The evening world., 1888-11-19
GOTHAMs UNs9LvED MURDERS.
The Metropolis Has Furnished Its Quota
Bloedy Mysteries.

The Metropolis Has Furnished Its Quota Of
Bloedy 1iystsries.
The annals Of crime In the modern Gotham are
well sprihkled with the tales Of mysterious muir
ders.
In earlier days there were such cases o. those Of
Helen Jewett, alias Dorcas Doyan. killed IN 1889;
Mary Rogers, ''the pretty cigar girl, " murdered
In l842, the story Of whose death was embodied In
Poe's novel, The Mystery Of Marie Roget;" DR..
Harvey Burdell, the Bond street dentist. murdered
In 1857; Policeman Thomas Walker, shot in West
Seventeenth street In 1865. and Charles n. Rogers,
stabbed fatally in 1853
The list OF Goiham's murder mysteries 10 long
and startling. Att 10 notable that they, for the
most part, antedote the enicieny era Of Supt. Muir
ray and Inspector Byrnes. The New York Of Q
few years ago was toierably safe place for the
shrewd murderer. But fortunately this condition
Of things has radically changed. While the pur-
suit and punishment OF criminals Ia still very large
in some parts Of the country, New York Of recent
years has an smiable record.
Here are some OF the metropolitan murder mys-
teries taken here and there from the records;
Nathan, q private banker Of immense wealth, was
murdered IN his mansion, At IL West Twenty third
He lived the main part Of the time in his country
house at Morristown. n. J., and II was only
through his being detained b 2 business ines matter NJ e
esSA ses. Nv s.s" -
He found his city house q scene of disorder on
tors, who were rentting 1t for the Autumn. but no
finally decided TO pa.s the night sleeping on some
ma!tresses on the Moor In . room adjoining q
About midnight his SON Fred got home, and md
Ing his s,m 1s'hfr , Mna a muaS , spsn' s wSse TYNE WssS sha.tans
c u tia, ne he never spoke with his father shss
x terrible storm broke over the city after mid
night. The rain fell IN toIrents al. the lightning
naahed with startling vtvidnesa. but the day
About 8 O'CLOCK Fred Nathan dashed into the
ss5sss M ai E, n sSe arm. Ss. sns; f si% ln,s H., { P Soa.es
telling him rhat his father had been murdered.
i was true. The OLD man lay on the threshold
Taere was every Indication that ne had been
dead Tor three hours or more. On the body were
nIc,ed with some blunt INSTRUMENT.
WASH Nathan was . inspected got OF committing on the
day one Of the mysterious and unpunished crimes
weird Of murders occurred In May. 1884
On the eth OF June. that year, Q mounted police
At The foot Of the ramps Kiosk, in westcbesser
County. The man had been dead about ten days
Afterwards the BODY was. idenuned as that Of
George. George Howard. J; g. Allison, George
LeNllo uAu Ulyu buO uC8u u bu0 lAIk61L D80u Oh
silk robbers and hank breaken in this country.
He was married, but his wife did not know Of his
criminal life until long after their m,rrags when
Lesiie was ahol, through The heart and the
the 10Th OF May, 1854 Hts wife never saw him
S Sim, ana IL i came gu. upon %a' ,n ~ a.; ih a. he e
mad been devoted In his attentions to Babe Irving.
sister of Johnny, the. bank burglar, afterwards
VINO killed him has never been found out
Tho Carls!en H.nss My.tery.-Whasis known
sensation At the time It was discovered, but it stiii
remains . mystery.
The Carleton on, Home sns w Y 4 Sns ..P. sSsel on the cor
| the s~uIceisr, two workmen excsvatisg BY the
i,s shs. Of v { candle SrSts Ssns i SpSa 4 : h psI1' Of r rs%..s
| Further digging revealed the skeleton Of Q woman
clothed in : msroon.oolorsd dress. Q dark sacque
The police worked nigh. and day trying to IN
ravel the mystery Of the woman's death. but were
nnally obliged TO give up In despair.
A man named benjamin. Grau. At present In the
Trenton, N. j., Penitentary. % under suspicion.
to murder 8 woman In Dover. n. ). His term eI.
pires June 90 1898. He may then probably DO ar
rested on this grayei charge. n.,.--
early on he morning Of May u. 1851, Louis W.
avenue and Fifiy.Ieven,h street By . man who
felled him 10 the ground with . club. In falling be
afruck his head heavily on the cufbstone He wa
then severely dubbed, and eventually died OF thu
Injuries he received.
capped.
and his sister hary, wac nved together on tn'
were brutally butohered early Monday morning,
Dec. 70, 16Ta.
moor where she slept, and her throat cut from ca
AL unsa.insss and v.istulnsss IN children ~rslisvs'