New-York tribune., 1870-08-05
THE NATHAN MURDER.
THE CORONER'S INQUEST.
HARMON, FREDERICK, AND WASHINGTON NATHAN
PREsENT-THE TESTIMONY.

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the Court House on the corner Of Twenty-sec-
ond-st and seventh.ave. The excitement was very
little II indeed any at the latter place. and no crowd
was I'm attendance bar the doors and perplex the on
GERS The room wascomfortaby fcd-no more The three
SONS OF the deceased presentHarnon, FREDERICK
and washngton-attended by Emanuel b. Hart, esq
The three sons strongly resemble their father Ihey
are darkcompexioned, and have jet black har
and beard Frederick wears full black side-whiskers
and nustache; and Washington, rather inclpieht
niustacbe The sons are decidedly inferior TO their
father I'm physique, the latter being muscular null
sized man. while the sons appear compared with their
father rather effemnate This dssimilarity has fur
nlshed to some absurd but interested outsiders un-
deniabe grounds why the father could not have fallen
at the hands OF either son. for" they remark the old
man would have taken them both by the nape OF the neck
and tossed them out Of the window"
Mr.. b. Fellows represented the DisrictAttorney. The
Jury are intelligent and responsible men, and evidently
mean entirely proper on such on OCCASION 10 po
pound every question which may possibly lead 70 the
slightest clue Mr. Maunse b. Fields is their president
The inquest has corrected an exceedingly unfortunate
error 1t is Washington Nathan who has been mehohed
all along as the who first discovered the oouS an"
gave the ALARM and whose night dress was bahed IN
blood Frederick it now seems, did these thngs ana
had his clothing saturated with blood OUTSIDE Oh tne'c
points no really new facts were obtained.
TESTIMONY OF PATRoLNAS JOHN MANGAh
Atl1 O'Clock officer Mangam was called to the stand
He deposed as follows:
O. what is your employment A. I am an officer OF
the Twenty-nnth Precinct
O. Where do you residei A. No. 12l West Twenty
ninth-st.
O. Were you on duty on the morning of the 2sth Juy
A. Yes Sir.
O. wherei A. Twenty second and Twenty -thiFdsts.,
and from Fourth to Seventh-ave.
O. Where were you on the morning Of the Goth July
when tho alarm Of murder gvenl A. was about
mat tly
building; my attention first attracted by the alarm
of two young gentlemen standing on the stoop and
having only their shirts when got to the stoop one
of the gentlemen said, "Olicer, come D, at the same
time throwing up his hands; asked him what the
trouble was he said my father mas Deen
murdered; :" | asked whereabouts, and ne re-
Piled upstairs; I then started upstairs; the
two gentlemen who gave the alarm were the
sons Of the deceased and they accompanied me TO searcn
the house; found Mr. Nathan on the floor apparently
dead between the study and the front rOom in the door
way we went through the top part OF the house. ana
then returned and placed my hand on the old gentleman
and he appeared to told his son he had better
send for Doctor and when he was gone put my mana
on him again. and he appeared to be cold; the DOCTOR
whose name do MT know came from the Fifth-AVenue
Hotel and, after making an examination, sald no had
been dead three or four hours from there went INTO
the study and the window, over the 'front.' door IN
the study h0sted about twelve or fourteen nches theh
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other search and the time another officer whom
had sent for TO the Sixthave. and Twenty third st.
Station arrived; told him there had been murder; he
started the OF the house and told me that some
body opened Of the back doors; the name OF this
officer is Rowey proceeded upstairs again and re-
NAMED with the body and sent man to report 10 inc
SatonHouse; when went down stairs one OF the young
men said pointing this iron dog" What is thisf
picked it UP and saw it had blood upon it,
Mr.. B. Russel-Which young man was thisf witness
They call his name Frederick think; when went up
to the front stoop young mans shirt blood,
on the front part Of it, and the bottom OF his stock
ngs appeared TO be saturated with blood.
Mr.. Russell-Which OF the young men was that A.
The same young mau pointed cut before.
Coronerwhat part Of the shirt soiled with bood'
Witness-On the BOSOM and on the lower part Of the
shirt
Mr. Russell--On two different pacesl A Yes, Sir.
Mr.. Russel-And on his stockings Witness-fes. Sir
round the bottom, and just over the toes.
O. Had he pantaoons or drawers, or did you notice
witness-I did not take notice whether they had
drawers not but think they had not think they
had merely their undershirts and stockings on one
gentleman Frederick) who had blood on his feet had
stockings on, but don't know whether the other had
stockings not remained in the house until capt.
Burden OF the Twenty-ninth Precinct came
Coroner-Did you examine the basement dOorl A. L
did Sir but fastened took notice Of the front
door when went along my post; saw the front door
was closed
Coroner-How long you on your post that night
A. From IL to o'clock.
O. During that time did you examine the door5t A.
examined them about II O'Clock and again at4i.
O. And all the doors securedi A. Yes. Sir.
Mr. Fellows-what hours you on duty A. From
- toe.
O. AT what hour was ii you received this alarn' A.
About 81.
O. Did you look at your watch A. Hooked at the clock
tha lil nf thp
with Mr.. Nathan's residence
O. Did you hear any alarm that morning before the
time you saw these young men A. No. Sir
O. Did whistle anything of that sort attract your
attention A. No, Sir
O. Do you remember seeing man named Patrick
Govern, porter in the Fifth Avenue Hotelt A. Yes,
saw him sweeping off the walk.
O. Before you saw these men on the stoopi A. Yes,
O. Did he make any alarm OF any kind A. He was
O. Then he gave the first alarm A. No, Sir; the first
alarm heard was from these young men.
O. You recognize OF the young men who was stand
ing the stoop that night as MT Frederick Nathan
o. Who was the othera A. Washington Nathan.
Who the inmates OF the house yGS SaT that
anyone except the woman in the basement.
g. At what hour previous to this alarm at Ct had you
examined that housei a. Half-past o'clock.
O. Did you examine the door or try iti A. When |
went past the door at 81 examined IL that wa was about
the house, and was going toward sixthave, when
O. So that when you passed the house your way to
the sixthave you noticed the front door and you swear
il was closed 7 A. Yes, Sir.
O. At Al o'clock you tested the door by taking hold of
the handle A. Yes. -
O. At any time during the night did you examine the |
front OF house to ascertain whether the front
door was open notl A. Yes. .
O. What was the condition OF the second story the
in which the murder occurredf A did not
take any notice of them until went there III the morn
ing the two windows had screens. one OF which was
raised 10 or IL inches they had ordinary ny screens.
O. Were the windows openi A. Yes.
8 We're any OF the shutters closedl A. No, Sir; |
was the first person that entered the mousse that morning