The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1857, Page 1

| } T H ] qe YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 16567. SUNDAY MO. RNING, MAY 10, 1857, $e a £ i f i it { ty ‘Butai of Mrs, Erma Augusta Cummingham, alias mittion Buréell, for the Murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell. =e p.-., Co it it i] Acquittal of Mrs. Oun- ningham. nnn Eakel Discharged on His ewn Reces- | lt i i i Sy iil iit i | eget ‘ iE i ut fe Ht f f 4 5 ? itt ey ime it alte £3 ult it 3 tH bi Hi i i 43 i: piel § Flt Ze ee . 33 32 3 : i oPES ig i : 2teTk bt THE JUDGE’S CHARGE, i i eI f i Retirement ef the Jury and Seenes Ree omy in Court, 40 tbe i iris i VEBDICT OF THE JURY: NOT GUILTY. ena 0 sAunst 0 ont. Biseharge of Mrs. Cunningham i ot z fit rifles in s 32 fi HI E3E i E and Eckel. Destor Blaisdell’s Whereabouts the Night of the Murder, hor, a, a, &e, ght. so @OURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. er (o wipe out the infamy of bis Before Hon. Jedge Davies. daughter im the biood of her wrecker—whether it was some husband who was seoking revenge for the violation of bis bed, or whether it #18 some man who on account of some business relations for gui sought to dispose of the . We are not here to determine that, You ‘The only thing We can discuss hero to-day te the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. We hada right to say to the public prosecutor “the law presumes us om nh Bol ne Teasdale ir us rig! ma evidence because we and has we We woukd SETH AND LAST DAYS’ PROCEEBINGS. - Seremnay, May 9, 1807. ‘Hho best act in this mysterious drama is drawing © a @sse. The curtain is about to fall, leaving the marder of By. Mervey Burdell as great a mystery ae ever. The (q@zart room ts crowded to safivoation, and ail ibe passages: Bending to it are ammed up with persens anxiow te ob- ‘wate ap ingress into the Court. There was quite a large amber of ladies—perhaps a couple ef bundred—who were fptemsie enongh to obtain admieion. Some of them had Gume down as carly as 8 o'clock se a6 te insure seats, ‘Mee most Intense interest rervaded the immense audience, and perfect stilinesg prevailed. Mrs. Ounningham and her Owe daughters were carly in court, evidently elated a: the prespect of affairs, So were Hoke! and Snodgrass, and @ther friends. ‘Tee Court and jury yesterday evening, according te “| thrown down by the District attorney in asked us 10 phd Hd ante oe ts proper for me wo say discussed in the a && Seeks ‘The space of four bours te assigned to the counsel on @nsh side to sum up, and then the Judge te to abarge the . ‘The District Attorney stated to the Court that their Buarned friends had asked them yesterday if they would ve their poins of mw At that time they could not do Bas they were not arranged, but they were now pre- [pared Ww do 0, Sedge Davies thought they should be stated before ihe warned counsel commenced their apeeeh for the defence. . Edwards, for the prosecution, stated his pointy as fol- hows: — of the most Jogal principles tn erimina) ‘which attach conclusion of guilt had iL. Pe aner Rome A. Cansingsam, bi ee Dy the evidence before the Coroner, but It was admitted 1. Grime may be commited where resentment ia dis- | te theories of the which was that Dr. Bu: Sioa viune revesgefel impace 00 srdeat sod active us e0'u Wo woop ths mar 20 as - te be exhibited in ‘These partake of the stato sup. @ mind and oeart valli te By lig om rales of aw for motive. ve. Henrietta i 3,1 Packer, Criminal 649, The Peopie vs. prov- Lake; do. 602.) act, i ality £ if F H ihe tt Uihering it is |, OR ® Atting cocasion and with ee orwed carry into effect. Feorrecn cane, 1d trials, 641, 846.) bad shown where she was from the time Dr. Durdell went ser Preparaiica for ibe commission of crime, whkher | out inthe afternoon until he was foand deed in his room. qusilary or othorwise is even more against a | There was avery im omission on the part of the pub- rivever than words,for it amounts to intention expressed by Prosecutor tn not evidense to show at what time oo | Torras’ case, 1° Stale, 904(a female servant hi Dr. Burdell had retarned. Gould it possibly be that that fom (vi ooner was sent out to walk with the children. ‘was not shown with a view to make it more difficult for Ie the present case the servants were sent off to bed. lo the defence to prove where Mrs. Bardell was during the ‘Eiwew’ case, 2 Chandicr’s Am. crim. , T. $53, ‘a delider. | whole evening, with the hope thatif one mincte were un- San ese, 3 Coverente’ an alti eviasaoo in advance of © pocoun'ad for tho jury might presume