Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-08

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esr. and 6sat ~ nladA eu6o 31(ey who
su6snsd Json his dspssdAueqp sktaiasdl tn
no66okeg1 .Aoal pagers 10 0aoossetses add
$500 Nm. H asos - this city, amd
49, y ~ saaisusly 1ooking sbo0t. The
p@Dso DtAtion y nhd some eibcer r. ssrve
- tSSGes, }hs cpilty pafiy, 0old:n. .:e-
peof1i haslghA 1Dsess0iesd ast - 1oes hss
ae0Dy oths1gh M On oGletss ~ fses ~
: ssos. e!sSa iSss . Il. Sss:sJssExe
door. and then hunted IN officer TO receive
he key Il wis aherwar8s discovered
thsf esldsn ~ guilty Of erestbr ,erines
he1S, jhA1ns csnmitte6 burglary, Ind beng
also guilty a. hre.ny in ssrs'etng the
th:rsfots .s,.si..d hsess 80 's'~~ised to
,MAln n jsil be volunteered 70 Nasshal
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=: ;' sss Les ;ssss; - 49, !. : Z: n stsass
coQ0ecton with The Bsrdell murder il The
city - New York In 1867. His story h
thu - was then living IN New York, .,
dealer i1jeyslgY, ssd wording vithlrsd-
eeisk J. Rpdys No. - Je0se serese. q He
be0ms acqusisted wish Mn. UunninthasA, !
auA lsou dine 70 time made her presents {;
ofteh visited the house Of DR.. Burdsn.
wh1se ~ wss intimats With Nrs. Cunning
hau and her TIVE d~aughters, frsqu~ntiy |
stopping there day and night; knew SnOd \
grGnS, Who appeared IN the trial = The pat
ticular friend Of the elder daughter, while
b s,d0eldsa, IVES the GLOVER Of tbs young
u, Augusta. ssra
Hs overheard Mrs. G.. and Snodgrass talk
ing ofA child. s1tsa9iss ttAt Y d. -
dell was out Of the way she could obtain the
property. She SAID that she could not trust
Dr.. IEsfel, who Vas stopping, there, With.
ths3Sb, 6ut Chafley,, meaning hiutseif, vas
. good hand and iehss copGdspee. A short
time after this conversation, on the night Of
the murdes, q which time be VA engaged
70 aatsnd the theatre with Miss Augusta,
Mrt,,U. held : conversation With him, say
Ing that the property Was soon to be hers.
inquirise If be had the heart efan on ,ana u
he 0eald have the scsupies to commit CRIME
II il would bring him o26, OOJ. "You know,
Charley" she eoatinnsd, s'that Dr.. Bardcll
r.: !; ~ n! li $685. 'SsS; ~: * you So sss s.s 1:ss NM
. dirk, end asked him il be would do any,
thiueSk Augusta's sake. Then, hts story
h, that hs threw the knife upon the table,
end aoop afteg lel for the theatre, Mn. O.
tsllise scEssdSrass that "Chariey he'd
eav6d." xf'- ~ .'..s.t4
On Ghsir rsturn ct half past one, he no
ticsd The smoky smell In the street, met
1r&.U. With Z napkin stained with blood,
cav Ssodgrass ia HE room, the bosom u his
shit staiasd with bloo1,a be said, from the
nose bleed end vent to bed feeling that the
murdVe hed bees committed.
Edh} the next morning, when there were
eutcries Of muf6ss, Mrs. o., sdviseL him to
leave - soon - possible, to get put Of New
Yorh, and. IL possible, 60 to England. She
gave him 600 70 pay his expenses, insiot>
Ing thAt be should not visit the house again,
sayi6e that the property was hers, but ask
Ing hio return when the excitement was
past. He stopped that night 1t the Astor
House, thea at a. James street, and sailed
for New Orleans 10 the ship Memphis, Cap
tAin Davis, asa sailor.
This 10 the story ~ he gives Il. It's cor
rect u these particulass-that soms person
enswssiDg to the name he gives did stop u
the places stated, 1t the time named, and
that such . person did sail in the ship and
with he Captain stated, from New York 70
New Orleans. 1t would appear singular, II
his seory wa without foundation, tina. il
should b correct in all these particulars.
But il will b rsme1bered thst in the
house, s0sr the murder, was found . shin
coveSS1 With blood, marked 'Chafles Kct
SuSeUs ooW usoI UuIiuB SDO suvooSS8usuOU ,
letter. .was sent from Cincinnsti, signed
BOLD Writer" the author Of which affirmed |
the gailt Of himself and tho innocence Of
murder Of the person arrested. BY those
who hsvs examined into the matter, it is be-
lisved That the shirt belongs to this person,
now calling himself Goloen, and that be
tween ,tbe times of the murder and some
threefweeks after, when the ship Memphis
sailed. he was m Cincinnati, and did write I
ths letter named, and is himself the muir
derer Of DR.. Burdell.
Golden ia nan II ptepessessing appear
sncc. superior education, and specially gift
Cd in shS uss of the pencil. He says be was
employed Is In artist on one Of the pictori> i
ole during The var. Whether any further
attention will be given to the matter We do /
not know. He will probably DO sentenced /
to the State Prison at the coming term Of
court. fof tho crimes that he 10 known to
have committed.
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