thing. L
" is also alleged that NJ. Z ksr, who boarded i
ht. he house, was also intimate with the woman, sLC
ar that there had been jssiOusies between him suc
the deceased OF that account. Mrs BUrdeil ssatci
= that On Friday night Ecker left her BEDROOM be
tween 10 and IL O'Clock, and gives the impression
L that he had been there FIR some hour preyi 8
ell The buugHng manner toF eYer, in which the eli
cal report Of tie ties imony is given renders i
~, cry difficult to get RDy very clear idea of the
facts which 1t establish Duiiag yesterday
a dirk was found il the room where tha murder was
6 committed, smesred with blood; and we under
Jc stand that evidence will be offered to-day to SHOW
|
'H Upon his examination he testified that ne knew
On, nothing about the sfair--thst he heard no noise
J during the night and had not seen Bardell fol
ert ten days
~ We take tie following from the N. Y. II i5uns'
- report Of the testimony:
oh The coroner sent fer Mrs Cunningham She
n replied through the messenger that size could Io
as come without consulting with her counsel
=: Coroner Officers 60 you and take her by the
- collar and bring her down. 1 will have no sucL
CO. humbug here l viii let her know We are all toe
lp- democratic for any such bighfalutin notions.
ch Mrs Cunningham presently appeared She seem
ed 10 be very much moved by the strapgeness O
her position and the horrid nature Of the event:
which had transpired beneath her roof She was
dressed 10 black, and wore fur cspe DeglgeLtly
around her shoulders Her hair and eyes are dark
nearly black and hsr complexion dark even r
ife | ssloWness. Her lace is oval, high check bones
II aud slightly suDken cheeks Thin, firm lips wou'C
seem to indicate decision and hrmuess Of Charao
Nc ter Her bust is full, and her figure good for bel
he age; medium height. Her face, - q whole, is D0
handsome, and yet she is progressing when ami
mated; her voice is soft and low, and under favor
able Circumstances she would be an attractive Wo
mao. In her distressing situation her Couute
nance only wore an Overwhelming expression @