The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-11


,porSr o Ire IN despatlked ever
the Nathan mystery and collect facts con-
neesed with the tragedy, heard the following
plausible hypothesis advanced BY q cele-
Hotel yesterday. The conversation which
RepofsefCYon have had Jong criminal
opinion Of this Nathan murder? ID
LAxye-l am positive thas Mr.. Nashm
", murdered By. person with whom he was
Reporter-On what do yoa base your be-
Iawyef.-FroM the f,llOwine f.c4x.
which, in strict analysis Of the case' amount
to almost eircumstantial evidence: In IT,
first place It seldom Occun that q psofess;onal
burglar, whose only object u plunder. woaA
have given more than one blow, and then.
after Filling his victim, spring at his throat
and endeavor by strangnlz1iOn to stife his
cries. Again, almost any man in the full
vigor Of youth and health, unarmed, would
have been paralyzed by the presence Of q
burglar in his apartment, and before recov-
ering his self lnsession would have fallen an
easy victim to the assassin. Here, however,
was feeble old man, who, instead Of heing,
~ one would naturally suppose, eneryaaed
by the shock the presence Of desperate at
midnight must have produced, was evidently
full Of unusual vitality, and seemed to have
had desperate struggle with his 0pponcns.
| have particularly noticed in the nunerUas
cases Of burglary which have come under my
observation, that such conflicts seldom, II
ever, happen; and there is no, an IN
stance ON reCOrl in the New
York criminal calendar wherein burglar
has struck more than one or two blows and
these have invariably been With a weapon
such as a knife or butt of a pistol. The
assassin, If he intended mere robbery, mus
have known that one Of the blows inflicted on
Mr.. Nathan would have been amply sufi-
Glen. to either deprive him of Life or to rem
der him sufficiently insensible for all pur-
poses Of theft from the person. Here, how
ever, fifteen blows were struck and even If
they followed in rapid sequence some min
utes must have elapsed before the tends
work was completed Could cupidity give
the most determined villain the vim and
nerve TO 80 mutilate the almost inanimate
corpse OF a man to whom he was an entire
stranger? No, there were other passions
aroused than that Of reckless Thirst for plum
der, and the most vinlictive feelings that
could animate the human heart and lend it a
fiendi-ll luminosity seemed to have leen
wrought to frenzy by some other means than
the mere Resistance Of Il weak, blind old
man.
The ass,s>in, who could have struck fifteen
blows, and then neglected To carry of bis
victims pockctbook, must have bccn 4 sim
u,,l.r fy,s. az I0,rr1,r R.JJ..r,.
was evidently an a!terthOught, and meant to
n,isleatl the public IN to the murder~r's mo
. tives. My opinion is that the assassin was
known " Mr.. Nathan, and his presence in
the deceasel gentleman's apartment WAS On
their first meeting perfectly legitimate and
not unusual. A conversation must have
, taken place, and mutual rerin,inatiOni yElss-
| ell, causing anger on bah sides The con-
| tention from words came to threats, and ut
length tie fever fires Of passion iniamed
every vein in the s>ss,ss:n's frame, ard the
Old man. under the impulse Of uncomfortable
anger, must have hurled a volley III irritating
epithets, which induced an attack The as
<lssin graspcd the first weapon which came
to his hand and dealt his victim, blow
which, under ordinary circumstances, would
have produced instant insensiLilitv; but the
excited state Of Mr. Nathan at the time gave
kim new vitality, much the same is the SOL
dier in the heat Of hattie who receives, but
hardly notices, the fatal wound The
struggle consequently is protracted,
| and anger passion and revenge have
full sway The victim falls liSeless, hut
Unsuitable rsge Is not appcased, and
vindictive blows fall furio,,sly long after life
is extinct. No doubt terrible oa,hs sprang
to the mur1ercr's foaming lips, and imagi-
nation pictures the vengefnl CLEAN in the
flashing eve a. each dull blow fell with std-
den sound ON the PROSTATE BODY. Then
must have come the fearful reaction tina,
unprecedented murder brings, and fear and
| trembling s,,pplanted rage and vindictive-
neSs. --==-----.
The papers which caused the dispute and
murder mus, lie obtained. In order to mis-
lead public opinion the clothes ofthe deceas-
cd were rifed, the iewelrv alstracte.i; bnt,
safe was opened after the murder, Is the dis
covery Of one Of the drawers ON the bed evi-
IDENTIFY proves, and il WA there placed to en-
able the murderer touse 10th hands in ex-
aiming the contents, ~ he was assiIredly
hooking for some special document.
From these circumstances ! repeat that the
w
TIE deccassl, nor was he stranger to the
lr'u-ehoid and the habits Of its inmates.
HERE i LowelrS tribute To- Dickens:
\ man OF Genius sinpir, warm, sincere.
H.. left world grown kin.iIi.r than he came:
lis han.i the ne.-!y knew, bu, no, hi lname.
Dumb creatures snuf.-i a friend when he drew
near.
Ind the strange dog prick.l one suspicious ear,
Then e,sl-hci his heal safe l~ this fame
From critics measured praise elo-e-pricked
He loved cod genter face and made It dear
Was then >tylit.> r--t the better way,
Or n,inslins with his kind. man with men,
iik" him that and not such they?
JUICE We not. but To- my simple Ken,
ii on your guileioar,l. the RICH; name be kept.
Sme te hath changed their places while We slept
Nev Harber DeNeoee.
[yrum the y. Y. Times.
Nothing like the misualemS, the terrible
new French artillery arm Of which We now
hear ~ much, was used in Our civil war, and
ii is generally supposed that no attempt to
construct such a weapon has ever been made
on this side the Atlantic. Nevertheless,
there j. now in course If erection on the eat
side Of New York Bav g,m that will throw
eight hundred Hve-Olncc lalls distance Of |
two miles in one minute. This gun is cirs7l-
IdT III sIsiIV, dHu TOOkS Hkc TWO uIs(s OI IIOu
plate some four feet in diameter I'm one
side i, funnel which conveys the balls |
through to the proper chamber without cen
s,tion Of firing or diminution Of speed. The |
muzzle projects upon the periphery Of the |
circular machine, and can be elevated Or de- |
pressed at pleasure by the trunnion on which |
il rotates. The machine j. ~ constructed
that il NAV he worked either By manual labor |
or steam power, and when worked By the |
latter it will throw shot or shell up to the /
weight OF eight pounds, while only slightly /
the number thrown. In either |
Gaze the shot may be rcd-hOt or cold Those
who have devised and constructed this gun
believe it will compare favorably for des-
tnctiveness with the mitrcdieuse or any other |
similar artillery.
ThOrne Training for llis JaoP.
The Buffalo Courier Of Thursday savs:
About three hundred people, Including n
number II ladies, assembled At the Lake
Shore Railway bridge yesterday afternoon