, 1870-08-13
TEE NATHAN MURDER.
A RsdscnlouH Epi*ode-Arrc%t Of n
Respectable Lawyer n. the nuv.
Observation-Disclosures OF TIC 1u-
QucAt4

ncrcr-Contlnuntto OF 1nc 1n-
quc~t.
From tbs ,Se,e 1-ork 7Smes, Hug. Il.
Very many people in this city know Thomas
Dunrhy, lawyer, ut No. Warren street,
called among lis host OF fsiends Tom Dunphy,
ali greeted AZ "'hale fslloW we'll met,
under almost any circumstances. DunrhJ has
the murderer Of benjamin Nathan.
On Tueet1y evening he W-a Visiting Aono
in Nfoakitu, aud, s!nSulafly
enough, he seems 10 have heen known in tho
house as Mr.. Gilbert. The reason for this
singular u.isconrepinn on the part Of reEsons
NTH ~Eou he was on calling terms does not
smear, 1.ut whatever may have been the
cause. the fac, added greatly to poor
'T,,ul Subsequent cra, ,aErassmcn.s. S,tursllJ
<npir!I. tle conversa' ion turned to the Nathan
ms:rs;c1. and D1nPhr, "ho had read up the
.,ase ,anrougl.l5, employed his frGd acumou
in iesIsus With tho facts to such alarming pnr-
1see that he soaa Convinced at least one
u Lis hearers tia. such III acquaint-
ance with tue nanscr and purpose OF tho
cnmc could le r. mn iy no l'cfron bnt the
qrcus Tom Duuphy showed precisely how the
murderer got INTO the ac:.se, a:ad stated with
marvellous mina.cnc:s every act OF the assa,*
rim until having secured his retTeat, ho
dropped the ''dug" IT. the front door aud
Fa-.ed out iEto the lonely street. All thssthe
nces and trsmat.. effect, had r:1ated in tho
tir., Icseus.. Ahosrl:lca Young WOMAN, who
Ia IL. ue1t rocm overheard It all, and with
b:osj curillt.l Ly tho Geu1ish malignlty
OF tie aRsa rim wl.u could thus t]ilate upon his
horrible deed, hhplntl into the ntreet to csll
tho Police. Officer Murphy, OF the Fourth
I'seclret. WAS -ax'n found, and to him she
n:'te the startling announcement that she not
s,1,ly knew who murdered Mr. ssathAn, hut
lEew ul,-re lie wAs At that rnouheni; he ws+
viliain named t;ilf'crs, anl waa then in tho
horse. Murphy w4s nothing Iot1l to earu tho
S,c3i 1enaris a~aiti. = the captaEer Of the
aera=sin, and, the yos'ng woa1an plotting hia
an the way, llr marched INTO the room
AID dumhten"dsi IT.: 1eer Is cd,1asai;r na@Rhy p
s,i.d to laugh, but. sreing that the officer was
in earnest, he endeavored TO explain, sAy!ng
bis nane xsr Duupay, aud that he was telling
OF uilai he had read in the ne~spapor7. Bat
sl.c cfiicer declared this aas 'Atoo thin. and,
in sritc Of the prayers aud sfsuggiss ,, 81 his
ten. aud int3 the presence Of Chief OF
Police CanrlcA. That functionasy listened
III the stof1 Of the young Homzn and
the explanations OF Dunp.y, and Was
ken ,xriti.ely cert iii that he had In his
p1 soner lis1 Two n.nes, which WAS in itsetf a
tt:-I'irIous circumstance; hut he hai also con-
f.=sed his crime at'd had 3 hAng-dog look
that confirmed hla e.ory- Therefore ho held
oil With determined grip 10 the desperate vil-
ipg lin in prisoi, froa, O'Clock IN the after-
,1Cun until little after midnight, forwarded
him, pcr Officer Murphy. to Superintendent
Jcu,d.u, 70 lie dealt with according TO law.
