The New York Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1870, Page 8

© aie PUR NATHAN MURDER. ee Continuation of the Inquest, Yesterday. a Washington Nathan “on “the Siand. P His’ Relations with His/Murdered Father, ‘Was There a Codicil to the De- ceased’s Will? Testimony of the Housekeeper, Detective Ben- nett and Others, What Was Found on the Carpet of the Bedreom. A False Rumor of the Capture of the Murderer. ‘The inquest in the Nathan murder cage was re- sumed yesterday. The day previous it was ad- Journed, with the Injmncticn from the Coroner for | everybody interested in the case to meet the follow- tug day in the Court of Ge ceral Sessions. A large gathering crowded the court at the hour fixed for | the commencement of the proceedings, bat the Coro- ner did not relish the repairs going on in the room and so adjourned to the Supreme Court General Term. Ajter everybody had been well seated fora Yew minutes in this court tt was found that the moise in Chambers street was too great, and anothor adjournment was had to ihe Supreme Court Special Perm, where the inquest was continucd, the room being quite cool compared with the oiher court- rooms that had been abandoned, THE SCENE AFTER THE MURDER. John Govern was the fi at withesa. remembered, is the porter of the Hotel who was using the hose on th posite the Nathan mansion, the morning of the mur- He, it will bo Fitth Avenue sidewalk, op- i NEW YORK HRALD, ® Sohsat!e” ai weekly in this city, to the effect that he hi for SPENT $20,000 A YEAR mm e me supports gd benelli of a certaia lady, he most mphatioully declared 1b to be without rhe slightest foundation ‘in truth, and immediately volnutarily added that he had never tn ail nis Hife time spent $3,000 a year, His rather, he said, had tuenished the capital for the firm of which he Was a member— the firm being that of Wright & Nathan, In the eariy part of last July his father had loaned him, for his business, two checks, which, together, AMOUNTED TO $5,000, and that it was bis hebit occasionally to make & Statement of the way his bnainess was golng 0a aud submit it to bis father, Ur the amounts loaned to his firm Jast July $1,000 had been paid back. A PROTEST AUAINST SWEARING. His irrepressible Highuess the mighty Connt Joannes, Wo has been in attendance at the {Inquest ever since it was begun, waiting, Micawber-like, in al! probability, for something “to tum up which iicht give him an opportunity to “let himself out,” got his firet chance yesterday. Julius Lyons, a cousin of the Nathan brothers, had been called to and, As the young man made Ins way through the crowd to the witness box the Count, who was seated at the extreme end of one of the reporters’ tables, and very close to the stand, watched him narrowly, rybody knew that his high might. ness Was preparing himself for a grand etiort, and nobody was disappointed when young Lyons took the stand and the Coroner banded him the Bible, preparatory to his taking the oath, ‘Then it was that the Count rose irom his uncom- fortabie cane bottom seat and gave vent to his feelin The witness was ot the House of Israel, said he, and unless he turned his face to the east 1 kept is hat upon his head, and was sworn with his right mand upon the Pentateach, his oath was not valid, and the Count, as he spoke, looked fearfolly m earnest, ‘The witness looked wondetngly at ihe Count end the Count at the witness inquir. Ingly. The Coroner and the District Attorney peeped ever then desks and smiled, and the jurymen, net knowing how to look or how to act, lay back in ther chars and awaited colonel Fellows’ decision. ‘The Coroner finally asked the Count whom he repre- sented, and he replied that he was a member of the bar ond all that, Then the witness was allowed to he aworn as he gaw fit, and, after protesting, the Count sat down and the proceedings were con- Unned peaceavly and quietly, Patrick Govern’s Testimony. Patrick Govern, sworn and examined— do you reside? A, At the Fifta Avenue Hotel; resided there since the 16th of May; remember t morning of the 20th of July; about tive minutes to etx Twas washing off the sidewalk with the hose; my attention was attracted by ® crow of persons outside Mr. Nathan’s house, Xo. 12; I heard a cry of inurder; at the door I saw Nr. Washiogton Nathan; previous to that Tf had seen a poljeemany Mr. Washington erled « Murder ; he was parerooled and in his night clothes’ with his atock- ings on; he was frantically calling ont; I thought perhap: and J turnes had taken u, voices ip the ORYING FOR HELP; I threw down the hose end saw Mr, y Frederick Nation stauding on the stoop; L saw the