The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-03

.THE MURDER OF MR.. NATHAN.
Who Committed the Crime !
The Police OminouSly Silcnt--WOrk-
ing up the Casc..ThcOrieS of the
People About the Murder.


People About the Murder.
From tie v. T. StdndGrdQj Monday.
The murder OF Mr.. Benjamin Nathan
seems 10 I'LL the city with u general feeling
Of horror Tho deep mystery that ell.
velops this terrible crime causes men OF
wealth, no matter how irc0 from the ven.
geance OF all men, virtuous and charlt0-
Die, to experience sense OF insecurity
TINT would make life itself wearisomo and
painful. That the cold.blOOded assassin
will he hunted down every one hopes, but
even some OF our most keen and far
sighted detectives gruvely doubt. The
only facts in connection with this>murdGr
upon which we may place firm reliance,
are the appalling wounds, the blood that
despatched the walls Of his bedroom,
which is an evidence that the deceased
struggled hurd To save his life, and the
iron implement called u dog" found by
his Anl, aud the diamond studs taken from
his shirt, and the ritling Of the safe,
which seems to indicate that burglary
had DOcn committed. At midnight on
Friday the doors Of Mr.. Natllan's house
In Twenty-third street were carefully
fastened. II Is believed that the murderer
did not enter up to that hour, and no
marks have been lGil TO show that he
ever left il! The prints Of the sons IGet
while running up stairs To give the alarm
aiirr hr IIisc0yrreI ihe murder are the
0nIv Sims Of Tho tr4lcl, of any one from
tho bp,iToom Of Mr. Nathan, on IL mar
hIr slhlI IN Inc hall Immediately below
the Inst step OF tic staircase, there is an
other Tnn0tnrint but flint also is the sons.
I'hc tlo0r If the hallway was n little aiar.
onI Ills Cnr, mnv confirm The sllsDicions
If Innnv thui lin. usslssin was well uc-
HugintG,l wiiiI inc house for. in Washing.
I'm NStI,an's Lrnsition no saws that on
rctnr"i"r Lnmr mn tIi" morning of the
mmrInr he ",m.Enj chained md burrcA"
,lu" dnm,. ,,t,.r sntnrinG = I'll j.
MI" n,imrr If thS imnIcmcnt with
which III" murderer Killed Mr., Nathan
s,,,,Scs,S IN many tI,at the burglar assassin
"%S %sSoss;nS wery tvros in thc crimes tbey
", tnr me- instrument las never
hcrn tnnwn 10 hr uSrd Ms mn implement
i,v "ccmmni;sLrG burglars On tlie NIGHT
n ILr m,,rIrr ~ cnrTiNTe was seen by a
mor L,winC cl,nrGe of n hnuse ut tho rear
of Nail,nm'S residence, During tile terrific
thunderstorm of Friday night this carriage
remained there, and the man in charge OF
the house near wIichtllo carriage stool,
carefully watched il, rs his curiosity was
aroused by the tact Of no driver being on
the box through an hour. Atlengtll, lear.
ing that something was wrong, he went
out op the. street, approached the carrlsgc
allll looked IN thewmdow! ~a'~ = - -
There was one man INSIDE, apparently
asleep. On the kGcperot the house recall
ing that lie had len the door wluc open
he returned back, nnd on his way over
heard whispering in the carriage, winch
increased his curiosity, After locking us
door he went up stairs and continued I"
look from Ills window through Inc eilh
trees that shaded ii, and wntched inc
movements Of the ridcrless carriage.
Shortly after the thunder storm lie saw n
man mount the box hastily anu Ir!vc To-
ward Broadway. No more OF thus CIR
cUnlstancc has yet reached US. Superin'
tentsent ,loInlnn, though lie Is sitting the
fact and bringing aIl his slrGwdncSs l"
bear upon it, appears TO Ivy no particular
stress upon tho matter The e.
POLICE WE'RE OMlNOUsLY SILENT,
o,I ,ooLol ga II tLcv out;cipaIcA n re.
,",r,cr's Hncsiinns hct1rc he smoke to them.
Every MIicc officer Ind Inc same answer,
tThc Son,nins l;nrw nothing more of the
murder iInm wI,Yt WIS already published,
"", III" ,I",ec,ivcs in civilians dress were
Commnm;nT viii, the n0lire MI night
or"',MI in" 7IwelIinp omnositc Fifth Avenue
IiHt"I IN snch n mnnner ns 10 assure us
th"t ,hrr" wns u tnnrible end in their
, ,""U r 'Hp"thcr strlnrn feature OF
mS Crimci Ia ,hennift manner in which il
wac nSrneIra teSl 4 Not onc In the house
%rnriI INV cry voice or noise of any mn.
,Mr" TEis Mort Ia rrndcrr,l Icss susniciOus
S'm vol "Nnr";vnJ nlan oT one nf iIr
fS,rct,vrs The doors Of the rooms were
rS"ccJ in ,Le same wav in which they
Tvnrr fnnnfl unon the niGLt ofthe murder.
4 uoI;ra oIIIccr occunied Mr.. Nntbans
LoIr0on, md other Officers those of the
sons nmT Jomcstics The oiIIcer,in Mr.,
N:Ih"n's bedroom Wcllrd loudly and none
Of those in the other rooms heard him. .
Tho theory roiscd Inv thc rcnorter of n
SrrIHv nnEcr Tint Sfr Natban's son
W"shi1ptrnH committed the murder has
crcntcJ intense cytitemcnt The notice
,iI"Jc ~ tl,is INTERPRETATION os n, cool and
"mMi I liz siiiI There are persons
who I,Sy" Tho sam" theory a. for ms we
O m note what ia ro;n~ IN One notice
o5IiSor answered 61Ir renorter on being
asked what WINS thourlIt OF this fearful
sHSnicion raiScI bv The writer OF the Sun.
InI mS%r t6ot "Hc ought TO be lynched
ri:hi "wav"wmcaninp ihe reportcr, This
wss III" 3nlv remark offered last night
o",siI" If ncrsistcntlv DENYING flat they
Lnew ANYTHING If the murderers track,
"tTt;s 'Styon~IS doubted thdt orc man
.onmittcd t6H act for there are wounds
Nv III" Sl;mlI which have not been made
w., t%S %'In,r" pnnc,mrcs have bren dis.
" NV NNE5'