The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-26
From the N. Y. Hersld, Of Monday.
Conclusion Of the Durdell I'm
vestigafiOm.


The last act Of the Bond street tragedy has
been concluded, and the curtain has fallen up-
on scene OF horror unparalleled in the an
nails OF crime. No local event ever occupied
the attention OF the public mind so exclusive
ly for period Of fourteen days, as that Of the
murder Of DR.. Burdell. To the moment the
excitement was intense, and up to to II o'clock
or Saturday night thousands anxiousIyfaw
the verdict Of the Jury.
THE DAGGER
The evidence, as adduced on Saturday. was
highly important, inasmuch as il tended to inn
plicate Snodgrass as an accessory to the crime
of which EcRel and Mrs. Cunningham have
long since been suspected, while the testimony
of the witness Farrell, has been substantiatea
in every particular. The Coroner having
learned that Snodgrass had purchased dagger
abont day or so before the commission Of the
N rider, bad him called upon the stand, and
there questioned him under oath upon that
point I. The witness denied having made such
a purchase; when Mrs Margaret Alviset, of
500 Broadway, came forward and testified that
a young man, whom shA subsequently identified
as Snodgrass, had bought dirk at her store
on the Wednesday or Thursday before DR..
Burdellwas murdered. The knife sold BY Mr..
Alviset was about five inches long in the blade.
and would, according to the statement of Dr.
Woodward. have inflicted the wounds found
upon the person Of the deceased. The wit
ness evidence was corroborated by salesman
in the store above mentioned, who also iden-
titled Snodgrass as the person who had pur-
chased the dirk knife. There appears to have
been some difficulty about the bills that Snod-
grass offered in payment for the knife, so that
the witness attention was occupied more close
ly than usual in case Of ordinary trade The
accused affected extreme GOODNESS at the iden-
tification, and when he was committed 10 the
Fifteenth ward station house he assumed an
air OF great carelessness and unconcern
FARRETL's EVIDENCE coRRoBoRArrp
Information was given to the Coroner that
the witness was presen. who saw Farrell
standing on the stoop of the house. On being
questioned, he said that he saw the man sit on
the door stoop doing something with his shoe
in his hand and he thought it singular; he did
not say which direction he was coming in; he
raw the door open and the man at the door in
his shirt sleeves.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
An inquisition taken at the house OF the late
Doctor Harvey Burdell, No. 81, Bond street in
the Fifteenth ward of the city Of New York. in
the county OF New York, the 14th day of Feb
ruary, in the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty seven, before Edward
c. CoLneiy, of the city and county aforesaid,
on view of the body Of the said Harvey Bur
dell, lying dead at 81 Bond street aforesaid.
upon the OATH and atirmations of twelve
good and lawful men of the State of New York
duly chosen and sworn or affirmed, and charp-
ed to inquire on behalf Of said people, how and
in what manner the said Harry Burdell came
to his death, do, upon their oafhs and afiirmA-
tons, say that the said Harvey BurdelI, on
the 30th day Of January. 1857, at 81 Bond st.,
aforesaid, was feloniously murdered and came
to his death by being stabbed in various parts
Of his body with dagger or other sharp in
strument; and the jurors believe from the evi.
dence, and therefore find, that Emma Augusta
Cunningham and John ]. Eckel were princi-
pals in the commission Of said murder; and the
Jurors aforesaid further fine that George Vail
Snodgrass either JONES' Emma Augusta Cum
ningham and JohnJ. Bckel il, the commission
OF the said murder, or was an accessory there
to before the fact, counse!ing, aiding or abet-
ting the said Emma Augusta Cunningham and
John J. Eckel to committing the said murder;
and the jurors aforesaid further End that Au-
gusta Cunningham and Helen Cunningham,
daughters of the said Emma Augusta Cur
ningham, being in the house 81 Bond street
aforesaid, where the said murder was commits
ted, have ONE knowledge of the facts con-
nected with the said murder, which they have
concealed from the jury, and that it is the duty
of the Coroner to hold them for the future ac-
ton of the Grand Jury.