, 1870-08-07

The Coroncr'A iuquest in the Nathan m,,r-
DIX WAS resumed On Thursday, an. We give
:iow the essential portions CT the testitan,.y
af III" policeman called i'll at the frtt aIar1n
" Young Nathan, and pf the carpenteib vino
lad Leen at work il The house tAa day before.
! 1t naain points wlieu tlleir testimony snow
=rr, that the front door was, according to the
l.'ticetna rhut and not open Whr.l he was
~ j in; that it was Frcdcrick's aul not
Washington Sati,an's rhif. aid Stockings
ntlcA wtre stained with blood; and that, W.
ce1dlng to The carpente1s, it was oa-y to eoter
the house at any time during the day, difiuclt
to make even loud shouting heard 10 it, And
that there were rlen,y OF lillrg places al1
over it.
The inquest was before Coroner Rollins.
Colonel J. n. Fe}lows, Assistant District At
ioiner, conducted the examinations. Tie ju.
rcls were ranged in tho following ortlrr !:
MAuneell D. Field. foreman; Eenjualn r.
Russell. Edward i. Jorca, Henry Miller, Hv,,-
r. A. Horne, Harvey II. Perkins, Gorlo,, ~
lsur,,ham, and Oliver p. a1ildebergeS,,nr,n
The ilrss witness rallied was + Tho sroi's y;
NE ,n no,,esmAh !xSan VIZ John had taken hia
sne m'i.uet; ,L;n a. Afseeame matter OF zcaloa.
se sea1, ,,a,,;ns h,s name @aSas inquiry.
.,z,. ams district Attorney Fellows proceeded
"a the examination ar follows:
70. Where do you reside, Mr.. Mapgam: \.
1t III Weat Twenty-niMul street.
o. Whzt is ,oli b.sriuesss A. an An
encsr Of the Iwruty-uiuth Precinct.
u. Nhtre we're .ou On the morning OF the
18TH ct July lart7 A. ! MAS on duty on my
cat. which, includes Twtnty-eectnd anil 1'we.,-
sy-,hird streets. frcm Fourth to Seventh
.vGcuc,
@. Where we're you when the sla1m Of MIR
DIR wss given at 3lr. SRtIln's house, on the
morning Of tho o9!h OF Julys A. l WAS ahont
III, feet from tho door, toward Sixth avenue,
%f,n mil, Si,4a cf *fH hfrnHf fhn Si4f
'hc house is on.
10Th CT THE EoYs At THE DOOR.
G. You said you Heard All alas1ns 4. Yes:
nv attention was drawn by IN alarm. hea-@:
!, ~. aud tnsping round saw two gentlemen
.ardine on the door stoop with their night
rtt on. .....
O wha. did you do thena n ssazsed anil
An toward the stoor. When | got to the
-tcpp ore Of tho gentlemen, holding up his
Earis, cried ont. "Cfsiecr, come lu:"
G. What lid vou 10 then? A. I asked him
ahat the matter was. and he said,
"A1 FArnEn's nEEN ACRDERED!"
Q. Whit did ron do then? \. l esif.
..Ml.tre is he?' ard the young gentleman
taid. "He is up stairs, in the front room.
9. What dill you do then? A. We all started
TIP etai1r 1saw the man lying on tho floor,
apparently dead, between the atuiv and the
doorway.
V. " AaA vi" Spu Nu AGAl{ VIC GtAktEA vi
stsirs TO statch tie hcuse, and SEQ il We eoui,I
ind anybody concealed. OF find any trace OF
,nr murderer. So& finding anythi u, VIC clulr
down asalp, ncd went lnto the room whe1o tLe
~,-n Nss ts.ns; rus my hand On The oa! gu.
ien,a,,. and ;ho's ht ts ie't warm. Sail / te
t.,1 decto,.~ He esat for dacor.
At:er while I rut mE hand On the
I'D gentleman aSa'n, aud bis body felt c,.l.
lretty eccn doctor came ia from .ae Fifth
, syenue Hotel. ] don't know his uarae; he
looked At the old gentleman, and felt Of hin,
.nd f1id he tho1ght he'd been dead three o.
four hour. From tho tedroon the. wen.
