The New York herald., 1874-07-12
THE BLOODY SHIRT BUSINESS.
A Prob able solution or tho Myste

Probable solution or tho Mystery.
Mr.. Levi j. Isaacs, the undertaken who had
charge OF the remains Of the murdered Nathan,
did not arrive In the city yesterday and Is not ex-
pected here for ten days yet. Ex-Coroner Rollins,
in conversation with o representative OF the
HERALD expressed much surprise that the shirt
said to have been worn by Mr.. Nathan on the
night OF MS murder, and which has excited so
much comment OF late, should have remained on
the premises for 80 long a time without having at
tracted public notice, and was rather inclined to
think there was
SOME IMPORTANT MYsrKBY
connected with the garment, which 1t wond be
well for the police to unravel. The ex-Coroner
said ne could hardly credit the statements made by
certain parties that the shirt had been on the
premises since the day OF the murder, and
thought there was q possibility that the mystic
rious garment only recently placed where
found, and placed there, too, by some malicious
Tor the accomplishment OF some eva
purpose The police, he thought should call in
Competent phy sician to examine the garment with
view OF ascertainlng whether the blood upon 1t
there tour years ago, OF whether 1t was put on
Ii since, and whether the blood was that or
human being or not.
WILLIAM BgvERIDGE.
a policeman, on duty at the sixteenth precinct,
yesterday made the following statement to a
part and anords nearer solution to the
mystery of the bloody shirt than has
yet been glVen:-'l was placed III
charge oil the Nathan premises alter the murder Of
the old gentleman lMr. Nathan, and stopped
there continually with my family, occupying the
basement OF the Rouse, unsW three weeks ago.
The shirt, which has recently attracted much
attention and been the SUBJECT OF much cOntro.
versy in the newspapers, was the one worn by Mr..
Nathan on the night OF his murder Mr laaacs
removed IL from his body and told me to take care
OF IL. 1t was thrown carelessly under the iron
sale in the Old gentleman's room. and lay there
until some months ago, when threw 1t into
THE DUMB wAiTEB
and said t. my wife tnat she must burn it. IL was
through careleSsnesS that IL was not destroyed,
and feel much aggrieved that 1t has been paraded
before the puohc through fault OF mine. The
Nathan family hate to see the thing spoken OF Ia
the papers, and l know they think hard
OF me Tor not burning up the shirt" The HERALD
reporter asked Mr.. Beveridge II ne mad any recOl-
lection OF any other person having seen the shirt
under the safe since the murder, and was an
swered In the negative. Beverldge was quite pos
tive that il was the garment removed from che
body OF Mr. Nathan by the under taker, and said he
would be willing to
SWEAR THAT TT WAS
II needs be. He mad no doubt that Mr.. Isaacs
would tell similar story upon his arrival In the
city.
Though there is little occasion to doubt the truth
OF the poiiceman's version OF the case, the public
ard the police can hardly be made to understand
why it Is that the SHIRT in question was not re-
vealed sooner and many ridlcule the idea OF any
person being able TO identity 1t positively as the
identical one worn by MIR. Nathan on the night OF
the possibility OF the bloody garments having
been on the premises all this time Among the
ORTHODOX JEWS
it is also customary to burn to bury with the
body, all linen found upon deceased person. 1t
is not known whether the disposition OF MIR. Ma
than's remains was an exception to the rule or
not, The public will doubtless be interested TO
hear the unoertaker's explanation OF the matter.