The New York Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1870, Page 5

HE NATHAN INQUEST. Yestimony of General Blair, Dr. Peckham, Dr. Janvrin, Dr. Ruppauer and Others. A STRANGE STORY BY A NEWSBOY, The Murderous Blows Heard by a Neighbor. A Mysterious Carriage at an Un- seemly Hour. Statement of an Engineer, Which Contradicts the Testimony of the Newsboy, The Murder Still Shrouded in Mystery. ae) The Inquest Adjourned to This Morning. ‘Tne Coroner's inquest in the Nathan murder caso was resumed yesterday before Coroner Rollins and B jury. The proceedings, as on the last occasion, were held in the room of the Eighth Judicial Civil Court, The crowd was larger than on the first day, and among the audience were several ladies, Tho Nathar sons arrived jong before the Coroner, and took seats witltin the space reserved for the mem- bers of te press and the bars, ; ited The bulk of the testimony was what ts vulgary called of an ‘interesting’? character, and the ma- jority of those persons who went to the court with the hope of Iatening to startling developments were Not disappointed, “he tésliraony*or Drs. Janvrin and Rappaner, With the exoeption of where they described the wounds found on the deceased, was nothing but theorizing, which may be taken for just what it is Worth and nothing more. Tacir ideas as to HOW THE MURDER WAS DONE, and where the deceased was when first struck by his assailant will have no more weight, in all proba- bility, with the jury than those of Mangan, the officer whose ideas of some things in reference to the case seemed to have got rather mixed. Speak- Ing of this witness it may be mentioned that he ws recalled yesterday to answer certain questions by the Coroner, and, it must be satd, he gave a very poor exhibition of that keenness of observation ‘which should be on all occastons the distingulshiug characteristic of the thorough policeman. For in- stance, he was asked by the District Attorney if he ‘Was aware that there were tio large gas lamps in front of the private entrance to the Fifth avenue Hotel in Twenfy-thira streef, and he replied that he “nad never taken particular notice whether there ‘were or not.” In answer to the question whether he knew that carpenters were at work in Mr. Nathan’s during the week of the murder, ana that the house was UNOCCUPIED BY THE FAMILY, he replied that hedid not know. Yet on the first day of the inquest he testified that Twenty-third Street had been a part of his post off and on for the last three months, 1t is a question, one would whink, which concerns the Police Commissioners whether it ought not to be, if it ts not, the dnty of every policeman to Know what houses on hia post aro unoccupied in the summer time and who has a right toenter them. What hindered a coupie of burglars, instead of the carpenter, to have gone in and out of the Nathan mansion at will had there been no ser- vants taking care of it during the week preceding the murder or a! any time while the family wore ont of town? Gertainly Mangan would have been none the wiser, according to his own testimony. Besides any child of five years of age who has resided in the neighborhood as long as he has had a beat in the vicinity could havo told him about those lamps in Twenty-third streel, When Mangan was examined last Wednesday he did appear to know something, but higexhibition of ignorance yesterday about a street he has patrolied for three mouths almost docs ‘uot redound to his credit as an officer. THR PECKHAM EVIDENCE. Dr. Peckham’s evidence was very attentively lis- tered to, The Doctor, who, as he said, knew the Geceased very well, appeared to bo very much affected at times while giving bis testimony, which ‘Will no doubt have a great bearing in the case when all the evidence ts in. A STRANGE STORY. The little nowsboy Ries told a rather strange story, although he told {¢ in avery positive way, how he saw @ man, about twenty minutes after five o'clock the morning of the murder, who looked like a Mason, go up on the stoop at the Nathan mansion and pick up a piece of paper like a check, and then g0 towards Sixth avenue, and how, a few minutes afterwards, @ carriage drove away from the door after being ordered away by another man. The boy evidently testified to more than he really saw, as his evidence was totally at varianc2 with the testimony of other and not to be doubted witnesses. If there ‘had been a carriage before the door, as he described, Patrick McGovern, the man who was washing the Fifth Avenue Hotel sidewalk at the time, would cer- tainty have testified to the fact when examined by Superintendent Jourdan. And ts 't at all probable that a carriage would have driven up to the Nathan mansion in broad daylight if the man who ordered it away was aware of the murder that had been committed ? PUTTING THE REPORTERS IN A PALSR POSITION. at the close of the boy Ries’ testimony the Coro- mer adjourned the Inquest (at half-past two o'clock) on the ground that the reporters had complained that they had already taken more notes than they could write out for their respective papers and were tired out. The jury did not seem to relish tho idea of adjournment, but submitted the propriety of ‘the thing to the members of the press. As the latter bad not been generally consulted avout the matter by the Coroner, and as the majority considered it foreign to their sense of duty to attempt to control the action of the jury one way or the other, none of ‘them deigned to express a word on the subject. ‘Tho Coroner should remember that his stenographer fe not tho presa, An M. Ds Tacories. Dr, Joseph E. Janvrin was the first witness, He ‘testified as foliows:—I was sent for on the morntag ‘of the murder about five minutes before six o'clock: I found the body on its back, with left leg somewhat drawn up and the kneo resting against the door ‘that leads into the study adjoining the bedroom. Here the witness described the wounds on the body.) @ The Coroner—in your opinion how long had the doceased been dead when you saw him? A, I shonld judge three hours—possibly four—even a Uttis longer than that, perhaps. A Juror—Bave you made surgery a special study? A. I have atudied it considerably; I was three years $a the army as surgeon, and have nad consider. able practice as such durtug the last ten years, @ In the examinations which you made, with the view of determining by what instrument the wounds were made, what result did you arrive at? 4. My impression 1s that all the wounds were In- Uoted by the dog; I feet confident of that. Another Juror—Whon you eutered the house who fid yon see? A. I don’t remember exactly; 1 saw Mr, Washington Nathan in tho front Parlor; I saw Wr. Frederick in the rear.room. ” Q Did you observe the clothing of those two oung gentiemon? A, I dia nots they Pore them, when f exw thems” This® was tet MO it Tyon notice If th a eatery ). it you notice ere was ci Joost from the foot of tho stairs to the pea ssi no Was rather dark, an burr Q Dig you look for Nile bi MARKS OF BLOOD along the ai! or on the stairs? A. No, I saw no marks of blood, except in the rooms, » & When the dog was brougut up by the policeman | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. to the room in whioh Mr. Nathan was, whére was It placed? where did yon leave It when you left the Toom? A. I think it was lying benind Mr. Nathan’s head, by the window, Q. Did you examine the dog with the view of see- ing it the blood was recent or old? A, it waa thor ry. . How long would it take blood to thoroughly ary onan instrume of that kind? A, About an hour's time; of course It might have been longer than that; it contd not have veen less, in Did ih was from blood? of the case is that Mr. Nathan was awakened noise at the safe, and that when he got up to go to the back room he was BY THE MURDERER’ - and wae struck by this instrament over the head, effecting the first wound which did not penetrate the skulls ane knocked him down, I think; the mar- derer then over him and dealt the other blows on the floor. asbearye the chair that had fallen in the ? A Li oe baat cae ree ty und; I am quite positive other Cg not iving down when I whenI went there; one of the policemen tipped it over to show me, and said it was found in that position; I — remember if the chair was covered with upho!