, 1870-08-15
THE NATHAN MURDER,
C1oso ct sho CoFoucr'a lnqucsr-Not
n ifay Of Light Yet Thrown Upen
the MYsterious iAIIniF-DE. Henchss
1he0EY OF the Murder,

the MYsteTiou% AIIniF-DF. Henchss
1heory OF the Murder.
From the !f1r York Times, Aug. H. ;.
The inquest in the Nathan case vas co.,
cluded for the present. 1t least, Yesterday, be-
fore Coroner Rollins The attendance Was
large and the interest unabAtel- The drnt
witness called Was Levi J. 1sAAcs, undertaken,
who described tho position Of Mr.. Nlthan'e
6cdy, ~ he sav it on the morning Of the mur-
der: he said it WAS covered with blood.
Tn. Il. Carr, Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
also described the position Of the body ~ he
saw It aoon afte< the discovery Of tho murder.
Both he and the preceding witness testified
that = light waa burning in the room WHARF
the body lay, and thesr testimony coiacided IN
other respects.
talied description OF the body Of YT- Nathan. |
With the wounds thereon, 1s it appeared when
ho Was called to see II 1t p. m. OF the day of
the murder. There were nine distinct wound.
Oh the head-four on the forehead. Zone Of
which penetrated the erainll, one on the side Of
tho head, and four on tho back OF tho he.d. Fhe
uhus uA position Of tho body led witness to
believe that it had been removed after death
from tho precise spst where it expired, and
placed in the peculiar position in which it was
found. His opinion Was that Mr. Nathan Waa
lying On bis face when he expired and waa
afterward turned ovet and the limbs disposal
az when discovered. He was ful1y satlsdod
that all the wounds we're inflicted BY the
udog found on tho premises. He beloved
that the murder might have been committed
by ono person. but that it could not have
/ been done without leaving biood-stains
On the clothes OF tho murderer. II the light
waa burning In the room and the position
Of the blinds and screen Of the front window
W. ~ testified By those Who frat saw them
after the murder, ritness WAS Of the opinion
that the persons committing tbs murder might
| hare box n seen from the opposite side of The
street, OF from tho Fifth Avenue Hotel, with
sufficient distinctness to designate whether il
was man OF WOMAN In answer to 4ues-
gave hls theory Of the murder to Be thus
| That it was committed BY burglar, who first
| got the keys to the safe from Mr.. NAthAn's
! pocket, md opened the safe without making
an[ noise; that in tho atsempt to
1aa created, which awake Mr. Nathan,
/ who crep toxard the door in which the safe
| wAs, probably in 4 stopping posture that a
10 cntered the small room d blow WAS dealt
him On the bead, which stunned him, and per-
blows wefo inflicted while ho wa down. and
continued ~ long ~ ho showed slgus
Of animation sufficient to give the alarm, and
Il Ut tbs rol'bery Of tho safe and Of tho
| clothes OF III. Nathan we1s subsequently, pur-
sued BY the burglar 1t bis leisure. The large
number Of Blow inflicted did not, in lis
opinion, necessarily indicate pezsonAl baso
| or desile for vengeance On tho part Of the
murderer, but tather anxiety to MAKE death
kure, 30 Is to prevent his victim from giving
| An alarm.
| At tho close OF Dr.. Be.ch's testimony, Cor
oner Rollins addressed tho Jury, briefly refer-
| ring to the evidence already taken and ia
acknowledgment Of the assistance he had re-
ceived from Superintendent Jourdau and
other officials, and propotine. il the Jury
| thought hest, that the inquest should now I'D
1eutn without day. and in cas* any new eri-
| dencs turned up that they should be called
together. Tho Jury aoquiesced in this pro-
Fosn and the inquest WAS accordingly i'd
jonrned sine diA.
Readers who have astentiyely perused the
| evidence thus far given on the inqueat, will
have noticed that many Of the questions pro-
| pounded to the Witnessed implied that eyi-
| which they have not seen tit ~ yet TO bring be-
fore the public, in the shape OF sworn testi-
| noby. Thus, in the examination Of young
Kelly, theshoutekeepers son, lie was several
times asked whether he did not leave Mr. Ma
thaus Eout Q on the morning OF the murder,
and Vas abee ent An hour OF more, during which
time he rode to soma place in I horse
car: and to each question he answered
positively that he did not. Then, again, yes-
| terdAy. each witness WIS asked whether tho
to1to OF man Of woman might not be seen in
the room where the safe was, from the oppo-
aits side OF Tvenss-third street, in case the
light xAs burning, ~ aworn to BY Ill the wit
| utssea- These and MANY other questions, on
which the Assistant District Attorney seemed
to lav great rtsees, imply that there is other
Testimony in the hands Of the authorities
which has not get been brought before the
public. 1t j., doubtless, to afford opportunity
10 perfect tbs chain Of evidence thus indicated
that the inquest VIA adjourned over without