The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-08

the house. There was in fact no proof
that she did leave, except her expressed
Intentions. That her gown was tied around
her body indicated in his view that the
corpse had been carried like bundle and
thrown into the East river. near Beekman
street. He supposed that the action of the
tide had conveyed it toward Hoboken.
That piece of her dress had been tied
about her neck suggested that this had been
done to prevent screams.
NOT ACCEPTED.
Mr.. Stone was very ingenious man,
but his theory, however plausibly shaped,
was not accepted by the public. An inci-
dent which did much to upset 1t was the
subsequent discovery of parasol and kerr
ehief IN thicket, near the spot where the
corpse was found. These were identified
as the property of the deceased. The
ground indicated that there had been a
struggle, and evidently something heavy
had been dragged toward the river. This
discovery led to renewed excitement, and
it was said that Mary Rogers had been seen
in that vicinity on the fatal SUI day, in
company with young man of swarihy
complexion. Here the entire history closed.
An inquest was held; the corpse buried,
and since then nothing has occurred to re.
veal the sad and tragic fate of the unfor-
tunate girl. 1t is to be hoped that the
Mary Fogarty examination will be more
successful.
EDGAR A. PoE's VIEW.
need hardly say to those who have read
Poe's writing, that he had remarkable
penchant for revealing mystery, and he at
tempted an calculation of this affair in
"the story of Marie Roget" The theory
unfolded in this tale, is that the girl left
home that Sabbath morning, to meet Sc
cret lover who was connected with the ma.
val service. In his company she crossed
the Hudson in sail boat, was murdered
OH the Hoboken shore, and the corpse
hauled to the river solely by this man.
He placed 1t in his boat, moved into the
stream, waited till night, and then cast it
overheard. AS it had not been drowned,
it floated naturally until discovered. Pro-
ceeding with this theory, he held that the
murderer Immediately proceeded to the
New York side of the river, and under COW
er of darkness escaped, leaving his boat to
drift. AS boat had been picked up in the
stream and was never called for. Poe had
in this incident an important fact, and he
continues the plan by allowing the MUIR
derer to go to sea, and thus escape punish
ment. 1t may be added that the girl did
have some clandestine acquaintance, who
was supposed to be naval officer, but at
the same time she also had an honorable
and accepted lover, who deeply mourned
her death. Having mentioned Poe's theory
it may be added that it is impossible to
reach any conclusion. More than third
OF century has elapsed and all who knew
anything concerning the tragedy are proba-
bly, now hushed in death.
TIE MAN IN THE WATER
A case much like that of Mary Rogers
occurred soon after the close of the rebel
lion, the victim being, however, a man.
A brown paper parcel was picked up in the
East river by fisherman and was found,
on opening it, to contain portion of hui
man body Soon afterTsrd ANOTHER parcel
of the came corpse. The head was also
found done up in a similar manner. AS
the parcel contained fragments of uni
form it was supposed that the body was
that of some soldier who had been. decoyed
into brothel, robbed, and then murdered.
The remains were exposed in the morgue,
for several days and were viewed by thou
sands, but were not identified. The method
of disposing of corpse here taken was
one of the most ingenious ever adopted by
any murderer and required no ordinary
amount of nerve.
CHANCELLOR LANSING.
While speaking of mysteries, | am led to
notice the fact that this city contains full
share of the most .perplexing. One OF these
is found in the history of Chancellor Laps-
ing. This man had some remarkable points
of legal distinction He had presided at the
trial of Levi Weeks for the murder of
Gulelma Sands-which was in itself Il
mysterious tragedy. The prisoner, Levi
Weeks, was acquitted-very unjustly. Levi
had brother Ezra, who built the City
hotel. Ezra assisted in his brothers de-
Tense, and the hotel which the former built
was the place where, it is thought, the
Judge met his fate. 1t is said that the chan
cellOr committed suicide by hanging him
self in the garnet. Others claim that he
left the hotel with the intention of going to
Albany. The evening was dark, and, as
they maintain, he fell off the gang plank.
This question can meyer be settled.
THE BURDELL MYSTERY.
The Nathan horror was so vivid that it
expelled from the public mind the Burdell
tragedy, but the latter was for many years
the most exciting affair of the kind. Har-
vey Burdell was slaughtered in a front room,
second story, in Bond street. IN February
1857. The blinds opening upon the street
were open, and the gas was burning at the
time. Six persons slept beneath that roof,
and 1t has never been proved that any OF
this number knew anything of the crime
These persons were Daniel Uilman, a half
broken down lawyer, who had room on
the upper floor; Eccles, the supposed ac-
complete with Mrs. Cunningham the latter
and her two daughters, and also dssolute
youth named Snodgrass. None of them
heard anything of the slaughter, and even
Mrs. Cunningham maintained that no noise
occurred during the night. The prosecu-
ton laid down the theory that Mrs. Cum
ningham committed the murder, and that
Eccles knew of its occurrence. 1t was
supposed this artful and unprincipled wo-
man waylaid the unfortunate dentist, and
stabbed him fatally by the first blow. This
was inflicted in the neck and occasioned
a broad jet of blood on the wall. Twenty
wounds in all were found on the dead man,
which indicated the murderer's purpose TO
make sure work. Mrs. Cunningham was
acquitted, but suspicion has centered upon
her with remarkable degree, and the cir
| cumstances connected with her alleged
marriage and claim on the estate of the
murdered man aggravated the appearance
of her guilt.
DRAD SECRETS.
We thus may learn that this city has
many dead secrets whose revelations are
matters beyond hope We have here ma
terials for romance of the most thrilling
character Some of them have been worked
up into the form of novel, while others
have only been neglected by authors be-
cause familiarity has resulted in indiifer-
ence. Those who have supped on horrors
will not want them for breakfast New
York in fact has had so much bloody mys-
terry that the latter has not much of its
usual power, though it fingers still with
THR HERMIT IN NEW York.