INTO the study. and saw the win''o@ in the
-:Edy, over The front doo.. hu.-,c1 shout
tHelye or fourteen inches up from the bot
io.n-
G. What did You do next? A. Then wen,
frrn1 the study down stairs. and continued
searching down there. Another officer hsd
! eume, that had sent fot down to Sixth
| avenue and Taeuty-.titd street. When ht
rsme to the doo- let him in, ani said tt
! him, "1hcre's been man murdered here
| He exid, My Godi' Said to him, ''Ws
must search the houac." He then startet
| through the, rear l'ascu,ent and searched
1 through the front basement. found ali ne
cure ID the front. but the other o:6cer sait
some one had leen opening the back doors.
| Coroner Rollins. What WAS that otiioer'
ua.ue9 A Il Was Officer Rowlanls that mAd'
| thAt remark
| Sir. Fellows. What did sou do then? A.
;socecdcd ur stairs again aud etaved With tn
| cay. ard rent Of1cer Howlands down to re
ro1t at the Station House, When went dow, W
10 the trout door tue second time-I think
ess the second time vent TO the front door,
the young na7 says, pointing down IT the ifo
deg" What Is that - picked it up, md sa
it had blood on it..
Mr. Rusee1l ia jurore- What young man sas
/ ~. 1.sx% ~
fievc-
Nlr. Field (tAe foreman). DO you see th.
Young man here? 4 Che witness rising an
!. looking Arrundl. Yes, sir. Sen.ation.
Conner Kc1!:n.. l'oint hin out to the juE.
A. lthe witEess pointing to Frederick Sathat
o,,h the handkerchief on his s1m. lRsnese
s.nsatian, the audience gazing at tie idcut
N N. soFef FelIoWs H bia you notice .u,hing p.
, j ,icIlaz atout those yosng men? a. Yea
j uken I got close up 10 the front stoor as
: MAS arst coming up. say bloed on the fro,
Of one Ct tho : ounE Eeu's Ahists- His etoe.
: irrs, loo. I,aa blood Oh them-.ecmed to /
saturated with blood.
!, Nr. Field. What young nan was thats
,, Tie sane yourg man pointed ont before.
Coroner Rol!ii.s. On that part OF his thi
, wss tic blood: A. 1t was on the bostoZ
: down about here tthe witnese standing up Al
! tE4lCsT uEllN ks4V A40 tt4CAC - ~ s0A
:: up bcre xlsu {pcint;ne 10 his bresst)~
MI. Field. How much blood /: 4. Cons!
: cradle sort ct dsubcd on tho bottom Al
4 srctted on the bosom.
: aIr. Russcrl. You gay there WAS blood I
{ his socks also: A. Yes thev seemed soak
= IN blood, just as though perton had stepp
!. ricbt down into pooI OF blood.
Coroner Rollins. Had they r&ntaioous
n dsayers pu7 4. l think not 1 did not ta1
' much notiee was in hurry get up etau
: think they oul, had night shirts on:
i Nr, Fellows Did they have Stockings OF
9 4. The one that had blood on his feet ! n
= ticed had stockings on It WAS the blood I'll
II made nc notice the stockings,
i, Q. What else did you do A. staTed
l. the Captain came.
: den, OF the Twenty. y.ninth Precinct.
= Corpner Rollins. Did you examine the fro
= door as sou passed the house A. 4es, ~
, O. Did you fnd it open A. 80, er'
Is took particular notice Of the ffons ooot Il
0 went along, and 1t wRe thut.
: O. When did you examine the door 10 ses
:, it Ess secure 4. AT half-pass IN tue mo
:. iue, and again 2t half-paai !, and toond
70 cloeed and secure 10th times.
Ia Mr. Fellows. Do you recognize any p e1st
O. here IS being the yourg men VINO gave
!" alarm7 4. rccognize one Of them As ff
Ia f1ick Nathan, now in court
O. q. Who was the other ; A. ! rseoSa
the other aa the young man they Gail IVA
nc tngton.
=; Mr.. Fellows. Point him out.
" " The Hitnees arose and poir ted out Washi