The New York herald., 1870-07-31

was guarding, and remained there throughout the
storm and until halfpast one O'Clock, when two
ihen got into IT and the vehicle was rapidly driven
towards Broadway. Now It would certainly seem q
strange thing for carriage TO remain where this
one is said TO have remained for such length OF
tline and In such weather as prevailed at the time;
out, then, there Ia In close proximity TO where IL
which kind OF houses carriages. Inc police know
wel stand for hours Ia all sorts OF weather, accord
ing TO the whm and VIII OF those who nire them.
This circumstance Is not a small one IN the matter.
But even II the presence OF the carriage where II
was seen and Its sudden departure were all import
ant TO the unraveng OF the mystery oil the murder,
there certain other things which take away from
them much OF their value AS q means OF giving the
CLUE TO WORK UPON
HERALD reporter satisfied himself on this point
yesterday by entering the building which Is being
repaired ON the northwest corner OF Twenty second
street and Filth avenue BY means OF two tall lad
To the top OF the extension, which abus against the
Nathan stables. The extension, as far as COM
pleled. Is about five feet above the roof or the
stables. so. supposlng that the TWO men spoken OF
by Devoy mad got on the top OF the extension by
means OF ladders they could have easily dropped
uOwn on the roof or the stables. This would have
been all plain sailing, but tnen to reach the stable
yard lhey would have had to jump q distance OF
iory Sdd feet on stone hooring unless OF course,
they had long ladder with them. All this time
they would have been exposed to Lh full glare OF the
gas lamps IN the streets and to the OF any per-
son 10 the windows Of the houses fronting north.
ward Even H. with the assistance OF lad
aer, aer, @ tnsy mad MANAGED to get into the
ing, their labors would only have begun The win
dows and door OF the basement are heavily barred
win iron and solidy locked, and the door leading to
tne moor above the basement Is OF iron and was
tightly closed the night OF the murder. In the first
place Is altogether improbable that the men could
nave found their way at night time the open
rafters OF the extension and 1t is utterly impossible
thai they could have got into the stables from the
In the yard. There are no means whatever by which
they could nave done tins. Even granting that by
some way or another they did
from the street side and then got into
the house, they would have had first to pass where
tue servant man slept before reaching Mr.. Nathan's
room. burglar who knows his business would
have taken no such chances when he could
have got In the front way with less risk and troubles
for the very fact Of admitting tnat two men had q
carriage III the street and acted they ale alleged
10 have acted suggests the idea OF their being pro-
lessl0nals. Thus much for the TWO men ana their
carriage.
WAS THE MURDERER AN ADEPr9
: Inc question which naturally arises next is, II
PROFESSIONAL burglars qid not commit the robbery,
who dda or course this question Is, in Its most Inn
portait aspect, mystery to everybody so Igr; but
lice circles that the deed va coMmiised by nom po
PROFESSIONAL yne best evidence IN the world OF this
Is s ihe ship carpenters tool called dog" which
uiu the bloody work. 1t Is bar OF iron, about
eighteen inches long, bent at both ends, and 80
shaped that 1t could not well be used to prv open
what Is more, 1t has bee proven that 1t was not one
OF the tools brought to the house by the carpenters
days; SO 1t must have been brought there Dy the man
VINO used II IN Tie
DEED OF BLOOD.
1t may have been the best thing he could lay his
nands on which he thought unprofessOnal az he
was, would pry open the safe; but 1t Is ridiculous to
suppose that a professional burglar wOu d nave gone
10 the house with any such instrument. Nor Is 1t
1ndubltable evde ace that, because the 'dOg', is
ship carpenters tool, he must have been shin car
penter who DID the murder. No man with half his
senses about him woud deliberately run a risk, no
matter now slight 1t might be, Of giving the police
Defatey planning murder would certainly take
WIN MN some other Kind Of knlie than shoe
makers, II knife he decided TO use.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
TINS same dog" 1t will be remembered, was
I0u.1 ween the outer and inner han doors. ,ss
though IA going out after his horrld work the mur
derer had at the last moment recoected that he had
In lls possession the possible telItaie or his
as he stepped CUT viii Ih TINS uG be- sesn ta uTf
after tine struggle In the bedroom on the
second Moor. tue murderer had to pass
the marble thing TO the street. and yet 1t is very
extraordinary circumstance that he did not leave
trace OF blood from the time he lett the ROOM Young
Mr.. Nathan, on entering the apartment where he
found his father dead, rushed out Immediately and
he enc oaN sar m @ ana o so the S ana
tesliied himself, tina Hoor In the bedroom was all
SATURATED WITH BLOOD.
or course on entering he could not but have had
his ieet besmeared with 1t; but now could the mur
derer have Kept hs feet clear the stains Is ques
ton which is sorely pnzzling many minds
moor and Struck him him dead cad al ihis hsss
made the deceased insensible to his blows his Ieet
have stood in the blood that was found alter
wards so saturalng the carpet for many around
Ii he wore shoes or boots he may have taken Jnem
oil ana thus avoided in going down stairs leaving
shoes or boots been found? and II he left none be-
hind, how could he have stepped or from the blood
% covered carpet to the nan way and walked TO the
hall door without tracing his steps IN blood did
young Nathan alter lie had rushed hOrrfed out Of
his father's bedrooms 1t must be for the police to
answer this question 10 their satisfaction. Yes
terday they were unable to do IL.
WAS ThE MURDERER CONCEALED IN THE HoUsE9
Now taking every particle OF evidence together
that they have so TAR found-evidence which of it.
SELF Is IN great part mere guesswork-the police
have come to the general belief that whoever did the
murder III the first place knew the house well, at
least that 1Oor Oh which Mr.. Nathan slept: and that
secondly, he was concealed in the house during the
with good deal or reason, how the man could nave
got III the house unnOtCed2 1t was an easy matter,
and this one iact VIII prove It, The carpenters had
the night OF the murder A little after seven O'Clock
on Thursday morning one Of them went to the
house opened the basement gate by simply putting
his hand behind the iron block and Shipping the
latch. On entering the kitchen, ne asked Mrs.
Kelly, the servant II smith (another carpenterl
up stairs ON one Of the top floors anu sat down TO
read newspaper While waiting for Smiths arrival.
More Than an hour passed by, when he got up and
proceeded to the carpenters shop to ascertain why
the other had not appeared. He was informed that
Smith had ''g0nc to Nathan's to work. and had
left little before seven O'Clock sure enough. IL
turned out that all the time he had been waiting for
Smith that worthy had been working in the attic,
using his hammer vigorously. Now this crcum-
stance proves two things: first, that the construction
Of the house In which Mr. Nathan lived is such that
SOUNDS ARE DEADENED,
SO to speak, and cannot be easily transmitted from
one part OF IT to another; ana, secondly tnat any
man who had watched the carpenters go In and out
day after day might have entered the place con-
cealed himself without being detected. Would 1t
nave been any more difficult Tor a man,
VINO 0y some means or another became aware
that Mr.. Nathan was to arrive that night, to have
slipped In by the basement way, taking all the pre-
cautions possible not to be seen when he did get in
than Tor Smith to enter without taking any precau-
tons whatever, and going To work Of the top
floors and yet even the servant not to know he was
In the house2 The thing Is patent on Its face, and
the police, doubtless, make no mistake III believing
from all the lactS Ill the case that the murderer
sneaked III on Thursday after ne mad well studied
the movements OF the men ut work In the house.
DID THE MURDERER KNOW OF NATHAN's ARRIVAL?
1t Is the opinion OF great many per-
sons who Affect TO know great deal
about the way midnight robbers 20 to- work
that the murderer stole his way INTO the house with