Telegram-herald., 1889-11-15

ssperiu ssueent gour8an's deatt II oo-
tober of 81 at year III aas ger sps
fortnight alteF tae uer1er fhaL AE
Jourc2n ~4lke6 into oar oaiee sn4
han&aS ne . lester ah.et So 2&a 70
esiTed - las Eorulhg H4sL ID W~s
frosu = ccnFlct nzuca Eeer.e his
- aas thea in sag sing and aao
cleared sbaE ii be cQaia T. breaghs ~
lhe ely he Wsa-4 estaal 80 fke -Gsnlty
q tie A2tA4n Uur&eTer 70 g. tal5 II
Nzs necessary 70 act alth the greatest
secrecy - a. act ~ slloH the criminal
~ suy q the rsportef> ~ rrd clt - tat
Bs we're about To peuuon tas Gov
eraor wouid bring 'ls matter directly
before the public. an4 any aeftQn l2eeA
bv the Dtstr4gt Attorney oGl.e would
have the same effect Therefore, ~ Ar-
Jour3an's rec Hest. ! applied for "fit
u hzbeas corpus on tae grou h4s q
some inform2lity in has con. lai itment
Ellis w2s brought 10 thv City and
lodged in The basement % the sixth
Precinct stsucn. 81 No. ? trankhn
street. a precinct bv the Way from
which Nstt brennan. Joe Tow -lng- ln-
suector rnes l0uraan himself snd
dozen mere famous police ana detect
We ofnt-als -4Fo grad lated.
ElIis toil as Ihat II ne would snow
hisl th6 cafp-u fer dog with which the
murder w.ae committed he thought he
could identity the criminal Joardan
then sent u the different hard ware
stores snd junk shops and procured
about tweutv-ave lron dogs of al shapes
ana sizes. These he smeared Hith
blood and threw them on the table
where tAe real instrument laY Ellis
was brought into tie TJom ana without
an instant S hesitation picked out the one
with which Mr.. Nathan haa been killed.
Then he said that sometime before his
commitment 10 Sing sing, he and . Ger
tain burglar nam I'd George Forester
had planned 70 rob the Nathan mansion.
Murder was no part OF their scheme for
they had intended 70 commit the crime
in the summer during the alb
sence OF tie family. and IL was
q mere accident he said. which
led his pal 10 select a night on which
the old gentleman happened u be at
home. His theory was that Forester,
finding himself surprised az his work
" Mr.. Nathan and fearing that he
would give the alarm, had killed him
with one vigorous blow OF the dog lie
knew the dog. be said, because II was
one with which they had often worked
before. Mr.. Jourdan at once put two
expert detectives on FOrrester's s tracks,
but he was nowhere 10 be found. He
had not been seen in any Of his accus-
toned haunts since the night OF the
murder, and for two years his where
abouts renamed an mpenetrable mys-
terry; but the authorities never relaxed
the vigilance Of their search, and at
last-it was sometime in lo52-Ae was
hunted down in remote part OF Texas
and brought back TO the city by Detec-
tive Phil Farley. He was taken 10
police headquarters and held for identl-
hcation.
Now, on the morning succeeding the
night of the Nathan murder. young
Catholic servant girl. while on her way
through Twenty-third street 10 early
mass, saw TWO men come hurriedly
down the steps OF the Nathan mansion
and disappear with a rapidity which
excited her suspicion. OF course,
when the news of the murder was made
known, she communicated this circun-
stance 10 Superintendent .Jourd2a.
Therefore, she was brought forward at
this juncture 10 identify the criminal.
j was standing directly by Forester In
the court room when she was brought in
and asked If he were the man that she
had seen running down the steps Of the
Nathan house on that August morning
in 1870. ! have never seen greater
agony depicted on a human face than
was shown in his IS he stood up in the
crowded court room and subjected him
self to her searching gaze. The per-
spiratiOn stood out on his forhead in
reat beads and his hand clasped the
back of a chair before him with force
that almost shattered the frail bars.
The girl looked at him for fully ten
minutes and then shook her head in
hesitating way and said that although
she believed him to be the man, still as
two years had elapsed since the morn
ing that she saw him. She could not be
positive. As soon as this ordeal was
over. Forester sent for me and con-
fessed that he owed fifteen years in
Joliet, III. lie begged me TO send him
back there, and SO at his instigation /
notified the authorities OF that prison
and he was brOughf q Illinois on
reQuisition from the vornOr of that
State. Il was the Ir-t tine IN all my
criminal experience that ] had ever
seen a man go with absolute relief and
contentment to FIJI fifteen years SEN
tence in States Prison.
! have never heard Of either him or
Ellis since that time. Washington
Nathan is still alive, though / under
stand that he has never been quite ths
same man that be was before the terri
bic shook oi his fathers death and the
false accusation under which he has
suffered. Irene McCready grew rich N
her nefarious business. retired 70 pri-
vate life and died some years ago Her
house is nov used as . restaurant. The
Nathan house remained unoccupied for
many years after tho tragedy. and was
finally torn down 10 make way Tor the
great express building which now occu-
pies its site. In regard 20 Forester.
cannot speak fully without violating
professional honor. FOR the man was a
client % nv Office. but can say this.
that from what ] learned from him,
Washington Nathan had 10 more 20 10
with the killing OF BIS father than /.
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