Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-19

Nathan in New York, some months since,
and the numerous newspaper articles on the
the press,have so far Increased the public anX-
iety for the facts in the case that a %succinct
statement as FAR as can be obtained, Is pre-
sented to the readers OF the
A DESCRIPTION OF FORESTER.
Billy Forester, alias Marshall, alias Billy or
Frank Campbell, alias Frank Livingston, alias
Frank Harding, is about twenty-e1ght or
thirty years old, five feet six inches high, and
weighs about one hundred and forty pounds.
He Is slim built, tough and wiry broad, square
shoulders; long, spare face; high, square fore
head; mouth narrow, the corners drawn
down, the upper lip standing out a little; a
medium-sised straight nose black eyes and
| hair, the latter short cut; high cheek bones
| and small. narrow feet. He is trOubled with a
/ cough, and usually carries his hands in his
| coat pocket. A tooth is missing from his up
per leu jaw, and a bracelet in India ink is tat-
tOOed on his left wrist.
THE NATHAN MURDER.
The Nathan murder was committed on the
~twenty-ninth day OF July, 1870, in New York
city, and the circumstances connected with
the bloody transaction were sufficiently given
in detail at the time 10 render their repetition
at this time unnecessary.
In the telegraphic dispatches OF Sunday
morning reference was made to a mysterious
letter which was found outside Of FOrresteT's
cell in the New Yoak piison, but in fragments,
but which has since been put together by
some ingenious reporter OF the Herald and
presented to the public. The Herald Of last
saturday has the fOllOwtngs
MYSTERIOUS LITTER
The following communication in relation
to the case of the man now in custody charged
with the murder of Benjamin Nathan was
found in one Of the cOurtyards Of police head
quarter, yesterday, in fragments, by a report
er Of the Herald. 1t is evidently a letter writ
ten TO the prisoner or some of his friends by q
man named Eagan, of IT. Louis. II was no
doubt read TO FORESTER by the party who re-
eeived it, then torn up and the pieces thrown
out OF the window into the yard, where they
were discovered
ST. LOUIS, September 9, 1872.
Friend-{piece wanting:
Isee by the Associated Press kilograms that
Forester was arrested In Washington, District
of Columbia, and is now in custody in New
York. I suppose you can hold him Tor the
Nathan murder. Since 1 saw You in Septenl-
Der last l was informed by your friend N.C.C.,
that Forester WIS one Of the party who broke
the jewelers. windOW in Broadway and
snatched a tray Of diamonds and made his es-
cape. At the tine Z. saw him do II, as II was
close to where he kept his saloon. At the
time Forester owed GfOrty dollars for vine
At the time of the above occurrence, and az
his return to New York paid c.
I was approached last week by a friend Of
Angelo Mares, a Memphis Italian, who is
now in Memphis Jail waiting trial fOrrobblng
Chief OF Police Athey's safe. he wants me as
a witness in his case, and his friends say my
testimony would clear him. There lsnO doubt
in my mind that Marie knows all about the
Nathan murder. and that Billy Forester is
the murderer. Marie is Mrs. FOrrester'S cOna-
Dental friend, and bought some Of the
.EAAAdAEL AldAlDl40N AAAEL INT IObbtAN III LNEW 1
Orleans. l saw Marie wear some Of them
when l was in Memphis in March, 1871. An
gelo Marie Is in jail under bonds OF ten thou
sand dollars. and would do anythlng 70 get
out. Attention ms friend Jack CUnnerS when
he comes to New York. He is sure TO be there |
as a witness for Forester. He stated to myself
and Nike Farrell that Forester slept in his
house on the night Of the murder. COnneTs 1
viii swear 70 anything. Let me hear from
you, and believe me your friend,
Psf you would deem advisable, l would
go to Memphis and see Angelo and John
Marie, and feel them, and learn what they
know. Forrester's woman was in Memphis a
short time ago, living with Annie Melrose.
What keeps Lpiece wantingl Angelo. Marie is
a friend Of hers. j. Z.
II is a well known fact that the woman
claiming 10 be Forrester'S wife was in this
city and resided with Annie MelrOse, the well
known keeper of a bdgHi0, but on account
Of some disagreement between herself and
Melrose, in which IL is said one Of the Mares
inquired cOnspicuOusly, she left the eStab-
ond class hotels. Here she remained but a
short time, when she again moved her quar-
tiers, and is at present the nmate Of the same
establishment.
MARES SALOON.
