The New York herald., 1870-07-30

Coroner Rollins and his assistant, DR.. Be- rIch ar.
rived at two O'CLOCK and made careful examina.
ton OF the place, the latter making mi
mute investigation into the nature OF the wounds
OF the murdered man. crowd OF Newspaper men
and others interested were In attendance 1t was
found that the safe had Teen blown open
with powder ana set OF diamonds and
gold watch abstracted from the clothes
OF the murdered man. What the safe
tanned Is mystery, but 1t Is supposed that there
were In 1t at the tyne o the robbery large amount
OF bonds.
BESIDE THE BODY
lay piece ofron about eighteen inches long. turned
down at theends with blood upon OF It's curves.
IL was not found there however, by the police, hut
at the ir0lt door when they entered the house. IL
Is worthy Of remark that adjoining the room OF Mr.
Nathau was the be6chamber OF q servant man,wno
however, strange to relate heard nothing Of the en-
counter which resulted In this horrible crime. Inc
instrument mentioned as having Dcen found IN Ire
hallway is known technically as shipcarpenter's
'dog but used also in other trades 1t is neither
formidable deadly weapon, at least is nol 30
ordinarily considered.
NEAR THE BED
on which Mr.. Nathan slept was common ran. on
which cara was inscribed In bold large letters
these worlS:--
'lEr ME- ALoNEw
and on the reverse the name Thomas Hunter par
TALLY erased.
The wounds on the head Of the murdered gentle
man were numerous and deep. The bones Of two
three OF tho fingers OF the left hand fractured,
as though he hal clutched the assassin and had
been hit violently with
| SOME HEAVY INSTRUMENT
to make HIM unloOse his hold -Four scalp wounds
| were discovered the back Of the head one inch
and han long; five wounds on the right side Of the
head and one over the right orbit whicn divided the
! ear. There were also two wounds the forehead
one inch and half IN length-one lacerated and the
| other punctured. Small fragments OF bones and
| scattering brains oozed from the gaping wounds.
To everybody who looked upon the ghastly aud hor-
rblc spectacle It was quite clear that there was
moro than one burglar was engaged In the murder
OF Mr. Nathan and more than one weapon was used.
HOW THE MURDER WAS EFFECTED
remains TO be discovered.
The detectives DO not think that the murderers
were professional burglars, but merely oa!ers and
the belief is strengthened that they must have con-
ceaed themselves in the house Thursday, for tho
doors and windows were all secure yesterday morn
| Ing. except the front door, by which they made
their escape. II had been opened from the inside,
as the son who came homo last on Thursday night
is positive that he locked and bolted It,
THE VICTIMS LAST OCCUPATION.
On the desk In the library was a check book on
which was check partially drawn in the hand
writing or the victim and Of the following purport:
NEW YORK, July 20, 1870.
:, THE UNION NATIONAL BANK-Pay to the order Of
The check had been torn from the booka the
''stump" bore the following entry
CHECK NO. 427.
r. LAPs1EY 4 Co.
Subs. to 100 shares German American Bank
$lo.0co
There is reason to believe that the murdered man
had from his he'd in order to make this entry
as thouah q thought had suddenly occurred to him
OF a business transaction entered into during The
day and which he had net completed. And 1t would
also seem TO confirm a, theory that the crime was
committed after midnight OF Thursday, as the check
was dated "Jnly 29th," which was yesterday.
THE THEORY OF THE MURDER,
OF which most OF those who inspected the rooms and
Viewed the body expressed themselves confident,
was, that the assassns gained access TO the house
under pretcncc OF being employed therein and
secreted themselves for the bloody deed, doubtless
thinking that Mr. Nathan had large quantity OF
bonds and money in his SAFE Whether they were
disappointed not remains be discovered for the
relatives OF Mr. Nathan do not know definitely what |
the safe contained. Probably the murdered man |
was struck from behind and knocked over his chair |
before he heard any alarm. The blood spattered |
over the carpet, near the desk, clotted with blood,
would support this view and there nothing at all
In the supposton that the Old gentleman
was sitting at bis writing desk signing the checks
and documents laid before him by his sons at an |
early part ofthe preceding day.
DOUBLE INCENTIVE TO ENERGY.
That the detectives will do their utmost to I'M
ravel the mystery and detect capture the blood
thirsty rulians who were the perpetrators OF this
erin ha indi ma
against every human instinct. there is little DOUBT
as, apart from the reputation to be made by such
skill If success attend IL, the Stock Exchange, few
hours after the discovery OF the murder. offered
reward of $4,000 for the capture of the actual
criminals.
A jury was empanelled yesterday afternoon out
beyond taking
THE TESTIMONY
OF Mr.. Washington Nathan, one of the sons Of the
deceased which has been given, nothing was done,
and the jury were ordered to be present Monday,
when the entire circumstances of the case would be
fully investigated.
Great excitement prevailed in the neighborhood
up to a late hour last night and the police had
charge Of the premises.
A Clue Believed to be Found ut Last
AT an unmentiOnable hour yesterday afternoon,
iatng upon the murder, HERALD reporter was
walking through West Twentysecond street. He
passed policeman No. 2,74s, who was conversing
with some citizens upon the all-absorbing theme.
"some fellow who lives In this street saw at an
early hour OF the morning close carriage drive
away from there,n said one Of the citizens to No.
274s, pointing to the Twenty street entrance
TO Mr.. Nathan's premises, 'and that carriage con-
tanned the murderers," The reporter stopped joined
in the conversation, but No. 274S and his auditors
were unable to state who the "fellow was. 1t was
clue worth following. Twenty minutes after the
reporter entered Ford Kessinger's restaurant, In
Fifth avenue between Twenty-ffth and Twenty.
sixth streets and asked for Mr.. Patrick Dewey. the
head waiter