stains of blood ou his shirt; | rushed across and asked what was the matter; Mr. Washington told me his jather had been murdered and that he was lying desd and cold in bis room; Mr, Wash- then said “would I get them an ofMecer”; 1 came down the steps and ifsaw an officer in the divec- tou of Sixth avenue; he was down below the Kap- List Church, between that and Booth’s micatre; I siled for him as loud as { could; the third time der, at the time Washington and Frederick Nathan appeared on the stoop and gave the alarm. He tes- | tified that when he saw the young men first, and espled the blood on Frederick Nathan’s shirt, that | the thought struck him that he had been stabbed. { He described the condition of things in the room } Where the body. was discovered, and stated what when he saw Mrs. Kelly, in going into her room froin the murdered man, he found her wearing A LOOSE GOWY, ‘y much exciled over the mur- Winile he was in her room with oficer Mangan | me mM, audin talking about the death of | 1 remarked that it was a “terribie thing.” stated that he had seen the litle news- the house t morning of the murvier, but he made 0 mention whatever of having seen a | warriage drive up to the door. A DETECTIVE'S STORY. Detective Benn cS Govern, was examised as to what he saw and heard at the honse the morning of the mura He caved there, he sai, shortly after nine o'clock and care- fully examined, n ihe company ot other detectives, everything in Uie house with a view to finding out some clue If possible as to how the murder had been commitie! aud by whom The clothes whieh had | deen worn the day before by the deceased, as well @s the nigit shirts worn by the two sons, were ex- | amined und all the closers In the place were looked | foto, but x tny that could throw LIGHT UPON THE MURDER Was discovered, The evidence of this witness re- vealed a very extraordinary piece of blundering on | the part of somebody in the Police Department. He | stated that the detectives took possession of the nigbishirt and drawers that had been found stained With blooa, and, after making a superficial examina. | Hon of them, seut thei back to the Nathans? house, ‘The day of the Suneral it suddenly struck somebody that it would be a watter of great tmyportance that the blood on the clothing shontd be bmitted to a | chemlcal examination in order to ascertain whether | the stains were made by fresh or coaguiated blood. Detective Bennett went to the house and asked for the garments, but was Informed that they had been | sent Lo the wash. THE HOUSEKERPER NEYTLED. The examination of 5 Kelly, the housekeeper, Was quite a prolonged one, and the foreman of the jury made her undergo a very severe crogs-examina- ton. Mrs, Kelly is wi@licate looking person, with deeply sunken eyes and pallid countenance, Her but thiniy sprinkled with gray near She was attired in a black di and and that she was der. who followed | the forehead. wore a dark colored bonnet with a large artificial rose in its centre, over the middle of the forehead, An ordinary varl-colorea #nawl, such as is worn by persons of her station in life, was thrown cari iy over ber shontders, She spoke in a low, i RARSH TONE OF Torch, and showed during the ex xaplinidtion she had tw undergo that she Lad a temper of her own, which she could give good evidence of whenever pushed to the wall. Several times, when she was too quickly piled with questions to suit her convenience to answer them, she gave her replies in 2 snappish fort of way that made eyen the grave jurymen smile very br She stated that the day of the murder she wa formed by one of the sons that Mr. Nathan was to be home that night; that the old na took his diner at the house at six Be 0 and, aft out during the evening, returned about eleven o'clock. This sne was positive of, because, as he came in he called down to her from the hall on the floor even with the stoop, she heing in the front basement, that he was in. She replied. | r belt “ALL RIGHT."