- atery. Q. How'do you acconnt by your theory for the pre- sence of blood in the study—the large pool of blood directly south of the chair, the small one between that and the sill, and the other status of blood found in vartous positions? was the only point which confused me at all; it was hard to account for the blood in that position; its presence can hardly be accounted for by any theory in such Peers uniess the temporal artery was cut at the rst blow, aud the rush of blood was so great that it ppatgred in, Witt direction. By a Jaror—When you went into the room was the Gaslight burning? A, Lt was, Q. And as to the position of the body, was tho hand extended ag if stielding oif blows or was It lying down? A. It wasiying down: I am sure of prety feat pay hove been Moved by some one be- Q. Was there anything In the circumstances you ‘ved to necessarily indicate the pregenee pf more than one murderer? A. No, sir: I think tnd mumnler couid have heen one by oné man; there was nothing to imply the néceasity of the possession of more than usual physical strenzth. Q. Did you see the clothing of the deceased which he had taken of the night pefore? A. [ saw It lying on the chair directly at the foot of the bed, at the east side of the house; J did not inspect it very par- ticularly; | noticed some spots of blood on the shirt bosom; J saw nothing of Mr. Nathan's spectactes. Q. Was the safe open at the time you were in the atoiy? A, It was not, Qa ee do not know whether the key was in tt? A. My Impression is it was not; 1 did not notice any Pate oo about, a cumenik Ea ae ‘he CoroierY6u made a thorough examination ol the Injuries received and you found two wounds atthe back of the head, you satd, IT belteve? A, One only; at the oceipital prominence I found four severe wounds altogether; there were three or four other smail wounds rizht inthe immediate vicinity of the severe wound which fractured the skull. 9. Did you nottes if the two eyes wero blackened and if the thumb was injured? A. The blackness of tue eyes would be accounted for by the severity of the blows, he Coroner (showing the ‘dog’’)—Yon think that this instrument indicted all the wounds? A. Yea, sir, certainty; the instrument may have moved a little when the blows were struck, and this caused ed wountl in the forehead. Do you think that there was necessarily constierab'e struggling, or was Mr. Nathan stunned at the first blow? A. I think there was nostrug- giing whatever; I think be was stunned at the first blow; there were some marks at the side of the door which I suppose were made by Mr. Nathan’s right hand as he tried to get up, Q. Does that account for the presence of blood on both sides?’ A. That on the other side was made entirely by Mr. Nathan's fingers, Q You think he was struck unawares by some blow which Dba his crying out or giving an alarm? A. Yes, sir, The District Attorney—What was the position of the gaslight ? how brightly was it burning when you wentin? A. The gaslignt was at the window next the little room; in the large room that is—tne side next Filth avenue; I think the shutter was turned partially back, s0 that ft cut off the glare of the light through the place where Mr. Nathan himself was lying; it was turned on about one-third of the usual force of a gas oS I think it could not have beeu seen trom the street, becauge it was not ourning snMi- ciently strong to givo much light in the room itself. A Juror—The window was open when you went In, Was it not? A. fwo widows in the large room were open from the botiom, and ihe window tn the ttle roum was up about six inches. Q. Was there light suMicient in the room for the murderer to hit Nathan each time with cer- tain A. Yes, sir; espectally if he had been some time in the room and was accustomed to the light. | Anthony Ruppaner sworn—I reside at the Fifth Avenue Hotel; was called over to 12 West Twenty- third strect on the morning of the 29th of July, about quarter to eight o'clock; when I went in the hall met Washington Nathan and went up stairs with hin (here witness described the position of the body and the wounds, corrobora:ing the description given by the previous witness). Oross-examined by District Attorney Fellows—I board on the ground floor of tne Fifth Avenue Hotel, facing the Nathan mansion; I le{t town the day before the murder, about four o'clock; wien I wentup stairs the “dog” was lying directly near the head of the corpse, somewhat in the blood on the floor; the blood was dry; the gas, I think, was not burning when Iwas in the house: there was a wire screen to the study window, the window itself being open; 1 did not see Mrs. Kelly or her son that morning; I saw no one but Washington Nathan; he had a shirt, pants and slippers on; did not examine old Mr. Nathan’s clothes; from all I saw of the room and the position of the body I think there MUST HAVE BEEN A STRUGGLE; ifa person receives a sudden blow the hands might clinch as the bands of Mr, Nathan were;.irom an examination of the boot, &e., I should say the body had been dead four or five hours; death must have resulted very speedily after the wounds were given; rigor morlis would not set in so quickly 10 ‘Warm weather as fo cold; the body might have been eer 81x hours; it is possible that it could have ch. 4 Mr. Russell (a Juror)—I compared the wounds with tne instrument calied the “dog and they cor- Tesponded with the jotut of the instrument; that js, Pv pect all of them could have been done by the “og. By Mr. Field (a juror)—I should not without the aid of chemical analysis want to give a positive answer as to Whether the blood stains on @ garment were or not coagulated or frexh when they got on; I don’t think Jt Was necessary that the muraerer should have-been A VERY POWERFUT, MAN; one herd blow of that ‘og’ could have stunned Mr. Nathan so that his murder would nave been a matter of comparative ease for the murderer; my theory is that Mr. Nathan was first struck on ap- proaching the study; theee may have been more than one murderer; it 1s auite Probable there were; the wound in the frontal bone was sufficient to have caused Goath; I think the muraerer or mur- derers in the doing of the deed must have got blood on them; they would not neces- sary have received any