, 1870-08-03

ms.uest Kind Of thief. I should SAY toafsr
tbiei committed the murder. 80
Heporter. You do not think any ctcum-
stances point to the son2 n.,,,
Cautan. think the boy knows nothing
A01 Repo1ter. Have you yet any clue to the
uurdeteE7
An article III the Sunday Mercury. puspoft-
ing to be the record Of the reporters ylsit 70
ti1;ra street, and emhodyiug tha reporters
theory of tia murder, deserved more than
naasipg notice, fot various rcasops. |
IN he first place, the rtatements sfe in
nsny casea falsa. In the second, the WRITER
assumes, without tho shadow Of reason, that
.he 1nItrdet 1aust hare beau committed By
Washington Eathsp, 4 gou OF the victim.
As;de fforu the fact that there Is no just cause
Of eutpicion agains III. Nathan, aud that tne
srticle w1s probably the result Of desire to
frs WIN a1n never better pleased than when
treated TO stories If hood; the attempt to
excite the pul,Lo aEAinhs mau who msy he
under the suspicion of tie police w'thout be-
ing sware Of the fact, and who. ~ beng lore
ws1ned, may be ensbted to eeen1eiy screen
himself, tends to defeat tho ends OF Justice.
and IL ii any Aspect feprehensi@1le-.
On reading the atticle in tho .Aesc1t'y. Ss'n
reporter called upon SEVERAL persons no!olaG
business and tocial relations with the Nathsn
family. and from them obtained mhss Of tn
formation which be here sets forth. As ne Maa
iye hours on Friday in the house in which the /
murder wa4 committed, md hAd cafefn!ly
noted !; h9g Se1ng 5ae Sp SSpon np.ed t.
speak NTH degree ot certainty concerning
these facts.
The Mercury reporter visited the Nathan
I mansion on SATURDAY, and vas II n5st oeaieo
were in the bitter depths Of grief. and desired
| to receive no visitors eaSe their oEn uisnsdi-
ate friends. and for the additional reason th1t
! it was The Jewish Sabbath, = day which an'
Nathan had Always rahs5ously observed The
reporter insisted On entering in order to OBJ
tain information touching the murder. He
was told that everything that could DO learned
h4a asze.dy been puhlshed, and that he could
obtain al the facta from the morning NEVADA
peta and from Captain Jour1lsn. He s:ill III
sisted on entering, aud, despite the earnest
remonst1ances Of the grlef-stElckeu family,
he did enter. He immediately ses to work to
construct theory OF the murder, and in due
ti1nc gnvo it to the world. But for the cruel
and unca1led-for suspicion which he throwa
| upou one Of the eops OF the murdered uaAn,
the theory, Bo-called, would h.tdly be worth
uo'ieing. In ths following paragraphs the
! Sun reporter oGera rs III Answer the facts, a.
| lAA IA AAONUf 6ktAueu 4&QAA fA4ANA1 AAA4AQ4A%A<
& Captain Jourdau, Captain Kelso, and Detee~
| tive FA11ey, perhaps the thtta best detectives
in tha country. man Of great Appearance snd
sound Judgment, give It IS their opinion that
LII. Nathan was murdered by professional
burglar, md not By. Dcs!se. The terrible
struggle which ended in the beoke1's death
~as not necessarily between two men Of elunl
size and ttfsngth; on the contrary, the ap-
conaition Of the rooms in which the struggle
took place, would seem to Indicate that the
murderer Was man much larger and stronger
than hla victim.
Tbs iron dog was not found by roung M.
/ ! the house aa bis call. II il true that in
= the deposition rnsdo By Nathan this state
ment apIeara, but it ID but right to remark here
that the coroncr's inquest was most irregular
II conducted; TINT many, very many state.
n znenss made by the e7me sitneas we're not
taken down by the Coroner, aud that others
were not recorded in the language Of the wit
4 ness. For instance, Washington Nathan II
made to Say that he csIne down stairs to set a
: glars OF water, when tho fact il thas he came
not only {or that PURPOSE. but also for the
purpose Of Awakening his father.
h lie hiH$elf had bttsl aroused from sleep By
his elder b.1othtr, Frederick.
q Mans Of the most important facts ednced At
= the inquest weEe net mentioned il tho dapoai-
q ton eigned By Washington Nathan. These are
: to 10 found recorded only u the columns Of
] LIZ <NHk u lAs] k9AlAAuA4+ FA4 SOuHh As4t1kAA
r. sigued the deposition, 70 ineensplata aud so
+ faulty, mag e1sily be explained. Il ia not UNI
natural to suppose that he was too noAch agi-
tated 10 read it carefully, aud trusted rather tt
n the conscientionsness Of the officer of the law
than to his own power to read and compare.
It 1t was the easiest thing in tho world for
three or fur men TO conceal themselves III tht
n house On Thursday Afternoon and evening
~ The carpenter in their examination befOrt
% Sunesin entient Jour.lan and his detectives
f.ts srcf3t that ff,a h0ua XXI all il1y
ia that the9 frequently entered and LETT 1t with
out encolslaterins any occupant OF the build
It ing. -.
