Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-08-18
BLOOD WILL TELL.

BLOOD WILL TELL.
That of Abel Cried Out from the Ground
And that of Benjamin Nathan is Doing
the Same-HOw His Son is Implicated in
His Murder-And How the New York
Ring Felt it Necessary to Save Him-One
of the Most Sensational stories of the
Decade
Special Correspondence of the Chicago Post and
Mail.
New YORK, August 1, 1S75.-The
testimony of ex-policeman Sidney II.
Conklin before the Legislative Commit
tee in this city, last week, is to-day the
all absorbing topic of conversation.
There seems to pe no discussion, and
what men dare but breathe a few days
ago, they now openly assert. It is just
five years and two days since Benjamin
Nathan, the Hebrew millionaire, was
murdered in his own mansion. The
house was situated in the most populous
and aristocratic part of the city, and
directly opposite the never arkened
and always active Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The crime was the most audacious ever
committed, even in this city, and
created a profound impression upon
all classes of the community. That
the deed was perpet1ated for gain no
no one has ever questioned. Rewards
were offered both by the authorities
and the family of the deceased, but
without avail, till Bill Forester, who
is now serving out his sentence in
Joliet, in your State, came to the front
and proclaimed that he would "give
away" the murderer on the condition
that a pardon would be obtained for
him from the Governor of Illinois. For
roster is a known desperate character,
and there really was no reason to oues-
ton his sincerity by the people at large J;
but the then Superintendent of Police,
Jourdan, knew that Forester was lying
in his own interest, and it would now
appear, from Couklins testimony, that
he not only knew this, but really did
know who the real murderer ? as.
At the inquest Washington Nathan,
the son of the murdered man, felt it to
be his duty to prove that be had no
hand IN the crime, and this he proved
by the word of harlot, who swo that
at about the time the murder was com
nitted he was reveling with her. It is
we'll known fact that OLD man Nathan
| provided that his SOD should only be
come the inheritor of the portion of his
property which was afterwards con-
veyed to him By will on the condition
that he should marry (if marry at alb a,
lady of the Jewish faith. Washington
Nathan never lived up to or observed
any of the rights of his ancestral creed.
His affiliations, associations and pro-
claimed ambitions were antagonistic to
his fathers and his familys orthodoxy.
He was, too, what is termed here fast
young MANIA blood, and fellow that
didn't ''care button what it cost, for
pa was rich
The very factSof his anxiety to prove
his guiltlessness in the murder only
lent an additional significance to the
opinion already formed by those who
had suspected him of being a parricide.
At that time, his nearest relative. Car
doza, was Judge Of the Supreme Court
Of this State, Barnard was bis associate
ION the bench, Tweed and Fisk owned
them both, and the Police Superinten-
dent was an officer, they made and could
unmake. Cardoza was Their getting
into bad repute. Barnard was in the
pay OF Fisk, and Tweedsiwas Fisk's
partner. If Washington Nathan were
convicted, or even prosecuted for the
murder of his father, the disgrace on
the family escutcheon would be indeli
fble. It was Cardozas first, interest to
save his nephew and n s fsmily's name,
and it was kbut natural he, should do
what lay in his power to that end. ).
All this has been believed during the
past FIVE years, hut mo one could mold
| it into shape until oConklinI told his
| CHASTITY story the other day. ,,,s s.,
That the man Michael Ryan was the
murderer of Benjamin Nathan, and that
| he. was employed to do the bloody deed,
and possibly assisted sini it by Washing
ton Nathan, is generally believed here
| to-day. Young Nathan says that he
does not remember ever meeting Conk-
lin, but the latter sites facts and circum-
stances which arr u indisputable. An
effort, nmust, no newo be made to.
| find the !, man, : Ryan, because
former employer .' Of his describes
I the '"dog'' With which the murder was
committed SO accurately as to leave
little vdoubtabut that it was the article
stolen from him by Ryan when he was
in his employ short time previous to
the commission of the crime. 'ai
f. The Nathan and Cardoza families are
among the most prominent, wealthy
and influential Of this city, and they,
with their extensive circle of ,acquain-
tances, are inexpressibly mortified BY
Conklin's declaration that he believes
/ Washington Nathan to be party to the
murder of, his father. 5ssl ansr.israos. s4u,.
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