Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-12
THE NATHAN MURDER.
Billy FORESTER, Of Twenty Aliases, Pos.
ltysly AeoHsed bY 0Hs Of His
GomBanl0hs.

superintendent Kelso, Of the New
York police, has sent q circular, Of
which the following is a copy, to
every Chief of Police in the United
States and Canada, and many OF those
in Europe:
NEW YORK, February p, lS7l.
Confidential twenty-five hum
dred dollars will be paid for the arrest
and delivery at the office of the Su-
perinteudent OF Police, in the city of
New York, Of Billy Forester, alias
Billy Marshall, alias Billy or Frank
Campbell, alias Frank Livingstone,
alias Frank Harding, alias Frank
Howard; age, thirty-tive; hight, five
feet six inches; slim built, bat tough
and wiry; rather broad, square shOul-
ders; weighs one hundred and forty
pounds; rather long, spare face; black
eyes, having a wild expression; high
square forehead; mouth narrow and
corners drawn down; upper lip stands
out a little; medium sized; straight
nose; straight black hair; heavy mus
tache, Curls at the ends toward the
mouth; sunken.cheeks, but high cheek
bones: small, narrow feet; generally
walks with his hands in his coat
pocket; tooth out of the left upper
Jaw; bracelet in India ink on left
wrist.
.Signedl JAMES J. KELSO,
SuB't Of Police, City Of New York.
The superintendent declines to
crafty curious people by giving the
facts on which he bases his belief of
FOrrester's guilt. A New York paper
of this morning says: Although the
suueriutendent declines to give the
source from which the information is
derived that fastened suspicion on
Forester, it Is almost certain that it
was obtained from George Ellis, a
burglar, now serving out a term in
Sing Sing, for burglary, on the night
of January -, 1870, when the Office Of
S. & NJ. Nigel, at No. 23 East IWen-
ty-tfth street, was robbed of diamonds
valued at several thousand dollars. /
Nathan was murdered two months
after the seLt fence of Ellis. Not long
after the murder Ellis informed one
of the officers Of the prison that he
knew who the assassin was.
Superintendent JOUrdOu quietly
procured q writ Of hU5eOS corpus from
Judge C8rdOz0, and brought Ellis
from prison TO the FTanklin-street pO- |
lice station. Ellis confessed he and
Forester had planned the robbery of
Nathan's house, and he believed For [
rester had carried the plan into effect. |
They did not suppose Nathan or his
sons were in the house, as it was
known that the Nathans were passing
the summer at a country residence /
at MOrristOWn, New Jersey. The
thief was discovered by Nathan while /
operating on the safe in the room sd- |
Joining the one in which he slept, and I
was killed by Forester with an
iron dog, which has been so
alleged TO have been stolen from
the wine cellar Of J. +. Church, in
Fifth avenue, which was entered /
some time previously by burglars. /
These are believed to be the princi- 1
pal facts on which Superintendent /
ke's0, Justice Bowling, and Judge
CarduzD base their belief that For
rester is the assassin. In addition, |
ever since the murder be has avoided
ali of his old companions, and has
not been seen in any of his well-knOwn
haunts in this and other cities. 1t is
more than probable that he Is in some
out-Of the-Way place in the far West,
or in some small country town, work
ing as q laberer or at a trade, endeav-
oTing by this means to divert suspi-
ci0n. Certain it is that he has not
been seen by the police Of any Of cur
large cities since the date Of the muir
der.
lie is too well known to the heads |
OF the police of various cities to have /
escaped their search had be made his /
appearance in any large town.
Forester has been a thief from his /
youth, and has served several terms !
in the State prisons. He is wanted |
in Joliet, H., having escaped from
Jail there after serving a small part of
a term Of thirteen years, lOr burglary
committed In Illinois.