New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-12
MURDER WILL OUT.
Mystery Of the Nathan Assn ssinat iOn-Fui
Description Of the Murderer.

Description Of the Murderer.
From the Coure ,Journal.l
New YORK, March S.-The Tribune TO-
morrow will publish the following: The
mystery that has so long attended the Ma
than murder seems at length cleared up.
Superintendent kelso claims that the muir
derer is a wellknOwn thief and dcspe RADIO,
named William Forester, with half dozen
aliases. So certain is the superintendent
that his infOrma ton is correct that he has
sent to every chief OF police in the United
States and Canada, and to many of those in
Europe, copy of the following circular:
Confidential
NEW YORK, February q. lS7l.-Twcnty-
five hundred dollars will be paid for the ar
rest and delivery at the Office of the super
intendent of police, in the city of New
shall, alias Billy or Frand Campbell,
alias Frank Livingstone, alias Frank
Harding, alias Frank Howard age
thirty-tive, height five feet six inches. slim
built, but tough and wiry, rather broad
square shoulders, weighs one hundred and
forty pounds, rather long, spare face, black
eyes. having IA wild expression, high square
forehead. mouth narrow and corners drawn
down, upper lip stands out little. medium
sized, straight nose, straight black hair, cut
short, heavy black mOustache, curls at the
ends toward the mouth, sunken cheeks, but
high cheek bones, small, narrow foot. gen
orally walks with his hands in his coat
pockets. tooth out in left upper jaw. and
bracelet in India ink on left wrist.
JAMES j. kELSO,
Superintendent of Police of the city OF New
York.
photograph of Forester accompanies
the circular Although superintendent
Kelso is 50 positive that Forester is the
murderer, he declines to give the facts ON
which he bases his belief, on the ground
that it would injure the proper working of
the case. He states, however, that before
the death OF Superintendent JOurdan that
officer received information which con-
WINGED him that Forester was the muir
dercr, and sent detectives to various points
in the United States to find and arrest him
Since Superintendent JOurdans death these
efforts have been continued by his success
sOr. but thus far without success. Superin-
tendent kelsO complains Of want Of CO.
operation on the part of certain detectives
in other cities, his efforts and those Of his
officers being often thwarted by men who
should lend aid, instead of placing obstacles
in the way Of those having the object of
bringing the murderer to justice.
Although the superintendent declines to
give the source from which the information
is derived that fastens suspicion on For
roster, it is certain that it was obtained
in Sing Sing for burglary on the night of
January q, 1870, when the Office of l.. &
N Nigel, at No. % East Twenty fifth street.
was robbed Of diamonds valued at several
thousand dollars Nathan was murdered
two months after the sentence OF Ellis.
Not long after the murder, Ellis informed
an officer Of the prison that he knew who
the assassin was. Superintendent JOurdan
quietly procured writ OF habeas corpus
from Judge CardOzo. and brought Ellis
from Preston to Franklin street police sta
ton. Ellis confessed that he and Forester
had planned the robbery of Nathan's house
and he believed that FORESTER had carried
the plan into effect.
They did not suppose that Nathan or his
Sous were in the house, as it was known
that the Nathans were passing the summer
at a country residence at MOrristOwn, New
jersey. The thief was discovered by Nathan
while operating on the safe in a room adjOin
ing the one in which he slept, and was
killed by Forester with the iron dog
which has been SO often described, and
which is alleged to have been stolen from
the wine cellar Of J +. Church, i'll Fifth
avenue, which was entered some time previ-
Gus by burglars.
These are believed to be the principal
facts on which Superintendent kelso, JUS
tice bowling and Judge Cardozo base their
belief that Forester is the assassin. In
addition, ever since the murder be has
avoided all of his old companions, and has
not been seen in any Of his we'll known
haunts in this and other cities. 1t is more
than probable that he is in some out-ofthe
way place in the far West, or in some small
country town, working as a laborer at a
trade, endeav oring by this means to divert
suspicion. Certain it is that he has not
been seen by the police of any Of our large
cities since the murder He is too we'll
known to the heads of police of various
cities to have escaped their search had he
made his appearance in any large town.
Forester has been thief from his youth.
and has served several terms in State
prisons. He is wanted in Joliet, Illinois,
having escaped from jail there, after serv-
ing small part Of term of thirteen years.
for burglary committed in Illinois There
is no question but that Superintendent
Kelso and those ON whose counsel he has
relied throughout. are satisfied that they
are on the track of the real murderer. This
is shown by the fact that there are no con
ditions attached to the reward offered tor
the arrest of Forester. Whether the al
legged murderer is convicted or not the re-
ward will be paid to whoever may deliver
him into the hands of Superintendent
Kelso.