The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-04

operations. Why, then, should he not have
postponed his work until the following
night2 Had it been an unprofessional, who
could not open a simple Herring safe, 1t
might be said that he hoped to find the safe
key about Mr.. NATnAN's clothes but pro
fessional would hardly have needed this
key.
Mr.. NATHAN may, as has been said, have
received n large amount of money that day,
and he may have placed it in his safe but
the burglar could not have known this fact.
His knowledge concerning the house II must
have taken weeks to acquire, while this mat
ter of the money received that day would
hardly have beenknown to any one but
member Of the f,mily.
But, suppose the burglar actually resolved
to open the safe that night, and was so for
tunate as to find the safe key in Mr.. Ma
TuANs pocketbook, and actually did open
the safe, why when he was detected in the
act, did he kill Mr.. NATnAN2 Could he not
easily have stunned him, or escaped from him
without even thatH II is well known that
no burglar will commit murder If by any
possibility he can escape without IT, But
the wounds in Mr.. NATnAN's head show
ed even more. They showed beyond
doubt that the man who felled him,
having been detected in the act of opening
the safe and being well known by his vic
tim. was determined to kill him for n GER
tainty, and therefore repeatedly struck him
after he was down, and struck with
all his strength. Now this no burglar
would have done. His victim being
killed or stunned, and giving him no
further trouble, he would, If for no
other reason than to prevent being too much
despatched with blood, have desisted from
his blows. Besides, how did the burglar
come to have the iron dog" with him ?
As every detective can testify, that is no bur.
glars weapon. Also, how did 1t happen that
Mr.. NATHAN, seeing a stranger in his room,
did not dash his window open, if it was not
open already, aud cry for helpf At the time
of the murder, between and o'clock, as
was Judged from the condition in which the
body was found, the storm was completely
over and cries for help if not heard in the
house, would Mt any rate have been heard in
the street Few men, especially men Of Mr.
NATnAN's age, would have thought of Crap
ping with stranger, of whose strength
they had no measure, before calling for as
sistance.
When Superintendent JoURDAN enter
cd the house at halfpast 7 o'clock in the
morning, there were no marks of blood
in the hall or on the stairs, except
those that had been made by WASH
INGToN NATHAN as he rushed down
to give the alarm. Now, despatched
ms the burglar must have been with blood
from head to foot, how comes 1t that he left
no stain anywhere That his feet left no
stain may be explained by supposing that he
| had boots on when he approached Mr.. Ma
TnAN's room, pulled them off at the door,
| left them standing there, and when leaving
| the room put them on again. But how was
it that his clothes left no stain, that hebrush-
cd against no bcluster, or wall, or door
| Why should he have been so careful, when
in the room which he was leaving lay the
body of the man whom he had murdered to
tell the tale? And why if so careful on the
stairs and in the hallway, should he have
been SO careless as to leave the front door
| open, in which condition WASHINGTON
NATHAN says be found it. and to drop the
weapon with which he committed the muir
der? In fact, why should he have bespattcr-
cd himself so terribly with the blood Of his
victim if he was so careful OF not leav-
ing stain on the stairs and how
| could he have vcntured into the street in that
condition. for by the time the murder was
over, the storm had cleared completely away
the skies were very bright, and any passer
or policeman who might have seen him
would have arrested him. That he did not
wash himself in the bathroom is shown by
the fact that no blood-stains were found
there; and this is also Superintendent
JoURDAN's opinion.
Moreover, why should the burglar have
taken the shirt studs and the watch of hi
victim, when, as WAsHINGToN NATHAH
said, there was $4,000 worth OF silver plat,
in the pantry down stairs? Was he no
sufficiently we'll acquainted with the intcrio
Of the housed And, finally, that burgln
should al all enter house so very publcl
situated as this one, is almost unprecedented
The evidences that IN outsider did not con-
init the murder are overwhelming.
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Will il be n Useless War!