New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-25

County Judge sLd Surogate'co1ooIsss
HE brother IN regard 70 the suit aud me
and If 70 sitiye he ea1 the decedent NJ diner oc.
md copversed with him IL reference to the a's,.
have sready stated that when he arrived al %.
Oct 81, Mr.. Snyder tsstfes that the osce"en. see,
'be came from the Wet" This, OF course, wa MOI
70 at that precise instant and the witness mus Nv
mistaken the expression. AT Herkmer ~ sPoAe y,
going 10 Saratoga 10 Mr.. Earl and ny. IsyIoi, anu
stated to Mrs Wilson Monday that Ii. had Iu.enael
20 90 tLere, bat had been detained by the C2uLa, 70
that be could not find connecting ua'1. VA. Ev,
who came 10 New-Yok by the cars and Tue sieailooa'
New World, on the 27th did not zee 'hs aeceieh,;
but that overnight might very well lave happened
without raising doubt Of the deceoen' WssehIe.
The, evidence i have just ooDsideIe9 ~ loI,heu W
the printed notices Of the meeting ana 'e coa' eh'oh
sp6 by the minutes of The Justice OF the peace Inc
docket of the Judgment in Gray and layer vas 1esu
la,ly entered IN the docket book out OF It's dae DIT the
oneinel minutes Of the nisl were p'odnceo aaied O
~ segal entry made by Poo1 ,be babes. credit
l. il po,sble then this whit did rot take place IN
October, ard that SO many witnesses speakns 70 30
many and various circumstances Gil concuien! suouAa
be mistaken Ifsome Of these events couia 9e coz.
founded with like occurrences nearly contiguous,
Others could lot Mrs. Wilson mace tut one vsit 70
N.w. York that Fall. The same remark az pnes 70 MI
TAYLOR. There wss but one County convention hei9
at erkimer and but one tria OF the care aua
Crav Apnin Dr. Rurde was seen 10 Herklmer Dnt
occasion ally ane his presence there woud naturally
attract attention. The events themselves whlcn Vc
crrfod AZ the time were especially noteworthy lG
cri, couptry town. ON any one single date connected
orc in Ole fact yitne sses may err bu; the chances
f error diminish as the cclhcidlng circumstances IN
creafe III number aud the eViienoes eccumna'pg
from various independent sources converge upon .e
sane point fitting tremendously tegethe and gatne
II STR. myth by mutual cOTotOration This view lIn-
nr.ssed 1ov mind when heard the testimony, and has
been confirmed by subsequent elimination ana renee
tiop There il nothing car perceive suiicieh' 70 inl
puen or shake 1t, ard II must e'asu a' NY ooeu'on
upon the facts.
ii. now approach the proofs produced to sustain
the allegation that Dr. Burde was partytp the cere-
mony the evening Of October %
l. Miss Helen Cunningham testhes mat Tue dece
dent gave her mother apain gold ring, put on her
Cir GER and "tod her it che did not like it she could
eel il changed" This circumstance IL important II
Occurred about the tine of the marriage Mr.: Silver
then, the jeweler, proved that some time IN i8Jo
DIR. Burdel purchased of him plen gold ring, but he
could lot identity IT, Az to the date Of the gift, Helen
said. 81 cannot remember the date; think It was
before October last il was before the 18th Of October
don't know whether it was week before; don't
think il was the day before" Her sister Augusta
says this same ring was put on her mothers hand by
the decedent the night Of the Wedding 10 the street;
but she aso states very distinctly that 1t was gwen
in July" ~ AZ.
>. In the afternoon Of the 18th of October, Miss
Helen Cunningham teaifies that her mother was
dressing in her room, and che SAID she was gong
ont with the Doctor" 90 think between and 3, very
near g. mother came down in the paIlor che ana tne
the center Of the room and the Doctor esned against
one of the pillars by the folding doors; she then said
she was going out with the Doctor that the suits h,a
all been withdrawn and everything wac 10 oe seeee
ard that was the 2Sth day OF October; mother went
out of the room and the Doctor With ber; Augusta was
there. too .he was standing rear The door 10 the
hall; they went out together, the three.