she bad in that mo- qrtne was mate.) Sener oe aan Soca t saeee did pot facilities include in law the porass. | require that the District Aitorney, or the Aiiorney Genera on paaomg try tanger eg eb mea er the counsel for the reiativer of the deceased, who now eum lances. ‘Here it grew out of existing circumstances | eonght by the conviction of the dafondant to possess Une. end relations. ‘he relation of mistress and multi. | selves of the of the man with whom they bad Steeles, Jennnsty tne opporvuany und feckiies. ved at enmity all thelr Lves—the encls of justice aid not 6 A loaded revolver found in the possession of a | require & resort to auch unworthy tactics, The theory of qwasan inh poaceful neighbcrbood, who bas ured ireais | the prosecution was first to show @ motive, Now what 8 man found tn her house nader circum ve bad the Jary been ablo w tind for the commission Shoes like the present, y of ench an act by the defendant? pi police officers were examined ae to the declarations 6 lant Boptamber, when the difficulty existed between ther on wcount of bis ‘asal to porform the promised marriage. Butall that was the subeequent marriage, and it was shown that the amicable terme existed’ between them afver- in B ; i AE eit Hf H 1 dors mot Inaiet See weapon. Th oak deal wih the socused ee aot Ns csedical evidence shows that a more mortai | the'etgnen evidenne wened have been than any of these which | bolding evidence which rt eid Pee aa Gril the facts of random and “‘hetter-skoker '” outs and | have been abe qevere) morte) wounds are the idem that the deod | answered tn the affirmative, then with a wwe dane by ene who was tye good reapen an aay a cout be ‘enatomy, 08 Goch am one bot hare pm gy tad Demis Hub- former, ner foand the latter necesmary. Jurors pond Tony fot! ving been with to post mortem ‘with ‘grest cao. | him an/ bearning that wee married to ‘pomessing 60 weight Mrs. Ounntagham, wih fend & desire of Me te relanition of tanacien,, while the ving sone forthe teria arew ok ary. iy ai id uy if 3 ! Fi H te ig. J ie drown Crom evidence ef mere circumetantes these alone, i writhoat « requirement of | urged to the ‘This, \odeed, ‘eave (88 production ead baxty, the to the quotation of the District Attorney of Techalged enay be fuirty prewansed DY Bie Pinat "en rte bat bo rage Like love 8 ‘(Rumell, 198.) ‘And a coecheaton of ait tarned.”” etient wan not the woman, but Sreamaber of cireummamtial unks, which wedded of the deomerd; ao i i il \ f i E i : ‘Qeunse) for defence then preceeded to addrems the fury. | Coraner’s Ahis presecetion. (ie eaid —Gentiomen of the fury, I have listened, a you Dy. Burdell be Gea bore bie fears, to the points that have been rend here, end which Sit cocwcasee rj @ t rapped, cm the part of the provera. | one came fen, are to bare an tafivence on your deter. | oF with whom eatestion of the ence now before pou. I have le | Sovinting (tened to thems, and while doing #0 the though! struck me | who bade ‘hed wore made mem before you were gwern es furor, eel eae eee wage os er | Be ‘Sesserag one sets of gone zs Nbrery— faave reminded me foretbiy of the sory of Goons jo Ken of Bevetetionary me, we Med demsansed (evoked risen e qarrisen abd demanded | the wife warrender of tb fort. The commaciant said, “io Wy on crarnges | mame 40 you demand it”? nt he arwered, «in ‘Any ome Some o we en the Coatinental } RS om. {n thie oars of bamanity, {nthe ame @e Finan oe epee of ect, ie that faavr Wiel map von! ‘ead violaied in ber person— | orned to than that; 1 fot an eoquitial, but a viadicn- | anemed an 4, before ing tale costs hereaor, @ ito ha bear of tir vesinn eis preantcome | ing eresten tot Pe if i i a i i 2 # gE Hi! f if i oe whale There ie ancuber that thie woman did sot cA a 'tw Sours ote Twas the case Woolk-k from, te force Uhat wan and ander cmmtra) of the } required te mribe the Bews. The testimony of Doctor ake BO whatever ' prangi fully hows thie, Tho only time] fol} nay anxiety ii H i i tbe doctors: upeo @ Vented shat the person who ‘Dad a knowledge of anatomy. To say that the blindness of bate and [wo twice i ate By i g g i : i A & E —? Ey f = 3 é i ane, Dot owe single mark has been found upeo tbough ber person was crivcally and ignobly oxam- va ja honghi. 