The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-30
THE BURDELL MURDER.
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From the Ne,o6tryport Mass.) Herald, 26th.
Recently, Charles H Col en-, as he calls himself
q Young not exceeding thirty years Of age Jm'
mitted larceny In Gloucester, Mass and fed that
place. The paIt who suffered from hls dep eda-
lions obtained the nee stary legal papers 10 Glou;
while he was anxlousy looking aosut the police.
station find = me oilcer to serve his papers the
guilty party, GOiOen appeared in sight. Deter
mined not to lose mis- game, though not an officer,
he made the arrest himself cOnductea 90 den TO the
lock up put mm into a cell, ened the door and
then hunted up officer to receive the key. Ii
afterwards discovered that Colleen was guilty OF
gr ater crimes here, having committed burglary,
and being also guilty of larcenv IN STIR ping the
clothes lines of parties unknown He was there
fore retained here and comm tied to jail where he
is. When III jail he volunteered to Marshal
WestcOtt TO make confession OF his crime, saying
that he had carried the burden on hIs soul long
enough and II was nothing more or less than his
know edge of and connection with the Burdel
murder IN the city OF New York in 1867. HIS story
y mat ne was then hvlng IN New t9rk' dealer IN
ga James street He became acquainted with Mrs.
Cunningham and from time to time made her pre-
sents often visited the house OF DIR. Burde where
he was intimate with Mrs. Cunningham and her two
dGugEiers, frequently stopping here day and night;
knew -, who appeared as the part Cular friend
o. the elder daughter while he, Golden, was the
lover OF the younger, Augusta. lie overheard Mrs.
Cunningham and - talking OF CHI d she say
ing that II DR.. BuIdel out Of he way she could
obtain the property She said that she cOulO notJIust
DR.. Eckel, who stopping thero with the job but
u
her confidence short time after this converse
ton, Oh the night of the muTder-aJ which time he
was engaged 10 attend tne theatre with Mes Au.
gusa-hrs. Cunningham held a conversation with
mm, saying that the property was soon to be hers,
il quiTIng ii he had the heart OF OK, and II he
would have scIuples to commit crime If II would
bring him twenty. five tht usand dollars You
know, harley she continues, that DIR. Burdel is
worth one hundred thousand dollars, and you and
Augusta shall have $4,000 OF 1T She handed
him dlk and asked hlm ii he would do ANYTHING
Tor Auousa's sake then, his ory Is, that he
tDrew the kne upon the table, and soon after leit
Tor the theatre, Mrs &. telIlng - that Charley
had caved.' On their return, at ha-Dast /, he mo-
tced the SMOKY smell In the street, met Mrs. Cum
bingham with napkin stained with blood, saw -
in his room the bosom OF his shirt stained with
blood as he said rom the nose bleed, and went
to bed feeling that the murder had been COM
mltted. Early the next morning. when there were
outcries OF MURDER, Mrs. Cunningham advised
him to leave as soon as possible to get out of
New York and il possible 20 to England. She
gave him $500 TO pay his PEN es insisting that he
should not visit the mouse again, saving thai the
property was hers but asking his return when the
excitement was past lie stopped that night at tue
Astor nOuse; then ut No GA James street: and
sailed for New Orleans IN the ship Hen1ptiS Captain
Davis, as sailor his IS the story as he PiVes 1t.
1t is correct these particularsthaJ some person
answerlng to the names he gives, did stop in the
p aces stated, at the tunes named and that such a
person did SAIL In tne ship ana with the captain
stated from New YORK 10 New Ollean': 1t twouid
pear singular if his story without foundation,
that II should be CO rect in all these particulars.
But IT Will be remembered that in TIE horse, after
blood, marked Charles Ketcheam' and that
dunng the investigation letter was sent from
CINCINNATI, signed Bod Writer the author
of winch affirmed the guit of himself and
the inI ocence OF murder of the persons arrested.
BY those who have examined inlo the matter, it IS
beheveo that the shirt belongs to this person, now
calling himself Golden and chat between the time
OF the mulGer ana three weeks after when che
ship Memphis sailed he was in CINCINNATI and did
write the letter named and Is himself the murderer
OF DIR Burdel. Golden man of pTepossessing
appearance, superior education, and specially gifted
IN the use of the pencil He says he was employed
as an artist on one OF the pictoras during the war
Whether any further attention will bo given to this
matter we do not know He will probably be sem
fenced to the State Prison at the coming tel m of the
Conrt, for crimes that he is known to have CON-
mltted -