The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-12

intendsnt Kelso made Il ont 81 Ms first duties. on
make the man m At sing sing tell ali he knew De-
tective Bennett who had been working In the
Nathan case ever since the crime was first discov.
cred BY the police, was sent to Sing Sing to sound
HIM: He went there as private individual pre-
tending to be looking over the prison. and as he
he made appear conspicuOusly On account OF the
Nathan Investigation published In that days
HERALD.
passed through the workshop he made that part
OF the paper 20 prominent by pointing and gestcu-
It. de at length asked the detective to let him
cited. This was exactly what Bennett wanted,
the account with great deal Of attention This
led TO q conversation ON the matter. and Bennett
subjects but the more he pressed him the more
careful the man grew. and the oflcer was CON-
PEELED to leave him, carrying with him, however,
would
Detective Bennett came back to New York and
WINGED that this man knew something and the only
question remaining was, How could he be made to
tell 1t For upwards OF two weeks the police tried
every means at hand to make this man impart
what he knew OF the murder and he finally con-
sented to give them all the necessary Information
was again brought to New York, and locked up In
the Sixth precinct station house, where he was
Kept nearly two weeks Tntl! he finally qnburdened
FORESTER had been discharged In New Orleans had
got ont OF that city and come directly to
New New YORK. YSrs ana a S xfvn SE
cared for by his friends. Wishing to pay back the
started out on the irst dark night with party he
was In the habit OF working with. They went up
town, prospected around q little and finally de-
termincd to rob Nathan's house In the second
story manner" as they had some Information that
the place was easy OF access and the family In
ton to four other houses in that neighborhood, but
Nathan's house was decided upon as being the one
most likely to Yield good remuneration and more
easy OF access than the Others.
1t was said that
FoRREsTER ALWAYS HAD WOMAN
that ''w0rked" with hm-s0me thought II was his
wifewho used to go from house to house, endeavor-
ing to sell some little articles OF ladies' apparel
and IN this way get good look at the house and its
Appointments and then give description Of 1t to
FORESTER. This Information Forester would
either use for himself sell to his friends, and in
the habits OF the people inside the Nathan mansion
The convict went on to say that on the night Of the
the second story window by two men, who crelt {ip
on the outside wall by means Of heavy india rubber
suckers stuck against it, The thieves had about half
completed their work when the old gentleman in
terrupted the business. One OF them, who was o
big fellow, ran Immediately and dashed out 81 the
house, leaving the hall door open; He Joined the
''outslde man" or wa..om IN the street. and took
him away. The party who was left behind In the
rcccc, where the safe was Quilted the house about
an hour afterwards by the front door, and left the
The convict gave the police some other details
regarding the robbery and murder, which they have
are OF a nature to staI tie the community when
they shall once be made known.
=, When this man had impaired all he knew about
tnc AFFAIR ne Was sent back to Sing Sing TO remain
there until the police shall have found out the
value OF his Information.
Some persons in this city, Forester says, are
nVtliV dianOsad him fnr vvh at ho
could not tell.
.of course, / do not blame you, gentlemen"
have taken for you are but doing your duty in en-
deavoring to ferret out the murderer; but there
are other parties whomI do blame, Y the reports
made up against me by man notorious through
the country, called The Allen. have been told
was exceedingly embIttered against me for some
reason. have also been told that this affair was
made up against me to injure me-"
heard it he satd:-
81 heard of it shortly after arrived in Memphis,
about TWO weeks after learned was charged with
TINS matter. ! asked man one day how 1t was
they came to connect my name with the thing In
New York, and he said he guessed the Allen
HAD FIXED THAT FOR ME.
! asked him then what Allen had against me, and
this party said that detective by the name of
Falker had gone on nom Chicago to New York and
was intriguing with Allen, trying to get hold OF me.
he didn't make any money. Now, continued For.
cause have never seen Allen since that affair
occurred, but think he is not the Find OF man
VINO would Id 40 me an injury although they
entirely innocent Of
One OF the results OF the discussion of the
Nathan murder and FOrrester's connection with
1t was row between Billy Collins and an un-
known man In Houston street; but which, fortu-
arrival of the police misapprehension has arisen
In the public mind with regard to the identity OF
one Of the detectives, whom Forester said he had
not seen during his stay In New York. That this
impression should not inJure man who Ia entirely
unconnected with the affair 1t is but just to say
wso was sHs BY Is not
Application for O Writ OF Habeas Corpus.
Following the example Of legal procedure in the
case Of noted offenders, effort Is being made to
rescue Forester from the clutches OF Justice With
a view to accomplish this end, and which Is gener.
ally the preliminary step in such matters applica-
ton was made yesterday morning before Judge
Leonard, holding Supreme Court Chambers, for a
writ OF habeas corpus-that potent piece of legal
usually proving so serviceabe in such
cases. The object of the writ is to accomplish his
discharge from prison, on the ground that he Is
tirely innocent of any connection with the Ma
than murder, on which charge he Is now held in
custody.
Mr. William F. Howe, who made the application
the same with a petition asking For
resters release and setting forth the grounds upon
which 1t is solicited. Stripped of the compexity
of It's legal verbiage, the petitioner sets forth that
he Is detained In custody, according to the best Of
his information and belief on charge Of having
Benjamin Nathan In this city on the 2sth
day OF July, 1870; that he Is entirely innocent of
said crime; that his detention on such charge Is
q great wrong and injustice; that he has not been
taken before any Police Justice, Coroner or. any
legal tribunal and that he is unjustly detained
and imprisoned, without any warrant or legal
After listening TO the reading Of the petition
Judge Leonard promptly granted the writ, making
the same returnable at halfpast ten o'clock this
morning.
AsUPPOsED BURGLAR CAPTURED.
A Large Lot OF Valuable Furs Recov-
cred In the Possession OF Dutch Over
lind.
Last night Detectives Kearns and Kelso, of the
Central Police ONCE, discovered suspicious.look
ng character going down Crosby street having in