The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-29
THE NATHAN MURDER
QUE 5AT LAST.
Confession Of One Of the Muir.
derers In Jail at San
Francisco.
He Says the Murder was
Done at the Instance Of
Washington Nathan.
Doubts IS to tho Mans Sanity

SAN FRANCISCO, August 2S,-A maj
named Irving, in Jail here, conlesses him
self to be the murderer Of Benjamin
Nathan, Of New York. He says thC
houSekeepers son got him to do the mur
der Of the suggestion Of Warrington
Nathan. They determined to use chloro
form. He thinks the name Of thu
confederate Is McNally. The follow
ing Is the substance Of his confession thh
evening: "The iron dog was stolen
from ship carpenters chest.
know where his shop is. We en-.
tered the house at the basement
The housekeeper's son went in and leiI
the latch up go we could get in without
trouble. After we got in the cellar ]
heard the bell ring nine. 1t seemed tc
me an hour or an hour and a half we
were here in the dark. ItseCmed long to
me; perhaps 1t was not 80 late, when a
man came down and said, Joe has dn-
ished the old man. We went up Stain.
He had struck the old man FIVE or six
times on the head. When he saw he was
going to iaIl be was afraid the fall would
stsrtle the folks; he therefore caught
hold OF the old man and laid him
down. I've got In my house In New
York some Pacific Mail stocks, somo Bos.
Iuu, nHruUru u Ere, and some Otner
things. There's small memorandum
book took from the old man. Several
pages are in Hebrew. These are some OF
the names: Albert Enoza and Samuel
Lewis Cummings, oI 14th street, and DR..
Leo WeorthY, who got between SO 900 and
$1,000. The safe was open when we went
up. The man from the cellar stayed there
while another man washed biz hands
and face, which had blood on them.
When we left the old mans room
he stopped to take a look out Of the
door: as he did go he took hold Of the
casings and left blood marks there, the
prints of his fingers. We then concluded
we would not leave the house that night.
II was opposite the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
and as there were good many policemen
around we were afraid we would be seen
and arrested. We stayed I'LL about six In
the morning. Just as we went ont the
front door q man was passing on the other
side Of the street with q tin pail. He look.
ed at US. Then a girl came along, q shop
girl; she looked around and took particu-
lar notice of US. My vile Is in New
York, and | have u daughter about
fifteen years OF age. don't want to
tell YOU the names Of either OF these
men because it may not be right l
have told the chieI of police, but l am
afraid they are not going to work about
It the right way. I've been expecting to
sec Il all come out ever since. i don't
want to be hung, but l am willing to SUI
fer lust punishment. was born at Sunny.
side, they call II Irviugtnn. lam related
to Washington Irving"
SAN Francisco, August 2S-The man
confessIng TO the murder of Nathan says
his name Is John T. Irving. he came
here Tuesday; a sailor Of the British
ship Coulnakyle. Confessed TO the second
mate. He gave his name as Brown. He
was thought to be insane. The commls-
sloners Of lunacy could not determine
and he remained In jail Lie appears
sane.