wounds; I did not notice any blood on the bed; if there had been it would have attracted my attention; I cannot account how the drawer could have been placed on the bed by. the murderer without the blood from his hands get- ting on elther the bed or the drawer} the murderer, ir he touched them after the murder, must haye be- smeared them, uuless he WASHED HIS HANDS after the murder, or unless the drawer had been pees on the bed before the murder was committed; do not account for the blood on the jams of the door by the ead of the artery; if there haa been 8 straggie it might have got there during it by the body being thrown against it; the boay, as it lay, appeared in a natural position—not as if'it had been dragged to the spot where it was found, By the District Attorney—I saw a chair in the room; it was a sofa bottom one; it Mr. Nathan had been struck as he egtered the study I don’t think the stains on the Inside of the bottom of the chair could have been made where they were made by his falling against It ng striking it with hie head. By the Coroner—If'the blood had come from the artery alone the stains on the door would have been to spre 8, as from a spray of water; if a body cov- ered with blood had been thrown against the wall the stains would have been in smenara; admitting that Mr. Nathan fell against the chair, and thus 1% became stained, he must have been struck from be- fad and then fell aud have received the other ows, THY TIE OF DEATH. Dr. Janvrin, recalied—I don’t remember the exact position of the right arm when I saw the vody; when I examined it tt was quite fexibie; there was no rigor mortis; this was ten minutes after* six keel ae Tcan account for this by the fact that the hemorrhage from the temporal artery had been so excessive that the rigor had not set in until some wait after beh 2 I did not notice any bloody footpri In the hall; 1 did not take any particular notice them if there were any; by croscopic examination probaay, and by chemical analysis cer- tainly, coagulated can be discerned from fresh blood stains; the blood smears on the door might have been done by Mr, Nathan in his attempt up after he was stunned; my impression that after being struck he aid not sa GETTING ON HIS FERN, although ho may have got to a sltting postare; the only pot that J cannot explain satisfactorily my own mind ts the biood on the sofa bottom of the chair; the smears on the wall may have been made by the murderer rubbing his: hands against it; I found no blood on that part of the ‘ ” which must have been held in the hand of the mur- derert 1 positively assert that it was quite sponsible that the murderer could have escaped wkhout a single drop of biood on his clothing; ‘ believe there was only one murderer, and 1 thing that after the first blow he gave Mr. Nathan he had rea hing his own way; [ don’t think Mr. Nathan hi time to make any ontcry whatever; there may have been two persons tn the room when the murder was done, hat it was not necessary that there should have been mmore than one to make the deed what It was, THR BOSS CARPRNTER AND THE DOG, Washington McKenzie sworn—Am a carpenter and builder (‘‘dog"? shown); we use nothing of that kind tn oor tradg; I never saw that instrument in the house of Mr. Kathan; I had been there many Imos before the murder overlooking repairs done in it; J never saw that instrument in the stable to the Fear of the house, and all assertions that I ever told SOY person that {had seen It false; the young ma employ (Le Melstre) waa recommende to tig 2 Aus Yeung Men's Christa Aegooiations his pmmetinn Dek atereps tee good since I have known General Frank P. Blair's {Testimony. Genera! Frank P, Blair sworn and examined— Where do you reside? A. In St. Louis, Were you in the olty on the night of the 2sth of July? A. I was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where 1 was boarding. Q On the morning of the 29th of July was there anything that specially attractea your attention to No, 12, opposite you? A. About half-past five, ora Uttle before, I got up for the purpose of closing the blinds of my room, which let the light come in ver: strongly, and which in fact had awakened me, ani 4n doing 80 I approached the window and looked Across the street and saw in the house No. 12 @ gen- tleman SITTING IN HIS NIGHT CLOTHES at the third siory window, and I noticed that the frout door of the house was open; it stood at about an angle of forty-five de; of courso this did not arrest my attention particularly; I retired and Was aroused a short time afterwards by outcries of “Police!” and “Murder! I got up and I saw two temen standing at the door of No. 12, both in their night clothes, both exclaiming loudly aud Fert (Bord help; one ofthem had stains of blood Upon his garments and on his feet; I saw the police- man enter the house and come out again shortly af- ter ; I eaw one of these men pick up an iron instrument near the door and show it to the police. man, and I supposed it was the bolt of the dodr that had been, ag I judged, detached in opening tue door; it turns out, however, to be the Instrument called a dog; I supposea at the time there haa been Fong. attempt to enter the house, uror—Who was the young man you saw at the third story window? A. I have not seen him since; he had side whi-kers; 1 recogulze him now, how- ever (pointing to Mr. Frederick Nathan). A Juror—Was thero a light burning on the second Noor at this time? A. I did not notices, Coroner—Which floor do you occupy In the Fifth Avenue Hotel? A, The third floor; No. 73; it is very nearly the samo height with the'third floor of Mr, Nathan's hous; I did not see the whole lengti of the gentleman { saw at the window; I could not, of course; there might have been some blood on the jowor par of his. person; when I gaw him at the oor ‘STOCKINGS WERE "BLOODY; the lower part of his shirt aud on the breast also there was blood; fam confident that blood was on the breasi; I did not notice any newsboy.in the street; there was nobody on the steps of che house at that time, I am sure; I saw no blood ou Mr. heel a Nathan when I saw him that mornings T recognize him at present; Ishould have see: blood on his garments as ceadily as on those of Mr, Frede- rick Natian if there hail been any; I think Mr. Habinaton Nathan was ip his vare leet when I saw Mangam Again. . OMcer Mangam recalled—The dog" lay inside the outside dvor, and my attention was called to it by one of tie Nathan sons, who handed it to me; t laid it down on the carpet up stairs, rear the corpse, By Mr. Fleld—I did not notice any carpet on the hall thing between the door and the bottom of the stairs; I have heard Gen Bialy’s statement that the door was open at half-past ive o'clock; T still adhere to my statement, notwithstanding, that the door was shut at a quarter before six o'clock; [saw no newshoy on any one of the stoops near by; f did not know ub the time whether me 19 wee Was occu pled thé or nol, nor aja L know thal thé carpeaters were at work; if there had been @ plece of paper on the stoop that moratng I should he noticed it; I Never took any particular notice whether there are two large gas lamps ia front of the privute entrance n Twenty-third street to tite Fifth Avenue Hotel, De. Peckhan’s Testimony. Walton