The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-30
MRS. CUNNINGH.IM AGIIN.
Recollcctions OF tho BurdeIi Murder by a
Veteran New York Reporter.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
last sundays SUN noticed au article under the
caption Of Mrs. Cunningham Again." which
brought TO my mind interesting incidents u the
case. when the inquest on the body OF Dr.
Burdell commenced was a reporter on the Ec-
prcSs. then both morning and evening paper,
and was sent to report IT, On the day after | took
up tue inquest, the Lite Hon. Henry j. Raymond
came and sat beside me- and reported for his
own paper.
The foreman OF the Jury was william Schaus.
the picture dealer on Broadway. The inquest
lasted thirteen days. aud the case WAS gwen to
the jury ON Saturday night, when Mrs. Cunnins-
ham was consigned TO the Tombs She had then
with her two aughters-Augusta, aged 10, aud
Helen, not quite II. The latter was a beautiful
young girl, aud when Judge Capron asked her
question which, though one cautiously, was OF
such nature as to battle her neck and face IN
bushes, and cause her TO burst into tears, she
won the sympathy OF every one In the crowded
parlor at 81 bond street.
Mrs. Cunningham daughters, especially Hell
en-, were most attentive To her during her incdr-
ceratiOn. reported her subseq ftnt tridl. wnirh
resulted IN verdict OF acqdittal, after the jury
had been out thirty minutes.
The article I'm IHE SUN SAYS: At the close "
the trial she disappeared from New York" This
i AN error. She returned To 81 Bond street. aud
lyed there with her family, ap caring daily be-
fore the Surrogate with her claiins to Toe consid-
cred the widow OF Harvey Buidel, ana as sue
claimed To he cHcfiutc she looked Tor the whole
| Of MS property. Her counsel were Henry l..
| Clinton, EX-Judge Gilbert Dean, and Mr. stat
| ford all Of wnom gave her up after the bogus
baby business, for which she was again incar-
cerated IN the rUmbs, and after several weeks
| Imprisonment was released on Dail. at the april
| cation of the Rev. Matthew Hale Smith, then
| lawyer, who volunteered his services and soon
| after nolle WAS entered by ex-Mayor Hal, then
| District-Attorney.
Shortly before this another daughter, aged
| thirteen, appeared on the scene Though said
u TO SO young, she was a fuly-deNeloped wo-
| man, aud very beautiful. Mrs. Cunningham =
| soon compelled to leave tho house In Bond
| caiml and she lived IN various places afterward
| until the marriage Of her daughter Helen to
| young dentist, who was counting her when her
| mother FIRST got Into trouble, and remained
| faithful.
Previous to lIeens marriage. |, at the request
| OF Lola Montez, arranged au interview between
! that lady and MIS-. Cunningham. Lola VS. as
tonisneu. nenring ., a muruer, s,e expected
TO see raw-ooned, masculine woman, instead
Oil use her own WOrds-d nice, quiet, lady-like
parsonage.
the last time but one that saw Mrs. Ccn-
hlhghan was when she lived next door to- Nm
Nulleh bryant, where she admitted she vent fnr
suite, because she had been nh Used i'm the
hrenlng POST" Here she ntrUdu .,cd me- Ia Cant
'yWI Win 20 ro wn1ih she sa'd 80 was married.
aT m1it" L1Garu To ut. Hyde's youthful love
To- ne no. ""'" .,othing. He certainly appeared
obe,' when saw niui, and she was blindly
-tsht 10 MN.
T Respectfully JOHN MAiAN