The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-30

bonds, part Of the booty Of the Nathan murder
and robbery there is not particle OF truth in 1t.
Mr.. Nathan Kept no such property IN his mousse.
he had large safe down Town. and, though a
heavy operator in securities, never kept them In
his library sale. Neither did he keep money there.
Possibly he might have had about him few hun
dred DOLLARS but his habit was not to carry or keep
az regard to s so * It. pos
sioe the man calling himself Irving might have
before his DEATH or 1t might have been
CARRIED AWAY BY THE MURDERER
and come eventually into Irvings hands. 1t is
The names he mentions as contained in 1t he might
have obtained without its aid. My own was promi-
nent enough In the published evidence before the
Coroner. DR.. Leo Is well known. A man who has
hved IN New York may have picked up the names
easily enough.
REPoRTER-In your mental exculpation Of the
houseKeeper how did you account Tor her not
being wakened by the noise OF the terrible struggle
between Mr.. Nathan and his murderer She slept
Mr.. CARDozo-That house was built by Mr.. Nathan
Win extra thick walls, and not door In 1t is less
deaden' the walls to sounds, saying that "he did
not intend anybody in his house should Overhear
What was said or done in his dressing room."
With superintendent Jourdan tried the expert
ment. One OF us being in one room and the other
in the next with the door closed, we found it I'M
possible TO hear the loudest screams. In TACT Mr.
Nathan may be said to have prepared the way for
his own late by his care to exclude noise from his
house. When he was killed. alter battle which
ID the room directly over him, with arms under
their pillows as was their habit, heard sound Of
the deadly ARRAY. The crime was not originally
planned for murder. IL was
AN INTENDED ROBBERY.
Inc kiliing OF Mr. Nathan occurred In carrying out
the plotted burglary. Mr.. Nathan was u man who
had not an enemy IN the world.
DR.. Simon N. Leo on the Tragedy.
DR.. Leo, whose name is given in the San Fran
cisco despatch as appearing in Benjamin Nathan g
murderer, Is one of the Deputy Coroners OF this
county and well known and highly esteemed
citizen. He was found at the O6roners' ONCE.
On being addressed on the subject of the alleged
confession he said he had seen it and was startled,
puzzled and panied by it. He and his mother had
always been on intimate terms OF friendship with
the Nathan family. Mr.. Nathan, among other
charities was one OF tho chief promoters OF the
OF Mount Sinai Hebrew Hospital, of which Mrs. Leo,
the Deputy Coroner's mother, and his uncle, Mr..
Samuel A. Lewis, were also prominent patrons. II
any such book is in the hands OF the man Irving
DR.. Leo knew what lit was Ikea sort OF calendar
or pocket companion, having the Jewish festivals
and days OF observance for the year named in l.,
printed In Hebrew and English. 1t would also
have blank leaves for memoranda, and my name
or that OF my mother and Mr.. Lewis would quite
likely be written there, as reminder to MIR.
Nathan IN reference to something which he wished
not to forget. How the California man can have
Judge Caraoao se p1ase except tx
less he has such book as be describes
or is intimately acquainted with the associates of
tue late Mr.. Nathan. Neither my name nor that OF
Mr.. Lewis was at all mentioned in any OF the
publications. SUBSEQUENT to the murder. AS to the
name in the despatch, Samuel Lewis Cummings
there are two men, Mr.. Cummings being another
person, or whose connection with Mr.. Nathan Mr..
Lewis will be alberto give you some account.
est belief to be wholly and utterly false when 1t
connects Mr.. Washington Nathan with the crime.
a 0m
Nothing can be more unlike Washington Nathan
than to think Of such q crime. hope you will do
him the justice to state that to one who knows hun
thoroughly, aS do, there never could be the
slightest suspicion OF his having any connection
with that terrible crime"
Samuel A. Lewis About the Memoran-
dunn Book.
Mr.. Lewis. lately one OF the City Commissioners
0fEducation was found last evening at his man.
sion on Fourteenth street. He knew at once what
the HERALD reporter wanted to md out, and,
seating him In a room completely lined with fine
oil paintings, told him, in brief, business-likc
manner what heknows OF Mr.. BENJAMIN Nathan's
memorandum book which In substance ia this -
About New Years Of the year in which the murder
was committed the Rev. Mr.. Lyon, Of the Nine
teenth street synagogue, brotherin-law OF Mr..
Nathan, presented to him as q souvenir, a small
pocket memorandum book. Before giving
It he wrote in it in Hebrew characters q
csan the the smy ana had dd ayed on It Is
Jewish custom to commemorate the death OF near
relatives by prayers IN the synagogue on each ami
memory OF his mother by prayers early the next
morning that Mr.. Nathan and his sons were stay
ing at home that night, while the balance Of the
Mr.. Nathan had frequent occasion to meet Mr.
Lewis, both socially and on the business of the
Mount Sinai Hospital, in which both had for many
years been trustees. Mrs. Leo was at the head OF
ladies' auxiliary society connected with the hos
as Commissioner" which may in his book look like
the name "Cummings,n which is said, in the San
Francisco despatch, to appear in It, That book has
murder.
Mr.. Lewis thinks however that there was q man
named Cummings, against whom Mr.. Nathan held
q mortgage, and therefore the name might be In the
book. He Is strongly OF the opinion that the man
who has made the statement In San Francisco
known to have received from Mr.. Lyons and carried.
He is also most emphatic in expressing the opinion
qown ueo s NO Nathan i S
characterizes as utterly incapable Of c0ntriving
wishing such deed Of horror
What They Know Of Irving in Hobokcn.
Chief of Police Donovan, OF Hoboken, a man
who knows Irving well, discoursed as follows to q
HERALD reporter yesterday afternoen:-
~ arrested Irving and Charles Carr on July 30,
1870 at No. 81 Garden street, Hoboken, where they
we're secreted, and Recorder Bohnstedt handed
them over to the New York authorities. This was
on charge for attempted burglary Of the pawn
store of Simpson Co., atthe corner Of the Bowery
and Delaney street. at which time the burglars had
dug through the walls and had only one course Of
bricks to remove in order to effect an entrance to
the jewelry vault. They were also suspected OF
rooblng the dry goods store OF Lander \ Co., Nos.
IL and 13 LspeEard street, OF 500 worth of aces,
which were subsequently found in Carr's possession
by Captain Petty and Detective Fields, and for
which be Is now serving out term OF five years at
Sing Sing"
Irving was admitted to bail in $4,000 in the first
named burglary and forfeited his sureties.
Some ten or twelve years ago there was q sue
cession of incendary fires at Elizabeth, N. j.. and
1t was decided to employ detectives to ferret the
parties out. For some reason Irving was selected,
and one night, while engaged In this pursuit, the
iron safe In coal ONCE was blown OPEN anu the
next day Irving had disappeared, which led to a
suspicion against htm. Marks OF blood were also
found, and Irving, on being hunted up IN New
York, was found to have wound on one OF his
arms. He was arrested, but managed to escape