The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-10
The Nathan Murderer.

Y ...u house and the recollection Of the
.ut. ,n,nt has well nigh faded from the
...lJ- of New Workers, so often and ter
u -l,iucd with tales OF human suffer
l.. But the silent watchers of wrong
..,rt- anl the nevcr-tring searchcrs for
Uom have never left the trail of the man
"h" was suspected of having perpetrated
ih- luul deed From the moment suspi-
Un inst hi upon him, until the present,
i3r m.n has been followed with mrelent-
H.. rral
nur readers no doubt remember we'll
ihr fist time HAT the name OF William
tnrrstc, was given 10 them in these
columns. Copies Of his photograph were
~,nl broadcast through the Union, Canada
ana many countries of the Old World
H. hid himself out West during last fall
Ho1i0E from place to place rapidly, to
tyoid the slcuh-houndS of the law. who
were ever close upon his trail From
toWn 10 village and from village 10 town
ft went. until like Eugene Sues Wan
,etinG jew, 1.-THE sun scarce shown twice
ul, n HIM in the same PROV ince." He had
many other crimes to answer for besides
thr Nathan murder. Allen Pinkerton
'W1nloI him. to serve out an lneNpred
'lm OF thirteen years imprisonment in
Illinois, and for II murder he had com
nlurd hcinlc. The dread OF confinement
Iir 50 tong Il term of years alone was
enough to keep him moving ever At last
iiukcrton'> detectives in the North West
ud South, aided by the regular scouts Of
outraged Justice. got between him and
tu' mountains. plains and other approach
AS r. lhat haven where outlaws find OBJ
hNinu The far WrSt-lnd gradually clos
rd in around him. The Atlantic coast
-NarPt in the nrighborhool OF the gulf,
Ais likewise narrowly watched. and his
.Iy -.umcl hopeless.
Nj h~t about seven months ago, al
Un-t exhausted and in the depths of
spain. FORESTER reached Galveston in
M ul~,'. the detectives tight on his heels.
N1 trme was to he lost Delay would be
tHI \ bold dash alone could save him,
ind This he made. Leaving his hiding
pttc. he shipped on board vessel short
90 hands and bound to Great Britain
.he allied from the harhor Just in time
ltlc the officers OF Mr. Pinkerton, and
'ur hHntcd man made good his escape.
/ ni -.mle time after the trail was lost in
200 WATERS nt the deep, until, by one of
iiiID ~r-Irt agencies only known to the
II .l,--lutnl lhiel-taker it was clearly as
lf iucd that the ahscOnded FORESTER
wa. ia Scotland. Here he had been born,
ui hi parents still resided ON the old
iNu. iMg deserted by the criminal. 70
vicinity lac was believed to have gone.
10 ih hat FEELINGS or hope can hardly be
IGItanrd l'inkerton followed, deter
HIunl fu hlmg him back. His departure
Ft announced about six months ago,
trtu.u "A was gnil that Mr. A Han pinEpr-
NV, chri OF the Detective Bureau bear
U biz name had gone 10 seek health
.uHn" lhr heather upon his native hills
70 scotland. lhr health he sought was
''".' 'n'lH"''l ~ inc capture OF me
ua ~. lu,', snarcb n,,"nanassf,,l Ho
..-rycl here about three weeks 400 and
1T present. in Chicago.
=, !'''N'ss'''h "l ''1t' loreSo,''9
...,.,,t,.,. tn r'n Nav WI, l9apnl, lf this
Uuolu aud he had an interview with H.
"a pnis. the Superintendent. That
.,uilcmln very cuurfeously converse. on
rh. topic ana rorrohorated the statement
n. also aid. after mentioning the return
nom Europe OF Mr. Pinkcrton. whom, hv
Fac. WAY. he had not seen since. that For
D., trt Vet in Scotland. hiding from the
Irent. who ara. on the alert to seize him.
1pi- Bureau. continued he. is in direct
COMMUNICATION with the police and
authorities ON he other side of tEp ocean
inl although the FUGITIVE may Tor n time
rlptlp tLrir yiuiIancp m fine end he nust
.c CAUGHT Mir Pinkcrton. he said. laid
IT, rlans carefully for fhe capt,lre. but
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