New-York tribune., 1870-08-09

noTind the head on the hoor
Id ~ You examine the instrument with any care A.
S" And suppose there was fresh blood upon A.
There Vas ,amne TO see il this blood had not been
Diu 3O or foir hours A. There was no blood mine
Instrument caused by i being LETT peninu 'e ne"u
the IefS&S & TcT see Mrs Kelly her son that morning A.
No, Sir ,,o inmates Of the house did you sec A.
washington Nathan-and the SiteIi ,So ,,mo A. He had
a. Was Mr Nathan dressed at 'no 'ii"o' M 'i' "''~
" shiTt nauts and slippers on. -, ,,,, Nathan
'S ny nid Won examine the clothing OF beuain Na'n
op understood everything in the room RENAMED % IN
,hS nosition il was when discoNerou' a. uu NV "'A
that r, no, YOU saw of the position Of the body the
marks Oh nk ms 10 whether there was struggle or
N.1t VIA az a ~! " strikes me there was struggle.
2 CoglG Coins ne' II there was physical struggei A.
snS death must have ensued very soon alter po"
dealt by tn neSon received sudden blow which subse
qneuty caused death might s. n%t the nanuS nave
as yoH Tw long do you think the body was deadf A.
Fr9pS r impression is that death must have ensued i'm
mcdaey after the incton OF the WOUNDS a. 1Ss Srcd
as moi 10 soil the clothes Of person touching Hi a
There could be mistakng the stains upon the nghi
ccng produced by fresh blood or proGneeS Sy s% 6Eod
yhre ESn boHrs @ pryioSsiyi A. should be unwilling
swer that question without chemical analysis
@ Presumably il could he aseertained by microscope
@ Would it require unnspal physical str1ntn @ 10 te
that blow from such weapon would he sufficient 70
XIII gentleman like Mr.; Nathan .-..- ,......, H.,
O. From your best Judgment what Is your impresslDn
as to the possibility of there being protraced ruggei
A. The blow might have stunned him. hut tits dhcult 10
tell whether he could have been able to sit and struggle
the position of his limbs indicated that in addition 10 the
o. Could he have Continued the struggle without call
ing for hepl A. To extent but think he could
O. In view of ali you saw do You adopt the theory OF
the last witness 10 the order OF the srnggS anu '9
manner in which the murder was cOmmtleut "a.
adopt the statement so far that MI Nathan vas snek
he approached the room Dut snouH % Io' b pc We @
to give my opinion that there must nave poc in0'o
O. What is there to render you of opinion that there
was more than one A. From the general appearance
of thc body there was pretty severe strug
How many of the wounds would have @ oeeasioned &C.
death the absence of the othcrsi A think the one III
Yon mink Therefore the person had no knowledge of
the amount Of violence necessary to cause death A
O. From the wounds at the back of the head, do you
think there than one person or that ne merely
reversed his positioni There nothing in that To
imply that there was more than one mnTaerer put IRON IRON
all the appearances am inclined TO DcheNe that tefe
was more than one person engaged In It. -, 1900
sarilyl A. / think he would have marks upon him. He
would inevitably have blood upon him think also he
v,ud have scratches marks if there was contest.
O. the absence of contest upon the theory that he
tclcd by the first blow you tmnk lie Womb hOl nave
necessarily borne on then persons scars or Duses A.
q. How do YOU explain that person, who had been
engaged i'm this conflict and whose hands in the
condition that persons must have been, could nave
placed the drawer the safe the bed without any
blood getting upon the bed or the drawerf A could
hardly account for it,.
an intermediate process IN your ludglnentt a.
q general way, from your observation OF every
thing the time your inference that the robbery
c mean 10 that do you think the articles were stolen
from the clothing ars that the attempt was made upon
do yOu think that the articles were stolen from inc
clothing tirs that Mr. Nathan W. Was {aeH 4IGeTeG N r @
A. MY impression this That somebody went IN there
TO rob that safe and probably detected Mr. Nathan
heard the noise; got out bed; went into little room,
met by the lcbber ana WaS strueA vi. & ~ tho
body would indicate that that was the order OF he
@, You then agree with Dr. Janvrin in his theory.
By Mr. Rnssell-Have you theory that there were two
but as stated should not lie willing to swear whether
M tSe ForemanHHow do You for the appear
ance Of blood the lnels each side OF the door Ine
WI Mas S GoOs se e at least by this 1.-THE artery being cut
Secondly Mr. Nathan made any stTngge 10 ses up he he
walls became bcsmcaed in that way IN another way way,
If hc had any struggle WIN 'ne . nd ansd in tbaf
been thrown into the corner ana the DOOu cd"Seu III ''
way. -, W.. ., nm, ,ri,,, in tbc apncaropee
o ~ M bodT 6en YOU saw it to indicate had been
placed there drawn there by any person. or Iht % ~
A. II seems 10 me it natural position II strikes me
il would been difficult to place the pody III 'ha'
by Dr. FeoTs-Dd yon examine the position Of the
chair in the small when you entelcdE A uuh
examine it; merely noticed the char. -. ,o,
O. Was ii lying in that wayi IA chair was here placed
on the ior bottom up with the forward part OF ue eae
and the tor of tie back resting the foor A. have
an mprcsSiOn that the chair was lying So ,.,-- !,
By Mr. Russe-Ie said the chair was upright Wheh re
came iii ut i've ten minutes past 80 tht uhuouDV
Nv NJ FeiIGwsEThat was a ofa-bottomcd chair. Did
Won examine the top and bottom of the cushion ~
No Sil: walked into the little TOOm saw the sOi 'aoe,
az" ~ THrn Vnu DOM know that the only blood that
OF hat char was the bottom OF the cushion a. No.
O. Referring to your theory of the manner Of Mr. Ma
tn's entering hat lOom the safe being here close by
ta chair and Mr. Nathan entering from his room, II thc
bow was strGck him, he entered ON the forehead,
,.,fHi IL have hgau
that his head would nave come on the Dotom Vi ehe
rlair in that position. a. should think not.
o. Now in regard TO the sprinkling OF blood when are
Indications of Il struggle will you please state whether,
accepting your theory that the a huS p me- v trrK
might the spatters been caused ny hls hah9S a.
he threw them back A. some blood might; Dut uon
q. We're there any arteries cut A. stated that 'he
~ The blood w0nld therefore have come out with
great deal OF force I A. Yes, Sir .
by the CorOner-Is il not your opinion mat person
coming in contact with the walls would canse tose
narksl A. II hand Of the murderer came Ill contact
with the wall, the marks would be spread n dnerent
appearances, different forms, while from an artery
RV the Freman-The chair found in this position,
that is 10 say the of the chair facing near west
snnnnsr no murderer had struck Mr. Nathan with the
instrument in the forehead, might he not nave IaS or
from that position the chair having been overturned III
the conflict, of cOurse3 A. should be uhWlIllhg o.
Q-ouppot ppt e. Nv Natbau5s head coming in contact
with the chair this way, and afterwaId ms Deing iOdh
the position in which he was yDg at the tune ms D9d was
tbn tba in that case Mr. Nathan had been struck 1Tst
ON the back of his head from behind then tnnbled or
,rd into thc ROOM his head struck this char; that al
terward he struggled away from II himself ana received
an additional blow on his heau. ...o.. 20
By Fellows-Then accoTdingto 10 your stieeihei n
the bow struck on the back OF the heau t wn,ca
knOC him forward that his head cOhu nave TtsCeu
in that chair the murderer or rereT @ found uIIy ynS in
The oppusite direction. Ayes Sir; be had been suck