The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-02

had traced the alleged murdered, ana tee s
S Se SsS scSs sSiSspcs ~ detsii n5tsiSeS MA
since liz saw inis and ncerning Ft6s lat
words oil old Mr.. Nathan He stated
that when the burglars were IN the library
at The safe, Mr, Nathan was awakened,
and their first knowledge Of that fact was
his saying, HARMON, rs THAT YOU III
his last words on earth, for ono OF the bur-
glars instantly struck him with bis clench;
ed fist between, the eyes, stunned him,
and he fell, when each assaaed him, and
one fatally with tho Iron rupg, Tue
word again used, and both the aectsecd
and accuser say that there were two bur,
glars present. rsiluszaI .5,m l..
Assuming the above y be' tru9. itwop!!d
Indicate that Mr. Nathan, having ,bade
his son Frederick good night, and Inquired
as 70 his brother Washing ton being at
home had himself slept, and being
awakened, possibly thought that bis Other
son, Harmon, had entered the house and
library and so thinking, spoke: "0Har'
mon, Is that you ~ : ~ II a., ,s'.,,.r 4.
!, Tho Count subsequently. Interyiews the
~ nr;.oror who "a rotorrod ~ n The forage
'oV. wy T. $500 ~; ~, ~ - ~ 80
ing as ple one VINO VINO ulu Ene'mpruSst anu
here is his account Of II: ,7sc ,,.,' " .r.,' ~
In nv interviews with the alleged muir.
derer, lie not knowing that he was accused,
he freely a rendered 10 me his ,theory(at
least) OF The robbery and murder, and
during our conversations / observed that
he always kent his ripht hand in his side
pantaloons rocket, and gesticulated and
even wrote with lis left hand. 49, III. p,
/ asked him how Il was. in his theory
of the murder, that the diamond studs
were taken from, The shirt bosom. and no
marks remaining Of the bloody fingers.
"Of COURSE = i said. ''they must have been
taken orlt bsfre the murdern when he
quickly replied: % ,g,If,+,, n 1s ~
"No. mol N They were naacre1ed and
taken out after NM; murder ; Tor nothing
was easier Than 10 wine the, blood oil, the
hands, a. ,thus. rpon the sides of tie nan.
falcons suiting he action 10 do So0rd cith
6otI hands. / used often 10 do It when /
was A butcher .-----s.-- ~
Il lwasIithisy expressiya action OF his
which betrayed me deEormlty from a fac.
tory ,accidentl OF his ricit hand-the
thumb Of which, ana one finger, are
crooked and tSaralyzed o.! ~ TqiYt'i m
ma sfoymitV az n bloOtlv hand was seen,
upon lie walls and Inc door Intel, the day
eiter the Internal deed, ''''l
D in answer 10 nv question as 10 what he
THOUGHT Inc murderer Ind done with the
watch And diamond studs. he said ale
wotld be A fool, indeed III lie had mot
thrown them into nc riyer'n Al frat he
denied and rcpcated the denial that he
had ever known or seen thel deponent
inrisonen whose name / gave and his
Nina: AMI vet thew had mean prisoners IA.
gether far four months and seeinp each
Other daily speaking And working d.
Oether and finaIly lhe confessed that he
aid know him / Theimnrisonment Of the
accnsed ceased IN the middle of last lime
and exceptIpc two DAYS in july I9t6 and
10th, in Philadelphia, he was in New
York city the whole q that tatal month,
an9 a. AuguSs anu pa[s Ui ns s.oa
him Il be believed tbatfSe assassin wonld
ever be tlisc0yered : ia renlled aNeyer i
bnt by ;bia death.bed Confession n a pro.
testant II n Roman Catholic never be.
cause tbe Confession 10 tbe nriest IA sacrcdl
M. never will he be known, except In III
diving moments And he killed In sclE!
defancer' =.
This last phrase il the command word
used bv' tbe acGuser and the accused. =
Another Incident I havc recently re,
ceiyed. and Of serious-intellipence. viz
that tl,e above accused murderer was en-.
Moved solioited and money Maid IN him
In assasSinate Can. Colo NJ Syracuse afler
Inc wronred husband's suspicjons were
aroused NJ "a his wiIe's infldelity with her
The Mot was formed and
nrooF confessed ani established when nj
the last noment conssience converted
him from beinp A premeditated murderer.
vel thatII1oral Iorinciple wouli 'not prevent
n fatal and ieloni0ns selEfleience. iTi5l
MI 80 u, III LII Ia. &. y.
AnsiGoups copUluHes VIII tls SFahy
propagation OF an ordeal bywhich tho al
legedlmurderer shall be tried. 1'sg mun
Tic actual murdered body or BENJAMIN
Nathan 70 be unearthed, and viewed In all
Is gashed stabs-each a death 70 nature
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