The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-06
The Unjust suspieious against the Nathan
Boys-Aileged Proof Of their Innocence
The Murder Committed by n Wandering
Yarranl like Lack Reynalda.

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All the detectives agree that the crime was mot
tn. work Of a prof, ssional burglar II lacked tIe
reealar toucbe. on " The art No burglar wonld
Win nm Ne a tool and no burglar would haye len
any tool behind. Moreover, 1.-THE dog" was not
used for any burslnrous purpose the sac hau been
regularly opened with the key, and no chest or
closet Lad been PRED. II was simply used for the
purposes, hrst Of murder, next OF selfdefence,
should the assassin be intercepted from escape
and when longer necessary for
the latter purpose, was forgotten at the
portal lhere are o'her ueofes Wnieh we need not
recapitulate, though one, among the rest, we ieel
bound to notice, and that is-the inclination which
aporuon Of the city press have shown, to tx the
horrid deed upon the younger Mr.. Nathan. We
frankly recognize the i'm possibility OF their being
actuaied BY any malignant or improper motives IN
putting forward such a theory but We cannot for
The life OF US see how they first conceived or why
they now support H.
In the first place there IL an utter lack OF motive
on the mart OF young MI Nathan 10 commit The
murder lie has himself a Comfortable business
his fathers ROOF gave him free support and II ap-
pears that the bulk Of the wealth belonging to tie
Nathan family is located on his mother. His needs
could not lave driven him to the extraction OF the
shirt studs from the shirt or to tue purloin.
ing OF his murdered fathers watch II is said that
young Mr. Nathan had blood upon his night shirt
obtained By contact with his lead fathers body II
this is true, and there was blood upon his shirt
that sign may In itself be taken as a conclu.
siye proof Of innocence. His father had
been murdered AT LsIfpast two and The
history OF all murders for q thousand years as
an Eel by Courts has shown that every murderer
who las drawn the blood of his victim upon his
almost furious desire TO cleanse his eothes-in other
word =, to wash away that portion OF the murdered
man which hoyls in his ears and neeycs him 10 I'M,
heart with the worst sense of his atrocous crime
Yet here we have Young Mr. Nathan IL the apoye
dreadful theory be true wearing his fathers blooI
The nys.long night and after a sound pleep in the
robe which bore H. tossing the garment aside anon
his other clothing In tie morning
No evidence is shown moreover by examining
the water. pipes and conduits that the actual muir
dcrer HAD cransed himself OF any his guilty stains
,pitiin the house while no reasonable theory OF
any sort has yet accounted for the possession by the
young man OF such an unusual aud vulgar weapon
a. the iron dog" or for mis- killing his father with
IT, without hrst killing Tie housekeeIer who slept
in the next room. We find, therefore, nothing but
aDsuIdiy 10 the theory which points " Washington
Nathan as the murderer OF his iather and we DIS
miss II WIN deep regret mat the Journals winch
have put iortl did no' eontehl themselves WIN
in'fusing II qu'eVy 70 Tue superintendent OF 70
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Our theory u nearly lnehucal WIN that OF the de-
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