? She wont to bed shortly afterward and went tosleep { and remained asicep until she was awakened by the thunder, She fell asleep again after this, and thinks she was woke up by some kind of a noise as if made by a body falling to the floor, and she thinks also she heard some noises afterwards, but she gave no heed tothem whatever. The suspicion that any robber was in the house never entered her mind at the time, as ene be} ed the house was secure against any of the gentry’s inroads. Tho witness was very closely questioned as to whether there was a carpet in the Ball leading to the front door, She stated that she had seen it im the hall the day of the murder, but aoticed that it had been taken away | _ SHE DAY OF THE FUNERAL. Who took it up she could mot say, but she asserted Mat she did not think it had been washea, ror the reason that it was jn the hall when she left the house to come to the court, it veing then tn the same con- #ition it was the day of the murde: i WASHINGTON NATHAN ON THB STAND. Washington Nathan’s examination consumed con- | Hderavie time, and was listened to with the sriciestattention by the audience. . He appeared to be in poway furried, and gave his answers quictly {3 \ 1 then Iwhistied ne tnrsed; Lthen put up my arm and be ed for Him, and he came on ata pretty quick were standing; he asked what hua that the gentilemen’s was the n . father had been 3° he went on retuned into o Fifth avenue knocked witt his club on the eceived no aus he then recarned © house; a crowd of people were there, about lve or thirteen; aman going down Twenty-fourth street said he would send an oMcer; the officer then again entered the house; 1 was on the stoop at that time; before the oficer went in Mr. Nathan pointed out something lying on the stoop and said, “Whar is that?” the officer picked 1 up. Are yousure of that? A, Yes, 2 On ea turned towards the street and np along the pillar to see if therewere any ches on it, or ifauy one had climbed by it into Natian’s house; he requested some one io go in utup stairs; T accompanied him with two or three others; the officer requested some one to shut the door, so that e' ody from the street could nob cowie in; Mr. Fred. Nathan told us where the room was: Twent into My. Nathan's roomand 1 turned roand and satd, fi WHEKE 15 THE BODY? Mr. Nathan saia “ Hero; [ saw the body lying In the bedroom, more of it in the bedroom than tu the library, tho feet were In the library; the left leg was drawn up aan anyie to the body; the right leg was stretched out; the hands were clasped convulsively towards the head; the body was covered with blood; stepped’ up to the ofiicer and passed mto the library; I remarked a chair ove tarned; 1 turned to the safe; some draw- ers were out und some papers were in them; the key was in the near side of the safe; it was in the lock; Iremarked blood on each stde of the chair and on the carpet; I returned then iato the room; the officer was looking round for a clue; he had the iron dog at the time; Mr. Frederick Nathan was at the end of the bed kneeling down by his father; he took the head in nis hands and sald something abont ‘Father, when I saw you last I ald not think should see you in this Way again;? Mr. Washington Natian thea took up a pocketbook and he opened it and took out a paper, which he pronounced a bond; Kelly then entered the room and I asked her slept near there’ we thea went to her apart. asked Who slept in that bed, and sho said he dtr asked if she had heard any noise during the uight, and she said no; I asked her if ail the doors Were shut, and she satd they were not all shut; we returned into Mi, Nathan’s room again and MRS. KELLY’S SON immediately afterward entered; the other officer had by unts time come to the front of the house and some person said he was outside; as be came in [ left the house; Mrs. Kelly had a gown ®rown loosely on, bat no other dress, just as if she had Just put it on; besides the officer and the Mesers, Nathan there were some other persons there; there was a light in the room, a very weakly light, such as a man Would leave if he wanted to sleep: it was not haif torce, By the Coroner--Mrs. Kelly said she had heard no noise at all, and further, that if she haa she should gave thought it had come from the street; T cannot say if the hall door was open or shut when T came in; I noticed the blood on Mr. Nathan’s sbirt; there were no spots; It was where Mr. Frede- rick Nathan had taken hold of his father’s head to keop it up; Mr. Frede Nathan and his brother, too, wore feirfully excited; frantically, in fact. Q. Mow long had you been at work there before the alarm was given? A. About five minuies; I remarked the er passing; did not see any car- rmge there that morning; [saw the newsboy; I did not remark hin Ui t tamed to go down Twent; third street; I aiwaya commence to work on t Fifth avenue side; 1 should say Thad got into th room ihres or four minutes betore Mrs, Kelly ei 3 We liad gone to the library and Mra, Kelly's rooin, and in coming back we met Mr. Kelly; Mrs. Kelly and her son were 1a manner HORRIF! ed at i was a dreadful ticularly the remarks made son, but they appeared quite terrifl 4). Did either of them go near the body? A. I re- ed Kelly at the end fof the bed and Mrs. !y