Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-02-19
The Latest Testimony in the Burdell
Case


The examination ON Sunday developed
a few facts of interest among a mass of
irrelevant matter most tedious. to read.
Among DIR. BurdelPs papers was found
an agreement, dated January 81, 1857,
signed by Mrs. Cunningham, binding her
to vacate his house on the LIST of Nav.
and restore it to the doctor. Would a
wife have signed and delivered such a
document to husband?
Silas c Herring, the safe-manufactur-
er, identified key found in Mrs. Gun
ingham's possession, as one of two made
by him for the safe which the Doctor
owned.
Miss Helen Cunningham has weak
ness, an extraordinary weakness of men,
DRY, extending through columns of the
n. Y. Times, but is positive that DIR.
Burdell married her mother, and went
to Saratoga the next day without her
is more positive that she, Miss Helen
Cunningham, sis not in the habit of con-
versing with servants, "-confesses to
her counsel that she did not understand
either what she said to the Coroner or
the Coroner said to her,--and then re-
lapsed into the most impracticable, dull
know-nothingism.
Ex-Attorney General Levi S. Chat
field testified that Mrs. Cunningham had
employed him to bring an action against
DIR. Burdell for breach of promise Of
marriage. He did so. Subsequently
and on her order, the suit was discontin-
ued. After that, and Sin the neighbor-
hood of month after October 22' last,
he understood from his associate in the
case, Mr.. Thayer, that Mrs. Cunningham
had the day before requested that the
suit be commenced anew, because DIR.
Burdell stiU refused to marry her. A
portion of his testimony we give else
where. 1t will be recollected that the
certificate bears date October 2Sth,
The associate counsel, b. G. Thayer,
testified that the breach of promise suit
was discontinued on the ODD of October
and that Mrs. Cunningham, about
three or four weeks afterwards, told him
she thought she would have to revive it.
The reporter truly says that this an
nouncement deep sensation in
the Inquest room. The web of guilt and
completely draws tighter and tighter
about the evil woman. ssaa
On Monday two witnesses, Doctors
Blaisdell and Smith, testified that they
saw Burdell at Saratoga, they think on
the 2sth of October, the date of his al
legged marriage. Blaisdell further testi-
fies that certain papers found in EokePs
possession, andpurporting tohave passed
between Burdell and Mrs. Cunningham,
were forgeries.
Miss Sallenback, corset maker, tes-
titles that one evening, late in October,
Mrs Cunningham and her eldest daugh-
ter came to her mothers house to await
the arrival of gentleman. The latter
came, said to them "all right" and the
three went away together. This witness
being conducted into another room,
where were several persons, and reques-
ted to point out the man who called for
Mrs Cunningham, unhesitatingly point
ed to Eckel. a.7e
Mr.. Eckel, called up by the Coroner,
refused to answer interrogatories, on the
plea that he was a party implicated
Mrs. Cunningham also called up, refused
to testify,
VIM. Burdell, of Columbus, Ohio, a
brother of the deceased, has given no.
tice that he intends to apply for letters
of administration on his brothers estate.
Our Geographic report carries the case
down to last evenings nquiry.-Albany
Journal. FEB. 10TH.