Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-22

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charge OF the Grand Central depot
He charged Ellis with some sort o
petty burglary. At this time Ellii
was under sentence in Pennsylvania
for twenty years. He had escaped
and when McCullagh captured hin
requisition papers were got out Tor hi
return to that State, and officers were
sent on here to arrest him and tak'
him there in case he was acquitted O
the charge pending. 1t was deemed
best by his counsel to let him take the
shorter sentence, and accordingly be
was hustled off to Sing Sing, where he
| was in confinement when the Nathan
| murder " as accomplished.
Three days after the murder he
| wrote letter to Jourdan, stating that
| he knew who had committed the
crime, and declaring that to show he
knew, he could pick out the "dog"
with which Nathan was struck.
Judge Cardozo was a brother-in-law
of the murdered man, and Jourdan
took the letter to him. He issued a
requisition for Ellis, and the convict
was brought down from Sing Sing
He promised to pick out the "dog"
and to tell all he knew, if Jourdan
would use his influence to secure for
the burglar pardon, Jourdan
promised. Then he collected about
fifty "dogs," new, old, blood-stained
and battered, and among them he
placed the iron bar, beslneared with
blood, which was found by Fred
Nathan the morning after the murder
at the front door of his fathers house.
Ellis gave a glance at the array be-
fore him and laid his finger on tina,
identical "dog." "This is the one" he
said.
Then he told his tale. He said that
Billy Forester, Johnny Irving and
himself had arranged to crack the
safe in Mr.. Nathan's room. Young
Kelly, the son OF the housekeeper,
WAS to let them into the house. Ellis
arrest by Sargent McCullagh bad pre-
vented his participation in the job, but
of course Forester and Irvlng had
gone on with it. Jourdan made des-
perate efforts TO capture these rascals,
but neither Of them could be found
high or low. The superintendent was
already sick man, and his work and
worry undoubtedly did much to hasten
the end. He died before either was
caught.
Finally Irving was heard OF in Cali
fornia, whence he sent on so.called
confession. But Irving was not the
murderer, and his confession simply
served, as he meant that it should, to
protect him, while it implicated DO
one else. Nearly two years after the
crime Forester was found in Florida.
1t is singular that in his account OF
the affair Mr.. Wal'ing makes no men,
tion whatever OF MIR. Forester.
He was brought on to New
York. At that time he was
wearing q mustache and goatee.
The only evidence against him was
that of an honest, sincere servant girl,
who saw him come out OF the house
early on the morning Nathan's body
was found. Forester was put among
a crowd of men, aud she was asked to
identify the one she saw.
II should say" she replied that
that was the man. But | cannot
swear to it, for the man l saw had no
beard at ALL"
The Identification being incomplete.
he was allowed to go, and was
promptly taken to Joliet Prison,
where he was wanted to
serve an unexpired sentence, and
where, 1 think, he died. 1t is known,
however, that he confessed his
guilt to his counsel, and none
of the Nathans suspect "Wash."
These facts are all in the possession
Of Inspector Byrnes to whom they
descended as legacy, and one would
suppose that Mr.. Walling could not
be ignorant of them.-[N. Y. Tri-
bune,