9 fos years ago, when she was oentinod of pain, that the result Ff jhe ae pieatiun would be a positive of her physica) imabili- |. The counsel next explained the woollen on the evouing of mander ip seoordavce with he pon anave flicd tho bie ‘The eur of tho morder is |) 4, but wey did oot pro. ideas th fogare to the qumenae of }) stomach, in regard 10 the stage of advanoe- ould toll exactly fy i i eory in eonfermity to have the proreoution done? The evidence introduced by them only too plainly shows, by Drape md who came ‘upon the stand, vas ee his office as the wears the badge of bis mart r. man same bere ing wog Songs rder, and that Mrs, Cunning: Cs whiow of the deceased. The you it was not sacred music. Bat wo ft was the Sunday alter that and that the girls were singing — God moves in a mssterioug way, 40. ‘The officer did not know that waa cred, Aud I eal upon your honor to direct this £2 W return @ ver before they leave their seats. It is tho only junticc they fathers ‘ad Dosbands to glve your verti, jot gruagianyy, era 08 to give your ver not heeitatingly, not aftar consulting Nogeiner, bas Wales having your seats, THE SUMMING UP OF MR, HALL. Mr, Hall, the District Attorney, summed up on the part of the prosecution. He never had conskiered this a mys- terious case, any more than any other murder to which there wero no eye witnesses, Murder—oki common law murder—moved and instigated by the devil, and with malice aforetbought, has atways about it such an element of secresy, that, unless wo bring to bear all the reasoning powers of oar nature to pot together circumstances and trivial facts, we can never arrive at that oonclo- mon which we think wo Davearrived at when wo act on positive testimony. It is done in secret, the weapon i8 disposed of, the tracks are covered up; evasion and concealment come to take the place of envy, revenge and malice, which have now been expiated. We contemplate, I fear, at this day, the crime of murder from a different stand point from that in which it used to be contemplated wt the time of the ok! common law; aid it becomes us to inquire whether we do not ve in ap ago when morey takes the place of justice, and when the seourity of Kfe, of property and of limb i# beimg scattered to tho winds. Years ago the law, perhaps, looked forward toa time like this, and certain immutable principles were written in thoee biack letter booke which my friend sneors at—prin- ciples emanating from the Power which framed the uni- verse apd gave us the gift of cma bea omy the v which comes lato.the * into the counting house, becomes stronger even than - tive testimony. And I will call on you to treat these cir- cumstances “honestly and fearlessty—not the whole because one is false, or because you do pot believe lerance of evidence. The pri- clade every rational doubt that the prisoner Py A premeditated murder of this, her enemy. ed trier his brief of potute this morning, should bogin as the law begins, #! had the motive? And tf there were ten persons having the motive, they were to ask who had the mo- tive? Thea, the nest question ia, w! to commit to the crime? motive, the ability, and ‘These are matters a to ponitive animpesched the old law ofthe ise dan theagh, tak kaw First then, had this woman no evidence in the case that Dr. Burdel) had a speonlaiion that heped they would only them. If ho had in bis opening unintentionally stated that be rodace evidence which he did not produce, he a/l- em to lay that out of the case. Did they think, he , that because that young daughter laughed st some ‘admirer inthe court, thai this was @ farce, and that the Jory abould return a verdict of scquittal without leaving their box ? He bad eesn by the motion among them whea that appeal was made how vain it wae, If they dismissed from their minds, aa he be hoped they would now test, “ie {t true, or is it false? Did we hoar that fact the witness stand, or did we rend itin thenewspapers, of bad this woman fourth street to tive at 12 Bond street, and relations existed between her and tho martered man, which in the prosence of fo many ladies be would not describe, On the head of quarrels “he would make this obsorvation—that | fa certain Umo they found these parties quar- relling they were to presume them to be quarrelling until there was proof of good terms after. In June she { found peculating at hin safe. The key was found in x a ado ina he ured I oa mption ie that a! it, jot thom that when @ person on trial would jared ask HE i i i i | i i i Hi His if i i fl i 5 i : fe: a paste ffl i iB ; i i f i i i i fr | } i i H t i En i | i i fF f 3 iB PUEREE i aT eke ali ai er ie fl i Fl, TL. vw it, There was : but they do i i i i g ¥ if g z H i i Fr H { i y zg i is i H za i i att litre vainest of persons, from the boy who pteals a loaf, to the dashing Wail street Onancier, and ‘bring to their minds the convietion “1 have done this carefully tbat vo one will ever te able to fad me out.”’ None of us are able to carry out the apboriem of the an- elenta, "Know thyslf.” The murderer who his deed at midnight and thinks no onecan tnd K out, is vain of himeelf and of the acuteness with which be concealed aoe against bis own emotions ) neg it to be possible prosecution attached to them. Friday night came, and she ascortaiped from Mr. Ullman that he would be out that night; and when Dr. Burdell ts going out she asks, “Har- vey, where are you goil when will you come back?’’ She who was Jus: ou he brink of this terrible crime met him with the torms of endearment, but behind them lurked the motive of arranging for hls murder. Where did tho Doctor go thas night? None of the proso- cuting officers koew anything about it; and i was - material, for it was by? t Keene pa ring al) the testimony given at the inquest Dp trial, one idea had haupted the brain of the speaker— pamely, the prisoner had control of the time on the night ‘of the tragedy. “Hannah, how do it was ten 0% po? "The mistress said 0.’’ Hi listyt i EYERS Counsel her co defendant came right from counl.ng bourse and gave Lis tesumony, but sho— Suapicion ever haupta the guilty min4— he wanted counsel, counsel, countel! fhe bad re moved the Doctor’s pistol and lancet in preparation, per- bape, of thus very deed. He was pirading for the interests of Unis Rtase and the world. He would be willing & plead out bis beart’s blood if he could induce them to do that justice in this case to this community which he prayed God they would do. he eaid, showed a concatens. tion of cireumstances ng from the first slight cir- cumstance to the last massacre, and be contended they tus find the eccused guilty. If mawkish aympaihy en- ‘Vers the jury box—es it may hitherto tw some extont have entered tho box of ting oMoer of this county—It ever mawkirh m aay ao oor of the jory box, if men wurrendor their feelings: as men, then there ia but ono other evap to take. Mawkish has thea but to ‘ascend to the judiciary, which, 4 reached. Thon strike the scales from the pull the bandage away from one eye apd and let tbe oomomunity know that while it is ‘Pbem buman life te in dede'a, arUderan— pert to an impanibility tomake one’s way through. The nearer to (t# fall the ourtatn of this legal drama the mere absorbing and lntanse enemed to be the interest which tt toryired. APTERNOOM FRABION. The court reamembied at 8 o'slook P.M. The preneure Present at the esaring seenes of thie celebrated case. Two- ‘thirds of the epectators im the inner court room were wo- of te Kighiventh ward, were most efficient in keeping tbe eccem Wo the court clear, and ghowed themesires mont obliging and evarteoas te the Feporters and thos who rere entiled to the privileges of the court. ‘The office who bad Mra Cunaingham in charge (Mr. Benjamin Buchanan) wae ebliged to resert to shifts and ertifioes sad contrivances to get bis charge in and out of minutes ef the Chambers etrest door they wouldece her. ‘The pews ran like wildfire and the erowd transfirred ill from the ome doer to the other, Sure enough, there wae tbe carriage in waiting; end they wore eatinfied that cow thoy were dm the right track, While Gattering themaciras with Une essurance, the person whom they were se ant. {ous bo fee, stepped out of the door on the park side in com: pany eith an officer and praneeded to eupper et French's. On their eoturn to the Tombs showt 10 o'clock, they ob- served the carriag® and the sager throng etl) watching it. Lp the care in whieb they rode to the prison, Mrs. Cunaing- by ereral persona. Rut, to come beck to the afernnon eamian, which la fost fnew being opened. The defence has two bourse more for eumming cp ead the Attorpey Genhral has @ like space of Lime aevigned him. Then the Judge will charge @e fury, ‘and then comen the verdict—the “ last soene of all thie etrange, eventful history.”’ The Judgo bas several gantie- men peated beside him om the bench, among them Mr. George Peabody and Mr. Tansom,« Londen merchast, All prom to de Abe iatarcated im tho Baas of Ue anno. ‘Tho jurers having answered to ihely names, ibe counsel far the defaneo provesdod te make their niosing address to (me jery. L cabene OF COUMHEL YOR DEYEROR, Oounee! for tm obewing (Be ome on bebaif of the priaener, cooupy as Milo Gime as a conse of eaty permit, He bad hoped that after we had ebown the innocence of hie client, the wae 7 Would recall the gross aitack with which be rn case, bus in this bo was disappoinwd, for ‘on remarks of to-day bo had again repeated the same eawarradiod assertions, Had be confined himself to