At the time Of the robbery Of Chief Athy's
safe, ii leake out that Mares saloon on
Main street was and had been the rendezvous
Of some of the most notorious thieves and
crackSmen in the country as ii was here that
George Ellis, alas English George, alias Pretty !
George, who is now an inmate of ~Sing-Sing,
NewNork,and who has volunteered testimony
m lne murder case was arrested Tor rODDing
The Planters Insurance company of this city;
and il was also here that Dan Cummings and
Diego Frank were arrested. FOrreSteri is known {
% have been a constant visitor at the place
while in Memphis, and both his and his wifeS
intimacy taken in connection with the state
Of the above mysterious letter, raise |,
} suspicion in the minds Of the authorities,
hat the Mares know more about the Nathan
murder and the part Forester played in il, If !
my, than they are willing to tell. How |
testimony could possibly clear Angelo
darre, is something difficult 10 surmise. I
JACK CONNORS. ,
The COnnors spoken of in the above letters 5
5 a resident Of New Orleans, and lives at No. 5
s Gtrod street, and has been more or less
mixed up with Forester since the New York 5
murder, and the detectives, since the large re- {
has been offered for the murderer. In a !
made to a representative Of the I
New Orleans PjedylEHe, COnnerS says: q
about the last Of May, 1870, a man calling {
himself Alexander Marshal, with his wife, 1
ented himself as a life insurance agent from v
Sew York, and said be was attending to that {
n my house about two weeks he was arrested
" the New Orleans detectives as a fugitive 1
rom the Illinois p~en1tentiary. There being \
10 positive proof of that, he was released on
thousand dollars bonds After he got a )
ew squares from the Recorders Court, Super J
ntendent Badger rearreSted him and had hin
without bail. Marshal's, or Forres- Y
ers, .awyer got a writ without the police
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aiken into the Fifth District Court, {
.udge beaumont, and he was discharged. d
money and clothing We're waiting for d
OUTSIDE Tie courtroom. He got into the
alb and drove down to the first station on n
he jackson railroad, took the cars, and went Y
o Nicksburg. His wife remained at my house.
nd heard from Forester once or twice every l
week. He was in a Southern state, dressed
5 a laborer, when the Nathan murder was
He alluded TO it in his letter, J
gave his ideas of the matter, stating that r
he "dog" that was left behind in Nathan's
ouse was only left to cover up the real J
that no professional thief had any use +
Or such an instrument in any shape or form. Z
In December, 1870, Forester came to this !
ity from Nicksburg TO see his wife. He only n
to stay a few days. His wife took a n
arrtage and met him a mile outside of the +
and he got a room somewhere in the I
lburbsLwhere, did not know, nor did I
ant 10 know. Forester was only in the city a
vO days when John Eagan, a United States
elective, came TO my house and whispered 70 d
he that he had a full pardon from the Gov h
rnor Of Illinois for Billy Forester. and he "
'anted to see Billy to give it TO him; that he q,
wed Billy like a brother, and that he had o
cen TO a great deal of trouble and expense, F
ut that was nothing If he could only nave n
le pleasure Of putting the pardon in Billy's u
andS. n
~ remarked: You are a good to Billy, q
nd ne viii never forget you for your kind II
eSS. Eagan then commenced TO pump me a
Forester. l told him that [ could NOT n
" where he was. Eagan told me that he For N
,ster) was IN the city; that he had left Ntcks- L
arg two lays previous, and had come TO 81
CIV OfltausS LuaL a Lulel named GrlI1n GttQS c.
he Michigan Kid, told him so, and that he
adj Griffin with him to point Forester out; %,
lat he (Eaganl did not know him, but had a h
)Od description of him.. G
" Eagan made several attempts to make me A
Junk in order TO pump me. 1 got disguised b
it'll the man, and put him down rs the rank bg
{ of fats. In order to get clear OF him one II
ght, when he had me in a carriage with his NJ
ms around my neck, loving me as much as "
did Forester, / said to him, Give me five "
louSand dollars and l viii give you Forester.
c grasped my hand and said il should be of
id to me. 1 said to him, Your pardon &;
lSiness is a hoax. He said yes. He then IA
Id me he wanted Forester for the Nathan co
uruer lsal0 FORESTER mad nothing TO do va
tn that. He said: On the odds; that there ey
ere hfty thousand dollars reward for the .
urderer Of Mr.. Nathan, all told, and all that
d 10 be done was to put il on TO Forrester:
trouble in doing that II they had him in
w York. Eagan telegraphed TO New York
Phil Farley TO come on with five thousand
liars. The next night told Eagan TO come !
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