Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-08-13

nS"Soi, Wcht Dhck anu Drought up mary, bne
nurse. DIR. uhl then hurried over to Mrs. Cum
ningham's to tell her it was all right. In the
meantime Mr.. Hall had posted number of of
llcers IN ladicious positions Officer William b.
Walsh of the Court of Sessions was stationed
on the opposite side of Film street, Inspector
Spcight was stationed near No. 81 Bond street,
Inspector Hopkins at the alley in the rear, on
Bleecker street, and Inspector Dilks was post
ed in front Of Burton's Theatre commanding u
view of the whole Of Bond street.
The medical gentleman then put on his
hight-cap and went to bed, ready TO do the
groaning. ! marked the child slightly with nj
rate OF silver behind one ear, and in other
places, and then wont down stairs and station
ed myself on the opposite side of the way with
officer Walsh. We saw no one enter or leave
the house, 1t was done so quickly and steal
| thily. In few moments DIR. Uhl came back
and stood in the doorway some time. He had
| on white pants and white hat He then went
| in. About five or ten minutes after . O'Clock
he came across the way, and asked if we saw
the woman go in or out. We said no; and he
said she had been there, and must have gone
right up Broadway to Bond street, Officer
4 Walsh Immediately hurried to Bond street, and
stationed himself nader the stoop of the house
| next deor to No. 81.
| rode up Broadway to Bond street and COM
! mnnicated with Inspector Speight, who inform
cd me that no woman had gone into the house.
| lie said Il woman had gone out dressed in dark
clothes a man had gone out wearing white
hat and white pants, and dark coat DR.. Uhl,
and Immediately after another man had enter
ed. then went to the corner Of the Bowery
to await for the return OF the woman with the
basket. In little while saw coming in the
distance great basket, borne by a woman
with dark clothes, veiy peculiar dress, like
that OF nun. l walked close up to her, so
near that | identified the basket as the one that
M,. I,Iit ,;nh 4 Ind
with u baby in ut the house No. 1919 Elm street
twenty minutes before. | followed on the other
side of Bond street until | met Speight, and
said to him, g DO You see her ~ ss Yes, !" he
replied, s' that is the woman that went out and
down to Elm street, She went into the house
and the door was shat.
| may as well mention here Inspector Speight's
adventure, as he related it to me. He said
that when he saw the woman come ont OF the
house in Bond street he followed her at dis
tance, and saw her get into a''car in the Bowery.
He then jumped in ut the other end of the car.
The conductor came up to him and said,
" llallo0, Captain, that's Mrs. Cunningham,
amt it 2" One or two OF the passengers re-
marked and asked him to point her out; but he
said, Sc Oh, no, that isn't the woman" She
sat perfectly mOtiOnless until they reached
Spring street, when she jumped ont without
stopping the car. Speight followed her down
to Elm street and down the west side Of that
street when she went into lager beer saloon
when he rode back to his post, and waited
till he saw her return with the basket. lie
thought she choose a very foolish dress
the nun-like dress making her very conspicu-
Gus.
Ithad been arranged between Mrs. Cunning
lam and DR.. Uhl that he was to go ont OF his
house before o'clock, and she was to send
for him two or three times in hot haste. Ac-
cordingly DIR. uhl now went up to his house
in Twentieth street, ewhere he found on his
slate very urgent call fer his immediate at
tendance at No. 81 Bond street, He then re-
turned and went into the house, which was
closely watched until midnight, the time agreed
upon to get through with the confinement
| Dir. uh then came out, and as he walked
| along with friend whom he had accidentally
met IN Broadway, some of the officers watching
arrested his friend, supposing it to he DIR. Cat
lie. Dr.Ghi lhen stated shat Dr. Catlin was
expected to stay all night. A consultation was
then held as TO the best way of getting into
the house without creating disturbance in
| the neighborhoOd.
While this was going on, DR.. Catlin FORUM
ately came out ofthe house, and officer Wilson
| followed and arrested him. This DR.. Catlin
| should not be confounded with the one Of the
same name living in Brooklyn. This is the
Cne who testified so readily on the murder trial
that Mrs. Cunningham sewed with her lett
hand, becauses she had rheumatism in her right.
He attended Mrs. Cunningham's husband in
his last illness, and il is reported that Mrs. o..
has said that she had him in her powcr.l 1t was
discovered that DIR. Catlin was expected to re-
turn shortly, and Mr.. Hall then proposed that
Capt. Dilkes and myself should go in his
place.
We rung the bell once but it was not au-
swered. We then rang violently, and it was
opened by two women, who came down stairs
and asked why we disturbed the house at So
I,ta N bnn Wa fpII ham NVO
stood that doctor had been attending Mrs.
Burdell, who had been intercepted, and under
the circumstances We thought that justice
demanded Il full investigation OF the case at
once. They said Mrs. Burdell was very sick,
and must not be disturbed. One of the wo-
men said she would go aud see her, and we
pushed by the other and followed up stairs to
the second story, front room CDR. BurdelFs
old bed room.) The woman said, "Mrs. Bur
dell, here are two gentlemen who want to see
You. ''Shut the door; don't let them in,' she
cried in IL very loud tone; but while this was
going on we slipped into the room.
The baby was lying on the bed by the siue
Of the lady, and recognized it at once by its
features, us the one brought from the Hospl-
tai. There We're two nurses in the room; the
light was drawn low, and there was some warm
drink over nurse lamp, which one OF the wo-
men would occasionally feed to the patient,
raising her gently. | examined the baby
closely, and fully recognized it. One of the
nurses took it up, and Dilkes said we had come
to investigate the matter, and sec If 1t was all
right. Mrs. Cunningham said she was very
sorry to be disturbed so. Dikes then stepped
out to bring up other officers, and in the mean-
time / asked her sis this Harvey Burdell's
child % She said ''Ot course it is. Whose
else could it be 1t is my own dear little
baby l said: ''Let Inc look at it," She OBJ
iected. L told her / was u medical man, and
II
1t was very nice baby, and no doubt it was
all right.
BY this time all the officers had come i'll, so
still that did not hear step, and among
them was the medical man who acted as the
''California widow" / said to him, FfIet us
unite this string, and see if it is the same bit
of handkerchief we put on it few hours ago"
Mrs. Cunningham shouted, sDon't disturb it,
let it alone." We then removed the bandages
and found it was the same. Mrs. Cunningham
was evidently under the intuencp OF opium,
given to make her look pale the next morning,
and had not apparently recognized any one.
The officers then said they wouid arrest the
whole OF them, and tho women declared they
would not be arrested. 1t was finally decided
to leave one Of the women in tho care OF Mrs.
Cunningham, and take the other to the Station
House.
Mrs. U. continued to groan us if in pain, and
to be fed with warm drink although the off
GERS told her the game was played out. She
wanted to have her child b ack, and one of the
women gave it to her, when she hugged it
tightly to her breast We thought she intend
ed to kill it, and two OF the officers seized her
arms and pulled them apart, when it rolled out
on the bed. l then took it out, and carried it
back to the Hospital. gave it to its mothers
arms. about O'Clock in the morning, where lt
still reposes. Governor Daily has declared,
that in view Of the Important part the child
played to carry out the ends Of Justice, Its
name shall be 'sJustitia Anderson"
A SAD AFFAIR.-A boy named Kelly, about
fourteen years old, recently undertook to ride