The New York herald., 1874-07-21
THE NATHAN TRAGEDY.

The Detectives Probably Searching for
q Dead Man-The Nathan Murderer
Believed to Have Died In Brooklyn-A
Leaf from = Surgeons Diary.
The publication In the HERALD OF the singular
communication from the pardoned convict as wen
as every other matter concerning the shocking
tragedy serves to maintain the deep interest
which the public have felt In the case since tho
morning on which the mutilated body OF the un-
fortunate man was discovered In his room. The
various theories which have been advanced in re-
gard to the motive which led to the crime in tho
manner In which 1t was perpetrated have perhaps
served In measure, to puzzle those who were
ehueaVoring to solve the mystery. Search for
the guilty parties has been made in nearly every
CITY, out Brooklyn has been apparently overlooked.
1t wlll be remembered that a servant GIRL In pass.
ing MI. Natnan's house on the morning OF the
MURDER saw q man emerge from the basement
door, ana rs ne passed the iron railing she dts
tinctly heard something click against It like IRON
IL was not the dog." Tor that tool was left in the
house. When this evidence was taken II gave rise
to the belief that there was more than one person
engaged IN the murder as well as more than one
weapon used.
A "REMINISCENCES.
In conversation with Surgeon Johnson, OF Henry
street. Brooklyn, concerning the tragedy, HERALD
reporter learned that the surgeon believes that
one Of the persons who had hand IN the murder
was at one time patient IN the Brooklyn Hospital.
Inc man mad been gambler, ana mad been en-
banks in Now York. Losing tins position how
ever, and becoming reduced, he soon began asso-
eating with thieves. On The morning OF the mur-
der this man came to the house o! surgeon john
son sas to haSe % scalp wound and some
he received his Injuries IN a saloon fight.
He was pale, and trembled considerably.
house oil the man. His patient mad contracted q
severe cold and was unable TO Ieave the bed.
Aller several visits the man became little con
fdential and gave the surgeon the facts OF mis- life
stated above. He also admitted that his wound
mad not been received in saloon. but while COM
mitting burglary in New York. lie SAID, with
sigh, at bad nights work." and added that
If his associate had been attending to business he
would not have got that injury, but that he was
taken by surprise HIS young wiie seemed to be
very devoted to him. Good nursing and
medical S sk seemed Of no avail
OF the surgeons visits to tue house he called his
wife to HIM and said, 'Glve the Doctor that head.
ache stick Of nine" The woman seemed dlsn-
clIned to do 1t, but she finally took from beneath
the bed stick about two and half feet long, half
blood on 1t. ''Ihat is the stick i used, DOCTOR"
SAID the man, "and call II my headache sticko
1t was certainly very formidable weapon, and
OF the men who was in Mr. Nathan's house, he said
enough to convince Dr. Johnson that such
and it may now be seen al his otice.
1t may have been what the servant girl heard
click against the iron railing In front OF the
Nathan mansion. Surgeon Johnson questioned
the dying man as to who his companions were on
the night In question. but he declined to expose
his associates. He said he had some associates in
New Orleans who wOuld aid him, and he wrote to
them, bat they did not reply This seemed to
affect him deeply, He appeared to ieel that he
was deserted, and lost all courage until, gradually
growing worse, he died ihe surgeon paid his
funeral expenses, and supposed that would be the
end Of his case.
only short time since. however. two men
walked into the Doctors oifins and asked him II
the man whom he had attended and whose wounds
he had dressed had not died owing him Oil.
The Doctor replied that such was the case, and
also that he had paid the funeral expenses.
''Wel," said one OF the men, ''you make out the
bill and will pay It,"
'In whose name shall make out the billf'
asked the surgeon.
"You can make it out leaving the name
blank replied one OF the strangers.
This the surgeon did The bill was paid and the
strangers lett
.'This man." said the surgeon in conclusion,
"was no ordinary Thief; ne was highly intelligent
and must have been the leader OF gang"