The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-09-13

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HIS n.,rnparaiieied Career OF Crime
",.rLabIe CircumstantiaI Evi.
,,ou " hicn the Police Rely.

HIS hH.,TpparaiIeIed Career OF Crime
".rLsbIe CircumstautiaI Evt-
mon W whicn the Police Rely.
an the New York sun Of tuesday,
Alto o'clock last night Detective
phi Farley arrived with William For
..,,sr Forester, who is known by
~, aliases. was taken to the Police
,.r,,sl Office aud locked upon charge
,,ri,r. as police circles charge that
!. ,be murderer of Mr.. Benjamin
Nathan. :. 49,, y,
VILLAIN Forester, alias Billy Mar
~ alias Frank Campbell, alias
r...l Howard, alias Frank Livingstone,
-. Matthew Brown, alias Billy Riley,
-. Frank Harding, alias Lewis
.,..D. was born in the parish of La
,.,b. louisiana, on the banks Of a
..~,, Of the same name, August To-,
,..> He he.an life as q newsboy on
w..,.ipp, steamer, and then entered
n,., remarkable career OF crime.
While vet mere youth he was detect
4f,tfe act Q: ransscking a passengers
,,~.e On board the steamer Pride of
80 W,,: p'ying between New Orleans
al Nat hez, but his extreme youth
al ,aoi looks saved him from sum-
,..y punishment. Within the follow
-,, zee wears Lewas arrested eighteen
me, On charges OF petty theft.
Az o. M exploits was the robbing
, , irua ken man OF $1,000. For this
s-.>e he was sent to the penitentiary
d. R,.o.. R.u.e TOR six months. In
-; p, served * months in the peni-
..,.,,-y 81 Jackson. Mss, Tor robbing
m.mher OF the Legislature, aud in
.4- I'd. oyin- wear he was engaged as
,,;g toy on the steamer Su!tsna, ply
., between N,cksburg and Nstchez.
- e second tr p. while PLAYING bluff
g.b de,t hand named Jack McC0r-
,,r, l.e was accused by the latter OF
.I,la., at which he stabbed him in
lie stomach. He was handed over to
ne police of Natchez, but Mccormack
,'ri To appear against him, and young
.--.-.sr WAS discharged
ATHIEF ~ SATCHEZ
r.om l>j4 to 1858, Forester, under
~ o. n.s many alIase-, lounged around
N.,caez the acknowledged associate of
.i-y->. burglars and marderers. The
g..a,rpu haunt OF the gang TO which
r- r-a-.yn,-d was the house o. Nag Rey-
.33.. T4is place hal become so no
.osols from the number OF murders
,lirorber ( traced tnere D. the police
IS, Ma received notice to leave the
IVA. Alter her departure the build
q, Was torn down, and six skeletons
x.re found beneath the floor One OF
asn was recognized A. that OF a prom
g-at State otfic al OF Miss ssippi, who
Is ben IN ssiny about three montbs
Forester next went TO California,
sad there was detected in several trivial
hts AMI was sent to the House OF
R4V.r hv AcalAe Geary, the present
iryrrnor of Pennsylvania Forester
/ 70 rem ain long in the House Of
RsU.e He scaled the walls one rainy
:ht, and worked his passage to New
! X M one OF the steamers OF the Pa
'f Mail Company.
MURDER IN MICHIGAN.
F-om New York he male his way
30: W5s', and next came prominently
-'o-e the publ'c as the murderer of a
.:oyer named Neely. Neely, who was
: den; o. Detroit, had been TO Ham
ION, C. W, on business. and on his
--'lrn tip took the cars of the Great
"~,'~rn railroad as far as Windsor,
'ueh ! connected with Detroit by a
.-;ry-toat Ga the rain Neely formed
ne acquaintance o. Forester, who was
,1sa known As Matthew Brown, (Which
= al 10 b. his real name.) He
'a-'-! tn car at a small post village
y Harrisburg, and, alter conversing a
sale, Brown proposed tha, they should
- n'n 70 the smoking car and play
III merely to kill time. The unsus-
!vctet Neely consented, and after play
ug abou, two hours Brown, who WAS
A. expert gambler, put up a hand on
Neey aud beat him out OF $500. all be
p's,e'Sei. In vain Hid the dupe appeal
" Inn 10 -eturn at least a part OF the
money. When he implored him for
ae-ahe OF his family to make restitu~
On, tue gsmbler-thief, with sardonic
au.h. sad
What the - do | care for your
Am.y or the family of anybody else?
. Vas hounded away from my family
y ihosa who would take nv life, and |
tend now, as have heen and shall
c'hUnue 10 te, like Cain-every man 8
aa7i against me and my hand against
very man
ltuS the case stood when they ar
vel a. Windsor. Neely again begget
''oTA 10 return q part of the money,
H. he was again refused. He then
cane desperate and seized Brown By
A- throat, accused him OF cheating,
All threatened to throw him into the
..'e7 II he id not return some of the
money. Brown made a desperate effort
. Isi away from the infuriated Nicely,
al releasing himself, Grew double
"iged bowie knife, which he plunged
MO Neely's heart, killing him Instant
y Alter long confinement in Jail he
va scquitted on the ground OF self
;efecse.
AcAREER OF CRIME IN ILLINOIS.
Alter his arrest Forester went to
hamilton, Canada thence to Chicago,
'he''e ne opened a :aro game in cou-
,ecuon with notorious gambler and
'ssperaio named Carr. Their game
sas skin aud fourished for while;
oat young bank clerk having been