The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-13

this irregularity under ordinary cir
Cumstances, Superintendent Kelso dis
tinctly admits that he is himself almost
wholly responsible for the act, although
it was done with the sanction of Mr..
Jourdan. Superintendent Kelso, pick.
ing up the Ellis thread and finding it
worthy Of attention, hurried at once to
Saratoga, where Jourdan then was,
with the hope ofregaining his health,
and upon consultation with him the
proceedings as to Ellis were at once I'M
dertaken 10y Ke!so, in whose hands
they remained until the close. Super,
intcndent KelSo, however, declined to
give any information whatever as to the
revelation made by or, expected OF FL,
lis, 1t may he inferred, however, that
they are substantially true, and that the
first clue to the assassin was obtained
by the prating of this convict, who de,
clared that he and Forester, some time
before the murder, had arranged to
plumber the Nathan mansion, and but
for the accident of his previous arrest
for another crime, he would himself
have been involved in the terrible
tragedy. superintendent kelso states
that the public must for the present he
content with the assurance that the pc,
lice do not doubt the conclusiveness OF
the evidence against the assassin.
1t is certain that while general con.
lecture has been at fault as to the iden-
tity of the murderer, that question was
long ago dismissed from the list of pc,
lice labors, and all efforts have been
concentrated for months to effect the
arrest of one man. In order that when
once found he might be seized 10y the
law with a grasp that none Of lis tech
nicalitics could loosen, every prepare
ton was made to meet the emergency
of the arrest. however suddenly it might
be presented or wherever it might be
accomplished To this end Justice
Bowling has been in the case from the
beginning, and every move has been
made by affidavit and warrant, and
Judge Cardozo has been constantly con
suited from the start, in order that every
step taken might he within the law al
ter the hand of authority was once
laid on the assassin. Nor Were these
precautions unnecessary, as the police
were long upon the trail Of the fugitive
and several times at the verge Of the
greatly desired event of his ar
rest. To meet the contingencies
presented 10y these occasions the
atiidavits were made, and acquisitions
upon the governors ofthe States where
the arrest was expected, obtained from
Governor Hoffman, but so often were
ardent hopes disappointed that a huge
mass of these now useless documents
have accumulated upon the hands Of
Superintendent Kelso, as proofs OF his
assertion that Forester is the best
hider in the world, and Of the persis-
tence and skill bestowed upon this great
crime.
A sneak thief Of ordinary caliber, who
is known 10 the police OF all the large
cities, and who is wanted in several Of
them for UNPUBLISHED crimes, has man
aged for seven months to battle the com
bincd detectives, not only OF New \ ork,
but of nearly the whole country. Su
pcrintcndent Kclso knew 10y the middle
Of August that Forester fled from the
city almost without taking time to wash
the tCll-tale blood Of his victim from
his person, and also the direction which
he took. The fact that he was wanted FOL
the Nathan murder was not divuIged &c
any one, but the police everywhere were
requested by telegraph toarrest and h0Ic
him for a requisition, which would be
Immediately forwarded. He was discov'
cred several times as stated, but owing
to the cupidity of negligence OF distant
officials, thcarrest was not COnsummated
Hundreds of messages regarding tins
fugitive have passed between this anc
other cities by telegraph, and the burden
ofthose received has been an intense
desire to know for what he was wanted
and how much he was worth. Scores
of times efficient detectives have beer
hastily sent to remote points, armed with
all necessary documents, only 10 tnC
the game lost when they arrived. OTTER
has the fugitive disappeared suddenly
and completely from police knowledge
for weeks together, and then reappearec
as suddenly in some remote spot, bu
only to subject his pursuers to another
4 G;sappointmcnt. At last he seemed &c
tire OF being constantly in peril of cap
tnre and weeks ago all trace of him
was lost and has never since been re
covered
The fugitive is a man who has been
al war with the law from his boyhood
and who is loaded with innumeraoIe
crimes. He has been an inmate o
many iails, only to slip from them with
a facility that proved his dcxterlty II
eluding the punishment due his acts
When he committed the Nathan muir
der, lie was an escaped convict from th'
Illinois prison at Joliet, owing thlrteer
years service; and since that CRIME nj
has committed another which Is al
most its exact parallel in every respect
except that the brutal assault did no
end in death, and he owes the Stat
where it was done Imprisonment 10
life. A man utterly without conscience
reckless, daring, destitute OF those &C