The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-02-21
The BuraelI Murder in New York.

The !,uriell Murder in New York.
Tho examination before the Coroner in
this case, which has created so much excite
mcnt in New York, has been closed, and
the case has gone to the grand jury. We
copy from the Herald the following remarks
embodying the main facts elected in the
case as far as it has gone:
The public excitement in relation to the
mysterious murder Of Doctor Burdcll re-
ccives an additional impetus to day, in the
shape of some very important testimony. i
man of the name of Farrell tcstitics that at
about half-past ten on the evening of the
murder he was walking through Bond street,
and sat down upon the steps of Burdel's
house TO tie the string OF his shoe. lie saw
a man wearing shawl go into the house :;
/ then heard cry of murder; then man in
/ his shirt sleeves came to the door from the
| inside, and roughly demanded of Farrell
| what he was doing there. The mans left
/ hand rested on the inside of the door case
I The witness after 4 lengthy examination,
Mentifed EcLel as the man ttat cure TO the
door. 1t was also proven that Doctor Bur-
dell was in town on the twenty eighth Of
October last tho date Of the oilesea mari
agc-and that he attended on that day a
!
Bank. This will not probably appear III
evidence, as the Coroner has no power TO
weigh conflicting testimony. \ young wo-
man, attendant in 4 shop in Broadway where
canes are sold. testified that a lady and gem
tleman came there on the fatal Friday to buy
! a sword cane; the witness did not identity
Mrs Cunningham or Eclel as the persons.
/ An attempt to introduce testimony TO show
| who the person really was caused an I'M
seemly quarrel between Mr.. Clinton, the
counsel for Mrs. Cunningham, Mr.. Capron
and the Coroner. The last named officer
wound up the days work by committing
Mrs. Cunningham to the Tombs to await the
| action Of the Grand Inquest Of the county.
| The testimony of Mr. Farrell is highly i'm
! portant In the first place it corroborates
/ the evidence of three other persons as to the
/ time of the murder. We have now four re-
spectacle witnesses, who fix the time at be-
tween halfpaSt ten and eleven. They all
heard the cry of murder. Two of them saw
a man answering to the description Of DIR.
/ Burdell enter the house. Mr.. Farrell, in adj
| dition to this, gives us an account of the
blood on the stairway and street door. The
man who left his work unfinished to go dow n
I to the street door deposited the marks on
! his way, and there is stain Of blood on the
place where Mr. Farrell swears that Eckels
hand rested. This positive evidence upscts
all the theories formed upon the supposition
that the murder was done by some person
without the house. 1t is in fact, the only
direct evidence against Eckel. Why the
murderer should come down at that moment
cannot be explained 1t is one of those
mysterious occurrences, one Of those ap-
parently trivial circumstances which often
give clue to crime, however carefully it
may have been planned. Perhaps, in his
over anxiety to produce the impression that
the murderer left the house, he may have
purposely stained the stairway and door case
with the blood of the yicfirn