Nur1 b: vert first 10 the Central Police Build
ing. Ma 800 Mulberry rtt-et, but Jonrdan had
inns time, finally, at o'clock IN the morn
irs, collared Iunrhy, and bore him on
10 ;I,e residence Of superintendent JouEdan,
II No. us Prince street. He rang the bell.
bni III re WAS No resron~e- Holding the nov
terrified ntsd c1haussed Dnnphy, whose only
With one hand, the determined Murphy 1crkad
yioi.nsly at the b.ll, until be pulled on the
h.rdls. Then he fell TO kicking, and soor
lroke out panel 81 tie door. 4 head was
ihcl, thrust out IT NJ upper win1o~. aud I
trig1.scred lady a-kel what WIS wanted
noi.s had been heard, but il va
Arch dreadful din that the Inmates sup
lbo-ed it var party OF drunken Iuttians wlt
wanted to get tunie one ont on bail, aud, Sup
hong, his family ~ete aI1xi1 to make M
RESPONSE. So much II tl,,s explanation helm
given to Murphy ~ eutli:ed to make him un
defsiAnd that the SuI'c7i4t~udcns WAS no, !
Lcmc, thAt iuiei Atl,a .,tlc.:r returned witl
l,is trophy to the Cent? i Iutice 1:uilding wler
hand until JouIslAn we,.1 10 ish Office at c1o1
it tl,s 1uorull,E. i few wu.u. ,sere thcn euf
nciet,t TO r1nS doWz, tf.., curtain on a farc'
wLirll Dunptly had sig,,al1. filled TO enjoy, Ant
that gentleman, Lrittl. at last discharged, wen
lis WY, Soaislg that Ia: will nEyt1 again tell
Esors at we'll ae he can.
In cOmpliAnce will, Ills 4slctons from Super
Intcndent Jour,,ai,, C1.it. E,rs1en. nf the Tween
ty-1linth Precinct. r>1.t utslc.r Aul1igan to in
vc+f,gsie thu Mack rt,'Es, at,I tue fo1!owingre
IL
''Utc.r Mu!llrah lett New i.,lt city II J. III
Aug. ?, ts7", a,,l psn'te.!st L. Scw cny, K..cI
1aut &ounty, whcie he fund a HAN nauatsl Joh
w" II s1' sr , s,4 ~ aes = e. sms ssnnoi Il
eoL.ta1'lc II lsorki.mt s:"u,tr. wacn Omce
s, s Ill., Il n N
os ts,. CELLS "f liz tss1, s.t liz tsne said Mike,
4.a;c.l IT, 0tllser Hn.lS-n s..t h; 1as y nat'e q
s,:nar, .ptclcsri: that kr c.1n- fruta CallfuInl
Ea,isn Hotel in .'rsvnw!sh street
Nathan, hr was ut Nj. s,tscren's, shout tlv
za,.S tr<tn Fazt.hatu- Ne :!so says tic SAW n,
Nathan abont s4'yen Years aga Ut the !astar uuus<
Allt uGvGt t4W Lin II ft 0e anC+:, aul never h2
any t.u+inrss with hiu', anu knows nothing Of th
MHrh except what r.. has read In tbs naper1
lie Attn said that bt did sss knew any member (
tlc family, AMI tttt 1t ~as Jah,. Jacob As or wn
rnln':d ME; Nathan mt !" hisn- ln my op1nto
th ,aan y is,haas IL ss s''l' h:'a hv thc Col
H%i In that cf,uui~~
THE ISeUEs1 YEx5EnDAF
The inquest in th- Nathan caae was rceume
yrstcriay morning in Tho supreme Court Ger
etai JtIm+ Tie attendance was larger, uel
hrs, tlian on any of tho preceding dsys, an
the lttercet III thu investigation wa1 unabatet
LII. Harmon Nathan, eldest son Of tho dt
ceased. was present yesterday. for tho tiss
time, accompanied lIy Ills hrolhess, Washing
tun Ard Frederick. and wsH the object OF col
siderable attention. 4 largo number of vi
neart1 WIRE examined. bal none OF tho tes,
mouy WAS OF uns1ensl importance.
