Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-08-20
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The New York journals have been surmising and
hintng that further discoveries respecting the
murder of Dr. Burden are likely to come out of the
recent Cunningham farce. A New York correspon-
dent of the Boston Journal processes to give some of
these new disclosures, cautiously, however prece-
ding them with the declaration that he does not wish
TO be held accountable for their accuracy. He says
Not to be held to too rigid an account for the full
correctness of al have to state-not willing to be
held to strict accuracy, have good authority for
saying that probably the yelled mystery of Harvey
burdelfs murder will be lifted, and the mystery be
dissipsed soon that the darkness of that night of
crime will soon blaze with the brightness of noon
day; that public morality and public justice will be
vndicated by the dark aud terrible revelations of
that hour of blood; and the authorities, am in
formed, have come into possession of some most
startling Developments which will show that secresy
in such great crimes is made impossible by the laws
Of God
1t will be remembered that no account can be
gathered of the manner or place in which DR.. Bur-
dell passed his last night from the time be took his
dinner, at o'clock, at the Metropolitan Hotel till
ii o'clock, when he was seen to enter his house. at
81 Bond street, ON the night he was murdered All
his old Launts have been visited, all his old assoe
ates found and examined all the usual places of re-
sort searched, yet no one heard of him after
seven o'clock, till he was to enter his house at
eleven o'clock at night. The fact pGs he sras not
then dtUe; he lay on ms floor WGngLed and stifeRed
corpse. He killed soon after he entered his house
al seDen o'clock that eUeling. His probable murderer
seen to go into that house before he came from
his dinner in the closet he waited for his victim;
with coat and shoes off he watched for the return of
the subject, with the intention to garrote him; his
accomplish and accessory was in waiting in the next
room with dagger prepared for struggle, if need
fnl IL is difficult to strangle stout, athletic man.
struggling for his life and the struggle comes on
the blade of the assassin is freely used with the des
peration of a novice and of revenge and despair.
The inmates Of the house were away when Bur-
dell was killed. The deed of blood done The
clothes are consumed before the family returned
The 'smel Of leather testified TO the trial. is but
another Of the stories Of interested medical men
who have figured in this terrible affair. The man
of blood, having done the deed takes the cloak and
hat of DIR. Burdell, slips out the back way, through
the lane, into Beecker street, and by concert and
agreement, at the proper time-that is, at about IL
o'clock at night, the time of Burdells usual return
he walks up Bond street-goes boldly up the steps
of No. 81 Bond street, the doctor-enters so as
to attract attention and the evidence is regarded
complete. liz had personated Burdel at the mock
marriage; he had deceived the amiable, yet credu-
lous and unreliable Dr. Marvin the clergyman who
married the parties; he could easily deceive those
who saw only his form. the well-known cloak and
hat, at the midnight hour; and when the question
was asked, ''Where was Dr. Burdell between the
hours OF anu II tnaL Iatal night the answer Is,
"He was a bloody and stifeued corpse, lying cold
in DEATH and in his blood, his Office foor the
victim of fourteen stabs by excited furious and
maddened hand" And when it was said that he
{; was to enter his own house at ii o'clock"
that fatal night, through his front door-hs
is " his hat, cane aud cloak went in on the person
of the assassin" DR.. Burdell was cold in death in
that room long before that hour.
The bloody deed done-the clothes burned-the
bloody stains washed out as far as possible-the
door locked-and all is still-when the men who &C.
cupied the rooms chambers, and upper part of the
house came in at ten or eleven twelve and found
all STILL and swear that noise, confusion, cry,
smell of burning cloth came to their notice that
night, after they came in. All this part of
well cOnsummsted plan, but one that is destined, 1
believe, to an early and complete exposure. When
the of justice is relieved-the people seem to
breathe more freely-pubie security and confidence
is revived. Men feel that they may not be hewn
down in cold blood in the heart of this great city,
their own fresides, and the murderer not only go
unhung, but reap golden harvest, in defiance of
law from the work of blood and death. Such I'M
derstand to be the nature of some of the develop
ments about TO transpire.