I, Peckham sworn, Q. Where do you reside? A. Corner of Fifth ave- fue and Twenty-third street; my house extends down about eighty feet, which leaves about twenty feet between me and Mr. Nathan's; I slept_on the first chamber floor, the same as that which Mr. Na- than slept on. < During the morning of the 29th were you attract- ed ‘had pecu iar noise in the adjoining house? A. On the Thursday night of the murder my wife calie out to me that Somebody was in the house; any dis- tarbance afiects her very much, and she was ajarmea by the thunder and ligltuing; the windows-—two Windows in the rear and one in the bathroom— were at this time open; nothing disturbed us until my wife catled out, “Doctor, there is SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE; - Twas awake, and Isaid [lad heard the noise, but that it was not in Our house, aud that it was in Mr. Nathan’s house, or perhaps in the house on the otner side, but thatl wis confident it was not ta ours; this frst sound I Wil say was a load and dis. tinct one, and we thought it was the shuttin rather violently of a chamber door, and tt did. no sound unlike it, yet not precisely the same; while my wife was speaking to me we heard, both of us, disuinctly and at short intervals, | should say of a quarter Of a minute, or perhaps longer, THRER DISTINCT SOUNDS, Qut much lighter than the other and of a somewhat disferent character; {do not know how to describe it, but it was a duller sound; 1 do not Know what phrase to use, but there was bo comparison with it and the other; three of those sounds I heard and perba four; my wife again remarked, “Do you ear thatr” I said “Yes; but it 14 not in our house;’” she desired me to get up; I declined; she, however, got up and went into the bathroom, the door leading mato that room being left open, and coming right up to the bed, she threw open the green blinds and looked at the door leading into my kitchen, an fron door, and looked ut tho gate and saw the yard distinctly, and saw it was afi right; there was nothing to be seen; she remained a little while and came agat to bed; sho was a Litue disturbed; nothing further was gaid til morning, and at about seven we rose; she was nearer the window than I was: she looked out and sald, **There is sone trouble at Mr. Nathan’s house;”! it occurred to me that the thunder had been pretty severe and [ said that Mr. Naihan’s house might have been struck by Hightnings went down stairs and some of the girls said Mr. Nathan had been murdered. The District Attorney—Where is the sleeping chamber of yourself and Wile? A. It is the rear chamber, overlooking the passageway between my nouse and Mr. Nathan's, Q. Tunderstand that your sleeping chamber—the one you occupied tiat night—1a the northwest cor- her of the house. A. It is the westerly room of the houses it has a window looking out on Twenty-third atree! Q. There are windows on the east side of Mr. Nathan’s house; did you observe if they were open? A. They were never open; they are fast; they are fron and they come pretty close. to my house, and Mr. Nathan and I arranged that they should be kepi closed. Q. Referring to this first sound that you heard, do rou say that you heard that sound distinctly? A. istinctly, sir: [ heard 1t as well as my wile. Q. Have you any idea as to what time this was? A. My best judgment is that is was between two and ha‘f-past; but you will understand I did not look at my watch or thie clock; we had @ good sound sleep after twelve o’clock before we woke, Q. Are you accustomed to wake in the night? A. Yes, sit; both of us; we are light sleepers, Q ‘This drst sound that you have inpben of, might it have been the falling of a body? A. It did not sound like that, sir; ithad a sharp sonnd; when I went into the house the next morning | saw a few persons, though I did not notice who they were, but I passed up the stairs; | ought to say here that these stairs are like mine; they are in the rear of the hall and quite dark; they are very weil made, and if they are a3 good a4 mine in that respect you cannot any person going up or down; wecannot hear our servants if they take their shoes off; the stairs ao not creak at all; when I went in-the house and saw the body I looked at once to see if I could discover anything that wouid account for THE FIRST SOUND; the door of the small room was thrown open to the right, 60 My idea of this door being slammed againgt ine bedstead did wot amount to any- thing; I looked into the small room the centre table was in ita place, and there wasa@ Chair that was thrown over; I have been told since that that chair was broken; If that chair was struck by that instrument that may have caused the first sound; but tne other sounds wero of 4 different character, aud when Isaw the body with those faly wounds on the head, I saw the explana- tion of the further sounds; Mr. ‘Nathan's hand was very much swollen aud his eyes swelled up; the body was nearly all lying tn the main chai! I BEARD NO BALLOOING; I should say that at the time my wife got up the omnibuses had ceased running; there was no car- riage oo te the street and it was very quiet; my wife it was starlight; as I looked at the body there was a thought of this kind in my mind, “How is it that he Iles well to the right and the left knee is nearest the side of the door?’ the body lay on the side furthest from the front, the door opening on the southerly side me right at his back: 1 account for the absence of hal- looing for the reason that when he got that first blow he was stunned and not able to halloo; that blow would bring him to bis hands ana knees, if not er, and that would bring the back of his head before the murderer; then in the strnggie he Might raise bis band towards bis head without knowing what he did, and then the second viow ‘would fall on that; and I sup; that as long ay he fare any convulsive motion this creature kept 8 Have fou ever heard thé door. of that pafo be ich In the small room closed since the mur- ler? A. , Q You ard not prepared to say, then, what sound that makes In bemg closea violently? A. No, sir. Q Would a blow struck with an instrament such as this (producing the dog) upon a yielding substance, for instance, a human retched On & carpet, produce such a sound as that—a dull, muifie , heavy sound—nothing sharp or metailic about it? A. should say, sir, that elther of the sounda after the first migh} have been produced tn that way; [ do fot think that the blow im front or behind was done while he was completely dow; I think this Orsé blow right over the forehdad BROUGHT HIM TO HIS KNEFS; Thave asked a number of gentlemen about this, aud [hear from everybody that a man when struck lalls-forward on his Knees, and if he 13 auficientl, struck of course he goes down entirely; but that not generally the case, Q. Do you attempt to give any explanation of the blood on the chair? A. No, sir, Q. Will you me be as-explicit as you can as to the lengtn of time your wife was up ufter you heard those firat sounde? I nave understood you to say that an interval of a quarter of a ininute might have ela) between the others? A, Yes, sir; my wifo fe! up almost immediately after the nolsé she leard; she thinks she remained at the rear windows ten minutes or more, but I do not think sne did. Q. Were