Elsewhere she says " was Little surprised sne was
going out with the Doctor, as they had not been out
before while they had this difficulty, aud asked her
whether che was going out With the Doctor
"1be only ihirg ] know with regard to my mother
coming back that night was, l heard some one
il the hall went TO the bannisteTs and looked
over ana saw my o her, Augusta and the Doctor.
The Doctor said something, and they were both laugh
ing when they came up; BY both mean Augusta and
mother They all went TO the Doctors back room,
second story-I then went up stairs to my ROOM and
retired 1t must have been near 10 O'Clock when they
came in The Doctor was laughing believe" Be
fore the Coroner Helen stat. that she did not see the
parties on their return and had not seen MIR. Eckel
siI &c breakfast while on this riri Sue sal1 that Mr..
Eckel on coming up from tea, spoke with her, ana
was afteiward two hours IN his ROOM with visitor:
There discrepancies also between her account and
that Of Augusta, but siil All not inclined to impugn
the main features OF the narrative just given. The
value Of the occurrence as Ink ID the chain u EVIL
d,rce depends entirely upon the time 1t might very
well have hspI ened on the evening OF tbe "a OF oc
tobtr, the day the suits settled, and it cmPorts
with that date more than with the date OF the mar
Rage, the drift Of Mrs. CunLiDgham's remark relsi-
inc 10 the settlement of the quits alone. Ii Is mani
Il
ement of the SUITS and it is not likely that informa-
ton so interesting would have been withheld from her
FIVE days.
3. The narrative Of Miss Augusta Cunningham in
reference 10 the marriage, shall give mainly 10 heI
own words: 1.-The Doctor hrsi requested me to wit
pees the marriage ceremony on Sunday morning next
prece ding the marriage the Doctor rst spoke 70 Inc
about it, he ask ed me if would be willing to be a
witLess TO marriage between mother ana hilnseh ne
also stated that he wanted me t keep it secIet until
June ext that he then intended going 10 Europe with
moiher; he also stated that he would take Inc WITH
them if wished to go; my moher was then present
he a.ked her if could keep ste:et, and she said ne
NUT ask that question Of myself he also stated to NE
that mother was going to Goshei - If abe could
GET DR.. Snodgrass 10 come II to marry them; l asked
The Doctor it TO be at The house be said It wa
to be there to take place at the 1ouse then asked
HIM why he wished It kept q secret; he said that he
had promised DENIS Hubbard that he never would
mary any one while she Was sngle--that she va
the only encumbrance that he had on bis bands at
that time, and that she was t. be married beio.s
June next; mother told ne should not ask any more
questions about it. then LETT tae room leaving the
two there together Tn. next morning the
Doctor told mo mother had gone to Goshen for DE-
SnOdgra.s | don't think he spoke about Il
ae ain until Tuesday morning, before breakfast, be-
tween Z ard &; he then asked my mother what bel
age vas: che told him; she SAID thirty-five.
lie had paper ct that time with him, with Mr. Mar
wins address which MIS- Snodgras had given mother
at Goshen. He stated that lie wa going TO the bank
and that he would see MI Marvin before be returned
Did not see him then until odock in the evening
lie in the hail, he merely mace the remark, say
ing az have accomplished il. The witness theI
describes the preparations aud The departure from me
house stating that they were psssng out they mel
Helen IN the ball, the front hall aud her mother
tod her 10 remember this night aforementioned nc
reason" She continues the account by stating that
this b. tween and s. else where she says - be-
tween and think, TO Z ] think - that silel
leaving the house her mother sad she "had left her
gloves and the two chopped at Mrs. Sollenbeck hall
an hour while the Doctor went to buy gloves;
be bougL. tSem, and she party then proceeded to
he ergyman's, where the ceremony was performed
On the way home she made the remark 10 the Doc
Tor, "what would he sRy" shoild she disclose the
marriage and he Answered b. would "kill" her.
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