The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-05-18
Who KiIrcd Dr. BurdeII A sim
gulnr story.

uSHi NliN lltttNuou W hWoW Nooul tue Iluf'
der Of De- BuRDEtt, in New York, in 1857,
we find in the Newburyport, Mass, Hsrdld. !.
Few Of our readers hcvo forgotten the
murder Of DR.. Burdell aud the false &c.
couchmsnt Of Mrs, Cunningham, who was
charged with being, and unqnestinnably
was, the prime iustigator of that dhboical
deed.
Recently, Charles II Golden, as he called
himself, young man not exceeding thirty
years OF age, committed larceny in Glouces.
ter, and fed that place. Tho party who
suffered from his dcptcdatious obtained the
necessary legal papers in Gloucester and
pursued him. lie came to the this city, and
while he was anxiously looking about the
police station TO find some officer to serve
his papers the guilty party, Golden, ap.
peared in sight. Determined not to lose
his gamo, though not an officer he made the
arrest himself, conducted Golden to the
lock up" put him into II cell, fastened the
door, and then hunted up an officer TO re
coivo the key. IL was afterword dscov-
cred that Golden was guilty of greater
crimes here, having committed burglary
and being also g0illy Of larceny in stripping
the olothes.lne Of parties unknown, lie
was therefore retained here, and committed
10 jail where lie now is.
When ia jail he volunteered to Marshal
Westeott to make confession of crime, say.
ing that he had carried tho burden on his
soul long enough and it was nothing more
or less than his knowledge Of aud connec
ton with the Burdell murder in the city OF
New York, in lSl7. His story is that he
was then living in New York, n dealer in
iewclry, and boarding with Frederick j.
III, r .t. d. 4. IL. -.
quainted with Mrs. Cunningham, and from
tine to time made her presents often Wis.
tied the house of DR.. Burdcll, where lie was
intimate with Mrs. Cunningham Al d her
two daughters, frequently stopping there
peared in tho trial as the particular friend
# the elder daughter, willie he, Golden
was Tie " lover Of the younger, Augusta
He overheard Mrs. C. and Snodgrass talk.
ing of child, she saying that If Dr. Bur.
deli was ont of the way She could obtain
the property. She said that she cuuld not
trust DR.. Eckel, who was stopping there
with the job, but Charley, meaning himself
was good hand and in her conf lence. A
short time after this conversation, on the
night of the murder, at which time he was
engaged TO auoad the thcater with Miss
Augusta, Mrs. c. held conversation with
him, saying that tho property was soon TO
be hers, ihqurHS II he had the heart of an
OK, and if he would have scruplcs to com.
nit crime if it woull lring him $50 coo.
+" You know, Charley" she continues, that
DR.. Burdel is worth 100000 and you and
Augusta shall lave S25OC0 of It," She
handed him dirk. and asked him if he
would do anything for Auguslas sake
Then, his story is, that he threw the knife
upon the table, and soon after left for the
tEeatcr, Mrs. c. telling Snodgrass that
" Charley had caycd."
On their return at half past onc, he no
loed the smoky smell in the street, met
Mrs, c. with napkin stained with blood,
saw Srodgrass in his room the bosom OF
his shirt stained with blood, as he said
from the nose bleed and went to bed feel
ing that tho murder had been committed.
Early next morning, when there were
outcries OF murder, Mrs. &. advised him to
leave as soon as possible, TO get out of New
York, and. if possible, so to England. Sho
gave him 5000 to pay his expenses, insist
ing that he should not visit the house again.
saying that the property was hers, but ask
ing his return when the excitement was
past. He stopped that night at the Astor
House. then at 81 James street. and sailed
for New Orta in the ship Memphis, Capt
Davis, as o sailor. s....s. Oh. ,..r b..
This is the story as. he gives it. 1t is
correct in these particulars that some per-
son answering to the name he gives did
stop in the places stated at the time named
and that such a person did sail in the ship
and with the captain stated, from New York
to New Orleans. 1t would appear singular
if his story was without foundation, thattit
should be correctip all these particulars. q
But it will be remembered that in the
house, after the murder, was found shirt
covered with blood, marked ~" Charles
Ketcheam," and that during the investiga-
tlon letter was sent from Cincinnati, signed
" Bold Writer,h the anthor of which afi
frmed the guilt of himself and the innocence
ot murder of the person arrested BY those
who have examined into tile matter, it is
believed that the shirt belongs to this per.
son, now calling himself Golden, and that
between the time of the murder aud some
three weeks after, when the ship Memphis
sailed, he was in Cincinnati. and did write
the letter named and is himself the murder
er of DR.. Burdell NH" fa97st
Col ling is man of preposessing appear
ance, superior education, and specially
gifted in the use of the pencil. lie says he
was employed as an artist on one OF the
pictorials during the war; Whether any
further attention will be given to the mat
ter we do not know. He will probably be
Oentenced to the State Prison at the coming
term of court, for the crimes that lac is
known to have committed - f. srfv.. lrl
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SLEEPY READERs.--A person mentally in
ioleut may be fond Of reading. lie may
owe to read in recumbent posture until lac
alls asleep, every day or every night of
Iis lite. II may be too much to say that his
DOM resembles the famous cave of the god
If sloep; but he furnishes proof in his ex-
'erience, that the leaves of . book arc as
uro AN opiato as the leaves OF a poppy, the |
ymbo of that god, Indeed, we have known
hose who regularly take book to bed |
With them every night, as !" q shoe-horn to |
'ull on sleep with" Indeed, We have seen
he whole family, each. with a book in hand,
o which he seemed to be1 lowing in jevp,
ion except one bright yonng giF, who
reilly said: ss.hrr.q - ,sa. sa.Ls-l
Eve are all noddip' mid, mid, noddinG sra