New-York tribune., 1870-08-09

BY the Forcman-You coincide with the opinion of Dr.
chemical analysis certainly coagulaed blood upon gar
ment can DC distinguished from fresh boodi Yes, Sir
animation Of the body or I% blood tberei A. No, Sir
Q. Did You notice whether there any considerable
quantity OF hair scattered about in the blood A. no
@ Any indications that hair had been pulled out vo
lently A. No, Sir
Q. Then your opinion Isl A. AsI said before that
he was stunned at first, and no violence was used
BY luror-lIow could that wall nave become so De-
smearedi A. That would not necessarily imply that he
Q. Do you think the blood came from Mr.. Nathoni A.
@ II was rubbed on there either by shirt limbi
Yes SIR i'm both cases think by Mr. Nathan himself
think part Of Il was caused by Nathans knee, he
think Mr. Nathan tried to get up; think there is cvi
dence of that much struggle and in trying to get up he
caught hold of the right easement OF the door the blood
was almost all the right that the door OF the
easement and upon the wall between the door and win
sitting position after he fell think he may have done
that that was in my Judgment when he recovered from
How then do he got from fro the small
@ How do you explain the blood upon the overturned
CHART A. That's what cannot explain .
q. This blood, as understand you was III the narrow
space large room between the jam of the door and
O. Was there anything in the appearance Of the blood
when YOU first saw it to Indicate that it might have
been produced by rubbing the hands against It'll A,
O. Then if the murderer rubbed the blood off Of his hand
upon the wall it would leave the impression you saw
think Mr. Nathan did it after his hand fractured,
at the GSG G2s the no paT Sht Mr. ets NATHAN
in fact am very well convinced that there was not
BY the yon think te Io1d rgh1 fa fSdTa U
have been protected from having much piooa on ne m
You INF found no Blood at ali on the end of the nsru
ment which the person held in his handf A. No, sir
blood TO get in upon the hand A. think the deed
might have ben committed 10y one man, ana nc got Tree
O. You don't mean 10 say hc could have got off without
having having blood spattered upon him Yes, Sir;
4far gaf1 M hnNG
i'll the room; think the deed was done by one man
that the first blow was struck from ne 'front.' Ehoeking
q. How about the papers being handedI a; thihk
they p%hahy weTe 4Ge9e he s wa care en- m TO y g
the blood on the floor. he could prevent getting any
O. Did you notice the door communication between
the study and the hall when You went there for the hst
timer A. | noticed that it shut; did MT notice
whether it was locked. ,,....
Q. You think, them that Mr.. Nathan may have been
murdered without attracting the attention OF passerSby,
making any outcry A. L think he made no outcry
q. And that this person might have commenced con
tnued and completed the exannation of the safe with
ont getting any blood npon a. A. M bai @ rs u5 h
time Of course, think there may have been TWO
persons the only mean to say that there only
need TO have been one.
TESTIMONY OF GEN. FRANK p BLAIR
Gen. Frank p. Blair was next called, and deposedi
Q. Where do you residei A. In st. Louis
O. Were You in the city the night Of the 2sth OF
Juiyq A. Yes. Sir; 1 was at the Fifth Avenue HOTEL
where am boarding.
O. On the morning of the 10Th of July there any
thing that attracted your attentioni a. What fell
under my observation will proceed to narrate rs IL
O. State first about what time it was. A. About 81 or
probably little before IN the mornings got up Tor me
purpose closing the blinds of my room IN when he
light was coming very strongly, and which IN TACT had
awakened me- and IN doing So as appfoa@ene%m @ % Ie w Y
dow and looked across the street saw IN me mouse 40
12 gentleman sitting IN his night clothes at me me- ,ro h
front door Of the house was open stood angle OF
about As degrees OF course this did not arrest my at
dp'fa
ID l,,in me 4 nv his own house at his window, as
Supposed; / retired to bed after closing the
blinds and Vas aroused sh0I} t5G rn n ond
saw two gentlemen in their nghteothcs standing at me
door of No ~ both cxclaming loudly and calling Tor
ments and his feet were bloody-his stockings and |
saw the policeman enter the house. & reR n n, nm II ms Iron IRON
instrunent that lay the door and show u 10 ne
T. tIot if Was the bolt OF the door that had been. as
Judged, broken of detached IN opening ihe door
sunnoscd at the time that there had been some
atcnpt to enter the louSe remember tat h , hd
the door wide open & ana oSc ncteG o and in attemtng
10 deain him that this young man had beeil lnJucu anu
the % outer yo ha t 0ee S6 nto the street as they were u
dressed That was the impression the scene made upon
mnner lI, to exhi SO much grief and distress, that
concluded my idea was Incorrect ana dsatchtW ~ SCI
want over thCre to learn what there about III, ana
learned Mr. Nathan had been murdered; that ls about
all that iel under my observation at that tmc Ill reie
By Mr. RnSsiiwhich window it you saw the
young sitting A. The third story whaoW' inie
O. Who was that young naI-have you seen s III, nm
since A. Only afteTward at the door, he had SIDE
WhiSkers his face. . -. H..
G. Look across the and see i You TeeUgT7e him
O. Which was it that had the blood upon his cothes
A. The same one. . A., i,,o,- and
afrwafd AT the front door a. 1t was the same person.
@. How did he appears A. His demcanor was entirely
natural at the time; undsturbed and unexclteG IL
seemed TO me that he putting on ms stockllgs ~
O. At the time you saw them bOth Oh lc stoUP You You
then remembered you had seen the door @ eI open van an o Sc
connected that with the fact that tie @ oo w. m toprv
when you looked out beforcf A. Yes Sir ane teIiy tI
having the door open ~ the ne oaM @ % IN sus
gentleman at the window IT occur 10 me ntn ,t so me
yonng man had detected and attempted to arrest nm.
BY the C0roner-Was this young man tle SAINT one m
you saw at the window, ana the ono 'na' h DiOO0 VII
By Mr.. Rasse-Did You notice whether there was
light ON the second nOOri A. No, sir; IL was d|hs"'
BY Mr.. Feiiows-whieh floor do you occupy in the
Fifth Avenue Hotcll a. Fifth floor; No. 13. . =, -,
O. Is that of hight with the third floor OF the Nathan
house A Very nearly the Later LATER might DC h'"0
g. When your attention as called Frederick Nathan
was he sitting standing at the window A. Part oi te
time lie was sitting and lie would get up from ls chaiI
and 60 to the of his room, and appeared 10 ne ne
TO be getting some garment to dress sen erS wi.n a
try one; tried to cool myself at the window f..
@ Did you him at any time standing WIN ,5 ncl IRON.
he came TO the window and leaned out Of slightly ap
o. You saw the Whole length of his person when he
was in tie roomi A. No. Sir, could not o. o,r,,ert
'' Wien YOU saw him at the door what part Of his
nighsrt was boodyY A. His stockings the lower pare
O. o. Yom are positive that blood not on him when
you Wbat Ut time was this A. don't know exactly; it
time before the alarm was gwen ge think
@. Had you gotten to sleep or III "a doIei A. '
very likely was partially asleep -, .,,. ,,,r,o,, dd
O. At tie time first looked out OF the windST noya aa
YOU see newsboy that side of the street; any ooys
! with papersi A. NJ, Sir. go, ,-.., . No