The fir,t witnees CT .sui1,e.l vas Mr. Lcoua{
". l0Ofc. . rhirwrlrht Ut fllirty-th1ee ycAt
experience. He w&n f,ltrti aa an expert
te+tify At to the traucl, Of mechanical trade
which the implement called the ''dog'' vi
commonly u.ed. I"s'atel that the instr
.nent found in the residence OF the dcccsss
on the morning Of the murder was small
and lighter .llan tl,osr usel in eilipwricl
yards, but was somewhat similar to tho
employed in ths construction OF Cans
1nnata aud OF smaller vessels. In
opinion it could l,c used in laying the dct
Of l'.tge or the do.,r~ Of house. aud Il,
iudentnnr in its ack were male hy hon.
carpenters hammer. aud nut l,y = shi pwugh,
mani.
sic1.ol Me1.ren and 1Icnry iIore, plum!
crH. aud Richard k,'r:, latnrcr, who had bet
employed iii alr. Sathan's house beforc Il
murder, testified as 10 the ea,o w1sl, 1rbic
they gained acrcss through tho fruit bss
tneilt door, without. hc.ng observed b4 aus OF
i'll tho 3soute, at different titnsA. Neither
In lit isadeseE seen the - dog anywhere abo
fhr PREMISES.
The tn.r, important evidence Of the dav v:
that OF Norris It. N,ltiams. 4 mason, who1
eEnI'leSeE had t,een engaged il tho e1eeutit
Ofr'ra'rt in a1r. N7tnAnu houso two ucel
previous TO The murder. He testified mo
cmi'tiatlcAl!y that. il September last. ho -
an iieifunsen: very Enu.h 4ikc the do
fptot1rcd) lying Ill the stable. near tho doc
lie seemed disiuelinrG to swea- positiyelr
Wa$ the tanae iEt' rlnlt:t, for one of tic on
or,.carc., different frnm tho ose he SAN in Ii
stable, il'ut theE cert in1y ressmblc1 ca
.ttlstr very closcly-in fact, he ihous
il wss eamc Instrument. AT the tia
he tirst NOTICED the dog" !
<t,rrrvcl the tstor we~ freshly patch,
i'll different r!acea. and ho WAS under tho il
u"rk1acE. lie ltaI nese. seen the :. tluf;
<is:cr. s3sa assirEt.d ar reason for not i
TOT ui1:E the rotssc Of tAe circumstance OH Il
morning Of the murder. that he WAS go q
.'it.-l !c lost .ll recollection Of the matter.
E''t'e't Newton, an c1np'oye Of Mr.. VT
isulr. terrified that he had i.ecn at work at u
Naihai.'s prior to the murder; had seen
implement Ike that in court in shipwriShi
yard. Int no1ltre at,ont Mr. Sa,han's hou
or ~iat'le. He had = recollection OF being to
tv 3ir. Williams that the dog WIS IN t
tsai Il. tH,t 1t the time lie atsachod no imI's
tarec 10 it, and it now seemed like dream.
At this point Mr. Washington Nathan ras
called AID examined trlrny. lie WAS ask
at sttia: art OF :he bou-c he WIS on the mor
ing Of tho murs.cr n heu he discovered the b
door WAS opcu, aud be rcplied he was on I
tecona step fso1u slc hall. lie also stated,
answsr to further inquiries, that tho cosc
man was iu the employment Of tho fam
four or five year., .nd was in the couutry
the tisal. of the murder
Mir. Frederick thc,, took the stand, and CO
tidc-atle interest 0ss manifested in his ter
1nn,,y. His jcmcAnor Oh tho ttand was ca
anil rtl1tcted. and lis statement Impress
Al: with its sincerity aud ttnthtulncrs.
s,,l that, on tls evening tefoze tho tnurd
h. accompanied his father from his reside,