hia duty 96 proscouting officer, ho (the oounsel) might avo Waived tho right of mmming op. Why did pot the District Atarney con@ne himee!f within tho legitimate tino of comment warranted by the evidence? Why was i that be could not let the opportunity pass without distorting every parliclg of evidence? Now there was one part of the ¢aso that he would moro cepeciaily advert to, The Dis- trict Attorney bad slated that ap aburtion bad been perform ed on the defendant, Thero waa no evidence of this,and he contended that it was a base slander. Did this report 6, ft ‘came from the ‘landerons Kips of a wih Hannah, cook At looked, indeed, as if she were soothing . Had really made such a discovery Claimed, would she not, in all likeithood, have spoken of it to some ono in th son abe knew? Yet the slanders brought out before the Coroner; and. he hoped the District Auorney would not seok to’ disinter them. Bat the public prosecutor had not restod here. He had sought 10 cast a shameful imputation upon the character of the defendant's eldest daughter, Was it not enough that bis cent be mado to suffer herself? But must the Drand of infamy be rought to be placed upon tho head of her inmocent offepring? Great as was her afflicuon before, It was — to what she must have suffered when she beard there slaodors directed againsd her daugbter, There was one other matter pele. mor by the District Atorney. His aaesociate, when th jury wero being empanelied, had raised the dis Uinction between murder and homicide. Take it, however, a8 the most horrible of murders, bad the District Attorney proved by a particle of evidence anything which would {mj the defendant? Hoe had called upon them, the jury, \ convict contrary to law, to eviience, and 10 common sense, becauso, forsooth, be had conceived atbeory. What did the District Atiorney mean? Did be pretend that he had brought forward any evidence? Oer- tainly not. There was je gs | but theory and suppoei- don Le ie to end, He did, indeed, profess to bave shown iil-feeling between the and in that motive. But the Jury should recoil that in every i stanoe where Hanpah Oonlan and Mary Donoho tifed to declarations made in the presence of other partice they were fatly contradicid. Whero they testified to conversaiions when po one elso was present, they could not, of course, be icted; but inas much as they wore contradicted whore others were Present, they were unreliable in every instance. Counsel wont into ‘8 review of the instances where Hannah and Mary Dono- bo wore contradicted. He farther alluded to the feolin, displayed by theee witnesses. Before the latter had | the Court she gave uterance to curses against the defend- ant. Yet with ail their disposition to falufy they wore compelied to admit facts: fg, hed carry the aotidote with she banc of their testimony. had to admit that, with the exception of the cetennlone they testified to tie relations between Dr. Burnell and the defendant had been vuniformally kind, With to the expreesion od ‘to have been mado use of by Eckel, on the morning let in Dr. Bardell, eounsel review of young apeguee But, said the DMatrict Attorney, despatching Dr. Burdeil, and’ therefore they wore wo find her guilty of having kilied him. Now, tbe pistol in her fesion was accounted for by the Tact that the Doctor ad requested her to keep it. The which the Doctor had signed was mado a great deal of by the public , ho sai, was compolied to sign . Thie, however, waa sasily ac. dounted. for when they recollected What ‘Une Doctor bari been reluctant to perform bin monte, and those had passed botwoen them prior to thelr marriage, matters were to be thrown on one side as unworthy of attention. Had the District Atiorney abandoned the thoory that tho murder was eommitted by s left-handed perton, and that Mra. Burdell was left handed? Ho sup. ni 80, for be bad not, the Proseentor, very strange ui Hs i i i aie rite: nal! i init its Hitt i ite r : ii il Hy HA } f i} iy i i ! ri 5 E E ii i Hi i I fiirese Hite wae discernibie in them. Rnodgrase eas near them, and Opinion ware ef no comenquanes, bot be was to present the evidence to the Jury an i appeared to him. The tanrder was extraordinary—extreordinary in relation to the defendant, a female—ibe eireumetances dy whieh she fe wurrounded, and her appearance and condvet bere. fle frond himeeld here poe irial, tbe District ARorney forng Sl Se —— _] Bat ies there 86 wb such wod. PRICE TWO CENTS. bimedlf apon trial, and if she was acquitted wo had been siven to anderstand that she weuld be followed home by @ Tob, wikl with exultation at ber