The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-29
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Shakespeare has sz.d that

'sMurter though II hath no tongue.
VIII speak wftE most miraculous organ"
And we ara al familiar with the provero
which says ~Aur3er win out" bur never
sheiess Within tie past forty or fifty years
there have been. IN iris country alone.
a great number Of mysterious murders
whose perpetrators have never been dis
covered. and never will be. la al human
uroha bsIlgy and which wkl always re-
raln unsolysA mysteries Of ertns- To re-
call some OF tne~@ viii form a strange,
romantic recital that uust prove of A5-
sorting interest 20 every reader. The muir
der OF Mr. ard Ars- Borden In Fail River.
Mass. tR the summer OF lisa. Is COMPARE
lively fresh IL the memory OF all news
paper reaeers. Their daughter Lizzie was
arrested and tried for the crime. bat was
acquitted. though the circumstantiaI ev-
ics1ce against her Was very strong. She
vas The only person In the house at ths
time the murders were committed. she
having sent her servant girl 70 clean win
dows Oh The outside Nc one vas seen
70 enter or leave the house. and she was
the person who discovered the bodies OF
her father and mother and who gave ths
nrst notice that dreadful murder had
been committed No subsequent clue was
ever obtained that could possibly throw
any light open tae matter and Il is.prob-
able that IL will never De known who killed
Ar. and Mrs, Borden until the last great
day when even the sea shall give Up It's
dead.
Another mysterious murder which at
raeied ss much general attention 81 the
tine as that of Mr. ard Mrs. Borden was
what IL stiil known in police annals as the
Nathan murder. ard which was commit
ted nearly quarter OF a century ago.
Nathan Was = wealthy Hebrew VITO tved
In elegant style In the most fashionable
part 81 New York city. For some time
previous to his assassination ne had been
greatly worried by the conduct OF bis son
the principal heir TO MS great fortune,
who was inclined TO be '.fasE" and was
RAPIDLY going the pace On the night
Of the murder the old man sat up in his
lshrary til very late hour awaiting tho
return OF his son. with whom be was de-
termlned 70 remonstrate on the course hs
was pursuing. The next morning his ifs-
less body, horribly bruised and battered.
was found lying on the library door.
which. together with the walls and cell
Ing Of the apartment. YVES spastered with
strongly 10 his son. bu. nothing could be
positively proven against him. Large re-
wards were offered, and tlrs best detective
skill Of tbs country and even others
abroad was devoted for months-nay,
years--to the detection OF the ASSASSIN.
baf WITHOUT aFatL 6&Nerai noted GRIMM
ais were arrested on suspicion In various
parts OF this country and Europe. bur
they all succeeded IN proving an abb and
establishing beyond doubt that they were
IN no way connected with the crime. One
famous house-Sreaker surrendered him
self to the authorities OF 8 far Western
city, pr0eiaining himself the murderer.
yet Il subsequently transpired that he d.d
this solely FOR the purpose OF securing free
transportation 10 New York. for on arrsv-
ing there with the officers he fully estab-
hshe-d the fact that be had not been con-
nected with the crime In any way. and
THAI he was hundreds Of miles distant
from the scene of that horror at the time
Or Us preparation.
Suspicion always continued 10 attach to
the younger Nathan. and he was dis
carded by the members OF his family. In