, 1870-08-08
THE NATHAN MYSTERY.
NeyT aud Interesting Developments
strange story OF n ANesStboy-JudGc
Bedford to tho Grand 1ufy.
Eroa.A tHe As,a 1.aek If,nax A..n

From the .sew FORK Ti,nes, Aug.a
There war renewed activity, Yesterday, 1t
Police Headquarters IN tho investigation Of
tbs Nathan tragedy. The publication in the
dered man Of additional rewards, brought out
some new phases Of tle case, new, however,
ouIY to tho public, for they have been familiar
to tho detectives from the beginning. Tie
reward Of $500 for the appearance Of the man
who, on the morning Of the murder, picked up
piece OF paper from the top frort step Of
the Nathan residence, refers to the uioet in-
teresting and, in ono respect, the most i'm
poTtant Of these Developments
It. appears that nswehoy has long been In
tho habit Of folding his papers on wet morn
lnga on tho doorstep OF the Nathzn house,
lection overhead. Friday morning being wet,
he went there for that purpose, as uauk, and
had got only to the bottom Of the steps, being
yet on the sidewalk, when he noticed that the
hall door WAS partly open. This Was about S
o'clock in the morning, but the boy. snppos-
ing the servants were up unusually ea1ly
and were about to wash the steps and
pavement, went to tho steps Of the
next house and folded his papers there.
While be WAS doing so he noticed man
hand, suddenly pause ~ he was passing the
Nathan house, and then going up the steps
pick up large piece Of white papor from
the top step and walk away. Ths cirpum-
atauces did not 1t the moment Eeem impos-
tant or singular TO the boy, but when the rur-
der Was discovered an hour aiterwar3. it
seemed both singular xnd important, and he
1t ouco sought out the police and told his
story. Search for the unknown labo1inK man,
this minute and unaistinguishAble atom in the
and great deal OF the time Of several Of the
most texpet1enced detectives has been consumed
ever since the day Of thenurlcr in eils1e.so o:ing
to t1aco him out II has Ill been entirely
~ssted. It IL deemed most singular that this
man has never voluntarily come forward since
ever information he happened to pick up in
tie dawn OF that tfag'cal morning from the
steps OF tho Nathan mansion. 1t IL supposed
that hls non-appeatance is dus either to the
fact that what be picked up waa bond OF
something Of valne, which be desires to keep,
az that he has never get associated the house
where he found it with the ons where the nur-
der WAS committed. 1t Is not probable that
in casually picking up piece Of paper, il it
seemed to him Of no value, he noticed the
number Of the house, or he may have for
gotten The circumstance altogether. The
story Of the newsboy, II believed, and
there j. no good zcason for doubling it.
settles beyond dispute most important gues-
ton in the Case. Theze hare hitherto been
two opinions ~ to whether the front door WAS
open or shut On the morning Of the murder,
hut there can be out one nov, We have now
tho coIcurzsng testimony Of yonng Mr. Ma
than. Of General Dlair, aud the newseoy, that
the door w1a open, and Against it only that Of
Pa,rolman Mangam, who pereitts in declaring
that it Vas shut. The patrolman has very
admits that he passed the door little before
o'clock. when it must. Accordipg to al other
testimony, have been sufficiently ajar not only
70 he noticed By the nswsboy from the spot
where the patro]nan stood, but By General
Blait from distant window of the hotel cppo-
~ IN UuTA$ 10 r6Y x1a3~
defellct1on OF duty 20 gEoss "a the neglect to
notice 70 obvious and important fact, il
would subject him to severn punishment, ii
not Dismissal from his position aud it il not
th.ea looked At tho door 1t * O'Clock, and
saw that il WAS clobed- On tho other hand,
tie neWsooy told his story before he or any
one knew that the point waa in dispute.
and at I'll events had no interest in telling
ANYTHING but the exact truth. The CONCUR.
renee OF testimony not only establishes ito
fact that tho front door was open from to 6
o'clock, or for 1t least IN entire hour before
the discover! Of the murder, but throws cor
siderable doubt upon the assertion OF the pat
ro1man that he tEed both the basement And
front doozs at ~ O'Clock, and found both
fastened. In this case, also, he vas making
up case for himself agairst the iuputation q
case1cseness in the discharge OF duty, and it
IL eo improbable that ant policeman, un-
der ordinary circumstances, would take the
=
dence after Daylight in tha morning. that the
statement is received with many grains OF a.
lowance. In his examination BY Superinten-
dent Jourdan On the morning Of the murder.
Aangau said that he began, 1t 81 O'Clock, 1t
Seventh avenue and Twenty second street, so
avenue, up that street to Twenty ty-thi,d street,
and through the litter to the hoCse of Mr..
Nathan, tho doors Of which he tzicd At AZ
o'clock. and ss he insisted, also, that he tried
every door ~ he went, be wAa claiming that
he had achieved N impossible feat, S1pesin-
tendent Jourdan, Ut least, thought 20, for he
tc1d MAngam At the time thst the thing could
not be done, but the latter not only persisted
thas he had done it on that particular morning.
but that 1t Was hia usual tina for guing over
that portion OF his post-
The general effect, then, Of this List deyel-
opneni has been TO remove Ill doubt on one
point uf tho case, but 10 increase them on
another. 1t can no longer be denied that the
trout door waa not only unfastened, but par
rally open 1t ~ eas15 A. O'Clock, and the
rot It Al earlier hour ia put in great doubt
In other respects the new offer m4de by the
family gives new facts md Affords larger
ecops for the e1e1dons Of the detectives
There Was an l-fashioned gold watch, which
was in the safe, also taken by the rnucderer,
his detection, but establishes the important
fsct that the safe was rided, which was before
left in doutt. In one respect the fact il Of
Little value, as the watch, although IN old pos-
session in the family, md been noticed 20 lit
lie Of lite SeAtH that NO particular description
OF it can be given, md It may pass without
diccovery from hand to hand.
Superintendent JourdAn was kept very busy
Ill Of yesterday in the Investigation of the
c4fe- The detectives xera constantly taking
persons into his private office. xhefe their
statements were taken down verbatim by Mr.
Mellish, the stenoEaphe1 Of the Police De-
pa1tmeut- In addition to this work there ware
several important consultations during the
GAy. Mayor Hall, Coroner Rollins, and As
si-tant District Attorney Fellows called It dif-
ferent times, and had pTott1cted nseFsieEs
With Superintendent JouE,i1n. Nr. Cohen and
Hon. E. d Hart also called on behalf Of the
Nathan family, to make final arrangements
fur the issuing Of the circular Announcing tho
rewards offered By the family, as publa led in
the 1itnes yesterday. But theEe WAS no tan
eib2e tesult from this activity and labor. S.
far II the public we1e informed, no progress
whatever waa made in solving tho problem
which thus tar has bafied tireless, energy and
unequaled ekill.
After The grand jury had finished the bosi-
ness Ct tho term at tho Court Of General Sea-
saons, Judge Bedford addressed them - fol-
loHs;
Me- FcxxAAN AND GksT.xxEx or rHx GRAND