Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-11-29
THE NATHAN MURDER.
A Detailed Statement by the Convict.
JOhH 7. IrViRg-Is it True Dam
iel Kelly, the Murderer.
Caleb CnuniOn, Irving and McNally,
the Accomplices-The Full Partieu-
lars OF the Famous Murder.

Every now and then a fresh page i
printed about the Nathan murder.
is Slways unsatisfactory, because th,
various stories and confessions lacl
proof. The New York authorities sen
all the way 10 California for John T. lr
wing and took him east. There wer,
two indictments for burglary hanging
over him in New York. He told his
story of the Nathan murder to the su.
perlGtendent of police and the district.
attorney. They did not appear to credit
II or attach any importance whatever tC
1t. The district attorney asked Irving
for proofs. He said he could give them,
and would, upon condition that the dis
tulcJ-attOrney enter a nOlle pros. in the
indictments for burglary. The district
attorney said he would do it as soon as
Irving furnished the proof that his state
ment was true. So il turned out that
the district-attorney would not trust the
burglar, and the burglar could not trust
the edistrict-sttorney aud Irving is In the
Tombs awaiting his trial for burglary.
There may, after all, be something in
IRvING's CONFESSION,
2s it is given in the New York Herald
of Saturday as follows: On or about
the fifteenth day of May, 1870, was
passing through Madison park with
Daniel Kelly and Caleb Gunnion, other
wise known as George Abrahams, when
our attention was called by Kelly to
man standing in the park. We ad-
v2Rced toward him, and on reacbine.
him the following conversation ensuzd'
Kelly addressing the man: "Weu, Mo,
Nslly, what are you doing beneq I
have not seen you for a lor.s time.D
That's So" responded McE,aliv. fIand
you are the last person = expected to
meet. You have not b zen home long
have.youg' "NO-a fe. " months. What
are you doing nOw?" t'I am at tbe old
business again SoNally took Kelly
TO one side, about six feet from ourselves.
never knew what transpired at
that time; however, a portion of
that cOnNersaticn was overheard by
0otn Gumnlon a'hd myself 1 give it as
follows; Kelly was standing with his
BACK toW9rd Twenty-third street, Nc
Naily facJEg him. "Where does your
mother live, Me-" Nc. answered:
Dow ITwenty-third street, pointing
with ais fingers toward Sixth avenue. /
had almost forgotten to explain how I
ca' % Ae TO call this man McNally. l and
0.0hnlon were introduced to him by
helly at the time when We first came up
10 where he was sitting, Kelly, turning
around toward us, said; "Come. bows.
let US go through Twenty-fourth street
and we will have 8 drink McNaIlv
refused, saying at the same time that be
was going home. We parted and went
through Twenty-fOurth street to Eighth
avenue, taking an Eighth avenue car.
and leaving il at the corner of Hudson
and On hdstQDher streets. We went into
a large haJ'dware store on the same cor
her nat We got out at, which was the
nor invest corner, and there purchased
2 Tar of steel about four feet long, to be
nISde up into tools. Taking the steel
Ge started through Christopher street
BOT the HobOken ferry and passed over.
While on that trip Kelly told me that
ne had made arrangements with Nc
Nally about
JOB WHICH WOULD TURN OUT WELL.
Nothing further was said until June
about the matter, and then for the first
time was maze aware of this job. j
was then told by Kelly that the family
as not at home, and that access to the |
premises could be readily obtained, as
we would be let in, and work the safe |
without any further trouble. GunniOn |
was also present at this meeting, and it |
was decided that we work the place. In
q Vely short space of time after this
meeting 1 was arrested at my residence,
No. 81 Garden street, Hoboken, in con-
nectiOn with one Charles Carr, now in
Sing Sing for a robbery in Lispenard
street, where il was alleged that had
broken INTO and taken laces valued at
five thousand dollars. had no connec-
ton with it, 50 I was discharged, but re-
arrested for an attempt at burglary on
Wilson d Green's pawnbroking estsb-
Eshment, corner of Delaney
and Bowery, and held to bail,
which was procured, and / was
released in the - part of July, a
day or two before the murder of Mr.. |
Nathan. During my stay in the Tombs |
everything was arranged, so that when |
l came out ali that was to be done was |
to get our tools and proceed to work. |
we P.greed to meet at eight o'clock in |
Ne dison park. The evening previous |
70 the morning Of the murder we met 1
according to appointment, and found !
McNally awaiting us. Kelly took Me- |
-Nally aside, and after about twenty |
minutes conversation with him, he left, |
going toward Sixth avenue. Kelly told |
us we would have to wait for about ten |
minutes. He instructed US to follow, ,one |
after another, a short distance apart, and |
If everything was right We were to move |
up close together by a signal from the |
man at the gate by wiping his face with !
a pOcket-handkeTchief. All was clear, |
the man was at his post, and we
ENTERED THE HOUSE BY THE BASE |
MENT DOOR,
Gunnion and myself going to the
cellar, as we had been previously in
structed to do. Kelly went up stairs, |
and when all was ready he was to call |
US. / should judge, from the length of
time that elapsed, we must have been in |
the cellar about four or five hours. 1t
was very stormy night out, which |
made the time drag along very slow. |
At last Kelly l.--- iiis appearance, tell |
ing US to take o., our shoes, which we |
did, and made cur way up stairs three
fiights), entering at the side door at the /
front of the building. / think there Yves
a taper burning. / noticed a person ly- |
ing on the floor, about three or four feet |
from the door. In the small room things |
were scattered about. / stepped on |
something which at that time appeared |
10 me like a pOcket-bOOk, and on pick /
ingi up il proved TO be a memoranda, |
or Jewish calendar, with the following /
names: Albert CardozO, DIR. Leo, Sam
uel Lewis, corner Fourteenth street; also
papers, or rather - stock, which /
had been -; also Pacific Mail
and some bonds. / think |
the Pacific Mail has the
name or J. Coke or - indorsed on
them. Am not positive but that name
appears on some of the stock. In the
aggregate the amount is six thousand
do lars; two hundred and seventy-threel
dollars IN money were also obtained.
The safe had been opened before we
went up stairs. There appeared TO be
a peculiar kind OF odor in the house
something like kerosene or turpentine
Altogether ] don't think we were in the
rooms occupied by Mr.. Nathan more
than fifteen minutes, and about five
minutes of the time were spent by
KELLY WASHING HIS HANDS
off think he said he went to the
bathroom. We stood waiting inside
the room for him, and noticed finger
marks on the jam of the door as If il
were blood. Our next step was to de-
scend to the lower part Of the house,
and there await a favorable opportunity
to get out, knowing that we had to con-
tend with more on the outside than
on the inside. We waited at the foot
Of the basement stairs until half-past
five o'clock in the morning, and then
went up to the front door, Kelly looking
out Of the door to see if all was clear.
He passed US once, and we reached the
street without being seen; but just as We
were about TO direct our steps toward
Fifth avenue, man came along on the
opposite side of the street, with dinner
pail in his hand. This man stopped
down and picked up something like an
enNelope. As vet we had NOT made 4 |