The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-05
STARTLING STORY.
THE NATHAN MURDER AGAIN.

THE NATHAN MURDER AGAIN.
REMARKABLE TALE OF POLICE OFFICER
THE CLUE HE woRKED-DIsAPPoINrM
AND DISGRACE HIS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF wAsHINGToN NATHAN AND OFFICERS
JORDAN AND KELS0.
On Friday teinoon's session of the Leg
islatiye Committee on the revelation of
crime in New York, Mr.. Sydney FL. Conk-
ling, formerlys police officer, told the fol-
lowing remarkable story as reported in the
New York Herald: On the morning of the
18th of August, 1870, 1 left the station house
on dog watch and relieved the officer whose
beat was up Broadway from Manhattan Col
lege to the Athletes field; at parting he told
me that the house of Mrs. Lord had been
broken into, and that had better go up and
see about the matter; went up to the house
and saw Mrs. Lord, who showed me a
small valise aud a brace and bit which he
burglar had left behind him; the serv mt
maid told me that late on the afternoon of
the previous day a man had called at the
house to ask aims, and had remained
around the premises for about two hours;
this was all the information / there OBJ
tanned, except clew which L discovered
subsequently. noticed in front of the stoop
footprints in the soft clay, and also scratches
on the marble thing OF the hallway; went
back to the station and reported these facts
to Sergeant Fitzgerald, who Immediately
sent me TO work up this case; / returned to
the house and took up the trail / fol-
lowed the footprints through Manhattanville
north to Csrmsnsville, thence east to
NJ Acomb's Dam, and lost them at The IT dge
L crossed the bridge and again found tue
trail on the Westchester side; tracked it up
through Melrose, and lost it again on the
hard pavement; at the point at which /
lost the trail made inquiries, and learned
from a woman who kept candy shop that
a man answering in every particular the de-
scription given Of the burglar by Mrs.
Lords maid, had called at her place and
asked for money, that she refused, and
thereupou he began to smash her candy
| lars: she told me of the direction he took
after leaving her place. L went down to the
Boston road and again found
THE TRAIL,
followed it to Harlem bridge; then lost it
again; here had to trust to guesswork,
and, while wondering what I'd do, / walked
to the corner of 125th street and Third
nue., here l imagined l saw in soft por-
ton of the sidewalk, prints of the shoe
nails, which had noticed at the house, and
when had aided me in keeping up the chase;
on chance went over to Eighth avenue; and
there stood the man, on the corner in front
OF the Adriatic Hotel; knew him by his
boots; accosted him and asked him where
/ he was going; he said to Troy, and
asked me why 1 had spoken to him; 1
told him he was wanted at the station house
at Msubattsnville; he then made q break to
s.ude me, but drew six shooter on him,
and he was persuaded TO return; when /
brought him to the station the sergeant
locked him up, and i took off one of his
shoes and went up TO Lords to compare it
with the track in the clay; the print of six
heavy nails in the the toe were as plainly plainly
then brought him up, and the girl
recognized him; he could be easily recog-
nizeo; he was man six foot two and q hal
inches, and very stoutly built: the next
morning b ought him to court in Harlem,
before Judge McQuade, and the Judge re
msnded him to the station house, that
might get more evidence against him; when
1 searched him found a KEY in his vest
pocket, which fitted the valiss found up al
Lords place: my prisoner asked me if the
kay fitted the bag. and told him it did; BIZ
bag, and 1 told him had; said he to me
"Thst damned linen coat will hang me-" the
| coat had the
BLOODY MARKS OF HAND
which was minus a second finger; in two
different places the marks were as plain az
could be, but they were not dark red, as
stale blood generally is; as 1 had some
doubts about the blood went over to Hoff
/ mans drug sore, ana Mr.. norman exam m
ined the coat and told me the stains wers
blood, but that some one had attempted tc
erase them with beeswax; before / broueh
my man 10 headquarters l took an illus
trated paper into his cell and laid iG down
on the table; il had picture Of Washington
Nathan calling for help from the stoop o.
his house in Twenty third street; saw the
mon, whose name was Michael Ryan, pick II
up and stare at it intently for a few mo
ments and then throw it from him under The
table; when L returned he said he had mo-
seen the paper and did not know where il
ter the paper episode ne said To ma, "DC
you intend to stick 10 me?" / said "Y0u bel
do" and then he grumble1 little anC
said, "It is shame poor man should suffer
for rich mans crime;" up to this time
murder TO him. l then brought hin
j to police head quarters, anC
saw Jordan, who sent me to see Kelso;