Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-12
Billy Forester Again.
WHAT HIS LAST opal" tbs DANE. JESsE1

""n' "AS @-aoA Ah5 DANEJ JENczNy
7heir Exploits in and About Norfslk. Ia an9 has
Cry-H ~ Fcrrestsr Passes HIS Tius "a .HeC
lo[t F"tiss ,et- What IS Sod about his Con-
hsct,cH '5ih The Nathan Murder.
II Will nc remembered that whsn our De &C.
tiyes arrestsd Fo-rester, the alleged Na,tan
murderer, on Saturday last, they captured an
other man With him. This man gave his naus
as Jensen" and stated that Ls was Dane.
He was locked up in the central guardhols a.
where efforts were made TO find ont who be was
Nothing having been developed 10 criu..u nate
lin ne was released or Tuesday night, ana ha1
a long interview wish the Superintendent o.
Poliae, Nj iOT Richards. He states that wlils
he vas wo. kng on he streets N Norfolk, Va.
some five or siT weeks ago, he came across Cor
Test,T Al his OirdiHg house. One evening
some parties were playing cards with him. and
Billy gave him some
ADVICE ABOUT THE GAME.
From q at time they became intimate AMI
went around Eether grea' il a. Dun iug Lis
time Forester passed 10y the Iane OF Lewis
kesrns, but N Petersburg, Va, where he had
krCwn as Lewis Smith. Forester told him
(JeT SEM That lie ought not to work 50 ha-t, and
that he ForTesteT) could put hiII IN the Ny ct
making money much easier. The first time he
states ths' he hal ais suspicion that FORESTER
"s.s a thiet was VIXEN they were iu bathing ueaT
NoTi0ik, ard the COav.T '!tipa turned or
Hdtches- diamo1 ia, &c a, Forester showed 7Uch
TicSs OF TIA Sc things IS mad him tJeI,s5nl
-LlISthat Forester ha,i handled many them
Daring tito CcHy erSa ion, when y snSen said that
TIE d uTgeDseu W 4tches we're the best, - 9 The
bal.hcIs .DG rich MN aai them, Forester s1iG
"YEs, THEY SAY Old RATTAN HAD one"
Forester appeared At first to have cOnsidei able
money, brit be 81 emit i, very freely, aa1 finally
the both went hack IN Their board bills. saey
tEer started out Of Norfolk al went 10 = Iuse
IN the country, when Billy pulled o. Is
shoes and told Jensen 20 hold item and when
he came cot and vhistled he Inust hand ION
NJ. the let one frSt. Jensen states that ror-
roster climbed q porch and went in the :rJHt
wIndow, and afoer a while he came OF. and
Whistled, when he tJensen, attempted TO hand
up the shoes. be-, he wat 80 frightened that ne
didnot know which shoe was the lett. Forester
came out with watch in he hi nd and a small
amount OF money, and offered aim the watch.
Jensen said he vas afraid 10 take il, and re usea
10 take il in his hands, when
FORgEsTER FLEw INTO PASSION
and called him a d Dutch - OF A -,
and smashed the watch into atoms On another
occasion they went to Hampton, Va, and For
Iester climbing tree. got out on a limb few
fee above the roof OF house, and worked his
way in. He came out at The front door with
some money and a watch. At place In Nor
folk be induced Jensen to enter, and while
there they heard the voice of woman ask, lis
that you, JOhB?" and Forester answered,
" es," " lille he (Jensen) trembled from head
10 foot. They only got few dollars here, and
FORESTER said the place was "Snide," (meau-
ing failure.) At another place in Norfolk
Jensen went III with him, and Forester, not
finding any yaluables, asked Jensen if he was
hungry, and, receiving an affirmative answer.
went TO the cupboard and set ont the bread. (
butter, meat, preserves and mix and thev mad
high old time, and Forester comp IA snted
him 10y saving that he had nerve and was the
rian for bin, as there were
'No coTs WHO WOULD TUMBLE TO DUTCH
NAN"
Jensen further states that while in Norfolk |
the folks in the boarding h0uss were ali paid |
OFF, and Forester said that he coald make a !
''bg pull hut would not do 1t, Us it was bad |
CROUCH Tor people to be such ID fools as to |
work for their money, without losing it. Jensen |
states that
THEY CA,,R TO THIS CITY FROM NORFOLK
or The seth OF August IL il bale we'd that In the
lew days before their arrest here they com.
nitted some hnTglaries, but got Tut little booty.
Jensen saws tDat Forester was cry lavish with |
money in Norto'S K. aud while there pretended to !
De connected with an :" emigration society" He |
claims that FOrrester's real name is Alexander
and that he was bonn in Scotland |
some OF the officers do not seem to place much |
cfeuence IN his statements, and believe that he !
has been with Forester much longer than he |
pretends 10 have been.
FORESTER IN PRISON.
The New York TTitune OF Yesterday saws -
The prisoner sat by large window almost all |
lay Tuesday. looking through the iron bars at
ne stone pavement OF the court yard below, |
md occasionally giving a quick glance toward |
he mass of curious faces critically surveying |
him from a window above. As the detectives |
arrived during the day, each man went across |
he hallway TO Forrester's cell and "photo-
yraphed" him in their memories for identifca-
ion in the case Of possible future esctpe.
FORESTER was also visited by his counsel, W. F.
Howe, with whom he had long conversation.
Several members of Mr.. Nathan's family, his
ons and cousin, called upon Superintendent
aelsO during the day and consulted With him in
esPectto the summoning OF witnesses.
hIs CONVECTION WITH THE NATHAN MURDER. |
Forester Continues 10 assert his innocence Of
ne Nathan murder, and says he can prove an |
IiiJt by unimpeschable testimony. Superinten-
.ert kelso does not yer deem it wise TO reveal
he evidence Of ForreSters connection with the |
murder. He asserts, however, that the testi-
nony against the prisoner is very strong,
though chiefly circumstantial; and that the |
roof Il positive OF F0rester's presence in the
ity on the nien: Of tie murder. he thou yht,
oersloTe, that there woulG " no attempt made
y Forrester's lawyers to prove a. a'iJi, the
whence being Overwhelmingly agsinsc the
heory that the prisoner was in New Orleans II !
he time. Acting under Captain Irving's orders,
he detectives OF the central Office were busy |
throughout Tuesday in collecting evidence ana /
occurring witnesses. Some of the witnesses that |
lived at = distance were summoned by kilograms !
% come at once 10 New York and testify at the |