The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-12

loe l0Net1lkSUCe Nuot AdrS- Iunlii&h AHi
was under arrest Tor felony In attempting
20 palm a snothcr's child . the fruit Of her
alleged narriage with DR.. Burdell, spread
like . prairie ARE through the city on Tues
day. The evidence fires the crime upon her
beyond question. Itshows that while still
in prison under Indictment Cor murder, she
6ignsd pregnancy, the advancing symptoms
Of which IL has, with the kuowledgs aud
sdroitnsss Of . woman, shown from time TO
time, md BY her appearance, and statements
a her counsel, taken pains to keep before
The public. That latterly che hes caused it
to b given out that her confinement was
sppruaehing, and with remarkable hardihood
and sslf-rslianos, hes prepared the materi-
ais Cor the plot and brought il to q compile
ton. Thanks to the honor and sscretivcncss
AZ one of her conodeutial physicians, and to
the skill and energy Of the District Attorney
and his agents, this infamous design has
been utterly ioilsd and iss author exposcl.
The Revised Statutes Of this State afiix !
peaalty 70 shs csine II which Mrs. Cunning
ham - ben guilty in the following words:
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.ss.ss assiy yss.esG.Q y 70 hsv. hssa tosn o -.
psrssssl sas . 70 isAsss esy rsai ssssss With The
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r.: ssy = s e ssss
Il s: s..ss ssssas. sSs ::s.siiss ten y.sss
However suDcisnt for ordinary cases the
extreme penalty Of the law thus declared
may be, C IL certainly disproportioaate 70
that az Mrs. Cunningham. Taken in Ill is
circumstances and concnmitantA there Is
nothing like Il in the annals Of crime. Here
J. . woman who hes for the last three
months, devoted herself to the object OF pro
aucinG . pgstanded heir 60 DR. Burtell, in
order 70 obtain the whole OF his property, a
large share of which she had before claimed
q his widow. WAile imprisoned on . charge
Il murder, she pretends 60 he pregnant, and
when upon trial canses il 60 b. whispered
about the courtroom that such is the fact,
thus crsating sympathy in addition to that
called forth BY the GroaPing u her children
about her. bs6br The Surrogate the pros-
pcstive event 10 artfully introduced aad com
nentsa upon by her counsel, end, strange to
say, 10 longer go than yesterday, additional
points we're Submitted 70 Mr.. Dean, the gist
of which u that legitimacy . well ~ mar
riage, 10 involved In the Judgement TO be
pronounced upon her claim upon the Burdcll
estate.
Tan this Be all2 every one will inquire.
i woman Who could Be guilty d . crisns
like this likely 30 be innocent q those other
ones which have been laid 1t her door
wss her psesesaed marriage with the muir
dered DR.. Burdell real or = sham one
Did she murder hint What did she intend
TO do with the child which she hoped would
alone stand hstwssu her and the coveted
propertyi Cen this b. tragedy. 81 which
- first oct was pessbs1ed nearly year
-. end The last ws. yet TO comet All
that the Transaction a the fictitious birth
proves, y tAat notive, both fr the sham
marriage and the murder, did exist, and that
motive and tie oppossasity supplied. bow
much more wo~ld b wanting 20 make out .
casr seaiass Mn. Cunniseksm, whether
within the strict rules Of criminal law OF not
every or must decide for himself. Nss
York TribsAs.