New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-11
A Tragedy NEEDLESSLY REVIVED.
TIE NATHAN MANSION LEFT IN PEACE.

TIE NATHAN MANSION LEFT IN PEACE
The police continued yesterday their inquiry
concerning the ownership Of shirt stained with blood
which they were Informed had been found III stable
back of the house OF the late Benjamin Nathan AS
stated in THE TRIBUNE yesterday the shirt had Mr.
Nathans name marked upon 1t, and the police DeIcVeu
that it was the he tho night he was muir
dered. Detective Farley learned with much surprise
Yesterday that the shirt found in the house thtco
weeks ago by workman employed in tearing down the
building and was thrown into the back yard The shirt
was then thrown into the stable by another workman
and recovered days afterward In this way has II
revived fow hours the interest in the tragedy OF
three years ago All doubt in regard the ownership
the shirt and all interest in it "a clue TO the deec-
ton Of the murderer, ended yesterday.
Harmon Nathan, the eldest of the murdered man.
went to Police Headquarters, and inquired for Capt
Irving Of tho Detective squad in whose charge the shirt
had been placed He taken 10 the Detective Oce
where he was shown the shirt by Capt Irving. After
careful examination Of the garment Mr.. Nathan said
that he identified it the by his father on the
night the murder and that it cut OFF the body by
a physician. 1t not displayed at the inquest, not
being deemed Of interest. Afterwards II was placed
under a safe his fathers room, aud remained there,
doubtless until the wOrkmen entered the house. When
in the house year ago. noticed 1t lying beneath the
safe He had not taken the garment to his new home
from fear that his mother might it, When the fur
pture was removed from house the existence OF the
shirt was forgotten, and doubtless it was thrown by
one of the servants into the dumbwater where was
first found The handwriting upon the shirt was MS
mothers Mr. Nathan said that he had come to the city
from his country residence solely to make the mystery
clear.
Frederick Nathan, the second son OF the murdered
man. stated the detectives yesterday that he was
present when Mr. Isaacs the undertaken removed he
SHIRT from his fathers body. From the description tat
nod gwen ~ a.. believed that
same garment that discovered IN tne stHoIe Tue
shirt Was not shown at the inquest but remained Tor
mot, beneath the safe. Several persons had seen the
Garment lying there within month past.
Lew j. Isaacs of No 213 Elghhaye., the undertaken
arrived home from "A visit 10 Baltimore late yesterday
afternoon He stated To the officers that he removed
bloody SHIRT from the body aud threw 1t on the hOOr
lie dill the garment again. and would not be able
TO make oath that the shirt found in the stable was the
he cast aside
Capt Irving, and Detectives Farley. Sampson. and
Bennett to the Nathan mansion by order OF Com
missioner Matsall yesterday, aud inspected the mousse
from cellar roof THIS done that they might re-
member position OF the rooms in the house, which
j. now being demolished. Tue officers asserted that
they did not discover any clue To the murder. Oue
OF the detectives said there good for the
suspicion that the house entered from the lear and
not from the front. has generally been believed The
thieves could easily have broken Into tue stable dud
then gained entrance TO the house.