The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-23
THE CONFESSION OF STILL ANOTHER
NATHAN MURDERER.

| There have been three men, in different
parts of the country, who have confessed to
having killed Mr.. Nathan, the rich old retired
some three years ago in his house, near the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. And here steps forth
another self-conessed murderer Of the old
man, in the city of Bloomington, Illinois. He
gives his name as Charles Levy. and says that
he has wandered all over Oregon, Utah and
other Western Territories and States, nt'that
the great crime has haunted him everywhere
until he was obliged to confess in order to re-
lieve his mind:
| The following is a full confession that he made
in writing an the 18th inst.
| I was sitting in front of the court house. or
rather i'll the courthouse yard, next to where
they were building the new post-office, when Il
man stepped up to NE and sat alongside of me.
We talked of the general topics OF the day, and
also OF the then raging German war, and times
IN general He asked me about my circum-
stances. told him the were poor. He
asked me to come and take drink with him.
We went down Frankfort street mtot Il French
mans saloon. After we had been there we took
| a walk mp Broadway to Fourteenth street, at the
| Park and took seat there.
| He then told me as was stout and hearty he
would give me good chance to make good
| haul, and then told me about that plan Of muir
dcring Nathan. He thought there was about
| SIS 900 there met him the next day again, and
! he told me to meet him at the Astor House the
| next evening at s, and met him. We went into
| Nathans house between 8 and 10 P. NJ, and con-
ceaed ourselves IN room up STAIRS, but not both
| in one place. Between II and he gave me the
| sign that the old man at home. Between
| and 3 he came to me and told me to follow him
| we went about five steps, when we heard noise,
and he s:i s 'There is the old mani" jumped
| for him and struck him from behind two or three
| times.
| Ny partner told me ito keep IL cloth over his
| mouth so he could not moan or make any noise.
He went off, and returned i'll about ten or nfteen
minutes with a bag of stuff, and said | should go
down stairs of the house and lay under the steps,
and give him a sign III case anybody should ap-
proach the house. l could see lights in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, and heard policemen not far off,
but nobody approached the house. He stald III
the house about ten or fifteen minutes He gave
me $500 and offered me some bonds, which de-
bills, POS, los and IS. He offered me gold
ring and pin, but would not accept them, us
was afraid o be picked up ut It,
stopped at corner Catherine and East Broad
wav where | had a room. Folks there will re-
cogniZe me. Have been all over the States AMI
Territories since. 1t vas 4 stone masOn's tool,
sharp at one end, round and heavy at the other
[The instrument used in knocking the victim
down was here infinitely described and the pri-
! soner also made a rough sketch of it. The tools
were furnished by my parter. l also used a
sung shot. l stopped in the city at the Atlantic
Hotel fer several nights; took my meals at the
restaurant Stopped one night at Frenchs, but
gave false names. which do not remember now.
Started for st. Louis; stayed there about week,
then went to Denver Cheyenne and Boulder
City, Colorado.
The reason for me giving this statement is,
that was sick of running through the country
and being followed up everywhere by detectives,
and do not consider myself safe anywhere.
CHAs. LEVY.