Year: 1872

through the house and making goot
his escape. Seeing that he could no
be let alone in the East, he, with hii
wife, left for New. Orleans, where b,
arrived in July last. Only abou
four days after his arrival there, b,
was arrested and word sent to Pink.
erton TO come after him; but before
that gentleman could get there, For
rester was again at liberty, this tim,
by reason of a writ Of hsbeas corpus
which his friends sued out for him.


SOUTHERN MEANDERINGs.


Leaving New Orleans he Travelled
through the various river towns unit
the day before the Nathan murder
when he was in Mobile, from which
place he telegraphed to his wife, who
was at John Connor's, No. Sc Girari
street, New Orleans, to send him $50
as he was out of money and wished
to return home. She sent him thu
money by friend, and that SAINT
night he arrived in New Orleans
The morning after the murder Con
nor came into the room where For.
rester and his wife we're, and read to
them the telegraphic account of it
The first he knew Of being suspect.
ed of having committed the murder
was the arrival IN New Orleans Of q
party of New York officers, who en-.
tered into negotiations with certain
parties for his arrest


OTHER INCIDENTS.


While in New Orleans, previous to
his visit to Memphis, and after Ea-
gan had been there, FORESTER wrote
letter to Chief Kelso. of New York,
offaring TO give himself up for trial
on the Nathan murder charge, il he
would procure pardon for him re-
leasing him from the time which was
hanging over him at Joliet. He also
sent friends to New York to see the
Chief, snd try to get him a pardon,
offering to give himself up for trial if
the pardon was procured. But Chief
Kelso said he would get no pardon
for him; he could catch him any how.
Forrester's reason for lodging the
officers was thirteen years. sentence
hanging over him at Joliet.


In speaking of The murder, For
rester once said: sit is just like
this with me now-they will try me
on this Nathan murder, and they will
do everything in their power to con-
vict me. l can easily prove that /
was not within a thousand miles of
New York st the time; and then
back l go to Joliet, to work like g
dog all my lite. / wont live thirteen
years, so they will keep me there all
my life and you see there is no
chance for me il l give myself up. If
they will get me pardon from the
Governor OF Illinois, will gladly
stand trial on the murder case, for
then | would be Free"


As an instance of his daring, and
the risks he will run to do friends q
service, it is related of him that afew
months since, a number of his friends
were confined in one OF the stoutest
jails in New York State. The crime
which they were in for was certain to
give each long sentence; and their
friends used every endeaver to get
them out without avail, until Forres-
ter took the matter in hand. One
dark night he went to the Jail, and,
climbing over a twelve-foot outer
wall, got to the outside-door, and,
picking the lock of it with tool used
for that purpose, he passed into anoth-
er room, where he found the turnkey
laying on a cot asleer. Going up to
him, Forester very sdroitly abstract.
ed the keys from his belt, and pro-
ceeding directly to the cells, unlock
ed the doors and liberated his friends
three in number-sll making their
escape without being seen. After
getting his friends out, Forester
locked the cell-doors, and going
back to where the jailor was laying,
very cody replaced the keys in his
belt, and going out through the same
door, locked it with the came instru-
ment with which he had effected an
entrance. Many other instances of
his daring are related, but this will
give an idea of the kind of o man he
is--one who takes desperate chances
and generally comes through sue
cessfully.