was in the centre of the room; she saw the 10dy. Q. Did Mrs, Kelly take anything from the room? A. No, sir; I don’t think 60; if she bad taken any- hing f think 1 should have noticed it. Q. Do you kaow if she iook any sheets? A, No, Q. How was the light situated towards the win- dow? was the side towards Vilth avenue; it much exposed. From ihe appearance of the light as you saw it mm the morning, if it nad been burning the seme way during the night could it have been seen from the streety A. Jt would have been seen, but it wags F pale, sickly light. tare confident that when the officer w; allied he did not go up stairs; he entered the hah and then went for another policeman, and that when he went up stairs you went with him and sev- eral others? A, Yes, sir; the officer must be mis- taken if he says he went up with the brothers Nathan and no one eise. by a Juror—Q, Were you the frst to enter the room! A. Yes, six; the oflicer was immediately bes hind me; 1 saw the body when I went round the room; I did not see yt from the door; Lwent stralgnat into the room; T cannot say that 1 could not have seen the body if [had looked from the door;,there were Lo TRACES OF BLOOD on Mr. Washington Nathon’s person at that time. By the District Attorney—Q. You remember the two yee lights ou the Twenty-third street side of the Pitth Avenue Hotei? A. 1 light them at dusk every evening; they are pnt out at twelve o'clock; ney were not burning after twelve o'clock that night. Sy Juror—Q. How many sleeping rooms are there on the side of the hotel opposite Mr. Nathan’s house? A. Some seventy-three or seventy-four rooms ai- ly opposite. sy the Coroner.—Did you examine Mr. Nathan's suurt? A. [did not; there were officers in charge and J did not think it necessary. aud calmly, without in the least changing lis de- meanor, ever when the jury pelted him from all sides with \quesiions of all Kinds pertinent and ottierwise tothe case. A great deal of interest was manifested in his auswers to the mtcrrogatories put to him as \to where he had spent the evening between the ume he left tis aunts in Nineteenth street the night of e murder and when he gothome, af hall-past twelve o'clock, He stated in the most positive manner that there never bad been any gificulty between him and ils father. There had béen times, he satd, when dis father haa reproved Dintfor his personal habits, but whenever he did so the r@proofs were given IN A KINDLY WAY, and no ill fecling between itm ever followed. The fast lime is father saw ft to reprove him was in the early part of last winter, any! thove had been no fime since then when he had deve so, In answer Bo ihe question ag io whether tng acdtemont made Ip 1. By a Juror.—Did the policeman who entered im- mediately bebind yon in the room appear to be par- Hicnlany bewildered, or was he in the full possession of lus facuities? A. He had tho full possession of his faculties; he had the dog io his hand end looked aboutior something that might furnish a cine, Detective Bonuett?s Evidence. James G. Bennett, sworn and examined—T reside 6347 Kash licth street; am attached to the Police Departinent asa detective; on the morning of the 20th July I was sent for to accompany the Superi tendent and Captain Keiso-to 12 Twenty-third sircet; we arrived there about nine o'clock; there was a policeman stationed at the door, aad T saw Mr. Prederick Nathan in the hail on the main foor; we went to the room where the body was, on the second story, in the front room; We examined the room and sent for all the parties that had been in the house; whiie they were being interrogated I was ordered to search the house; I did s0 from top to bottom; on the third floor Ifound a shirt, drawers png pals of socks siaiped with biggd: 2 fund they dementia dolonged to Mr. Frederick Nathan; there was blood on the breast of the undershirt wid ou ihe knees of the drawers avd on the socks there was blood up halfway; J them went to the top of the house and parcke every place where anything could bo found. Q. Who did you see in whe hail? A, I saw Mr, Frederick Nathan, Mr. Washington Nathan, Mr. Hart, Mr. Julius Lyons, and there were several other peor. there and some oiilcers; there Were also Mrs. olly and her son, Q. Where did you find the dog? A. In the room. abont two feet from the head of the body of Mr, Na- ‘han, 5 Q. Did you examine the shirt of Mr. Nathan? A. It was lying the chair; I found A SPOT OF BLOOD on one side of it and on the collar of the vest; a palr of sieeve buttons were in the sleeve; there was asia light at this time; I don’t think the jet was half force on, G Q. Did yon examine if