The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-11
AN IMP ARREST.
Capture OF the Supposed Nathan Muir
derer--Intervlew with tho Prisoner
What Ho Dom Know About tho Bal
timorG Bank Robbery.
Correspondence of the Baltimore SUM-

WASHINGTON, September 8.
After successfully eluding the vigilance Of
detectives and police by the hundreds, who
have searched In all parts of this country and
Europe for him. 0Billy Forester" with n1mer
Gus aliases. who Is charged with the murder Of
Benjamin Nathan, the wealthy clLizen of New
York, was arrested In this city on Saturday,
His arrest came about in this wise: InfUrma.
ton was sent to the detective office several
days prior to his arrest that a suspicious per.
son and q professional burglar was In Wash.
lngton. On Saturday 1t was reported that 9
of the city had been entered and q
gold watch tszen thereirom. The work
Of ..houslng' the ''cracksman" then began.
He was known to be in q house on twelfth
street, where detectives Cooms and NIGEL
fresh proceeded and took him Into GUS
tody, not dreaming at the time that he was 80
precious o bird. While he was being Locked
lives McDevitt, Miller and the chief. OF the
force, John Clarvoe, being present., q consul
talion was held, when one suggested mat the
appearance OF the new prisoner, VINO mas
every mark OF o professional brakeman, was
similar to that OF Billy Forester, the supposed
murderer Of Nathan. Soon his descriptive
list and photograph were hunted up, and
every mark on the mar Tailed precisely.
Chief Claryoe had been informed that Billy
Forester had a ship picked on his breast with
India ink. Tie prisoner hesitatlnsly barred
his breast, where the ship could be distinctly
seen; after some talk. he acknowledged that
he was Billy Forester, and that there was big
money offered for him, and asked for q paper
and pencil, with which he wrote q telegram
to New Orleans to one of his pals as follows:
IAN arrested. Send my clothes 10 New
York, in care of Barney Aaron. Signed
Billy Marshall" Marshall was one OF his favor
lite aliases. He further said that he did not fear
to face the charge Of being the Nathan murderer
as he knew nothing Of 1t whatever, and he
would have surrendered himself to be tried
long since had it not been that he has several
lmprisonments to serve out, one In the I'LL
nois Penite hillary, from which place he es-
capped, for thirteen years. and the others for
shorter periods. He said that the State OF
New York has spent at least forty thousand
dollars in trying to find him, aud he is aware
that there are over thirty Thousand dollars 10
rewards offered for him. He AYERS that he
has never left This country, although he knows
that three detectives are now In Europe look
Ing tor him. he has been South, and only
arrived In this city one week from Saturday
last, Major Richards, the superintendent OF
police, ~telegraphed, on Saturday, to Snpertn.
terdent Kelso, OF the New York police, 1--WE
have Billy Forester; come on for him." A
telegram was received from Superintendent
Kelso to-day In reply, stating that he would
arrive here tomorrow morning.
Forester Is a S%cotchman, about thirty
years of age, and probably the most accom-
plished burglar In the United States, and has
a particular falling for cracking banks. he
says he knows nothing Of the Baltimore bank
robbery, bur wished he had had a hand 10 1t. BE
read of 1t, however, In the papers, has an Idea
ne knows whose work it Is from q description
of II, but he don't "leak' much 10 the uetec-
lives on that or any other matters of ''busl.
ness" A number OF persons called to see him
during the day, to all of whom he spoke
readily, and appears to be very cheerful, not
having the slightest idea that anything can be
proved on him 10 the Nathan murder case.
He saws he was not In New York for q week
prior to or after the murder, but at this tin
don't propose to tell where he was. as 1t will
be used against him. he will be sent TO New
York tomorrow, after being photographed.