The sun., 1871-01-27
THE LONG ISLAND MURDER
7HE TR1GIC ENDING or 4 DARK
NI0Hf,A DEUALCH.

Tho Murder Of Sosfrnsa ~ syessef-A
Msacv Lenders Career-Brained ON
Loncty Road-Tbe Murderrrs Tracked
bv tkeir Feoiprints In the snow-Thfir
Arrest Interviews vith theIa.
II IL not at all likely that the murderere Of Hr.
Garrett ". Nosrlnd OF syossti, L. l.. will escape
pubislrren The Coroners i1quesi, held last sun.
day aud Mo- day. hNs iucvlpttnd two men, toward
whom the cirouns;auces of the tragedy point With
wonderful precision and certainty as the cuiprils
and these are nov lying In llcspstead jai awaiting
the action Of tle Grand JUICY, which meets In FsO
ruary next.
1his murder was one Of the mesi bru,al eoneeiv-
,b'e. Nosirano, ths victim, vas full " liquor. In
deed, he was
HELPLEssLI DUNK.
In this eendtio1 lie was assaulted Willie stAgger-
Ing 20 lis bone, lonely piece Of rood, his brains
beaten out with some heavy metal weapon his Jaw
broken, and his fce cut TO unreeognizabie mass,
aud was thu. lett by the waysde to be food Tor the
hogs. That lie wss net robbed. although he had but
little money with him that fatal night indicates
that malice alone Inspired the fearful crime
Az the story Of this affair has not been fully given
| to lie Iubic, one ofTnE Sens ttah OF eflcien;
reporters visited tue locality gather the particu.
lars which aye herewith given. aud form the ars.
sue; met aud Ineligible
ACCOUNT or ruE rrrpER
| u at las bcen Given.
Tie murdered man. Garrett W. Nostrand was
| ~oll.krosh character in Qlcens county lie WIS
not man OF marked r,spectaliity, nor Of ycI
| good character. For many years he lived q; ia
maica. and was repulcd 10 he common gambler
| lie Nss always addicted to drink and spent the
| greater Tait Of lis time around the country greg
ro'ies playing cards for money and shaking dice for
rum. Naturally -Arcwd, clever, and unprnciplci.
| when he found gambling associates who had money
| he wcs su art enough TO Keen sober himself while
| rctoulng 20 diin'S freely wih them. anil lead
them on - naud.iu state. when he could wit1
greater mrunit, inourc his propensity tor icccing
tsi9 b. see. Ais.ouest ricss a. the ,Ncr e.ass o.
| faub cfs are rcfDtod to resort 60. In ths WY A.
| made oonsidtrahit mobcr, und was counted
ccMrsRAuvLLr wsLL orr.
| when chance threw into iis way more lucrau,e
| lead IN tac NrccS nt thr rgrs.t suip NcNc3. Wutci
eni ashore oa Long III ~ ~ from the wreck.
Sdd"d ~ his r,hihllns sling nod hun quite a capi.
| mis, III. money he Wi.g.y invc.tcd in bonds snL
rather than ,pcnding IN, in.crcH adding 10 iiic
.rreiral !c,iy something Eal .ed Il t.c F9mrhng
| t',le above his ordinary hying o1ufnses. lhus 80
| the time OF ms death he reported o. be worth
| FROM SGJ,OV0 to $4,000.
NEGOTIATING A LOAN
On The afternoon OF last SATURDAY. the day pre eli
ing the evening oi the mGrcCr two citizens et the
| county called upon NSsrand gt his resilrntc, near
| syo'set station TO negotiate losn These Ncrr
| Thomas Cihl merchant at licksylre tile next
| station southwest on the Long isaid k.htold, ard
Mr.. kparaim Powell, araer iivinz three o. four
| oJn passed oil without any Unpleasant incidcut.
| Mr. Nositand sAtisuci himself ss TO tho securities
! by him. but ta4t cn the following Mcuda, he would
60 to Jamuica auf see ioN rcch Lis attorney aud
| aEcnt Jud-e foslick, had. This rrpN the appli
cahis Ia received as an assent TO Ire loan. They
| knCV the uans rCtuli1rtits aLu q At he al.
