The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-15
NATHAN'S ASSASSINATION.
FROM THE ABLEsT
OF THE DETECTIVES.

Chicago Detcctiyc--Thc Plnusi-
bility of Irving's story-.New and
| Interesting News.
A correspondent of New York news.
paper, writing from Washington, Friday,
states that, upon Thursday, he met Col.
William p. Wood, late Chief of the Secret
Service Division of the Treasury Depart
ment, who, while in that position, was
terror to counterfeiters. There is no man
in America more intimately acquainted
with the mode of life, the habits, the his
tory, and the pecularities OF the criminal
classes than he. While he was Chief of
the Secret Service Division he literally ex-
terminated the great gangs of counterfeit
ers in the east and west, who for years had
been flooding the country with their spuri-
Gus trash. At one term of the United
States District Court in New York city, he
with the assistance of District Attorney
Courtney, convicted and put away in Sing
Sing and Auburn nearly one hundred dcs-
peratc as well as clever counterfcters.
He became so thoroughly acquainted with
the manner in which counterfeitcrs work.
the capabilities of each man in the different
gangs, that the moment he was shown
counterfeit greenback he was able to tell
who did the engraving. who did the print
ing, and who were circulating il. When
the $500 counterfeit greenback was receiv-
ed at the Treasury department few days
ago, Mr.. Geo. b. McCartee. the Superin-
tendent of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing said there was only one man in
America who could write down the history
, of that note, and tell who did the work at
. the first glance. More than that, said Nc
Cartee he is the only man living who can
capture the crowd and put them away
and that man is Bill Wood. But this use
- full man is no longer in the employ of the
i, government. He refused to he the tool OF
8 Ben. Butler. Boutwell, and others. and was
- forced to resign.
:; had heard that Col. Wood knew some
~ thing about the Nathan murder, or had {
:, | asked him if he had noticed in the news
" papers John T. Irying's story.
=, IRVING KNOWS SOMETHING.
10 Col. Wood-lcs, have. Ii he is no
ID crazy he is telling the truth
,s Correspondent--lf he was crazy coul
is he tell a story that would so closely re
pc semblc the truth as to make you PARTIAL
So believe in him
,c Col. Wood--lIc might in his sane me
- ments have heard some facts from his a:
IN sociatcs concerning the murder which h
or relates in his rawlings. But be he sane c
crazy he knows something about the jol
- Corrcspondcnt--ITad you anything to
with the case ?
Col. Wood-No: not directly wa
. consulted about it. have my own notion
-, about it.
=. Correspondcnt-Who consulted you!
-. Col WoOd-Well, | have no objection
81 tell you the story. Sam Felkcr, Chicag
j., detective who had done some work for IL
J., and whom had taught several things, can
~. to me and told me he thought he had cl,
20 to the Nathan murder. He had found
" Mo-. Vo.,--.!''i oi, IN t0..>-
W. | at once knew where it came from
nd was Philadelphia shirt--a peculiar NAL
ON what they call an old-fashioned shir
M the collar and wristbands attached-a pee,
va liar cut and make. There is only one hou.
liz in the country makes and sells that kind {
n a shirt. 1t was extra large and required
-. big man to fill it.
.et The bosom was splattered with blood.
saw at once how that had been done. I'll
oil man who wore it had been left to waite
%. the old man Nathan while his pals wei
M cracking the safe The noise startled III
We old man, and he started up, when the fe
of low who was watching him put the Gran
ii. on him-that is, he threw his left an
ca around the old mans neck and attempte
~ to smother his cries, but the old man
70 struggle making good deal of noise, on
~ OF the fellows at the safe ran in and dea
Il the old man deadly blow with the dos
~ which fixed him, and splattered his bloc
- on the shirt os the man who held him. Tha
at is the way the killing was done, certain.
Of am just as positive about it as if saw tn
y whole thing with my own eyes.
ii THE SHIRT GIVEN TO JUDGE cARDozo.
y Correspondent-Wa this shirt foun
to shortly after the murder
nj Col. Wood-Not long after.
" Correspondent What became of il
What was done with il
T. Col. Wood--The shirt was taken to Judo
10 Cardozo, but before it was given into hi
\" possession cut triangular piece out of /
T. that might always be able to identify il
) That piece have yet. Sam Felker wantc,
u me to take hold and work the job up, but
p" declined. had my hands full of othe
things, and | thought also there was n,
l. great anxiety on the part of some people t,
u have the mystery solved by the capture an,
II conviction of the murderers
81 CoIrespondent-Do you believe Irving,
" party did the job
s. Col. Wood do
L Correspondcnt-Do you know Irving
" his anteccdents and his gang?
X Col. Wood know all about them. Ill
has named some of the men who were con
e cerned in the murder. Dan Kelley wa
G one. don't know whether Irving himscl
/ participated in the job, but 1t is certain
d that he knows something about it-who die
it and how it was done. | have no doub
he will be able to produce the memoran
dunn book, and perhaps some of the