Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-15

| Frank Harding, and Frank Howard
Age thirty-five. Height dve feet six
inches, slim build, but tough and WiEy;
rathsr broad, square shoulders; weighs
14G pounds; rather long, spare face;
black eyes, having 3 wild expression;
| high forehead; mouth narrow and corn
ers drawn down, upper lip stands out 3
little; medium-sized, straight nose;
straight, black hair cut short; heavy
black mustache, which curls ct the end
/ toward the mouth; sunken cheeks, but
/ high cheek bones; a small, narrow foot;
| generally walks with his hands in his
coat pockets; q tooth out Of the upper
/ Jaw; a bracelet in India ink on the left
wrist.
CSignedl Jos. J. KELso, Supt. Of PO-
lice, City or n. Y.
A photograph Of Forester accOmpsn-
les the circular. Although Superin-
tendent KelsO is 90 positive that Forres-
ter is the murderer, he declines 70 give
the facts on which he bases his belief on
the ground that it viii iniure the proper
working up of the case. He states, how
ever, that before the death Of Superin-
tendeDt Jourdan that officer received
information which convinced him that
Forester was the murderer, and sent
detectives to various points in the United
States to find and arrest him. Since
Superintendent JOurdsn's death, these
efforts have been continued by his sue
cessOr, but thus far without success.
superintendent KelsO complains Of
the want Of cooperation on the part Of
detectives in other cities, bis efforts and
those OF his officers being often thWaFt-
ed by men who should lend aid instead
Of placing obstacles in the way Of those
having the object Of bringing the mur-
dereF TO justice.
Although the Superintendent declines
TO give the source from which the in
formation Is derived that fastened Bus-
piciOn on Forester, it Is almost certain
it was obtained from George Ellis, 3
burglar, now serving out term in Sing
Sing for burglary on the night of Jan.
q. 1870, when the Office Of s. & NJ.
Nigel, at No. % East Twenty-fifth
street, was robbed Of diamonds valued
st several thousand dollars.
Nathan was murdered two months af-
ter the sentence of Ellis. Not long after
the murder Ellis informed one Of the
officers Of the prison that he knew who
the assassin was. Superintendent Jour
dan quietly procured q writ of hG6eGs
corpus from Judge Cardozo, and brought
Ellis from prison to the Franklin.street
Police station.
Ellis confessed he and Forester had
planned the murder at Nathan's house,
and he believed Forester had carried
the plan into effect. They did not sup
pose that Nathan or his sons were IN
the Eouse, as it was known that the
Nathans were passing the summer in
the country, at Morristown. M,
The thief was discovered BY Nathan
while Operatingo on safe in q room ad-
joining 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 sbos
len from the wine-eellar Of F. Church,
in Fifth avenue, which was entered
some time previous by burglars.
These sre believed to be the principal
facts on which Superintendent Kel8O,
Justice DOwlin9, aud Judge CaFdOzo
base their belief that Forester is the
assassin. In addition, ever since the
murder, he has avoided all Of his old
companions, and has not been seen in
any of his Well-knOWn haunts in this
and other cities.
It is more than probable that he is in
some Out-Of-the way place IN the far
West or in some small country town, /
working as q laborer OF st q trade, en-
deavoring by this means to divert sus-
picion. Certain It is that he has not
been seen by the police Of any Of our
large cities since the date Of the MUIR
der.
He is too well known to the heads of
police of the various cities IN have es-
capped their search had he made his sp-
pearancs in our larger towns
Forester has been q thief from his
youth, and has served several terms ia
State prisons. BE Is wanted 10 Joliet,
Illinois, having escaped from jail thers
after serving q small part Of term Of
thirteen years, for burglary commit
ted in Illinois.
There is no question but that Superin-
tendent Kelso, and those on whose coun-
sci he has relied throughout, are satisf-
ed that they are on the track Of the real
Murderer. This Is shown by the fact
that there are no conditions attached to
the reward offered for the arrest Of For
roster.
Whether the alleged murderer is con-
Victed or not, the reward will be paid to |:
may deliver him into the hands
IF Superintendent Kelso.