The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-08
II NATHAN MURDER.
m Question of the Opsn Door-whst a Ne,

The 0usstiOn Of the 0psn Door-WhatG News
The New York Post of Saturday evening
says:-
No trace of the murderer of Mr.. Nathan has
yet been found, and il seems that a respectable
portion of the community have little else to do
but 70 circulate sensational reports of arrests
and fresh evidence.
FALSE REPORTS.
II was reported yesterday afternoon that four
persons were under arrest at Police headquarters
under suspicion. There was no truth whatever
in the story.
This morning an equally absurd report was in
circulation. The gossips had it that two prison.
ers had been taken last night to the Tombs,
upon whom were found the watch and diamond
studs of the murdered Mr.. Nathan. The report
originated in the fact that two sneak thieves
were brought in last evening by detectives,
charged with suspiciously entering a house.
They we're confined in cells, and subsequently,
ordered up stairs by Captain Kelso for examina-
ton. He requested the detectives to bring the
men into q private room, and a sensational re-
porter, who CHANGED to be on the spot, took the
responsibility of circulating q statement that
Mr.. Nathan's murderers had been arrested.
WHAT A NEwsBoY sAw.
Eight hundred dollars reward has been offered
for the identification of a man who, on the
morning of the murder of Mr.. Nathan, was seen
to pick up q piece of paper that was lying on
the top front doorstep of the house in Twenty
third street. This is is q new phase of the case,
1"N
evidence.
The steps leading up to the front door of Mr..
Nathan's house are sheltered from the rain by a
portico, or projecting roof, which affords an
excellent opportunity to newsboys of folding
their papers on wet mornings. One newsboy
has long Teen in the habit of using the steps for
this purpose, and on the morning of the murder,
which was. as will be remembered, very wet,
he reached the house about 5 o'clock, and found
the front door open. Thinking that the SER
wants we're up early, and were going to clean
the entrance, he went to the next house, and
folded his papers there. While he was occu-
pied in this manner he saw n man, in n laboring
dress, approaching with a dinner pail in his
hand. This man paused when in front of MIR.
Nathan's house, and then assembled the steps,
to pick up n large piece of white paper, which
was lying upon the top one. Having secured
this he went on his way. 4 trifling incident of
this kind attracted the boys notice but little az
the time, but assumed an aspect of Importance
when he heard the details of the murder an
hour or two later. He at once went to the
police and told his tale, whereupon a thorough
search for the strange man was begun by the
detectives. Hitherto they have not succeeded
in finding him, and 1t is supposed that he has
either obtained possession of some paper of
value, which he is unwilling to part with, or has
not vet associated the finding of it with the
house in which the murder was committed, or
that he has forgotten all about it.
If this story be true, and there is no reason to
doubt that it is so, it is clear that the door OF
he house was open, in spite of the evidence of
'atrolmau Mangum to the contrary. Young
lr. Nathan. General Frank p. Blair, and the
ewsboy all concur in this important detail,
ad superintendent Jourdan himself did not
athe time credit the testimony of the officer.