your windows so situatea towards Mr, Nathay’s nguse that ¥ any perso bad goue out of Nathan's front door she could have seen bim ? A aoe she could not have seen him, ‘at ts the character of the pavement there A. sidewalk js very nice, smooth, oH walking makes odusldcrabie holse; Ican heat a man at night distinctly, ‘The during the time your wife was at the rex? window, do you think shé could have heard that? A. Well, air, | think @ man could have gone out quietly enough not to be heard; if a man steps on na wes, he very quietly indecds Do you think the doors could have been un- locked and this chain detached and that heavy front door 0) d without your wife having beard it? A. Yes; I have a similar chain over my door; it does not make a great deal of noise to take it orf, and if the locks are in good order, very little noise indeed 1s made tn opening. the door; I do not think wo could have heardit even in @ still ht, when our ears and senses were greatly exol had opened My, Nathan’s door; you must remem- ber that my wife, £0, Wad ab the window furthest away from Mr, Nathan's door. Q. Were FRO intimately poquainted with Mr, Na- than? A. I knew hin wel; he was @ very amiable and wortny man; he was very near-sightes Q If you met him on the street how far could he Tecognize you? A. I never saw him without glasses, Q. There are certain pecullarities that attach to men who are extremely near-sighted; one 1s that of peering in one’s face when they converse with you; £ Mr, Nathan’s habity A, To a certain’ ex- ‘ent only. Q. From your knowledge of Mr. Nathan do you think he was a gentleman wo would be likely to recognizo the features of another in the dim Nght of @sleeping chamber or not? A, No, sir, not without his gli Q. But, then, if ho was wearing his glasses could he recognize any one in so dimly lighted a chamber? A. I do not think he would do go at once, Q. Did you notice in the moruing when you en- terea the house at twenty minutes past séven the position of the commode or table as to the ved which Mr. Nathan occupied? A, No, sir; Ido not remember. Q. Did you notice whether between that bed and the door by which you euter Mr. Nathan’s ehain- ber there was a taple—I mean in the large room? A. No, sur; if there was, 1t made no impression upon me, Q, Did you see Mr, Nathan’s glasses? A. No, sir, A Juror—What Is the position of your bed in your chamber? A, The hexl of our dbelis oa the souta side of he house; we look north, towards the Fifth avenue, Q. Were you or Mrs. Peckham, or both of you, awake before this first sound occurred, or were you, one or both, awakened by it? A. We were both, a3 1 think, awake; Twas awake, I know; she cailed out to me:—*Did you hear tiit; there is somep: tm the house; T answered I was awake and beard it myself, and L was confident it was not in our house, Q There may have peen @ noise that awakened you before that . [had had @ good sivep aud might have woke up; I have no recoliection of an thlag except that IT heard this sound and was awake; Thad not, however, been awake loug. Q. How loud was this noise A. If you take a pretiy good sized bedroom dvor and bring tt to rather suddealy that would compare with it ypry WO odie eure Sortie. web From your knowledge of aconstios and from what you know of Mr. Nathan's be should you think shat that nolse could have failed to awaken any one eleeping m the back room on the sane floor, even assuming that the doors were closed? A; My answer is that there imight be a very loud sound and, if there was not another, a man mighé sleep it through.’ (The doctor, in iltustrating tats, narrated @ Case Which bad occurred in lus Own ex: pertence.) Q. Considering the succession of sounds that oc- curred W: after so enough, in connection wit! previous louder one, to necessarily awaken a person siceping on that floor ? A, Lshould not say, air, that such would necessarily be the case; the after sounds were very peculiar, Q, Did you observe whea you went iuto the house whether there was a 71.003K PIRCR OF CARPET extended along the hail on the first foor? A. I did not, Bir. Q. Woukl your wife have heard a person walking on the sidewalk, while she was at the window, tf any one had been going eastbwarat A. Yes, sir; I think 80, Q. Do you know anything about the honse on the other side of Mr. Nathan’s? A, I do not think it has ben occupted since May; it is furnished, however. Q, Do yon know whether workinen are employed in that house? A, Notto my kKnowlelge; I was abs sent for about ten days previous to the murder, but prior to that I used to go down past the house dally to do my marketing and I never noticed any work- men there, Q. You sold that property which formed the site of Mr, Nathan’s iouse to Mr. Nathan? A. My family did, q. You were residing in the house where you now are when Mr. Nathan’s house was built? A. Yes, sir, Q. Were you much about the premises at the time of ita construction? A. Yes, sir; Mr, Nathan some- Umes consulted me about its construction, Tho windows facing cast were tron shutters. ‘The District Atiorney—lf you were in tho same Sleeping apartment as on the night of the murder, and we should desire to subject vou to the test, a went into these apartments of Mr. Nathan, and slammed the door, or vioked the safe violentiy, or overturned a chair, or struck a blow upou some piece of furniture with that instrument, have you 80 vivid an impression of that sound you heard that you could detect it from any other? A. I think we could; both my wi'e and myself have the most distinct im- pression of it. 3 =~ A Juror—You stated you were distinctly of the tm. pression that had any person passed up Twenty- third street sidewalk, un your aide, your wife could have heard him? if he had passed onthe sidewalk ou the other side of the street could your wife havo also heard him? A. [think she would; Iam not certain, but if any one had watked tn the other direc- on she might not have heard him. Au Infants Tale. James Niecs, sworn and examined, Q. Do you understand the nature ofan oath? A. Yes, sir, Q. Where do you reside? A. At 633 East Sixth street. Q. What ts yonr business? A. I sell newspapers. Q. Do you remember the morning of the 29th ult. ? Yea, Q re were youon that morning? A. About five o'clock or ten minutes ‘after five I was around in Twenty-third street and Fifth avenue. Q. What did you see there; A. 1 was standing there foiding papers, at icast [ had the newspapers still under my arm aud | thought it would be just a good place to fold them on THE STOOP OF MR. NATHAN’S HOUSE; 1 was goig there, and @ man, Who looked like a ma- gon, was just going before me; I was about four yards from the house when he stopped and picked up a piece of paper irom the sioop and put it in bis Oe Q. Which way was he going? A. He was ahead of me and went down towards Sixth avenue; I went up the stoop to see if i¢ was dry, and the rain had happened to blow againat the house, so that the stoop was half way wet. Q. Did you observe the position of thedoor? A. Yes, sir; it was about two inches open at that time, 9: Where did you go from there? A. I went back to the basement in the corner, Mr. Peckham’s house; it was dry down there, Q. How soon afterwards did you hear the ory of murder? A. Quite a while afterwards; about three- quarters