WoNs hal Vcuti OF money ~itn h.e enntrol, thou. "a
| seldom any amount IN hls 1c,ual 70 -tss"n. Thci
were, there ore. fully satisfied us the money wou
Powell aud ,ahul Invited NostrsEd - 20 Win TIC L
| nd
GET rMSK
To this Nostrand readily agreed AMI got into
| their conve' unce TO rcrompanr ttc,n. Tho nary
drove arounl into the JericEo and Huntington ruat
| ana turnag towards ~ ~ Station. -to9oo ~ q
Van Size, about quarter Of mile notthcirt OF tic
station. Hcre they sgh,ei aud called for
qaIliy OF wich was not sati. 9lctory Al all events
hey conciudel 10 so on to ober' ndel's tavern At
the station 1his Tltce theN ssched a about O'Clock
IN the evening fheY fOuhd there the usual con
| Frrsation Of country barroon l"unser., including
Railroad and Jim Henry Ds,inc, larm iab@i sr
Cmnllyed iu the ucistborapOi Sssegti other nctya-
rottant tie whole P'riy nccf p,,d &c iayitation
OF Powell erJ Csaih ard trank ~iih taen. 1h'n
iree and snilisr eony' 'rs1'ion ensuci iolioSed Is
proposition to
cuucK pirE ron DRINKS,
which was done. once u,s dicc boz wa produc
IL was kept IN constant pla', and drinNs followed
| NfukS ~ fIl1t tucctNslpu uniil nll lIuUs bcCIng
somewhat mellow, ana time snupcd away with IA.
conceivable speed. During this i,stiye meeting
| some slight aletcation ctcUrrct tetwcen Nostrani
and hely OF DIVINE II y rot clear which, nor does
there seem to be any definite recollection OF its ua-
tuie m the minds Of any fthe people present. lhe
must q at Nas developed at the Coroner's iuquest
Sas uat there was slisht row or QInlrel Moody
| inew what 10 WIS about ur hat va, elii IT, Low.
ever, VAS quickly ended aad al hands resumed tie
innocent AMusewent ot shaking dice and
pHrSIiNG DISTILLED POISON
Soon sfcr o'cloCk-precise unc becomes din
cut Oi detcrnI nauon In Tie nult ilicty Of drukn.
buuts that we're lhduit, '-PoWeN and C.l LETT In
| company tor tDelr res.ecliye hGEcs. When the 4,
Withdrew, Nostrand, Kelly. Dsviuo, Rnl obcrlander.
| The idnd ORD, wtge len alone e,ordmg 10 tit
ftatcmcnts OF OhCr.andcr, Kelly aud Deyine, thes
| gll continue drtnSlnS uuii. about clock, whoa
Nos rand as Vcrl drunk AMI tn landlord, WHO
was 'ho soberest OF the p'riS concluded tnIt Il was
| tine to close up.
Tic Story up TO this point Is clear aud unques
| toned. But nos discrepancies begin 70 msni'est
themselves that require the statement OF di6er,nt
versions 10 fUbscqucnt events. IL seems that Wueu
Oborlanier siil It was tina to shut up, Deyine went
| out the front door, followed almost Immediately by
\ kos,Tand Kelly, five minutes Iuttr, went Out by a
| ear door. On the following morning
rnR BODY OF SosrRAND
was found, In che mutsted condition we have de.
| scr.bed, Ding IN the road about forty fifty rods
northeast Of Obetlanders house. II was uot in the
main thorouEhtare, by Nhioh the murdere man had
approached the tavern in the afternoon, and tha
route he usually followed in going TO and mo Ia
| tween the tavern aud his residence but In A short
ctossroad leading out to the Jerusalem roan al the
residence Of Mr. ScheHck In order the more clear
10 dohne these localities, aud tlat the reader may
| more readily understand what fellows, we append q
| map OF the region The SPOT where the body WAS
ound is indicated by tie letter "A" The horsc.
standing just beJ ond that hosiery in the direction
taken bV the murdered man, interyenel bet ween
| The point where he met his death and the tavern
This viii be clear by reference to the following uiaD
TnE SCENE OF TnE HuRDER.