The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-02-07

NO CLUE TO TIE MURDERER

NO CLUE TO THE MURDERER.
On Saturday morning at o'clock, q SER
want boy In the house No. 81 Bond street,
on going into the room Of Harvey Bardeil,
the well-known surgeon den,ist, found the
doctor lying on the door, his person and the
rooG, covered with blood, The boy imme-
siately gave the alarm, ard other parties In
the house came to the scene. DR.. Burdell
was found to be dead, aud the appearance Of
the body gave rise 10 = report that he had
burst blood weasel, and persisted before he
could summon help. This was the story
hich was published in the evening papers
OF Saturday
closer examination OF the body, how
ever, disclosed the fact that he had been
murdered. There were no less than hftsen
staos In his neck and breast, made with
some narrow hladed sharp instrument; and
on his neck were signs Of an attempt at
strangulation. which wss further proved BY
the fact that the lungs were full of air, and
bis tongue protruded between the teeth
One Of the cats had severed the JugulsE
vein, aHd another nearly separated the YER
tebrs. Two Of the wounds in the breast
penetrated the heart,
TIE ROOM,
TIE condition OF the room wherein the
bloody scene was enacted bore esident
| traces of Icing and desperate struggle hav-
| ing been made by the deceased ere he yield
ed to the knife of the assassin. The walls
| were snesred with gore, while the entire
door in the neisheorhood OF the spot where
the body was found was one Sea Of blood,
The matils,ed condition OF the body. and
| the number Of wounds upon the corpse
would lead one TO think that there must
hove been more than one hand in the hor-
rid butchery. Twice the steel had pierced
the heart, twice the lungs had been reached
with the deadly point Of the s,illetto. while
the iugular vein and carotid artery were
both severed, and life's blood oozed from,
The gaping wounds Nine other incisions
bore testimony Of the desperate struggle
Itaat must have taken place between the
murdered man and his assassins. Any one
Of the six other wounds alluded 10 would
have been sufficient 10 cause almost instant
death; so we are led to infer that the fou
deed was the work Of more persons thar
one. Indeed, one would imagine that hal
4 dozen fiends were concerned in the muir
der, aud that oil aud every one Of them hat
dealt fatal blow.
THE TRACES OF BLOOD.
The marks of blood were traced into thu
closet where the person or persons commit
ting the murder washed themselves. Bloos
! was also found on the door which leads intt
. | the front room, or the sleeping apartment
of Dr.. Burdeli. The traces OF blood wer,
then followed up stairs to the fourth door
into q sort Of store room, containing ladies
i skirts and some trunks: there sheet con
tanning clotted blood, was found, also
night shirt, with blood upon it. From Their
the traces of blood were followed into va
, cant front room, on the same story. SIEVE
4 raj spots Of blood were found on The 400
h Of that room, and also blood on the doc
= mob. There was crate containing Coz
: partially burned out in this room; the fir
seemed to have been extinguished by pour
d ing water on it, ss the mantlspiece al
Il hearth were covered with cinders and ashe:
+ the same IS they usually are when waite
!, 10 poured on FIRE Some spots of blood Of
the floor were covered UP with grease from
. sspern candle; such spots of candle greas'
: were very numerous ON the carpet of tn,
!. fourth floor. Ladies' slept In the room di
rectly opposite this vacant room, but ther'
were no traces OF blood leading to ,hei
room or to smother one occupied by gentle
i | men on Inc same Moor. ne uiooo Seui'
' be traced from the fourth story back to th'
| room where the murder wss perPeuated
and from there 10 the front room.
u The body Of deceased now lays in th'
1 front room on the second foor-that 10, il
the room formerly occupied as sleeping
apartment By the doctor, 4 fine ROSEWOOD
coffin, lined with satin, 10 placed near it
The body appear. like that OF strong
healthtul, vigorous man; the sountenance il
slightly distorted, The lower part Of the face
is covered with fue black whisksrs; there j.
Ia broad, high, slightly retres,ing forehead
round nose; the features are strongly mark.
ed, yet quite regular. twas a face which
c in lie must have possessed prepossessins
= appearance.
i, TEE aUEpE8ERs.
No clue to the murderers has been found
Mrs.. Cunningham claim, to have been pri
7 vately married TO Dr.. Burdell, and lie .us
; pected. Eeher and Rodgers, two boarder.
in the house, are srrested-but, as yet. nj
evidence seems to be produced sufficient IL
convict them. The Coroner's Jury adjourn
ed over to Thursdsy.-N, 7. Herald