~ taken bath heforc he left, because the tai
n was filed with soapy water When the ph[si
s 1a u IT, ta ussa sss
~ all until tho Coroner had givon permission t
in have Nj. NstlAn's body wassled.
r. There Las been much SAID about \ blood
oY towel found in the bathroom, and man
q. theories Of paper detectives haze bee
81 much strengthened thereby. Mr. Levi J
~ Jcwish s.nagoguc, who prepared Mr. Nathan
I,o body for burial, thus accounts for the pres
IN exec Of the towel; He sass that after u
"a physician from The Filth Arenus Hotel ha
th for towel to wipa his hands, None was
~ be found. Hr. Irxacs took chisel and bcck
ar open buseau drawer, Ia wtuch ha foG1
~ ~ what was wanted. With this towel the phys
-. eian wiped his hands, and it Was then thfo"
~ | into the bath. .
81 AZ to tho marks OF bloody hands on II
~. shirt and waietcoat Of the murdered man, it
- o,lly necessary to remark that when ottct
~ Mangum entered the chamber Of death thos
Iha garments FORE no s,ains. IN his pIesent
'ho .'hh young Nathan, who had l'cen handling b
N' fathel's corpse axau had been covered Wit
t,tood, took tho shirt and rest in big SOLE
cas hands, and left the gory marks upon them
In Officer MAugnms examination BEFORE 81
| irfay1arf 7nnYf3A1 ha x 3AEAd Hllatll
- he tried AE. Nktha,ts door on Friday mornlu
LIS answcr waa, tlst he tried it at ~ o'eloc
;,o and found it fact; but that at 6 o'clock
Ae passed it without tryiug it:
Superintendent. Was it cloaad2
~ Officer. blink it was.
roa ~ l. ii at all unlikely that the officer was wro
'e~ iu asserting tllas he tried the door at Fl1:
40 Are all tho doors on an officers beat tried
A gentleman boarding in the Fifth Aven
liz. Hotel has rn.de statement to Supcsintente
~ Jdutdan which mar yet eeEve to clear up mu
nj OF the mystery surrounding the murder +
obvious r. 4sons oulg the outline OF the stA
meut IL given:
,c4 At 10 o'clock on Thuerday night Mr.. Sath,
then on his way bone, stopped It the Fii
Avenue Hotel, and, after business consul
,ra7 ton with the gentleman referred TO, bade b
- good night aud started for bis reaidence. 7
'A' Interview was held in the main hail Of the
,ov tel, snd while he and Mr. Nathan were es
yeTsing, the gcn,l man declares That be- sas
an1n than left the strsngcr followed him. The s.
~" tleman's suspicious were not aroused until
r;,. following morning. after he haa. heard
~. news of his friends death. He has glve1
.;n description Of the stranger and ID certain Il
IL be would be able 70 recognize him in 4 cros
,;nc There are other etSht threads which tile
l6 - tectizea .re qnetIy but steadily weaving il
- \ web Of evidence almost certain ere long
s.., liz tho crime upon the man sFho committed
~ ~ In the mean time they suggest. with e
- 80 reason, that tho press indulge ~ little as p
,',;ss sibie in the PRONUNCIATION Of theotiea viii
.hs whether sound OF otherwise, can effect 40
o,i5 inK better than delay in the captuze AID p
'1@>" is6ment Of tic muzdeseE.
fiat From the Sfse Fork Hasld. July 81.
tLan Among other prominent citizens who hi
have lifelong intimacy with the late Mr. Natha,
his Mr. Emanuel 3. Ha1t, gentleman 20 long
ither honorstfE known in connection With a1aifa
itity moment TO the city AID state ~ to make q
tion OF his uAme familiarly welcome 10 alsu
. did eyeTy reader Of the World. In the deatl
t no Ar. Nathan Mr. Hart has 10 NOUN the 1ost
1lble . very dear and valued friend. 1t was
sEug emohgn ne could hcascetE eontto1
. ID whether he could recall any perse
ound "reminiscences OF the deceased, or any yineide
Of interest that had marked his public CT
alton vate history.
one II had tie clorest intimacy with him Il
n it boyhood nr," Nj, Hart said: Public cH
alton | he could scarcely ba considered to hhye
.hsch tered On It alt. Hs rasher avoided Z
M5 eou!sed pulhei.y; ! ee',eye tug y, 9n1s on
cse IL | position he ever beld VAS that Or tolooel
studs the sta1 OF Governor KinE. What the pez
book ! knew OF hun was Though the leadlng part
* he took IL earr.i ing through objects ot cna
.eded and heIehceuce.; ne lteEaNy caf1aea
It BY purse in his hand- lhe demands
The It were very great; the response
tuost unlimited He WIS = man Of
Ks OF ther pecniiar character and habatn, !!
body Above all thsnGse etaanent!$ psee1e4.
asrb a1isfJ b nsen that It xaa Eennins, and T. u