Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-02-06

up a broad flight of stone steps, the basement 6eiDt
a half story above ground. The entrance through th'
street door is into a long hall, with Two large parlor
on the right hand. connected by folding doors. Th,
stairway is at the back end of the hall, running Up
half a story toward the rear wall, and there from a
broad stair, turning entirely abou! so as q iand ths
person ascending in the upper hall, with DIS lace
towards the street. Here Immediately at the top OF
the stairs, at the lef, hand is the door of the Doctor's
room, in which the key Was found on the outside.
This was his sitting oom-his bed was IN the from
room, and a passage leads from one room 10 int
other. The door Of the room opens from the pos
farthest from the stair and swings around into tn,
room in such a mannsr that in entering you must 81
around the edge Of the door. Within a foot OF THU
edge lie the corner OF the room. aud right there is !
door opening into boh the roOnls; this door is spst
tered with blood about five feet high, in such a way
Is to indicate that it spouted from a wound, and a.
the same instant the man turned half round so as Il
throw the stream across the whole width of the doc.
and beyond. Before this wound was given, it is evil
dent that there must have been an attempt at tn,
garrotting powers, for the throa, bears evident mark,
of a ligsIure, and the face and ewes of having suc
fered from suffocatiou.
Now, may we not suppose that the Doctor, aftel
hnishing his supper, came home, went up to his room
unlocked The door, hung the ky on the outside, went
Ill., lshied MS gas, and sat down to his deck, which
stands between the two near windows, on the south
side OF the room. with biz back toward the end door.
Suppose, then, that the assassin, whether he followed
'he Doctor home or not, entered the room and az.
proa'hed hs victim with a rope, with which be at.
tempted to choke hun in 6 quiet way, but as the Doc.
Tor VISA powerful, resoluto man, in full health. tho
villain found that he could not accomplish his pur.
pose IN that way, abandoned the choking aud at
tempted the dagger.
At this junc,ure the Doctor probably sprane uu
and grapp!-d with his nssallant, and at this moment
he might have receiv,t the GU; On HE hand or nose,
from which the blood $ne upon the desk. Finding
that IL was 10 ba u struggle for life, he eIsrted his
strength, ruehed The murderer back into the corner
of the room by the entrance door, and there received
tho TWO tata! slabs in the neck-ons of which sepa-
rated the ~jugular. These blows were all on the let, side
of the neck, by the right hand of the ssssilant. aud
struck while both were sanding. AS the murdered
man reelrd, the blood spurted, and at the same time
the assassin struck at his heart an upward or lunging
stroke, aud another downward, followed by severa
others after he Was down.
Ihsre he fell, close by the door, there he died;
there be was iound by the boy next mornipg-the eas
still burning, the key in III. door-and yet no one
of all the family pas-ing up ami down these staira
ali the morning, within two feet OF that murdered
body, had discovered Il, or any trace Of the murder
er-not even noticing the stn-ars of blood upon The
stairway up aud down. To say The least, il i . one Of
The most mysterious OF The mysterious murders Of
this prolific age Of slaughter and the murder is not
the only mystery; The secret marriage, and the diff
Guilty OF Identifying the murdered man as the married
one, Is equally mysterious. Still. II may ali be solved,
and the may Yet prove another act in the great
drama OF the gsrrorers.
Mrs. Stevens testified that Mr.. Eckel called upon
her some time since and tried 10 get her TO 90 TO No.
+N''ft H-'' NohS hiA'Nb "hhS
Mrs. Cunn' -nain would go and stop AT DR.. Stevens
hous-. rh"reUy making Or. Burdell JEALOUS. and so as
10 get hun iTtO u row about Mrs. Cunningham. She
also stated that more than twn weeks ago, DR.. Har.
vey Burd-l! was az her house, aud stated that there
was & dispute between him and Mrs. Cunningham
and Mr.. Eckel. that he, the doctor, WAS afraid they
would mu.der him; that be hardly dared sleep in hs
own bed, N bs o~n hous-, for lear Of their taking
his life. Th;s. it will BE- Remembered, was told to Mrs.
Stevens BY DR.. Burdeli two weeks before his death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens were then taken TO the FIJI.
teenth ward station house, when Mr.. Eckel wGs
introduced, aud They were asked if he WAS the man,
they replied that lie was the man. they knew him by
his face ana form bat when they cav him before he
was not so bIi-he had black hair on his head, 60.
The coroner did not tGink this difference as to tbs
appearance of Dir. Erkel very important, but never
the less noted il. and while examining the premises
found the wig Of Mr.. Eckel secreted III 4 nightcap il
his cell. On being asked the reason for this chang
in his Appearance. ard why he did not wear his wis
Mr.. Eckel seemed confused, but u, length said he hst
forgotten to put il on,
According to the Express, Mrs. Cunningham, On
hearing that a bloody knife had been found in hG
bureau drawer, became greatly agitated, and tell back
in her chair aud swoOned.