, 1870-08-05
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at the furthess, or confess themselves bsissd
or bafflel.
\ hAurd Theories nud Seusnryonop
Ssortcs - The EEloFt to Connect
Warrington Nathan with tne
Crime.
From the ytr FORK 7ymes, Auaa
!. Aesuro theories and Sensational stories con-
tih.1e ~ multiply IN connection With the Nathan
tragedy much fasser than do the chances OF
apprehension OF the murderer. After what
Las i'een promulgated it il impossible to s.y
VIA: may not be put forth, aud it is scarcely
neeessarE 10 add that nearly ali that h.s beca
state hey ond the mere facts OF the discovery
OF the hcdy ard its surroundings las 1i.tle
lou: dasiou in truth. Very much Of that whi-h
ias IA cen Elsen With regard to msrks about
.hc imprint of : blood-st.ined hand.
lhera ~as nothing anywhere about
tic hcuse which even Imagination
cou.d col'strue into euca thing. There were
10 looi marks anywhere except Immediately
Al out the body on the floor, decreasing md
b. re there was nothing ou, HmeAr.. The car
and there we1o great sniears upon the door
casing ard wall nearest to the right leg, which
= ~ uncovered atd sneared in the same WAY.
None Of the marks upon tho door And wall
wire moro than two feet above the floor, 60
tllat it was vious noue of them cop1d h1yo
I1o-t1zte position, hut it was tho universal
"pirion among those who examined them
mort closely tlI1t they were c.usel By
Mr. Nathan bim.clf after his fall. by
tue spasmodic action Of his leg willis he Was
IL i!s death struggle. Wcu.ds such as ll.
'.satl,, and It may have hecn ma miaatas
::tcr he had fallen and !,eca lsft bJ tho asst =
u le1crn Lc died Dniing that time the
! 'oed flowed freely from tic aannroaa
..,n d.. sEd it mag, in!eed, have t,cen that
little blood had flowed bc!ose lie fell. But
spect, it IL absolutely certain and susceptible
vi indisputal'!e proof that except those iinne-
G,ately abont the todr, and those plainly 1n,de
ry alr. Washington Nathan when rushing to
give tho alarm, there aro no blooi-stains
~ my" here about the house or promises.
nrely imaginary - tho marks Of tho
4r:s3oc1atic hand. The bed. faw fact
sS ~. was quite tpotless; the 1ittle room in
N'i1cl the ASSASSIN stood wlen beating Mr..
Nathan in the doorway, was ntainless; the
ccor' Knobs had no trace OF rcd, and it was Ibis
h:etli.tels about the murdered man, that is tho
Il OFT singular aud pePle,ing OF the circum-
st 4nces of the case. Mere than ANYTHING e1ao
t-is fact tends to induce the belief that the
hseaAsin went away comparatively bloodte1s,
md i utterly confutes the most preposterous
OF all the senaati. nA stores which have gained
crrcncy, that the murderer went away with
lis toots in bis hands, because tloy were filed
it'll blood. Where he undoubtedly stood there
has never been drop Of blood, and possibly
not having upon his whole pcrson enough to
I'LL thimble, he plainly had none wbatever
upon his feet. nor, Judging from the we,pon
ne med: any upon his hands. There is no
nd very little nj tho other with which be
s:;ucl.
he efforts which have been made to con-
n.c: Mr. Washington Nathan with The crime
lave resulted undoubtedly in a great addition
= the agony Of the stricken family, hut as yot
ave been without effect. All that has been
!ately stvarcetl vas among the first possibil-
i:ieH considered aud acted on BIZ tho officials.
s'a,t they we're speedily found to ba impossi.
ilitleH. The police, suddenly tummone + into
house where they were rtranser., u,turally
I'obed deep into the character Or its inmates,
a'd examined minutely into all III ci-cum.
stances surrounding each Of ,hc... The
were not excepted, but tho more ti.r5 were
ee1utii!lzed, the more certain ii seemed to be-
come that the stains were received in the u.s.
tpla1 way be lad stated. lie wore socks. an
uildcrslirt. and a long night-goxn reaching
nearly to tho feet, and it was tue socks and
gown WHICH were stained. Theirs was no
''RpatteEings'' Of blood upon either; the
cocks ~cra soaked nearly 10 tho instcy. and
Ilsinly ly his stepping iuto the pool about the
ody, and the gown had great hlotch near
the bottom and Ill front which was plainly pro-
oaced by his stopping over the body. There
was NO need Of chemical analysis to prove how
nd " lien thosa hlootl-ElIots were produced.
