The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-09-14
THE NATHAN MURDER.

What The New York a" News" Knows
About It-SeDsattODal, tf Not True.
NEw YORK, September l3.-The fol-
towing appears in an extra edition OF
the Daily NeOs this afternoon
On the night Of the Nathan murder,
prominent sporting man went to Q
gambling house on Broadway and, be.
ing broke, he left early in the morning
and walked to the Fifth Avenue Hotel
He remained in the corridor for time
until the servants commenced. about 4
o'clock A. NJ, to wash the floors with
hose. He then went out and walked
round to Twenty.third street, where his
attention was called to q man who
walked up and down the same side OF
the street, very nervously, with his
thumbs in the arm.holes of his vest.
This man would occasionally spit over
his shoulder, as il chewing tobacco. in 8
nervous manner. The only thing re-
markable about his appearance was
very high cheek bones. Shortly after,
he perceived two other men descend
hurriedly from the steps Of one OF the
houses opposite, one of whom had bis
coat buttoned close up to his chin; this
house was the Nathan mansion. They
were Joined by the man with the high
cheek bones, and all three hastened in
the direction Of the North River. On
the same morning, at an early hour, the
three strangers entered Radcliffe oys
ter saloon, on Eighth avenue, and called
for drinks. The third, whose coat WAS
closely buttoned, asked for and
went to the closet for gentlemen.
He remained there for fifteen minutes,
his friends waiting for him at the bar,
after which they all left, leaving in pos
session of the barkeeper package.
which, on being opened afterwards, as
mentioned by the NewS at the time, was
found to contain a~shrt Of a peculiar
make, spotted with blood. A reporter
OF the -Nsws tried to obtain Information
from the barkeeper at the time, but he
acted as it be desired to concal all OF
the facts. Here WAS a trail. The
sleeves of the shirt were scanned in
very strange manner, two pieces OF
muslin being used in each Sleeve when
one would have sufficed, and the col
lar was also attached TO the shirt.
On investigation by Detective Samuel
Felkner, who after all was really on
the track Of the Nathan murderer and
who has now hunted bis quarry to the
ground it was found wash woman up
town had washed the shirt for q man
who is now serving a term Of FIVE
wears in the Connecticut State prison.
The convict was a pal OF Forester
The Detective at once learned who the
murderer was and Immediately took
the sporting man, who had told his
story to Felkner, to Chicago. In that
city there was Sergeant OF police who
was an exact counterpart of Forester.
The photograph OF this Sergeant,
W tn fifteen others in frame, was
exhibited to the sporting man, who i'm.
nediately pointed out the Sergeant and
said, Great heavens! that is the man
| saw on Tweuty-third street, with high
cnetk UOnts. ~ MANY asSuioHSc
double sure, the detective brought the
sporting man back TO New York, where
at once, among large number OF por-
traits, he picked out aga n the picture
OF Forester, as the man he saw walk.
ing up and down the sidewalk. This
is what the authorities can and will
prove on the trial.
On Monday next George Ellis, who
has been confined for long time in the
Sixth precinct jail, will swear that the
iron dog found on the premises the
morning after the Nathan murder, was
stolen from Mr. Schenck's house by
Forester and himself, and that both of
them used it in various burglaries. As
the case now stands, Forester was
only an accessory and was not the man
who committed the murder.