New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-09
THE NATHAN MURDER.
THE ASSASSIN SAID TO BE KNOwN-$26OO RE-
WARD FOR THE ARREST or BILLY FOR
RESTER--HOw THE CASE WAS WORKED VI
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THE ASSASSIN SAID TO BE KNowN-$2,5O RE-
WARD FOR THE ARREST or BILLY FOR
RE5TER--How THE CASE WAS WORKED UP
- PRETTY GEORGES" STORY.
The Police again think that the mystery that
has 80 long attended the Nshan murder Ia cleared mp.
superintendent Kelso claims that the murderer we'll
known thief and desperate, named william Forester,
with half dozen sliases so certain Is the Superin-
teDdent thag IFS information u correct that he has
sent to every Chez OF Police the United States and
Canada, and 70 many Of those in Europe, seopy Of the
following circular:
CosyrpESulr-as so viii W paid FOR deSye IN!
see q TIE Sop int O. Po in tss City q Ss"YOI Gf Billy
Frat LiTinssoue si',Fr,nE Iisrinr PraiL Howard
broad 'hOse lao pounds rather long face,
down upper Ep stands out tt
sI1sS nose straight b h. e .hot he.y black na.ess
bres suan foot generally .as With bis Inns hs coat
JAxEs KEfsO superintendent Police Cir Of Nsv.YOrh
Aphctograph Of Forester accompanies tho circular
Although superintendent Kelso is positive that For
roster the murderer he declines to give the facts on
which he bases his belief the ground that 1t would
injuTe- the proper working up OF the case.
BE states, however. that before the death
of s,fperntendea JOurdaB, that officer had
received information which convinced him that Forester
the murderer and he sent detectives 70 various
points IN Che United States to endea7Or TO find and arrest
him. Since Supt JOurans death these efforts have been
supt. Kelso complains OF want Of cooperation on the
part of certain detectives In other cities his efforts and
those Of his officers being often thVarted by men who
should lend aid instead OF placing obstacles in the way
OF those having for their object tho bringing OF a
murderer TO justice.
In all the steps he has thus far taken toward accom-
pshng the Objecti view Superintendent Kelso has
ceived tho active support Of Judge Cardozo, old
friend Of Mr.. Nathan, and Justice Joseph Bowling.
whose long experience in matters Of this kind and
knowledge OF leading criminals has been Of great benefit
Although the Superintendent declines to give the
from which the Information il derived that has
fastened suspicion upon FORESTER it II almost certain
that It was obtained fiom George Ellis alias George Will
son, alias Pretty George" notorious burglar, now
serving out torn Of five years in Sing Sing for bur
glary committed on the night OF tHe 2tn
". Nigel at No % East Fifteenth-st.. was robbed Of
and his cODiederates escaped At the time, Out 10
was aferWard arrested IN Wikesbarrc, PENN together
with James Elliott, walter Dunn, aud Jim Fox, alias
Tom Riley, they having broken into r. v Kockateists
bank at that place Inc party were locked UP III the
Luzcrne County Jail. Tho capture was made on the
ght OF Feb J. 1870 On the night OF req - Liis auu
Dunn escaped from the jail aud came on 10 this CITY
rcquisitOn FOR their arrest was obtained rom GOV,
(;eary and two detectives here to look for
them Meantime It bad been ascerained that Forrester
ing Ellis aud Dunn, the detectives came across the
former, in Theodore Aliens hotel IN Pr,neest. Ihey
Ellis was arrested Nay 10, IN the house 10 o5J west
Twenty ninth-st. he made desperate resistance anu
taken 10 he West Tnirty-lfth-sf Poce-statOn where
Sergaant Van Hagan was in command The detectives
exhibited authority from GOV Geary and stated
that they wished take the prisoner back to wilkes
Pennsylvania law, declared that he had committed
burglary IN THIS ciiy Oh the eeang IN or JauTTS
Sergeant decided to hold him, ana on the following
morning sent him before Justice Cox 10y whom No was
sc pleaded guilty of burglary in the third degree when
his called. The Pennsylvania detectives again
demanded that he should DO given up TO them bat Re
cOrder Hackett decided that the conviction or rather
renuisiton aud him 20 Sing Sing for five years
Mr.. Nathan was murdered in his residence at West
after the Sentence Ellis. MOI long afer the murder
Fs informed one Of the officers OF the prisOn that he
believed he who tho assassin was IL - asserted
that superintendent JOurdan quietly procured VIII OF
habeas corpus from Judge Cardozo or some other Judge
hi this city and brought Ellis from the prison TO mo
Tl1nkln-st Police station Ellis confessed that he and
Forester had Planned the robbery OF BeI0am Nathdh
house. and that be believed Forester had carried
the plan into effect. They did not suppose that
known to them that the Nathans were passing the sun
NJ their country residence az horflstoWn n ~ me
thief discovered BY Mr Nathan While operating on
the safe in adjoining the one IN which ne h9d
been sleeping. and NJ Wa ked ~ forresler WIN Chg
iron dog which mas heeh 20 OIson ues'IlDcu, 40
which IS alleged have been stolen from the VINE cellar
or j. r. soLenok in FiIth-aNe which ~as entered some
'S e.e are believed 10 I've the principal facts which
superintendent kelso. Justice Do~lnG ana Juuge Gar,
addition. ever since the murder ne mas 7thdlOusy
avoided hs old companions, ara has not Deeh zen
any OF his weflknoNh I1EnIs ia tnts aLa NJ ~ e.
IL Is than probable tAat ne Il IN solle ~
town working abvrer or ut trade, endeaVOflhk py
this means divert suspiciOn Certain ~ Is that no mas
nof been secu by the Police Of any OF our large cities
since the date Of the murder. He Is too wei known 20
the heads OF Police Of the various cities 10 nave escaped
heir search bad he made his appearance IN any large
town Forester has boon t1lei from us yOu1h alt
has served several terms in various state PrOhs ne y
wanted in Joliet Illinois, having escaped from tnelai AZ
that place after serving small part OF Term VI sIVoon
wears, for burglary committed ia luIiois' ,.,, -
III may not be improper to AID here tha alVhouSn pos
esse Of the information given above the superintendent
and Jrtsttc Dowling have thoroughly investigated an
~ fore that have started IN connection Win the
case Including the absurd one In which George Jones
wise the Count JOanues 30 rldculOusy hgute
v were Of their wOrthlessne5s, Olt never
Sies manfred INTO them carefully thinking that per
haps some Information mI-LI Do OD'a'nVu 'i-s "''
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