Arkansas intelligencer., 1857-03-20
THE BOND STREET rRApEoY.

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| from Custody-Dr. BurdeTs Marriage.
The Grand Jury in New York on the 2lst
ult, concluded the investigation Of the Bur
dell murder, and brought in bills Of indict-
ment against Eckel and Mrs. Cunningham
We subjoin the indictment against John J.
/ Eckel:
! City and County Of Nep York, ss.-The
jurors of the people OF the State OF New York,
IN ana for the body OF the city and county of
New York, upon their oath, present that John
J. Eckel, late OF Fifteenth Ward of the city
of New York, in the county of New York
aforesaid, on the 30th day OF January, in the
| year OF our Lord, 1857 at the ward, city and
county aforesaid, with force and arms, in and
| upon one Harvey Burdell in the peace Of the
! people of the State, then, and there being,
milltully, telouiousiy and of his malice afore-
| thought did make an assault and that the
said John j. Eckel, with certain knife which
/ he, the said John j. Eckel, in his right hand
then and there had and held, him the said
! Harvey Burdell, in and upon the left side of
| the breast of him the said Harvey Burdell,
then aud there willfuly, ieloniously and of
| his malice aforethought did strike, stab, cut
and thrust, giving unto the said Harvey Bur
dell, then and there with the knife aforesaid
! in and upon the said left side Of the breast of
him, the said Harvey .Burdell, Que motal
wound Of the breadth Of two inches, and of
! the depth of two inches, of which said mortal
wound ON said Harvey Burdell, on the day
and in the year aforesaid, at the ward, city
and county aforesaid, of the said mortal wound
did die. And the jurors aforesaid, upon
! their oath aforesaid, do say that he the said
John j. Eckel, him the saId Harvey Burdel.
in the manner aud form, and by The means
aforesaid, at the ward, city and county afore-
! said, on the day and the year afore-
said, will:uly, feonously and of his own ma
lice aforethouglt did xiii and murder, against
the form of the statute in such case made
and provided and against the peace of tho
State of New York and their dignity.
And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath
aforesaid, do further present that the said
John j. Eckel, of the ward, city and county
aforesaid, afterwards, to wit: on the day and
year aforesaid, at the ward, city aud county
aforesaid, with force and arms in and upon
one Harvey Burdel, in the peace of the peo-
pie OF the Safe, then and there being will
fully, feloniously, and of his malice afor,
thought, did make an assault, and that the
said John j. kckel, with certain sharp in-
strument 10 the jurors aforesaid unknown,
winch he, the said John J. Eckel, in hi, right
hand then, there had, and held him, the said
Harvey Burdell, in and upon the left side oi
the neck Of him, the SAID Harvey Burdell,
then and there willfully, feloniously, and OF
his malice aforethought did stab, cut and
strike, giving unto the said Harvey Burdell,
then and there with the said sharp Estru-
ment To the jnrors aforesaid unknown, in and
| upon the SAID left side of the neck Of him. the
SAID Harvey Burdeil, one mortal wound ofthr
breadth oI one inch, and uf the depth of Fl =,
inches, OF vii ca said mortal wound he. the
SAID Harvey Burdvll, on the day aforesaid and
at the "2rd, city and county aforesaid, Of the
! sad yJs.s wound did die. And SO th. in
! rOfs AFORESAID, upon their oath aforesaid. do
SAY, that he, the SAID John J. Eckel. the sand
Harvey Burdrll, III the manner and form and
| by the means aforesaid, at the ward, city and
county aforesaid, on the day and the wear
aforesaid. wltuily, felonou>ly, and of his
malice aforethought did Kill and murder.
against the form vi the statute in such case
made and provided, and the people of the
State Of New York and their dignity.
| y. OAkEl HALL, District Attorney.
| The indictment against Mrs. Cunningham
Is m the same form as the above nearly word
! for word.
The Misses Cunningham are understood to
be absolutely discharged, and young Snod-
grass held to bail in $4,000
DIR. Erwin j. Spicer, dentist of Sackett's
Harbor, WHO was formerly associated with d..
Burdell, makes an affidavit under date of
Feb. IA, 1857, before L. T. Stewart. to the
following facts in substance: Dr. S. had been
acquainted with DIR. b. about thirty years.
In August last they made arrangements for
partnership, which was entered into about
the 10th OF September last, and DIR. entered
upon his duties at No. 81 Bond street. AZ
ter DIR. S. had been there some ten days he
had occasion to witness a disturbance between
DIR. B. and Mrs. Cunningham DIR. B. charp
ed her at that time with stealing note from
his safe OF 5000. She clearly denied it.
Police were called by DIR. B., but afterwards
were sent off again without being ordered to
search Mrs. C.'s drawers, as was at the deter
mination Of DIR. b.
AT this particular scene Mrs. C. was quite
mild, but firm in her manners. DIR. s WAS
then requested to take her keys and search
for the note. DIR. B. had gone out on bust
ness at this moment. DIR. S. did make a
careful search all over the premises, and found
no note, and on the return of DIR. b. SO stated
10 HIM, when he replied "D-n it, | did not
have any note. only made the fuss to drive
the ID b-h out of the house." DIR. b.
then said he wanted to get back a certain
other woman, but Mrs. c. was jealous of her.
and would not have her in the house.
Dr.. 5. witnessed interviews between DIR. B.
and Mrs: c., when the promised marriage was
discussed. She asked him to fulfi! his en-
gagement; that he had put it off time and again;
that 1t had gone forth to the world that he
was to marry her, and she would be disgraced
If he refused to do it; this she said in mild.
ness but in tea,s. DR.. B. did not deny that
he had agreed to marry her, but said he would
marry no woman.
| Dr. 5. asked Mrs. c. if she loved the doctor.
She said she did, "as she loved her yery be-