Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-10
NO ESCAPE FOR HIM
Burchell Now ill the Shadow
 of the GallOWs.
HOW MANY ARE HIS VICTIMS ?
Suspected of Other Crimes Besides the
 Murder of Benwell.

An Officer Says the Evidence Against Him
 is sStrong-Sympathy is With NIrs. Bur
 chell. Although the Coroner Found Her
 Guilty With Criminal Knowledge of the
 Benwen Murder.
 NIAGARA FALLS, March 1O-There is now but little doubt that Burchell is more of a villain than was at the time of his arresr supposed. The story from Woodstock. Ont, is thought by many to be the true solution of the mystery there, and is as follows:
 Some two or three years ago young Englishman, Neville H. Pickthall, went to Woodstock, and about year ago purchased a farm six miles south of there and about four months ago mar ried the daughter of his minister.
 On February 10 last, Pickthall raised $1 900 on mortgage on his farm and left here, saying to his wife: "I am going to double this money before I come back''
 He was seen at Niagara Falls that night, and said he was going to New York to meet his sister.
 The testimony in the Burchell ex- animation showed that he reached New York and there met the Burchells Since then no trace of him has been found and no word has been received from him.
 His disappearance caused stir at the time, and the police sent descriptions of him all over the country.
 me theory now IS that he was enticed to New York by Burchell with the ex- pectation of making large sum of money, and that he was put out of the way for the money he carried with him,
 A search of Burchells baggage will be made for anything that might give a clew to Pickthalls fate.
 Burchell on close examination is not the prepossessing man he has been re- ported as being. He has cold, restless fairly and squarely, and when he moves there is spring in his step that is sug- gestive of the feline race.
 Mrs. Burchell, the wife of the sus- pected man, is still at Baldwin's board ing house, in Clifton, under the close guard of Officer Grisdale. When the yer diet of the coroner's jury was announced Saturday, finding that Benwell came tolhis death at the hands of Reginald Purcell, and duplicating the wife as having guilty knowledge of the crime of it's commission, Chief of Police Young wired to the Assistant Attorney General for instructions as to the dis posal of Mrs. Burchell. It was then thought that she would have to be taken to the jail at Welland, where her husband is confined. The Attorney General, however, telegraphed to keep her under surveillance at Clifton until after the adjourned session of the pre- iminary hearing before Magistrate Hill on Wednesday.
 When reporter visited Baldwin's boarding house yesterday Mrs. Burchell was sitting in a rockingchair beside one of the parlor windows, in an utterly listless posture. Her eyes were red from recent weeping, and there was that about the woman's whole appearance which bespoke spirit utterly broken She looked as if she would have liked to have spoken of her troubles, but Officer -Grisdale wes too watchful for that He utterly refused to Sermit the reporter to approach his prisoner.
 Nobody can speak to her" said he, and nobody has or will until the prelimin- ary investigation is concluded
 The sympathy here is strongly with Mrs. Barchell and all seem to think she is innocent of any connection whatever with the crime or crimes of her hus- band
 Government Detective Murray, in an interview, said he has the strongest case of circumstantial evidence he ever had, and when presented it will be inn possible for Burchell to escape the clutches of the law. This is not the first, second or third young Englishman lured to this country by him, he says, and before the case is finished the fate of all of them will be cleared up