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shocked even him. Yet he obeyed the man.
date of duty and laid his hand upon the
bloody breast. The body was warm, and
he thought there was q chance TINT tife had
not been utterly crushed out of 1t. He called
for doctor, and the physician of the Fifth
avenue hotel was summoned, and In flVe
minutes was beside the corpse, but only to
shake his head, signifying that lie was gone.
It was his opinion that life had been some
time extinct the murder had been done
probably before 3 O'Clock.
A REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.
Patrick Dewey, waiter at Ford's restan-
rant, In Broadway between TWenty-flth
and Twenty-sixth streets, has made a re"
markable statement in writing, which Is
said to be in the hands of superintendent
Jourdan, at police headquarters. Dewey Is
in charge of the residence Of Professor ). F.
r. Morse, No. 5 west Twenty-second street,
and Friday night made the following re-
markable statement to q reporter OF the
Herald:
Mr.. Dewey stated, substantially, that ct
half-past II he came up to the residence OF
Professor Morse, which is in the care OF
himself and wife, and to his astonlshment
found a closed carriage standing in front OF
the house, the horses being in front OF Mr.:
Nathan's stable, which is on Twenty-second
street Immediately abreast Of Mr.. Morse's
Seeing man lying in the coach and no
one on the box, he approached him and
asked him to move away, remarking that
he did not wish the carriage to remain In
| front of the house. He received no answer,
but thinks he heard whispered converse
ton inside. This aroused his suspicious,
| and fearing that they had designs upon the
| residence that Professor Morse had left him
to guard, he hurriedly entered the house.
Mrs. Dewey had been i'll for some days, and
| this circumstance led Dewey to be more
| cautious. From his wife he learned that
| the carriage drove up about half-past 10,
| and remained there during the fearful storm
| that ragged for half an hour. Dewey took a
light, and. after making a thorough search
of the premises from cellar to roof, retired
! to bed, but he could not sleep. The pre-
scncc of the mysterious carriage haunted
| him, and twice he arose and peered through
the ives that line the windows upon the
suspicious carriage. The last time he arose
he saw a man suddenly mount the box and
drive rapidly away in the direction OF
Broadway. This was at half-past A. M,
and Dewey retired to bed relieved in mind
| The fact that no noise was heard in OF
around the house Oh the night of the muir.
der is fully explained by the testimony OF
| the builder that the walls and floors dead.
| ened it, and twas yesterday proved by eX'
pertinent that the loudcst cries of a man
standing where Mr.. Nathan's body was
found could not be heard by men in the
rooms occupied 10y the sieepers. All the
rear windows and entrances of the house
| were thoroughly examined by the police
and found carefully fastened, and evidently
undisturbcd. The murderer's careful and
complete removal of all traces of blood by
| the use of the bath, no marks of blood being
upon the stairs except those made by
Nathan, Jr., on the discovery of the crime,
also directs suspicion TO the inmates OF the
house.
| The theory seems to be gaining ground
| that the murder was committed by some
one familiar with the house, perhaps one OF
| the regular inmates, while the Sunday Mer
cury openly charges and dev0tcs two CO.
lumns to support the theory that Washing
ton Nathan, son of the deceased, is the
guilty man.
William Kelly, son of the housekeeper.
| was examined for two hours yesterday, but
his testimony is kept secret. 1t is alleged
that he was 4 bounty-jumper during the
| war. Two carpenters who were employed
| in the house were also examined, one sta.
| ting that he mislaid his hammer just before
leaving work Thursday night, and after
| searching the house over Tor it finally found
| it in the garnet, though he could not swear
| that no one was concealed in the house at
| that time.
1t is said that the sons Of Mr.. Nathan are
fast and extravagant in their living, Wash.
ington having been arraigned in the police
court OH the charge Of stealing diamonds
from woman with whom he was living
and on whom he was spending $4,000 4
year. The safe Of the late Mr.. Nathan was
opened Yesterday, and found to contain the
| iewelry of his deceased wife and his will
which has not yet been opened by his
family.