of an hour. Q. Who did you see at thattime? A. I saw two young men coming out on the stoop and crying out lourder, and thea they ORIED OUT FOR HELP, Q. Did you see a policeman there? A. Not until ten minutes afterwards. Q. Did you see any other person there? A. A whole lot of men gathered there; I went up the stoop and one of the gentlemen picked up the dog and showed it to the other men. Q Before the policeman airived? A. Yes, sir; I am sure of that; there was no policeman insiae When the men came there. Q. How long was it before he arrived? A. After I had ‘Been there about ten minutes some of the men came from the Fifth Avenue Hotol; some werg laboring men; I saw an open CARRIAGE BEFORE MR. NATHAN’S HOUSE a little while before that, on the same side of the way. Q. How long before? A. About ten minutes or a quarter of an hour before the cry of murder. Q. And after you had been on the steps to fold your papers? A. Yes, sir. a Enon it would be half an hour after you went tnere? A. Yes, sir, Q. Did you see any person in the oarrlage? A. fo, alr. ‘or oh saw no person ground the carriage? A. 0, alr. You aid not see a person go up to the driver “Drive on.” A. Yes, sir. . “then you saw a person there? A. Yes, sir. }. Did this person get into thecarriage? A, No, sir; he went to the house next door. . Did he go in that housc? A. Yea, sir, . Can you give us any description of that man you saw go up the steps’ A. Yes, sir; ho LOOKED LIKE A MASON, Q. Did he have any lime on bis clothes? A, Yes, sir, and red brick dust. @ What kind of a coat did he weart A. White, such as a mason generally weara, “ . Did he have whiskers’ A. I did not notice the whiskers, Q. How far did he go up the steps to ES up this e platform paper? A. Dp to the very top; that is, ul ‘of the stoop. Q. Was the paper lylug close by the door? A. Yes, de ay She a Ai Q, Did he read the paper? A. He looked at it and | PEP PAE: na il you Took At that picce of paper (showing @ bank check to the witness)? was the paper iike that? A. Ithad yellow letsers on it, not blue: it ‘was a piece of paper about that size. t jo you know what @ bank-note or check 13? 1d 16 Joo! k like that? A, Yes, aii . He picked it up; 4.4 he stand there and read It? A. No, sir; he just glavoed at it and put itin his pocket and walked away; I beileve he pyt it in hig pants pocket. Q. Where were you at that time? A. I was jJuat going to the siep to fold my papers. Does your mother keep @ stand in that vicinity ? A. Bhe used to keep one at the junction of Fifth ave- nue and Brosdway—the hotel corner; she has one now across the way; abe kept her stand at the hotel es morning; sne was there when the man went up he steps; she selis all the morning papers; | am a newasboy; I sell papers in the stagea, Q. Had you mn accustom to go up Mr. Nathan's house to fold your papers? A. Yes; twico before J aid, Q When did you go up last? A, The morning be- fore the day preceding the murder, @ Where did you fojd yoor papers on Thursday morning? A, It was dry that morning and I folded them on the glass way opposite the bank. About what time was it that you saw that A. About five min- utes after five, Had yon looked at any clock? A. Yes, sir; the F Avenue clock, - Q. Do you think if that man was brought into on: you could know bimagaint A, I think I Cl . 2 Suppose he were to have on different clothes; did you notice his {ace auMiciently weil to recognize him? A. No, sir, Lonly saw his back; I dia not get @ good look at his face. You say the door was open about two Inches; how are you sure the door was not half open? A. It was only @ little ways open; from the street you Would have to notice particularly to know if it was Open at all or not; was at twenty mluutes past ive. ae Did you sce Patrick Govern there? A. Yea, 6. Do you know him? A. Yes, sir; he squirts the hove on the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Q. What was thi carriage you saw like? A, It Was not an ordinary hack; it looked like a gentle- man’s private carriage. Q. Did you go up stairs into the room? A, No, fir; no further than the stov, What was the reason that you ald not go up? Did anybody keep you out? A. No, str; I did not bi to go up; there was no one there to keep peo- ple away. AGAIN THE MASON. Q How was this man dressed who p'cked up the paper? A. He had on a gray coat and white pants, Did you notice this Paper, that he picked up? A. Whilo he picked it up I noticed it, 9 Could the paper seen from the sidewalk without going up the steps? A. Yes, sir. Q. How large was that paper? A. About as large as that check paper (pointing to the paper which had been previously exhibited to him). MORE ABOUT THR PAPER. Q, Was it not larger than that? A. It.was a little larger; it was perfectly open; the man looked at tt and pat it tn his pooket, Q, Was there any printing on it? A. Yes, sir; the printing on it was yellow. » How long was the man looking at 1¢ before he pulit in his pocket? A, About asecond ; it wa8 a paper with printing on it and blanks for writing; the blanks were all flied up. Q, What did you suppose it was wh pick itup? A. Lsupposed it was ac A POSER, Q..Why did you not then iialioo ont (Witness a litte confused), to halloo “thief” to, Q. Which way did this man o down Broadway; t was standl: Broadway. Q. And then which side did he go—down Twenty- third street? A. I followed bebind him about five or six yards from him; it was a revenue stamp that psaw on the paper, I think; Ftold my mother that I had seen if. Q. Did this man turn yr saw him Thiefi’ A. There Was no one round met A. He came at the corner of and watch you after he had Picxed up the paper?’ A. No, sr;he walked ricot ou; I told nobody e. motier, Q. When were you at Police H-adquarters? A, Last Thursday, The Coroner then announced the adjournment of the inquest uattl to-day, He stated that he tad been induced to close the present session thus eariy out Of consideration for the reporters, who would be unable, even a3 the case then stood, to write out their notes, [ft 18 neediess to say that the Qoroner did not make this decision at the request of the rep- resentauives of the HikaLD, hor were they consulted avail in tue matter.) The District Attorney announced further that to- doy’s session would be heid in tie Cour: of General Sessions. The Mysterious Slip ot Paper—How It Came Upon the Stoop4iidavit of an Engiceer. The detectives are still actively engaged in at- tempting to clear up the mystery, but are still as far as ever from accomplishing It. Several persons called at the Centra! Omice yesterday with what they believed to be valuable Information; but, with one exception, their statements are of no value. This one is the man wbo picked up apiece of paper on Mr. Nathan’s stoop previous to the commission of the crime, an] not on the following morning, as as- sertea by the newsboy. He presented himsel! the HERALD ofllce yesterday, and siated that he had seen Superiatendent Jourdan and made Execution of York Campbell, s Colored Man~ Whiskey His Ruinstion, Heaven His Destination. Currerrer, Va., August 6, 1870. On Wednesday, the 29th of December last,} Pollux Patrick, an old colored man, highly re! spected by all who knew him, was most bratally and foully murdered by York Campbell, colored, aged about