The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-09
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THE NATHAN MURDER.
The Long Hunted Forester Caught
at Last.
A STRAIN GE STORY.
The Secret History Of the
Great Crime.
SCIEN AND SKILL.
SCIENCE AND SKILL
Startling Revelations of the Police
e Workings.
COVERING THE CONTINENT.
The Prisoner To Be Brought to
New York To-Day.

The prisoner 10 be brought TO
New York To-Day.
Detective Farley, Of the Central once, was sent
10 Washington last night by Captain Irving, Of the
detective force, under instructions from Supern
tendent Kelso, to bring back to this city Billy
Forester, alias Billy Marshall, alias Billy or Frank
Campbell, alias Frank Harding, alias Frank
Howard, who Is charged with having committed
the murder Of Benjamin Nathan. Mr.. Farley started
the halfpast nine train last night, carrying with
him all the necessary papers, and is expected to
return with his prisoner tonight, when Forester
VIII be locked up at Police Headquarters until an
examination shall be held in his case.
At about halfpast seven O'Clock on Friday
morning, the 10th Of July, 1870, the late
superintendent Jourdan received Information
that
MR.. BENJAMIN NATHAN
OF IL West Twenty third street. had been fouly MUIR
dered at his residence, by some unknown parties,
between the hours OF three and six of the same
morning. He Immediately called to his assistance
the then captain of detectives. superintendent
Kelso, and Detective Farley. These gentlemen he
took into carriage and ordered the driver to start
MP town. Both officers were amazed at the cool,
determined manner Of the superintendent, but in
the presence OF that great disciplinarian neither
dared to unnecessarily ask question. They did
not yet know that anything unusual had occurred.
WHEN THE CARRIAGE HAD GAINED FOURTEENTH
STREET
Farley ventured to ask his superior If there was
anything very startling on hand, and the Superin-
tendent, awaking suddenly from moody reverie,
replied, Eyes. sir, there is murder; banker has
been most brutally killed in Twenty street."
- banker murdered p" said Kelso, and he looked
significantly at Farley in manner that meant to
say this is work and must 60 at 1t with all the
force and power Of our minds. When the Superin-
tendent and his Officers arrived at the house they
found the body Of the murdered merchant lying
sti upon the noor the head beaten In and the rich
carpet beneath stained with blood and the scat
tered brains of the unfortunate gentleman. Meas.
ures were then taken to prevent the
~ PoPULAcE FROM RUSHING IN,
and to preserve the order in which the police found
the place. 1t was evident to the police authorities
nom the aspect Of things within the house that the
Old man had parted with life only after fearful
struggle The position in which the body lay, the
strewn around presented uninistakable evidence
examining all the details the police set themselves
to work to discover the manner of the murder and
the robbery for 1t was shewn that robbery had
FIRST ONE THEORY WAS STARTED,
then anotnes and 50 % on until am0s every cele
started into the memories Of the detectives suggest
ing itself as parallel to the atr0cious murder be.
fore their eyes, But all seemed fruitless, and after
the extraordinary case It was found that
THE NATHAN MURDER STOOD ALONE,
unmatched in the mysterious annals Of bicodshed.
During this time, while Superintendent Jourdan
and his officers were endeavoring to find some light
through the cloud that surrounded the murder other
agents were at work. Judge Bowling lent the as
slstance Of his valuable experience, and almost
every man in New York who had ever had any
connection matters q
duty to labor in the unravelling
OF THIS FRIGHTFUL CRIME.
Unfortunately, however, for the ends of justice
nothing was discovered that seemed likely to lead
TO the discovery of the guilty for some days after
noticed In one Of the examinations Of the exterior
Of the house that there were some
FOOTPRINTS ON THE WALL,
and this gave the police the rst substantial clue
These marks of feet upon the outside wall clearly
demonstrated to the police that the crime was the
second story robber and their first tangible eforts
were directed to find out who that robber was
nom the thieves in the city ana Mr. Keso sent his
men ont In every direction under almost all
KINDS OF POSSIBLE DISCUSSES
to learn the suspicious Of the thieving fraternity
on the subject The result Of this was the return
Of Detective Farley. one night to his Chief with in
the Wednesday night before the murder, and was
strongly suspected Of being the man. More than
suspicion First Of all because the desperate char
acter Of the man was fully in keeping with the das
s ana Ss st ne s aRe
crime was committed. Added to this was the fact
that none of the stolen property had ever been
found, and 1t was well understood no man in
''''' DISPOSE OF IT As FORESTER.
As Farley had been entrusted with the entangle
ments OF the case from the very beginning, so he
was now commissioned to carry out the idea he
had been instrumental in developing For several
days he Nv 0rked" around In the dark and forbid
Kelso to report that his idea of Forester was only
into the depths Of the matter. Superintendent
J0urdan, Mr.. Keso and Detective Farley then
and se
city for several days: While they were away De-
tectlves Irving, Radford, McCord and Dusenberry
were posted in different parts of the city to watch
the movements OF some parties suspected OF being
In league with Forester Messrs. Kelso and Farley
went to Philadelphia, where they first obtained re-
liable information about the dog" with which Mr..
Nathan was killed. This news started them into
the interior Of the State, and they only returned to
run dry and they saw that
SUCCESS IN THAT DIRECTION
was impossible. It was ascertained beyond all
doubt that Forester had escaped and ali that re-
manned for the detectives was to hunt up evidence
ssainst the day the man would be brought Forward.
lect Dy all concerned, and not even suspicion OF
wnom the suspected man was leaked out until after
me death or superintendent Jourdan.
Wnen the entire matter seemed to the public to
AYE navS oeen given up and the dark veil ofimpene.
ike pail the name Of FORESTER IN
connection with the deed burst upon the
public ike thunderbolt. Mr. Nathan had
been confined and encased in earth months before
and the man q, who spent the last days Of busy
ana eventui NE IN tracking out the footsteps Of
mangled body OF the dead merchant, lying upon the
bl00d-sOaked carpet In the residence In TWENTY
third street, the legacy the superintendent Of
Police was left Of crime that had already passed
into the
ANNALS OF ATROCrOUs DEEDS
and what remained to him Of life he spent In
untiring labor to find ont the miscreant who had
taken q life made honorable by hard labor, little
dreaming when he undertook the task Of hunting
down the brutal murderer he himself should leave