The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-09
TO YOUNG.

The Methodists gave Mr.. Newman q re-
ception last evening.
THE NATHAN MURDER.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AT THE ~CoRoNER's IN
QUEsT-THE MURDERERs HEARD AT THEIR
BLOODY WORK.
In the continuation of the coroners inquest
on the Nathan murder held in New York
yesterday, the following testimony was
elicited:-
WASHINGTON M'KENzIE.
RESIDE at No. 35 E. Nineteenth street we
use no such instrument as the dog, " now
shown me have visited Mr.. Nathan's house !;
was there on the DIST of July never saw
that instrument, either in the coach-house or
anywhere; never said 1 had seen it in the
coach-house never saw it till l saw it at
Police headquarters Philip de Maistre has
been two years in my employ he was recon-
mended to me by the Young Mems Christian
Association his conduct has been excellent,
as has the other carpenter, Mr.. Smith.
Officer Mangam was here again placed on
the stand-The 'dog' was lying inside the
outside door; l picked it up and handed it to
Mr.. Nathan; he handed it back to me, and L
afterwards took it up stairs; l put. it between
! Mr.. Nathan and the window so that the
Coroner might see it; can't tell whether it
was the first or the second time | entered the
house; when I came Town I think I left the
sons in the room with the body; the second
time, if it was the second time l entered,
Mr.. Washington Nation was in the hallway;
the hallway is marble, not carpeted near the
door; the "dog" was lying close by the front
door.
: By Foreman of the jury noticed no
carpet in the hall; 1 repeat that the door was
certainly closed when l passed at a quarter to
six; / was close to the stoop and could not be
mistaken; there was no one on the steps;
might nave been a paper on the steps and
not see it.
DIR. WALTER II. PBEKMAN,
Live at the corner of Fifth avenue; there
are twenty feet between the side of my house
and Mr.. Nathan's; 1 sleep on the second floor;
the night of the storm Thursday, after the
shower, my wife opened the green blinds of
the windows; we had been asleep some time
when my wife called out to me, doctor,
there's some one in our house," 1 said, cts
not in our house, but Mr.. Nathan's or the
other" while we were speaking there was
another noise, which she thought was the
shutting of a chamber door; we then heard
THREE DISTINCT SOUNDS,
much lighter than the other; / cannot de,
scribe the sounds; I again said it was not in
our house; my wife went into the bathroom
and looked into Mr.. Nathan's yard, but ii
looked all right; no more was said; about
seven she looked out and said there was some
heavy trouble at Mr.. Nathan's; before I got
dow stairs some of the girls said MIR. Nathan
had been murdered; / distinctly heard the
first sound, as we'll as my wife; I should
think it was between two and half past; did
not look at the time ;the first sound did not
seem like the falling of a body;
cannot hear feet with the shoes of
either on my stairs or Mr.. Nathan's, which
were just like mine; when l entered the
chamber and saw the body, / looked for any
thing to account for the first sound; there
was a small table in its place; there was 6
chair with back to the door; l was told since
that a leg of that chair, if it were struck by
an instrument, might account for the frs
sound; the blows on the skull might account
for the later ones: when my wife got up first
the streets were quiet, no carriages or omni
buses were running; in the left hand corner
of the large wall there was blood two fee
high; Imean the south side, farthest from the
front where the body lay; the marks on the
wall were like the impress of a bloody arm
my wife thinks she remained ten minutes a
the windows; / don't think it was SO long
she might not have seen any one leaving Mr.
Nathan's, and a man might have left without
being heard; the chain on my door was like
Mr.. Nathan's; there is very little noise il
opening the door; 1 think Mr.. Nathan
door might have been unfastened, and tn,
assassin had got out without being heard
Mr.. Nathan was very nearsighted; / never
saw him without glasses; he would not be
likely to recognize the face of any one in hi
chamber without glasses, and in a dim ligh
even with them.
By Juryman RUSSELL believe the frs
blow brought him down on his hands ant
knees.
BY the Foreman-If the murderer hat
walked our way to Fifth avenue, in my belle
we must have h%eardhim, but if he went toward
Sixth avenue we should not; on whicheve
side of the street the person walked, if to
wards Fifth avenue L think we should hav
heard it, but not necessarily his going dow
the steps.
PRINCE CHARLES TARGET. The Edinburg
COurdHt tells a circumstantial story about
Highland target which has just been sen
home from New Zealand, and which, ION un
impeachable evidence" of course, is state,
to have been the buckler worn by the i'll
fated Prince Charles at the battle of Culloden
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