twenty-fAve, The body was found in, & piece woods on the Orange and Alexandria Rail« road, near Mitchell's station. The head was bat- tered in and the throat cyt from ear tocar, The morderer, after committing his horrible crime, fled to Georgia, where a large number of Virginia. negroes had gone to work on the railroad. Ho was oon traced up, arrested and brought to this place for his trial, which took place in June last. The trial resulted in the conviction of the prisoner, who confessed his guilt. He was se tenced to ba hang on the 6th day of August. On yesterday the solemn sentence of the law was carried out, At an early hour the streets of this nsually quiet town began to be lined with human beings (the negro element largely pre dominating), who were assembling from every’ direction to witness the death agonies of their un~ fortunate and ruined fellow creature. The law# of this State respecting executions require that the hanging shall be within the jail walls, where there are such enclosures, There being no wall around tho jail of this county the execution was of necessity public. As there was very bitter feeling on tho part of the colored people against the murderer every precaution was observed to prevent disturbance of any kind. Early in the morning @ strong guard was placed at the jail and along the street leading to it, At half-past eleven o'clock Deputy Sheriff Priddie summoned the prisoner, who came forth from his cell, at« tended by Rev. J. B. Taylor, Jr, the white Bap« tist minister of this place, who had been with him all the morning, and who has v d him free quently ninco his conviction. Tho carriage con« taining the criminal, oMcera of the law and tha minister of the gospel, was surrounded by a guard of one hundred mounted men, under the command of Colonel Crittenden, who escorted it to the place of execution, a milo distant from the jail. As tha solemn procession moved slowly on the colored people in great crowds pressed ag closely to tha carriage a8 possible that they might see the ap« pearance and bearing of the poor wretch who was soon to be launched into eternity. They were also stationed on fences and posts all along the line of march, frequently calling out their “fares wells” with Leer voices and respect+ ful manner. In no case on the way to the scaffold, and when at it, waa there any want of solemnity. Probably an exe- cution never took place when everything passed. off with less of disorder, The day was bright and beautiful, and right in front of the gallows spread out a landscape of enchanting beauty, while in full sight loom up in all their grandeur the glo« rious Blue Ridge mountains. Ono could but be reminded of those lines, ad Thongh every prospect pleases, Yet only wan Is vile. The gallows was the usual kind, with trap door and bolt. The doomed man ascended the steps AN A¥YPIDAVIT OF FACTS concerning the plece of paper, which he was will- ing to have published, though he did not desire to give hisname. He said he was employed as engi- neer at the new gas works 1a Eleventh street. His appearance was that of aman who had just left off work in a machine shop, Tie following 14 his statc- ment:— 1 left Eleventh street, East river, at about ten o’clock on the night of the murder, where I was om- ployed as engineer, and proceeded as far as avenue A and Eleventh street, when | took @ car to tweuty- third sireet ant Broadway. { got ont of the car aud proceeded toward the Pavouia forry, foot of Twenty-third street. When about sixty feet from the corner of Filth avenue and ‘Iwenty-third street I noticed two men standing and talking by the railing of Dr. Pecknhaim’s house; did not take particular notice of them, but passed on about twenty or thirty feet, when [saw a ploce of paper lying on the sidewa'k; picked it up; the sidewalk belug wet, the paper was saturated through: carried it to the first lamppost, which stands nearly tn front of Mr. Nathan's door, and then EXAMINED THE PAPER; found It to-contain @ list of either gold or stock; could nut say which, it betug in pencil mark, and considering the paper to beof no vaiue to me I threw it away; the wind blowing strong at the time the paper fell on Mr. Nathan's doorsteps. ‘he two men were well dressed, but I cannot recollect any- Uulng particular conceruing them; could not recog- nize them now. WAS THIS THE MAN? A man comes over the Pavonia ferry every morn- ing, dressed in bine overalls and a dark blue shirt, and carries a dinner pail. He generally leaves Pa- yonta about half-past four in the peri 2 crosses the ferry and geis on the avenue Acar, This man seems to be a froman or engine ‘This man tn all quickly and apparently without trepidation, and stood like a statue while Deputy Sherid Priddia adjusted the rope. When asked if he had anything to say he nodded assent, and in clear, ringing notes, yet with that singing tone peculiar to negro exhortera, he acknowledged the Justice of his sen- tence and urged all to take waroing from his example. He said that whiskey had been his “‘ruination,”’ and urged white and black to let italone. He then said that he had sought for mercy from God, and that he trusted that bis sing had been pardoned for the sake of Jesus Christ, who ‘‘came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance,” and concluded with a brief prayer to God to receive his spirit. Rev. Mr. Taylor then stepped forward and offered an earnest prayer, after which he bid the criminal goodby, shaking his hand. York thanked the minister for his visits and the interest shown in his spiritual wel- fare. The Sheriff thon took leave very kindly of the poor man and pinioned his hands and feet. He then, having ascertainéd that all was ready, gave the signal to Deputy Sheriff Pleming lames, who pulled the bolt, when the trap fell, and he who a moment before stood in the full strength of manhood was dangling from a rope in the death struggle. The neck was instantly broken, and York Campbell hardly moved after his fall, witb the exception of some slight muscular contrac: tion about the chest and abdomen. The body was allowed to hang fifteen minutes, when, having been pronounced dead by the jail physician, Dr. Thompson, it was taken down, de- posited In the coffin and buried in the open grave which was in waiting at the side of the gallows, There were numerous cries for pieces of the rope, which one of the deputies responded to as lon; as an inch was left. One man, when asked wha provabill-y picked up the piece paper. THE FOURS iH STREET TRAGEDY. Investigation in the Caso by the Coroner— Contradictory Evidence Adduced=Tho Pris- over Justified by the Jury and Released. Corner Flynn held .an inquest yesterday in the case of James Fingleton, who was killed on the 18¢ inst. by Adum Langfried, a baker, at No. 614 East Fouriecnth street, as already reported in the HERALD of the following day. The following is the evidence obtained In the case:— Patrick Relily, of Sixty-second street and Third avenue, testified that on the morning of the 1st inst. be and his brother Michael and the deceased, with some others, were passing Langfried’s bakery and one of the party sald, “Lot's get loaf of bread; the deceased and the witness went dow? stairs and asked for a loaf of bread in @ joking manner, but Langfried refused to