The New York herald., 1874-07-10
Harness Closet.
Carriage Room.

1-Door broken off and afterwards found in harness
Cis C-antrance from rear Of Nathan residence. on
pHbeor standing 1 corner of harness closet behind
E-Carriage entrance on Twenty-second street
WHERE 1T WAS FOUND.
reporter of the HERALD was also upon the
scene as early as nine A. M. and found several
men at work in demolishing the brown stone front
of the Nathan mansion. Addressing one Of the
men employed the reporter asked to see the per-
son who first discovered the bloody shirt, where
upon bright-lookng man Of thirty, evidently
possessed of more than ordinary Intelligence, came
forward and said he was the man who "found It,"
He gave his name as John @. Herbert and his resi-
dence somewhere in West sixteenth street, ana
proceeded TO tell the reporter all he knew about
the matter. He was evidently impressed with the
Importance of having the discovery mentioned in
the newspapers. He said he had found the mys-
terious garment on Tuesday last in the floor Of the
carriage house. The reporter asked Herbert to
show him the place in which the shirt was found,
and then, passing over piles Of brick and mortar
that encountered the noor of the mansion out into
a small back yard, he soon found himself, in COM
pany with his guide, in the carringe house belong.
ing to the mansion. Herbert pointed to an open
the left and said that In one corner OF 1t
he had found the bloody gown.
al thought you first SAID you found 1t in the
dumb waiter in the house9n said the reporter.
sWhy, took this to be dumb waiter; but
see 1t is q closet" SAID Herbert.
The closet was entirely empty, with the excep-
ton Of door broken of its hinges ana which
stood slantingwise against the WALL Herbert said
that he had first discovered the shirt under the
door in the closet. He, with several workmen,
had repaired to the carriage house to eat dinner,
and while looking around the room, more out OF
curiosity than anything else. he peered into the
closet, and under the door discovered what he
supposed to be a horse coverlet or something Of
the kind. He pulled it out, and seeing something
that looked like blood, dropped it; but soon after,
upon examination found 1t to be o shirt CON-
pleteiy saturated with human blood. One OF his
companiOns offered to bet that the shirt was the
one Nathan wore the
NIGHT OF HIS MURDER,
while still another said he'd bet that It was worn
by Nathan's murderer. Soon after the attention
OF Francis W. Seagrist was called to the shirt, and
he took it In charge. He did not Immediately turn
1t over to the police, but on Wednesday evening,
having shown it to q few persons, among the num-
Der a representative OF the HERALD he on the
same night took 1t to his home at No. 227 East
10th street. Harlem, and exhibited 1t to some
other personal friends. Though brief descrip-
ton was siven in the HERALD yesterday morning
| q iuller one will be now acceptable.
THE SHIRT
| s q regular nightshirt. OF unbleached material.
with threc-inch collar ana CUTS and plain buttons
| The collar Is about fourteen or fourteen and o han
in size and the shirt looks as If 1t were new when
last worn. The name, BENJAMIN Nathan, Oc.
back of the collar, and is written in clear, intel
lirble hand. A peculiarty about the shirt is that
:, the left wrstband Is still button cd, while the left
se eYe bas been torn from the shouaer clear to the