Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-08-24
The Nathan Murderer.

II Is now over ear Since MT. BenJd-
min Nathan was cruelty murdered in his
own house, and the recollection of the
dire event has we'll nigh faded from the
minds of New Workers, 80 aften and ter
ribly satiated with tales of human suffer
ing. But the silent watchers of wrong
doers and never firing searches for them,
have never left the trail of the nina who was
suspected of having perpetrated the foul
deed. FROM the moment suspicion first
lit upon him, until the present, the man
has been followed with unrelenting zeal
Our readers no doubt we'll remember
the first time that the name CT William
Forester was given to them in these
columns. Copies of his photograph were
sent broadcast through the Union, Cana
Ga, and many countries of the Old World.
He hid himself out out West during last
fall moving from place to place rapidly,
to avoid the sleuth hounds of the law,
who were ever close upon his trail From
town to village, and from village to town,
he went, sntil, like Eugene Sues Wan
dering Jew, the sun scarce shown twice
upon him in the same province" He had
many other crimes to answer, besides the
Nathan murder Allan Plnkerton want
ed him" to serve out an uneXpirted term
of thirteen years imprisonment in Illinois,
and for murder he had committed be-
fore. The dread of confinement for so
long a term of years alone was enough to
keep him moving ever. At last Finker-
| tons detectives in the North, West and
! South. aided by the regular scouts of out
ragged justice, got between him and the
mountains, plains, and other approaches
the far west-and gradually closed in
around him. The Atlantic coast, except
in the neighbofhood of the gulf, was
likewise narrowly watched, and his case
seemed hopeless.
AT last, about seven months ago
almost exhausted, and in the depths OF
abject despair, Forester reached Calves
ton in disguise, the detectives right on
his heels. No time was to be lost. De-
lay would be fatal A bold dash alone
could save him, and this he made. Leav-
ing his hiding place, he shipped on board
vessel short of hands and bound to
Great Britain. She sailed from the har
Dor just in time to elude the officers OF
Pinkerton, and the hunted man made
good his escape For some time after
the trail was lost in the waters of the
deep until by one of those secret agencie.
only known to the professional THE
taker, it was clearly asceftained that tn,
absconding Forester was in Scotland
Here he had been born, and his parent
still resided on the old farm, long desert
cd by the criminal. To its vicinity h
was believed to have gone, with wha
feelings or hope can hardly be imagined
Pinkerton followed, determined to brin
him back. His departure was announce
about six months ago, when it was sal
that Mr. Allen Pinkerton, chief of tn
: detective bureau bearing his name, ha
: gone to seek health among the heathe
upon his native hills in Scotland Th
2 health he sought was that of justice
: which would have been greatly benefitte
2 by the capture of the notorious Forreste
But he has returned, after his long scare
t unsuccessful. He arrived about thre
2 weeks ago, and is at present in Chicago.
Being in possession of the foregoin
facts, the Times yesterday dispatched
reporter to the New York branch of thi
: bureau, and he had an interview with l
w. Davies, the Superintendent. TIL
gentleman very courteously conversed o
the topic, and corroborated the statemen
u He also said, after mentioning the retur
J. from Europe of Mr.. Pinkerton, whom, b
/ the way, he had not seen since, that Fol
u restcr is yet in Scotland, hiding from ii
II agents who are on the ale rt 10 seize hin
This bureau, continued he, is in dire
communication with the police and al
thorities on the other side of the oceal
and although the fugitive may, for tin
v elude their vigilance, in the end he mu
II be caught. Mr. Pinkerton, he said, la
o his plans carefully for the capture; b.
L. they have thus far been without gre
Is result. The man, however, is shut up
'r the area of Britain much smaller fie
4 to operate in than the North Americs
ID Continet. The understanding betwes
e Pinkerton's people and the New Yol
e police is that if the former catch Fore
Is ter, the latter will have him tried upt
c the Nathan murder charge. If he
lie acquitted of the crime, the police will tn
Is him over to Pinkerton, who will sci
IL him back to serve out his thirteen yea
in the prison.
NJ "This," said Mr. Davies, "is what Fo
L roster hates to do, and to avoid which
VI would take any chances. If he were
~ be in this room with us now, know t
W mans character so well, that believe
I'LL would attempt to get out, even though
as leyeled revolver at his head. He wou
'e prefer death to.imprisonment. When
ue is run down, take my work for it, he W
:" fight hard"
Being asked whether Forrester's m
tress in New Orleans did not know son
thing of his whereabouts, the Super
=. tendent replied that she did not. S
~ was only apprised of his well-being frc
- . time to time by third party. "Ho
ever, as before observed, there is not I
slightest doubt in my mind but Il
80 'Billy' will fall into our hands, if he
- live little longer All our arrangemel
= have been perfected by our chief in Sc
land. where our man now is. ."-Neac Yt
Times, August, 8.
On one of the late terribly hot days
;,b little boy of three years and half, W
NV perspiring freely, ran into his mother s.
,ad ing: 80 mamma, rs leaking all owe
The same little fellow on another oc