The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-03

his skull Then, and not till then, Br Nathan Z.
fell backward into the reception-roOm, and
into the position described. ALL this had oc-
cupied but moment OF time, and The burglar,
who had thus rapidly been changed into an
assassin, passed out of the hall-dO0r Of the
Office into the main hall and down the stairs,
carrying the instrument OF death with him
until he reached the door. There he paused
for an instant. That blood-besmeared bar OF !.
iron was too terrible tell-tale to have upon {:
his person. and he dropped 1t upon the moor,
where 1t was afterward found. Then he STEP
ped out into the street unseen, and made his
escape. .a1 5ul .5sgaoi 80
The police authorities are active in theirS
efforts to unrayel the mystery and detect the.
murderer, stimulated by the offered rewards
of the Stock Exchange of $4,000 and the :.
family Of the deceased Of $40, 600. =
A REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.
Patrick Dewey, q waiter at Ford's restaurant, :,
in Broadway, between Twenty-ffth and
Twenty-sixth streets, has made remarkable
statement In writing, which is said to be in the
hands of Superintendent Jourdan, at police
headquarters. Dewey is in charge Of the resi-
dence Of Professor s. F. B. Morse, number FIVE
West Twenty-second street, and Friday night,
made the following remarkable statement to q
reporter of the Herald: .5-s..
MIR. Devoy stated, substantially, that at half g.
past twelve he came up to the residence of
Professor Morse, which Is In the care Of him.
self and wife, and to his establishment found
closed carriage standing in front Of the house,
the horses being In front Of Mr.. sNa1han's
stable; which is on sTwenty-second street i'm
mediately 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
whisperedconve inside. This aroused his
suspicious, and fearing that they had designs
upon the residence that Prot. Morse had left
him to guard, he hurrledly entered the
house. Mrs; Dewey had been III for some
days, and this circumstance led Dewey to be
more cautious. From his wife he learned that
the carriage drove up about halfpast 10, and
remained there during the fearful storm that
ragged for half an hour. Devoy took light,
and, alter making thorough search Of the
premises from cellar to roof, retired to bed,
mysterious carriage haunted him. and twice
he arose and peered through the iVies that
line the windows, upon the suspicious carriage :,
The last time he arose he saw q man suddenly
mount the box and drive rapidly away in the
direction of Broadway. This was a. haltpast
one A. NJ, and Devoy retired to bed relieved
IN mind. This is the substance Of his state
ment made in writing on Friday to the super
lntendent Of police. ~
THE MYSTERY sTILL uNsoLvED. -
NEW YORK, July 81. y
The mystery OF the Nathan murder continues
without clue to lts solution. and is the ao-
sorbing topic OF popular comment. The re-
wards offered tor ihs detec ion oil the murderer
now amount in tbs aggregate. to nearly fifty .
thousand dollars. and the detectives are al
ready beginning to work against each other,
in the deslre to obtain the whole amount. Full
descriptions OF the missing watch and studs
have been telegraphed TO all the prominent
cities Of the Union, and Governor Hoffman,
Judge Cardoza and other prominent citiz
are actively cooperating for the discovery and
arrest Of the criminsl.
The fact that no noise was heard in or around
the house on the night of the murder is fully
explained by the testimony Of the builder that
the walls and floors deadened it, and It was
yesterday proved by experiment that the loud
eet cries of min standing where Mr. Nathap's
body was found could not be heard by men in
the rooms occupied by the seepers. All the
rear windows and entrances of the house were
thoroughly examined by the police aud found
carefully fastened and evidently undisturbed.
The murderer's careful and complete removal
Of all traces of blood by the use OF the bath, no
marks of blood beng upon the stairs except
those made by Nathan, Jr., on the discovery
Of The crime, also directs suspicion to the IN
mates OF the house.
The theory seems to be gaining ground that
the murder was committed BY some one famil-
lar with the house, perhaps ono of the regular
inmates, while the Sunday Mercury openly
charges, snd devotes two columns to support
the theory. that Washington Nathan, son OF
the deceased, is the guilty man.
VIM Kelly, son OF the housekeeper, was e1-
amined for two hours yesterday, but his testi-
mouy is kept secret. 1t ls alleged that he was
a rounty-jumper during the war. Two car
penters who were employed in the house were
also examined, one stating that he mislaid his
hammer Just before leaving work Thursday
night, and after searching the house over for
it, finally found it in the garret, though ne;
could not swear that no one was concealed IN
the house at that time.
It ia said that the sons OF MIR. Nathan are
fast and extravagant in their living, Washing.
ton having been arraigned in the police court
on the charge of stealing diamonds from q Wo--
man with whom be was living, and on whom
he was spending $50 600 year. The safe or
the late Mr.. Nathan was opene1 yesterday,
and found to contain the jewelry OF his deceas--
ed wife and his will, which has not yet been.
opened By his family.
Mr. Nathan's funeral will be held Tomorrow,
aud be attended by the members OF the STOCK
Exchange in body.
On the same night Of the murder, Jud9e
Cardoz Is house. on Forty-seventh atrest, was
entered BY burglars, who, however, galned no
plunder Of value.