Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-03
NEW YORK.
The Nathan Murder-A Horrible
Hypothesis.

The Nathan MuEuef-A AAcAAiDtO
Hypothesis.
New YORK. Aug 2-The morning papers
cave fearful record of murders, homicides
and deadly assaults, with bullet, knife,
bayopet sand axe. While the police are
searching for Nathan smurderer many other
murders, nearly as revolving have been
committed.
Notwithstanding the indignation ex-
pressed by papers and Jews at a Sunday
paper, for charging Washington Nathan
with numbering his father, the Her aid this
morning publishes nearly two columns,
strongly limiting the same fact and says every
detective believes a member or employee
OF the family committed the murder.
They ground the suspicious on the facts,
first, that he was the last to see Mr. Nathan
alive and the fist to discover the murder.
Second, that he had blood on his clothing,
and that there is no evidence about the
premises that the murderer, whose feet
must have been dyed in blood, having left
the house. Third, that with the aid of
Nathan's memorandum of the combination
lock, his son was able to open the safe on
Broad street and secure the will of his
father.
AAO COIOu6IS D iulubSb Vi Iuo NdluAu
murder commences Thursday. The sons
of the murdered man will detail their
movements before and subsequently to
the assassination.
Several workmen we're buried by the
caving in of a sewer in Hudson city last
evening. Five escaped uninjured; one
fatally hurt
Lightcrago from quarantine.
The Secretary of the Treasury has de-
cided Collector Murphy alone can assume
control of hghterage of merchandise from
vessels detained at quarantine, thus con-
frming the stand taken by ex-collector
Grinnell in favor of the merchants and
against the health officers of the port,
Brooklyn Bank Suspends.
The Central Bank of Brooklyn suspended
payments, and its cashier has been appoint
ed receiver to examine and settle affairs.
The cause of the disaster is not known, but
generally ascribed to Improbable real es-
tate and stock speculations of its President,
II. G. Pruyne, who is the owner and build
er of the Brooklyn postofice building,
Samuel's billiard rooms, and an elegant
private residence on Jay street. Pruyne is
also reported the principal owner of cap
ital stock of the bank. The suspension
was precipitated by recent notice of the
Marine Bank of this city, that on and after
the first inst. it will refuse to receive all de-
posits offered.
The bank is the oldest institution organ
zed under the State charter, with capital
of two hundred thousand, on which it has
for some time paid semi annual dividend
of five per cent. The stock since July l
has sold at 9O@1OO, with few buyers at any
price The last quarterly statement showed
loans and deposits for tho last quarter to
the amount of S429, 900, and profits of
S29, 900. The confidence in the strength of
this exhibit, however, is diminished by the
suspicion that many of the securities of the
bank largely consist in real estate collat-
erals, involved in the operations Of the
President.
Neither the amount of loss nor the per
cent of assets and liabilities are yet as
certained, though it is hoped arrangements
will be made which will permit the bank
to continue its business. The city of
Brooklyn is depositor with the bank to the
amount of $lGO, 600, and the United States
Postoffice, also, has deposits there, for
which, however, the Postmaster is per-
sonally responsible. There are other heavy
depositors. Cole d Murphy, auctioneers,
$40, 900. Mr.. Murphy having private ac-
count of $1,000; Willets & Jarvets,
s., 600.