The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-01
Tho Sunday Newspaper Theories.

Tho Suuunv Newspaper ThcOrtcs.
An article In the Sunday Mercury, purporting 10
be the record OF reporters visit TO the scene OF the
Nathan murder In Twenty third street. and embody.
ing the reporters theory o. the murder. deserves
In the frst place the statements are In many
false. In the second. the writer sssumes, without
must have boon committed by Washington Nathan,
n son Of the victim. Aside from the fact that there
il no lust cause OF suspicion against Mr.. Nathan,
ana that the article was probably the result OF de-
sire to pander to tho morbid taste OF class OF read
ers who are neye, better pleased that when treated
against a man who may lie under the suspicion OF
the police without being aware OF the fact, and who,
screen himself tends defeat the ends OF Justice
and Is In any aspect rcprehensibe.
On reading the article In the Aercvry. Sun re-
porter called upon several persons holding business
and social relations with the Nathan family, and
from them obtained q mass OF in'or,as,on which
Friday in the house In which the murder
mit,et, and had carefully noted everything bearing
ihcd to speak with degree OF certainty concerning
these facts.
Saturday, and was at first denied ndmittance, for
the that the amiy were in the bitter depths
their own immediate friends and for the additional
reason that II was the Jewish Sabbath n day which
Mr.. Nathan h.d always reiigousy observed. The
reporter insisted on entering in order to obtain
told that everything thai could be learned
had Alroady been published, and that ho could OBJ,
tain all the facts from the morning newspapers an
from Capt. Jourdsn. He still insisted OF entering,
and despite the earnest remonstr1nces OF the grief
stricken family he did enter. He Immediately set
TO work to
CONSTRUCT A THEORY
OF the murder. and In due time gave It to the world
But for the cruel and uncalled-or suspicion which
lie throws upon one OF the sons Of the murdered
man the theory, so.called, would hardly be worth
noticing. In theioilowing paragraphs the SUN re.
porter offers Ar an answer the facts as tar as Known
CLEANED from various authentic sources
Capt Jourdan. Capt. Kelso, and Detective Farley.
naF m lrea hpta riyaa In tta mir
il as their opinion that Mr.. Nathan was murdered by
terrible sGussio Which ended In tie brokers' death III
was not necessarily between two men OF equal size
the body when found, and the condition Of the two
rooms In which the struggle took place, would seem
to argue that the murderer was man much larger
and
STRONGER TEAM HIS VICTIM.
The iron dog was moi found by young Nathan, but
by tae policeman who FIRST entered the house at his
than this statement appears: but II is but right to
remark here that the Coroner's inquest was most
irregularly conducted; that many. very many state,
ments mnde by the same witness were not taken
down by the Coroner, and that others were not re.
corded in the language OF tho witness. For In
stance, Washington Nathan Is made to say that he
came down stairs to get giass OF water, when the
fact Is that he came not only for that purpose but
aise tet The purpose Of awakening bis father;
brother, Frederick.
MANY OF the most important facts educed at the
by Washington Nathan. These are to be found re-
corded only In the columns OF TuR Sun OF last Satur
insomplsts and 20 faulty, may easily be- enpIsiSeS
II is not unnatural TO suppose that he was too much
agitated 70 read it carefully, and trusted rather to
the conscentiousness OF the oflcer OF the law than
to his own power TO read and compare.
II was the easiest thing In tho world for three or
four men 70 conceal themselves IN the house on
Thursday afternoon aud evening. The carpentsrs
In their examination before Superintendent Jourdan
and his detectives, declared that
THE HOUSE WAS oPKS ALL DAT,
and that they frequently entered and len it without
encountering any occupant OF the building.
II Is said that the murderer must have tAkea
soapy water. When the physician and the under.
takcr arrived there was no water In the tub, nor
was the vessel used at oil until the Coroner had
given permission 10 have Mr Nathan sbody washed.
There has been much said about
BLOODY TOWEL
found in the bathroom, and the many ''tleores " OF
thereby. gs Mr.. Levi j. isascs o, sG Eis6th sysnue'
sexton OF the Jewish synagogue, who prepared Mr.
Nathan's body for burial, thus accounts for the
physician from the Filth Avenue Hotel had probed
The wounds Of the dead man, he called for q towel
Isaacs took schise aud broke open bureau drawer,
In which he found what was wanted Win this
towel the physician wiped his hands. and II was
As to tho marks oi bloody hands on the shirt and
waistcoat Of the murdered man It Is only necessary
chambor OF death thuse garments bore no stains. In
is presence young Nathan, who had boen handling
his fathers corpse and had been covered with
blood took the shirt and yost In his soilOd hands,
and left the CORY marks upon them.
In Onlccr Mangum's examination before Superin.
tenuent Jourdan, he was asked whether he tried
Mr. Nalhans door on Friday morning. His answer
was that he tired II at ~ O'Clock, and found II
fast but that at o'clock be passed 1t without try
Ing II.
perlntendent-was II closed'
Onicer-I MRk II was,
Is il at all unlikely that the onlcer wus WRONG in
asserting that he tried the door at ali'
Are all the doors In oGcer's beat tried on every
round
A CLUR.
A gentleman boarding In the Fiftb Avenue Hotel
has made u statement TO Superintendent Jourdap
which may yet serve to clear up much OF the stery
surrounding the murder. For obvious reasons only
the outline Of tho statement Ia given,
At 10 O'Clock on Thursdsy night Mr.. Nathan,
lhea W wv WAY bona stopped IL ne FUlh AYspQs