deltverance. Lat ber, 'n that oase, go bomeand thank God tp bor chatober tho: be hae delivered ber from this féry wial. But has tbovex aay motive for crime? « Weadaaire woman apd look up to her, because she stands upon a height of vir¢'n parity; bat when she sinks she sinks toa depth of terribie infamy, The prose cution has three potnis to establieh — 1, That Dr, Bardeliie dead, No one diwputed that. 2 That ho wag intentionally ki!ed; and 3. Who did tt. The cu. cumstances of the case form a tink which pointw to the criminal, The bridge which spans the Niegara bw mado up of little wires. te a \be facts with this in view. wine up and swears to some ciroummenee, and yoo does this amount ? LR aed ust put Ubese and tf there is anything which breaks this chain any place, you must mcquit her. If thechain is ‘unbroken, you mnat convict, All ho bad to do in this matter was te aid the Jury in arriving at the truth. Ho would, however, timply warn them against letting their aympaibles carry them Wofar, Reference bad been made to Oaremer nery and the tial bofore the Surrogate; but these had vothing todo with this case, Because ® mut bad been barshly used st was no reason why she shoaki be permitted to escape, Mon act from motives: & motive in this case? Would there be o loved a wan in the saine Louse with her were quarrels, hatred, bewreen her and her hosband, Bhe did oF did not love es sho hove him? Did Or ee angEbing: Dr. Burdeli's ‘Deing a the ‘i ea Was pe coat te the ip ber. jo. A loving fh He Ve KONO At loseh.anoe and sald, have one weet embrace—one kiss.” A doar from @ wife’s room inw a mas’e room base But there were Ureats, He did oot believe threats Two friends may quarrel and say, “1 your brains out,”” and nothing be meant. extraordinary Cas®. A woman goes & rent her husband; abe goes to Wok at the rooma, ‘He may not live to seo me tiki i Hi £ tf EF, fendant eays, house.’” 0 reality followed close — the propbecy. It had been axked, would sho bave she intended to do it? The Devil’s bars are always short at both ends: and to ank @ medi a ortme to act first like an bonest person ls asking wo much, If abe did this deed—of whic the Jury must judge—that was the devil within her « ‘oat. [twas the woman speaking to borself, rather than to the ho heard it. He agreed with the defence, that iuareune any evidence making another theory propable, the jary must acquit, If they found « person cod gale by he ‘back ebed or otherwise, they must acquit. call the attention of the jury to some circumstances. The vants were sent to bed; the girls slot down stairs. u SEE to sleep; weil i their was not hete to cast would pay that Manna the cook was as entitled to respect as they. It would not do to say thas cause she was en Irish cook she pet to girl who earns her tvefihosd as much eoult il i j bid have gone down and not fainted; and, if fall she mast, would fall on the deal body of ber’ buxband with a'sign that che had net been there to save bim. ‘woman never loved Harvey Burdell. He was . One of the — asked if she had power ts go down mtairs. Yes, bever wok it from ber. Counsel had commeuted om the fact that she bad not been allowed to accompany her deeply beloved husband t the grave. It was true thet she Bad not been; aud then, wetting bis grave with her she have erected @ monam amt « Hore ties Harvey Bardell, that ever disgraced aE Farrell camo in for an bour of abuse probably survive. There was ame queer Teature in reference to this case. ro wee wo © give evilim crimupal cases than t allow phyricians ‘opinions on hypothetical cases. A doctor from had stated that this woman hal bad the rbeumatiem, and tbat ber jolow were weakened. He woukl like to see that doctor stand up and let have « drive at bim with @ dagger, Ab, but—ays the defence—it waa done by an Ananatomiat! You are to suppone that a -— ntoals (nto Ula man’s Chamber aod artistically stabs him w the heart. Artistical nonrense! Was Bill Poole artistically eb when he got the ballet in his heart’ Aud yet there is hardly « physician in the city who could have shot him fn the name place! Nonsense! There is 10 necessity in & man going to @ furgical college to learn to stab a man. Ie reference © the song sung by this woman the Gay alter the murder, they eay it was the hymnr— moves in @ mystarions wa, fis wonders te perform. 7 That was pot the hynm they sung. Tevppoe it www tbe namo tune, but the words must hays beon— * Woman moves in 8 myrtorkus way Hor wonders to perform.’ v-~ city, apd sow ho ite L Hf i bat tilt aii z & i i art fl it F It t 5g ? ; lr Hic tile £ = ? i f H sEE E i! i d TS i mi i