, 1870-08-12

Relations with Isis s1urderc.
Fashcr-Tcatltnony OF the i1o1:,c
h"crsF- Detective Ernuctt an,
OshcF-. ~
From fhr .se,s York Htvo'd, .tus. N.
Tho Inquest in tho Nathan murder caso wa
resumed yesterday.
John Govern was the first witness. HI, j
viii re remembered, il the porter Of the Fiji
Avenue Hotel who Has using tho hoso on III
! sidewalk, opposite the SssLau nanslon. th
morning Of fl,e mnr,ler, At tho time Washing
ten anu Frederick Nathan appeared on IL
Htoop and gase the alarm. 10 testified tha
wht q he SAN the Young men hcst, and espie,
the blood OFT Frederick Na,l1an's shirt. tha
the thought struck lin that he had hee
stabbed. he described tne ca condition . 9'e q
things III tie room where the body was dis
covered, and stated that when he saw Ms
hcIy, in going into her roan from tho mur
dercd man, he found licr wsa1inE = loose gown
1nI tint sla MAS very much excifsd over til,
murder. Wiiile he WAS in her room @ith oif3cel
Maugan her eon CAME in. and in talking abou
the death at Mr. Sath1n unmarked that il was
"tersiliu thing. Tas witness stated t.aat l.
had teou the little ne1sbar Mes at the house
the morning Of the murder, but he made uo
mention Whatever Of having seen carriage
| drive up to the door.
Detective Bennett, the witness Who fol1o~et
HoTeru, Was examined al to what he s1w nc
heard At the house the morning OF the mus.
der. He called there. he said. shortly after 9
o'clock aud carefully examined, ia the conipa-
ny Of other detectives, everything in the lou. e
with \ view to finding ont eome clue il posi-.
b'e a. to how tho rsar1sr hal been committed
and bE chom. The clothss which had hcen WON
the DAY before by the deceased, "a we'll al ihe
night shirts worn BY the two sons, were e1-
atn!ned and al the closets in the plsce wore
looked into, but nothing that could throw
heht upon the murder was discovered. The
evidence Of this witness revealed very ex-
sfzotdinasy piece OF hluuleriug on the part Of
somebody in tue Police Department. lie
slated that the detectives took possession Of
the nightshirt aud drawers th.t had been
found stained with blood, aud. after making !
superficial examination Of them, sent them
cent them bs ck 70 the Nathaus' house. Tho
day Of the funeral it srddenlJ struck como
body that it would be matter Of great i'm
portance that the blood on the clothing should
&c submitted to chemical examination, in
older to ASCERTAIN whether the sia.ns we1n
made by fresh or coagutated blood. Detective
Renpett vert to tho house anl asked for the
garments, bur Was Informed that they had been
sent to the wash.
The examination Of Mn. Kelly. the house
keeper, ~se qnite prolonged one. and tho
foreman OF the jury made her undergo very
ssyere e1osE-e1am,nation. Mrs. Keliy il deli
ca.e-looliug rersor, with daeply aucken eve.
zna rallid ccuntenance. Hsr hair IL black. but
thinly &ptiuk1ed with gray near the forehead.
She Was attired in 3 black dfesn and wore =
dsIk-eclcret bonnet with large artificial rose
ia it's cenfra. over the middle Of the forehead,
~ i,s or'y decoration. An ordinary yari-eol.
cred shawl. such As is worn bv persous in her
station in life, uas thrown carclossiT over hes
stonldefs. She spoke IN low, harsh tone OF
voice, and eh1wed, duti1g the
ero..-e1aminat,ou she had TO undergo
that she had temper Of her own, which
she could eire good evideuc. q: Whenever
pushed to the wall. Several tim,s, Nhea shs
wsstoo quickly Piled with questions to suit her
convenience TO answer them, she gave lles re-
pics in aensprish sort OF WY thai made even
The grind jnfymen smile vary broadly. She
stated thai the day Of the mutdar she was In
{o1med By one Of tho fons shat Ar. Nathan
was to be home tha. night: that che old gen-
utman tcck bis dinner II ths house. 1t clock,
ard, after being ont during the evsninz, re-
tive Of, bccause. as he cane in he called down
10 hcs from the hall on bhe door even with the
eteop. she being in tho front basement. that
he was H.. She replied ---All right She
vent to he'd shortly afteEwAed and vent
to sleep and mA,ned asleep un:il shs
wss awaleutd BY the thunder. Sha
.ha was woke ap b. .o1ae one Liad Of a no;ss % aa i
n1ds by body falling On the door, and aha
thinks also she heard sotus noises afta1sard,
but che gave no heed to them whatever. The
suspicion that any robbcr wAs in the house
never entersd hez mind 1t the time, Is she be-
liz sed the house Vas secure zgain.t any Of the
gentry inroads. The vituess uss very closely
1uestlnned - to whether there Vas carpet IN
ths hall Leading 10 tie front door. She stated
uat IKE had eeen it in the hail the dsy OF the
E!u1ueE- bnt noticed that it had been taken
~ - tie day Of the tuneral. Who took it up
the could not say. Int abe asserted that khe
II had tnA had fA-