New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-07
The New BurdeII Murder story-The Con,
fessfon' In Fun.


Recently, Charles Il. Golden, as he calls binseIf
young man not exceeding thirty years of age
committed larceny in Gloucester Mass and fied
that place. The party who suffered frnn, III.
aepredatons obtained the necessary legal papers
IN Gloucester, and pursued him He came to tbis
city, and while he was anxiousIy looking nbont
the police station to find some officer to serve III
| papers, the guilty party, Golden annearad in
| sight. Determined not to lose his game tbop1b
not an officer, he made the arrest himself Goa
| Quoted Golden TO the lookup, put him into a coll
| fastened inc door, and then hunted up an officer
70 receive the key. It vas afterwards discovered
i mat Golden was guilty Of greater crimes beye
haYlng committed burglary, and being also guilty
OF larceny in stripping the clothes lines of partes
/ unknown. he was therefore retained here and
/ committed to jail, where he now Ia When in iaiI
| ne volunteered TO Marshal Westcott to make con-
Iession OF his crimes, saying that he had carried
w burden on ms soul long enough; and it was
| nothing more or less than his knowledge of and
connection with the Burdell murder in The citv of
New York, in 1857. His story is that he was Than
h tying in New York, dealer in jewelry, and
boarding with Frederick j. Rody, No I'd .jams s
street. he became acquainted with Mrs. Cnn.
angham, and from time to time made her presents.
otten visited the hoese of DR.. Burdel where he
was innmate with Mrs. Cunningham and her
TWO daughters, frequently stopping there day and
nght; knew =, who appeared as the particular
friend OF the elder daughter, while he Golden.
VAS was me lover Of the younger, Augusta. He over.
heatd mrs Cunningham and - talking OF
ENID she saying that if DR.. Burdell was out Of
s .ne way she could obtain the property.
She said she could not trust Dr.. Eckel
WIZ "as stopping there with the job but Charley
meaning himseIf-Was a good hand and in her con-
ndence. short time after this conversation. ON
Lhenlght OF the marder-at which time he was en-
gagged TO attend the theater with Miss Auqusta
aLfs. cunningham held conversation with him,
saJlnB maj ble property was soon to be hers in
curing Ii ne had the heart of an OK and If he
would have scruple5 to commit crime if It would
1pllng MN twenty-five thousand dollars, You
know, Charl6y' She continued e that Dr. EurdeIi
IS worth one hundred thousand dollars, and YOU
ana Augusta shall have twenty thousand dollars of
H." She handed him a dirk, aud asked him if he
would .. 90 anything for Aggusta's sake. Then his
story IS, thar he threw the knife upon the table
mo soon after left for the theater Mrs, c. telling
= that g Charley had caved."
On their return, at u o'clock. he noticed the
'moky smell in the street; met Mrs. Cunningham
With napkin stained with blood saw - in hig
Dom, the bosom of his shirt stained with blood,
Is he said from the nose bleed, and went to bed
ceiling that the murder had been committed
EARLY the next morning, when there were out
ries of murder, Mrs. Cunningham advised him to
cave as soon as possible, to get out of New York
no, II possible, to go to England. She gave HIM
800 to pay his expenses, insisting that he should
ot visit the house again, saying that the property
vas hers, but asking his return when the excite
lent was past. He stopped that night at the
lst0r House then at GIL James street. and sailed
or New Orleans in the ship Memphis, Capt. Davis,
S sailor.
This is the story as he gives it. It is correct in
lese partcnars-tnat some person answering to
.iiSS itS BlfSs ulu sGOp III Lne places stated ab
10 time named, and that such person did sail
! the ship and with the captain stated from New
ork to New Orleans, II would appear singular,
his story. was without foundation, that it should
g correct in all these particulars
But it will be remembered that in the house,
tier the murder, was found shirt covered with
ood, marked q Charles Ketcheam," and that
lring the investigation letter was sent from
signed " Bold Writer" the author of
hieh affirmed the guilt of himself and the inno-
nee Of murder of the persons arrested By
ose who have examined into the matter, it is be-
wed that the shirt belongs to this person, now
ling himself Golden and that between the time
the murder and some three weeks after, when
e ship Memphis sailed, he was in Cincinnati, and
write the letter named andis himself the muir
rer of DR.. Burdell.
Golden is man of proposes sing appearance,
perior education, and specially gifted in the use
the pencil. He says he was employed as an
fist on one of the pictorias during the war.
neither any further attention will be given to
IS matter we do not know He will probably be
ltenced to the State prison at the coming term
the court, for crimes that he is known to have IT,
nmitted. l5
ippC tTNarDuie absarvoti chou +lo4 ;,,l;r