Superintendent Jourlan na.lo no verbal COM
MT Mt upon these b!ood--tains after examining
i.stm, tut lis omission 10 place tue owner of
IT, Ee garments under arrest or surveillance
). az mare emf hattie tLan any words could have
l~tn. NJ. Washington Nathan has been silent,
I'Hts far, under the insinu7tions which have
.s.en hraped nron him, but il m'st be rrmcm-
Iced that the Jewish faith demands seven
tass OF entire 9ecluAiun as til, seasou Of
nnuruing after death in the family, aud it il
n1cbable after this period has elapsed he will
take active measures to repel thssa a-per-
tios'r- As rot he has not demanded full and
fotmal Investigation at the hands OF Snperin-
tcs:dcnt Jouslan, but there il no doubt he Will
10 80 nt the earliest possible .nomcnt 1t is
proper to add. i'll ti1s connection, because Of
statements which Lave been made that Supc :
lntcnccnt Jourfau has never, directIv or inG,-
Itctty, even 'nt!matcd Ills opinion Of the guilt
or innocence OF any person who has been
sT"kcn Of i'll connection with the crime. On
the contrary. whenever the quo5,iou has b.eu
rrorounded to linn, IA it has been an a1mo9t
lr,iuneraGle humber OF tines during tho past
two days, lie has invariably said that it wss not
lis province to express opinions on supp,s
S4OSd bAt - A4ENSNGk 1AF&L
The work Of yeeteriav wa. iucessaut on the
Fat OF the superintendent himself, Of Car
tain helso, Captain Burden, and the detective
coiIs generally, Int it tteultcd in nothing ea-
couIaSitg. AL manner Of people came for
ward with all Sorts OF suggestions, and some
brought facts which deserved aud received in
xcstiEstion, but a. the result Of all this l1bo.
the asehfain remained undiscovered. 4 hint
that seemed rFomi>ing wa8 made concerning
ore timothy Ryan, servant at tho country
folss- who left bis place. on Thursday. With
ont giving warning, and was traced to tie
CRY. and even to tho Twenty y-third at rect mAu-
SOU but when the matter wAA fullv investi-
ia;ed, proofs Of bis whctcat outA at the time
VI the murder were produced. a1d an .gues-
flopable abb established. Another fact, ot
which Superintendent IourGau has Just come
into posssrsion. has not yet been fully
investigated, and possibly may leAd to some
hing: A :. sneak-1ol'''ers," which occurred .
t:w nishts -lt,cc at Nj. 70 West Twenty-thin]
r'rec.. eight doors beyond tho scene of tht
| tragedy, was yesterday first repul led to the
IoA G. IniA |'totractc1 silence n,on the |, II,
OF The Occupants in view Of subsequent eveuit
would he most singular, but for the facs thai
Tire master il out OF town with his family atld
| .l.c house At the time aud eince the r0bber,
has leen in charge of >ervant, who did no,
leaIize the importance OF tue mltter, as moth
| icE was taken fFum tho house but pair ol
blsck docskin pantaloons. hut tho fast j.
: deemed important because il shows that the
attfntie1 q tho sneak-shievca had beea par
tic"!arlv attracted to the neighborlioot
Of the ut tragedy. But more import
H.. thief on tina. occasion et1ec.el change
in his apparel. putting oh the good p1ir o
t'al,ta]oons which hc had stolen, aud leaving
bclind him pair OF common mate, al, 1nncl
wnrn. This rair Of frayed aud ragged pant,
!oons, cast OF by m unknown outlaw. hav.
lecn removed to Police Icad1uhr..2rs, AMI
are held for whatever use eau be made O
| them.
The iron ''dog~ has not been identified
E>cts shop in the ,i.y has been visit, II wleri
sucl, tools arc used. nut none hive been mis-.
et from any of them. superintendent Jour
dan raid, Yesterday, that il was the hope 0
every hour thst -nu,e one wnplJ como forwan
to claim and identify il, but tllis ltope ha
Lever l,cen realized. Yet, j.: is pl.iu tia
| It was long devoted to it's Legitimate uso, a
tan be seen from tho most cu1eory exa1nina
tiun OF it.
| 1,r. John Beech, tho Deputy Coroner, l,a
framed careful opinion, the result Of Cit
ical examination OF ,he bo1y OF the mnrdcre
man. From the wounds Oh the head he il a
| Present Of tho opinion that tito blows wcr
inflicted By at least two. aud perhaps torc
different instruments, and that il IL imposs
bic that the inciscd wounds on the hsck
Mr- Sathan's head could have been canscd b.
tho ship-calpcnter's *'loE" found in til
house after the mtuIcr. Ills fall opinion vi
not be given to tho public until submitted
tie Jury.
HORRIBLE STEAMBOAT CATAs
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