The Portland daily press., 1870-08-11


The inquest in the Nathan case develops
one o. two new but important facts. The
testimony of officer Mangam that the door of
the Nathan mansion was closed at 5 o'clock
in the morning is overthrown by the concur
ring evidence of Mr.. Frederick Nathan. Gen.
Frank Blair and newsboy, the first of whom
found the door open in the morning about
O'Clock, while the two latter saw it open be-
fore o'clock. This would seem TO show that
the murderer Lad escaped and left the door
open in his haste General Blair also testifies
that he saw the Nathan boy at the window of
his room and noticed that his stockings were
bloodIess, and that when he came 10 the door
few minutes later, to give the alarm, his gar
ments, and especially his socks, were red with
blood. This agrees with young NathaD's
statement that he obtained the blood on his
person in STOPPING over the body of his fa-
ther. Mrs. Kelly, the housekeeper, testified
that she heard noise in the house, at what
hour she could not say, but it was after the
thunder storm. The storm had stopped be-
fore daylight. A neighbor testified that he
heard sound of scullling about two o'clock
in the morning, and experts who examined
| the body swore that at the time it was discoV-
cred it must have been lfeess three or four
| hours. The suspicious against the Nathan
bows have now been generally abandoned, and
the police seem to be completely baffled.
The Boston police are getting rough in
their treatment of decent people. On Mon
day Mr.. w. K. Lewis, well-known citizen,
was grossly insulted by three OF. these officers.
He had been called on by an officer in relation
to dog which had made his home around
the premises. Mr.. Lewis denied ownership,
saying that he found the dog there when he
moved into the house. Mr.. Lewis was after
wards informed by the officer that he had
h"c- fnei for keeping an unlicensed dog.
all. l.. 2dfiead him in friendly way, that it
v,s q uisla-e which ought to be rectifed,
8d ais3 70 noye the dog. The matter was
! sHlga be settled, and the man was
/ greatly surprised OIL Monday 10 receive visit
from three officers, who arrested him. No
warrant being shown, Mr.. Lewis refused to
go with them, when they handcuffed him,
and dslegarding his request that they call a
carriage, marched him through the streets to
the police station.
The news of the Prussian victories caused
a general jollification among the Germans
throughout the West. At New Albany and
Fort Wayne, Indiana, Dubuque, Iowa, Gin
cnnati and Dayton, Ohio, Rock Island, Mil
waukee and Chicago, cannon were fired, mass
meetings held, and the greatest hilarity pre-
vailed. The National Aid Society of Chicago
has issued a call to subordinate German soci-
cites throughout the country to send dele
gates to national convention at Chicago
August 18th. The money collected is then 70
be distributed. 1t is proposed to send $3.50,
600 to Saarbruck.
The London Mail of the 2Sth of July re.
cords a large number of failures as having
taken place within the previous week, in Lon
don, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, EN-.
bracing firms in the lumber and cotton trade
and general commission business. The names
of fourteen houses are given, with liabilities
ranging from 100000 10 e15O,OOO, and 'many
other firms" are reported in different locali.
| GiCo IuclF IIdUlIltlcS were not Qocldr-
ed. Iron and cotton speculations, the Mai
says, have proved in many instances quite dis
astrous, while Stock Exchange bulls have been
in frequent cases unable to meet the differ
ences. Almost all the brokers complain that
principals have not kept faith with them
Several houses with French and German con-
nections have suceumbed on account of seri-
GUS losses occasioned by the disturbances Of
commerce by the war.
A very singular freak of lightning occurred
recently during the storm, at Independence
Ky. Eight men were at work in field thresh
ing wheat, when lightning struck the ma
chine they were handling, stunning them al
quite severely and prostrating four horses
When the men recovered their conscious.
ness three OF them found that their tongues
had been blistered, as it they had been touch.
ed with red hot iron. The spots on each
mans tongue were exactly alike, and all near
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