The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-15
rHE EYIpENcE AGAINST FORESTER.


Of what the evidence against Forester con-
sists is kept profound secret BY the police,
bnt Superintendent Kelso says freely that it is
almost entirely crcumstantia, but Of such q
positive nature shat he Is convinced that If
Forester Is arrested bis conviction of the mur-
der will surely follow. 1t is conjectured that
the principal evidence in the case has been fur
nished to the police by man named Ellis, VINO
is at present confined in the State Prison, serv-
ing out term of Imprisonment for burglary.
This Ellis was a companion and Intimate
friend OF Forester, anu belonged to the
paur OF thieves and cutthroats Of which For
Tester was the leader. He was engaged
with Forester in several burglaries and sneak
thefls. and has been several times convicted.
II appears Superintendent. Jourdan was in
formed that Ellis, while In State Prison at
Sing Sing, had been overheard to claim that
he had some knowledge oil the perpetrator of
the Nathan murder, ana tnat he had planned
with Forester to crack the ''crib" some time
nreyieus to the murder, and his (Ellls's) ar.
rest alone preventedit. Superintendent Jour-
dan thereupon appeared privately before
Judre Cardozo and obtained writ of habeas
c0r1us. byy virtue of which Ellis was brought
to this city ndimmured at tic Franklin street
police station, where an endeavor was made
TO sspumpn him. What was the result Of this
is not known, but it is believed that Ellis was
pr001 against all oliueo anu piomiSes, duu
denied all knowledge oil the whole matter
At any rate Ellis was
SPIRITED BACK TO SING SING
as secretly as he had been brought from that
place. A fellow convict was, however, set to
watch him, and from the statements made by
him since his return to Sing Sing, 1t is presum-
further evidence against Forester, which has
prompted him 10 prosecute the search for him
with renewed vigor.
THE ''DoG."
The principal evidence against Forester is,
As asserted. that the "dog" with which MI.
Nathan was 30 brutaily murdered, or one very
similar to 1t, has been traced to his possession.
II will be remembered that during the month
of Nav last the residence OF Mr.. Schenck, on
Fifth avenue, Was- entered and robbed by bur-
GLARS. Among the articles carried of from Mr..
Schenck's residence was a "doS" which had
been used in the house in opening cases of
wine, &c. The sons Of Mr.. Schenck, on being
shown the ssdog" found In the house of Mf.
Nathan. It is alleged, fully identified It as the
one which had been stolen from their house.
This was an important point gained, and 1t
was subsequently ascertained, almost to GER
iainty, that Forester and Ellis were both en-
gagged in the burglary at Mr.. Schenck's house.
This would naturally connect Forester with
the fatal instrument
SEVERAL ACCOMPL1CES.
ills alleged that the police authorities have
positive information'tha few nights before
the murder Forester, under an assumed
name, occupied a room at the Filth Avenue
Hotel, and that he desired and was given a
room on the Twenty-third street side Of the
hotel overlooking the Nathan mansion. 1t is
asserted that Forester was seen'in the vesti-
bule of the hotel on the night before the muir
der. The evidence In the hands Of the police
Is doubtless stronger than these points, on
which alone he could not be convicted. 1t Is
further claimed by the police authorities that
Forester was not alone in this "job," but that
he had one or perhaps Two accomplces. He
was. however, the one who put up 1.-THE
Job" and the cne who, with fendish vio-
lence, showered blow after blow upon the head
of his deienceless victim, adding murder to
the list of his many crimes.
AN OLD OFFENDER.
Forester, rs stated before, Is desperate
OF the most dangerous stamp. Though not
age. he has spent nearly half his lie In the
prisons of the United States. He escaped
from Joliet, Illinois, State prison. where he
had thirteen years more to. serve. He mas
been confined in Sing Sing prison, at Cherry
Hill, in PENNSYLVANIA, and escaped from both.
He has several indictments for burglary hang
ing over his head. About q year and half
aSo, he was arrested by one OF Allen Pinker-
toms detectives on warrant for crime com.
mitted out Wes', but was rescued from the
officer by The. Allen and crowd OF thieves
from the St. Bernard House, corner Of Prince.
and Mercer streets. During his active career
he has secured remarkable immunity from
arrest, but it is TO be hoped that he will be Sc
cured at last and brought to the bar OF judg-
meut 10 receive well-deserved punishment for
his misdppds