give them one; they then came out and talked alittie, when the deceased said he would go down again and buy @ loaf; witness and the deceasea went down, whon Fingleton took:a loaf from one of the trays; Lang- Tried told him to put itdown, and began clubbing both the witness and the deceased; he also seized an old gun, with a fixed bayonet, and made a rush at them; tho witness ran up the steps, followed b; wnat, and the prisoner followed them end tabbed deceased, because he said something to him; none of the party were intoxicated. Thomas Sauds, of 606 East Sixteenth street, was with tae fang, and saw the deceased and Patrick Reilly go into the bakery for a loaf of bread, when gome angry words were exchanged; Reilly and Fin- gleton ran up the steps, followed by the prisoner, who stabbed Michael barf Bernard Courtney, of 614 Kast Fourteenth astree: heard @ noise and went down stairs only to fin Langfried struggling with aman who had him down; the witness took the man off and he walked away; two other men were standing at @ short distance off; the prisoner had an old gun in bis hands and his wife was the only one with him, James McCabe. also an inmate of the house, tes- tifled that he heard a row, and on looking out of a window saw four men come out of the bakery; one of them seemed excited, aid took off his coal threatening to shoot Langfried; tie prisoner cami up with a gun and bayonet and sald, “You'll shoot me, will you,” at the same time stabbing one of the men; there was another row between the gang and the prisoner; Siaeee Was certain that the man who threatened to shoot Langfetd was the deceased, Patrick Powers, also living in the h teatided that he corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. He was certain that }. ried stood on the steps when he inflicted the stab, though the man he saw stabbed was not the deceased. Two police oMvers, who made the arrest, testified that Langirie’ accused the gang of having attempted to steal his bread and create a disturbange, and had assaulted him. He stated when he heard the mad Was dead that he had acted tn self-defence, Patrick Rellly was inioxicated when arrest Lanugfried dag pleyeiproved himself a quigy and Anofgensive maus ihe prisoner then: testified that Reilly, the wit- ness, came down alone and asked for bread on trust, when he refased it; the deceased and Rellly then came down and Fingleton seized a loaf of bread; the baker put them both ont, when the entire of four or five meu came rushing in and zing oe of the sticks used in setting bread began beating him; though his he defended himself as well as he could, pie. ant allofthe men ran into the street; he then hear ae stick was too long, 80 he shouted for the them speak of coming down ain, aha seeing the old rifle and bayonet, 6 picked it up and went out on the steps; the dece then told the others to stand aside and he woul Shoot the son ofa b—, at the same time putting is hand tn his pocket us if to draw a pistol. Lang- ried then stabbed hitn in order to gave himself, Mr. Howe then intvoduced an oiicer, who testified Mhat on the 18th of July, 1568, he arrested the de- ceased for highway robbery, and he was duly in- dicted by the Grand Jury, though never tried, as the case was Compromined in some way by tbe com- plainant. The then rendered a verdict of justifiable ory homelde, and Mr, Langiried was released by the Coroner, he wished with a piece, said he wished it “to chaw it to keep toothache off.’ The crowd slowly and in good order dispersed. This county is new in all its glory, and is ra tet recovering from the effects of the war. The landg are rich, and the people thrifty and intelligent and ready to receive every good man who moves in, no matter where he comes from. Quite a large number of new comers have bought land ia the county, and the land agents are kept busy.” THE WILLIANSBURG MURDER. Conclusion of the Coroner’s Inquest—Themas Marphy Found Guilty of the Marder, The Fourth District Court, Willlamaburg, wae again crowded yesterday afternoon by citizeng anxious to hear tho testimony in relation tothe murder of Andrew Murphy, who was slain at his residence, No. 167 North Eighth street, on Friday evening last, by Thomas Murphy, one of hia tenants, during en altercation between them, The accused was present at the Inquest and listened attontively to the testimony. He ts about forty-nine Pht of age and a native of Ireland. He appeared feel keenly the situation in which he was placed, = TESTIMONY. a Mrs. Catharine Maguire testitied to hearing the | sarotepae and the deceased talk to each other in angry nes previons to the fatal encounter; Andrew was then on the roof and Thomas ‘was looking out of ® window tn bis own apartments: hey afterwaras met in the front yard and saw them making motions towards each other; [ gaw Andrew at? hig hand to strike Thomas, and £ caught hold of bis arm; aaa husband then took me away; I was #0 excited at tho time that I don’t know what either of the men said; Ionee heard. Mra, Ane drew Murphy tell Thomas that. she would sooner have her house idie than have his family in it; this was on the night Previous to the fatal atray. The wife of the murdered man and others wero also examined at lepgth, but nothing of importanc bed ron then” rs #8 td r. Joseph Creamer, sworn, deposed—I examined the body or Andrew Murpliy, found at No. 167 Norim Eighth street; there were two Inclsed wounds on the upper portion of the left thigh aud one on the left breast about an inch below the nipple, which, upon examination, was found to have penetrated the cavity of b-) chest, the pericardium and left ventricle of the heart: this wound caused tho death 4 of deceased; the two wounds on the log were merely through the muscular tissue id of no consequence so far as they affected the life of the victim; all the wounds were inftictea by bom sharp Instrument, such as an ordinary pocket The entire testimony was here submitted to the Jury, and after a brief Tabsence they returned with a verdict of gallty against Thomas Murphy, The prisoner’ was thereupon commitied to the County Jail by Coroner Whit or tie Grand Sacer jenill to await the uction DEATH OF A SHAKE CHARMER, A Victim of His Own Folly. Boston Corngrs, Columbia. county, N. Tm} August 7, 1870. A man by the name of Roberts, who has been lit ing for some tinte past on the mountains near this place, died at seven o'clock this morning, in great agony, from the effects of a bite of a ratilesnake which he had caught and exhibited t @ number of Persons at the ratiroad station the previous afters noon. Roberts was considered to be # “snake charmer,” as he had on several yrevious occasions caught rattlesnakes and been haba el them with 1 Buite: erious consequi o On tits ovbasion, for a consideration of ten cents show money, ho would take up the snake and tor- ment it, in order ‘0 make the reptile open its mouth: and show its fangs. During one of these exhibitions: esterday the soake bit him twice, the last time anging to the hand of Roberts until he knocked tt om and killea wt with his cane. In the course of two hours the band and body of Roberts became swollen. in a shocking manner and covered with spots like the snake, while bis sufferings were very excra dng, and vontpued unui be expired this moguing.