The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

with his spcctacles on. When he awok'
he was without them. He then by out
line described q form at the safe. ID
probably was able 10 make out who /
WIS, for he undoubtedly arose and made
for the safe, feeling sure that ifhts impres
sion was correct, his authoritative word
would he sufficient to protect his property
BOllI that authority and the old mans
very considerable strength, for he was {
very wiry, muscular, tenacious man. wert
insufficient 10 Withstand the iron weapon
with which he was encountered. I'm
tlOubtrlly, say the authorities, both knew
the other, and the murderer felt in neCes
sary, not in scli.dcicncc, but in seli'securitJ
for NIL the future, 10 kill the old man be
vond remedy. Then 1t was that frenzy o
fear or Of passion came into play, and thai
accounts ior the extraordinary violence
wrcakcd. The police have found no reces
ses, wardrobcs, closets or inches in the
house that bear evidence Of occupation
during that night. It was stormy night
was Thursday, and Mr.. Nath9n's open
window let in u stream Of qualified but
not very obscure light into the room
The safe was In line with the light from
q window that was kept open for air
Tic door was in line with the same win.
dow so Us to get drapght along side Of
but not over the sleeping man.
"The motive was not bold robbery.
NOproicssionnl murderer would have done
so much Id secure watch, q set OTstudsr
md Il pOckel.bOOk Nor would profess
sionaI burglar have known the walls were
tlcatlenCd, NOR would he have used n dog.
Whoever murdered Mr.. Nathan took oil
the spnilS IN order to give II semblGnce Ot
robbery to the affair. The s0fe did not
contain any valuablcs except papers, some
Of which Hrc missing. A burglar would
not have known how to use the keys on
the saie. A person familiar with 4r. Ma
than's accommodation table and who
knew tllut papers Of certain kind were
In the sate, committed the murder. The
motive of the depreciation was TO get pos.
session Of a certain paper. The motive OF
the murder was to destroy the only witness
to The attempted feloniOus abstraction OF
tie paper. What was that paper we are
not ut liberty to say. II it should prove
to have been last will and testament, an
nulline former will and testament, that
would nuke the explanation OF the motive
apparent. If lcgatec under the former
will knew that by II later will lie had been
cut off, We are perfectly aware Of the
gravity Of the impressions which these
words produce"
The EtlgIe is not in the habit Of NrOus.
ing conclusions wherein II does not feel
sure both Of the evidence and the cOnsc-
qucnccs. However impatient the public
may br, both the prosecuting and the
pOlicc authorities feel sure that they are
leading III to the man. They expect
TO have their revelations ready and their
man bchind iron bars by next Friday 0t
the iarthest, or confess themselves brlbcd
or hattled. ,F. - .tr...G ,,
What Frank Blair Saw.
a reporter visited Gen: Frank p. Blair
nj tho Manhattan Club this evening to in.
terview him in relation 10 what he knew
or hal seen in connection with the mys-
terry attending the murder Of Mr.. BenjN'
min Nathan. The following conversation
took place: :. -,
Rcpor,Cr-Gencral, will you be kind
enough to tClfme If you saw Mr.. wash
ingt0n Nathan the morning Of the murder
of his father, and under what circum-
stances!
General Blair-My rooms are Nos. i3
and "a, Fifth Avenue Hotel, and front on
Twenty. third street. Last Friday morn
Ing awoke shortly after daylight, and got
up to close the blinds Of my bedroom, in
order to 90 to sleep again, when noticed
Young Mr.. Nathan IN his night clothes,
dressing in l,is room. l don't know his
name, butllG had black side whiskcrs. l
noticed at the same time that. the front
door Of Mr.. Nathan's house was open.
RepOrtGr-WhCn did you sceyoung MIR.
Nathan again
General Blair-About u half an hour
after, I heard noise in the street, and
upon getting up TO see what was the mat
ter, noticed the same young gentleman
at the door Of No. 12, West Twenty-third
street, gesticulating terribly and cxcitcdly
saving that his father had been murdered.
His socks and shirt were then beSmeared
with blood.
Reporter Wen you first saw him in
his night clothes was there blood visible
on his shirt! .
General Blair-No, sir. Had there
been anything Of that kind l would have
undoubtedly noticed II.
Reporter-You say that you noticed the
front door open?
General Blair-Yes, sir. l am positive
that the front door was open, equally pos,
tive that the same young gentleman
whom saw dressing up stairs Is the one
who first gave the alarm, and that when
/ first noticed him his shirt was white
though afterwards covered with blood,
Reporter-The policeman on the
Twcnty.thsrd street beat says the door
was shut only two minutes before the
alarm was given. Can he be mistaken!
Il. l. tatn