Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-30
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rev OF our readers hava forgotten the murder o<
Dr. Burdoll, ard the false accnueh,neDt of Mrs Chm
nlnshan, who was charged with being, and unQues-
onaby was, the prime instigaor Of that diaboIicaI
oeet 1t Is not yet ten since that for days and
weeks the newspapers we're filed with rsoorts of the
place. the act the victim ana the axarninatioD Of tie
accused but sa;jsa ctoFy result was ever reached
oh thS that It proved true the words of the Persian
RnlLosopher, IN VINO always said, whatever happened-
d woman was ut the bottom OF it." Recently +hnro
mas been mania for the confession Of great crines
~ a. at tunes there Is for the commission of such crimes
40 not know that anybody has acllno red the
PcIpetratlOn of that murder but one has c0nfessnS
near connection with IT, and is believed bv those
VINO nave examined into the facts to be the Yoritab!c
Recently Charles II. Golden. as he calls bimsaIf q
Young man not exceeding thirty years Of age com
Titted larceny IN Gloucester, and fed that place.
Inc party who suffered from his depTedations OBJ
taned the necessary legal papers in Gloucester and
pursued nm. tie came to this city, and while he
was anxousy looking about the police station to find
some otncer to serve his panerS, the guilty party
IGolden) appeared in sight, Determined not to lose
NJ hs game though not an officer, he made the arrest
himself conducted Golden to the 'lock-up' put him
into CELL fastened the door, and then hunted up an
officer to receive the key Itwas afterwards discov-
ered that Golden was guilty OF greater crimes here
having committed burglary aud being also guilty of
larceny III stripping the clothes lines of parties un-
known. He was therefore retained here, and com
mitted to jail where he now is
When in jail he volunteered to Marshall Wescott
TO make confession OF crime. saying that he had
ried the burden on his soul long enough and it was
Burdell murder in the city of New York, in 1851
His story is that he was then living in New York a
dealer in jewery, and boarding with Frederick j.
Rody. No. "a james street. He became acquainted
with Mrs. Cunningham and from time to tine mad Q
her presents. Often visited the house of Dr. Burdell
where he was intimate with Mrs Cunnin CHAM and
her two daughters, frequently stopping there dav
and night. Knew Snodgrass, who appeared in the
trial as the particular friend of the elder daughter
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Augusta.
He overheard Mrs. Cunningham, and Snodgrass
talking OF child, she saying that if Or. Burde was
out Of the way she could obtain the property. She
said that she could not trust DR.. ECkei who was
stopping there, with the job, but Charley meaning
himself, was good hand and in her confidence A
short time after this conversation on the night Of the
murder, at which time he was engaged to attend the
theatre with Miss Augusta Mrs. c. held a converse
ton with him. saying that the property was soon TO
be hers lnqulrng II he had the heart of an OK and
II he would haveScrupes to commit crime if il wold
bring him twenty five thousand dollars. You know,
Charley, she continued, that DR.. Burdell is worth
one hundred thousand dollars, and yoU and augusta
snail have twenty thousand dollars of it." She
handed him a dirk, and asked him if he Tould do
anything for AuEusas sake Then, his story is that
he threw the knife upon the table and soon after e
tor the theatre Mrs c. telling Snodgrass that Char
On their return, at half-past one, he noticed the
smoky smell IN the street. met Mrs. G. with napkin
stained With blood saw Snodgrass in his room, the
bosom of his shirt stained with blood as he said from
the nose bleed and went to bed feeling that the muir
der had been committed.
Early the next morning when there were outcries
o murder, Mrs. c. advised him to leave as soon as
possible to get out OF New fork and if possible go to
England. She gave him nine hundred dollars to pay
his expenses, insisting that he should not visit the
house again, saying that the property vas hers but
asking his return when the excitement was past He
stopped that night at tho ASt0r House. then at No
81 James street, and sailed for NeW Orleans in the
ship Memphis, Captain Davis as n sailor.
This is the story as he gives it. 1t is correct in these
partlcul arS that some person answering to the
names he gives, did stop in the places stated at the
time named, and that such person did sail in the
ship and with the captain stated, from New FORK to
New Orleans. 1t would appear singulari if his story
was without foundation, that it should be correct in
all these particulars. But it will be remembered that
In the house. after the murder was found a shirt
covered with blood marked Charles Ketchum and
that during the investigation letter was sent from
Cincinnati, signed Bold Writer" the author of
which affirmed the guilt of himself and the innocence
of murder Of the persons arrested. By those who
have examined into the matter is believed that the
shirt belonged to this person, now calling himself
Golden. and that between the time the murder and
some three weeks after when the ship Memphis
sailed, he in Cincinnati, and did writo the letter
named, and is himself the murderer of DIR. BurGell
Golden is mar Of preposses9ne appearance, su-
peror education, and specially gifted in the use of
the pencil. He says he employed as an artist on
one of the pictorias during the war. Whether any
not know. lie will probably be sentenced to The
State prison at the coming term Of the court for
crimes that he is known to have committed.