there were any marks of blood in the hall? A, 1 traced the marks of blood down to the front stoop, on the main platform ot the stoop: there were marks on the main stairs going up from the second floor to the third, 1 mea- sured these marks and the socks I found tn the room, and found they were the same size, By the District Atcorney—Did you observe those marks of blood on the lower hall before you went up statys? A. Yes, sir; I commenced my examl- nation from the front door; these marks were some of them going down on the hallway; I think there was a strip of carpet ia the hall; all the marks were oing towards the front door on that floor, but on | re upper, leading to Mr. Frederick Nathan's door, notice “BLOODY TRACKS;” the measure of these marks corresponded with the socks in Mr. Nathan’s room; f examined the wash- ing apparatus in the bouge but [ saw no signs of | cleansing anywhere; there were no traces of blood in any of the washrooms; no blood spots were spat- tered on the wash basins. Q. How «tid you tind the doors from the room in which Mr. Nathan was Murdered to the housekeep- er’s room? A. They were open; Ldid not hear the police oiicers say whether they haa passed there or not; I Brepped out on the front stoop and looked towards the front of the house and the house next door. & On entering Mr. Nathan's room there Is a door to the right leadimg Into the bathroom; do you re- member f A SMALL WARDRORE standing in that room? A. Yes, sir; I examined that with care; 1 opened it and looked in; tt 1s about four leet long and the same wide, and six feet in height; Lexamined it carefully to see if there had been any one conceaied there, and looked at’ the clothing in it; 1 also looked at the door knobs, bat ae Closely; they had already been used when I got there, Did you examine the fastenings of the house? A. Lexamined the stable; the voor was open; tie doors of the basement at the rear were locked; Mrs. Kelly got the key for me to go outs I examined thie | bildard room and the srly dows tha 104 from that to { the strect; tne iron bar§ Were there and Hone ‘of tho fastenings were ene iA | +4 What 1s {he genera! character of the fastenings | in utat nouse? They ave unusually safe and se- cure, and none of them were disturbed, Q. Did you examine the stabie on Twenty-second street? is there any means uf unlocking that stable door from the front? A, Not thatl know; It can only be unfasiened from the inside, Q. Was there a large water tank on the fourth floor of that house? A. Yes, sir, im the back room; a ~~ large tank, Q. How much water was there in it when yon first got there A. i couid not tell the quantity; it took about an hourand a haifto run off; it was nearly full; the plumber who was wath me let it ran o1f. Q. Did you examine the water closets throughout ; the house with care? A. We did, sir. q And you discovered nowhere any b!ood or traces of the murder, except where you have desis- nated? A, Ont rst bathroom door, leading out of Mr. Nathan’s room, there appeared to be some spots of blocd on the seat when we examined it afterwards; but we saw nothing of that the jirst day; | THE WATER CLOseT had been constructed in such a way that I asked the plumber about it; Dasked the w uker where he threw the water a he had was! the body; I believe he said he threw it in the water closet, and | that accounted for Ure spots; Ido not think it pos. | sible for these spots to Nave been there and we not | to have seen them. By a Juror—There were no marks of violence ot the rear of the house? A. No marks; the only means of entrance to the stable is from the inside, . Did you enter the room of William Kelly, on foursh Moor? A. There were no tracks leading | there. Q. You are familiar witn the implements used by burglars; have you ever Known an instrument like that dog used for opening a safe? A. Ihave never seen One used for such.a purpose, Q. Youexamined the iront basement carefully? A. ‘There was a lock—a common night lock, Q. Are there facilities for ventilating the héuse without opening that door? A. I did not take notice at the time; L understand there are facilities of the kind; there ts AN TRON GRATING at the ontside; there are plenty of places for a man to conceal himself tn the house; there are closets, and wardrobes aud such ike; I never saw more in a@ house. Q. How about the marks on the shirt of Mr. Wash- ington Nathan? A, When we came back the ser- vent girl had taken them and washed them; this Was Friday. Q. Is it usual for washerwomen to come on Vri- day? A. 1 do not know, By the District Attorney—Q. Where aid you find this check book (producing one)? A, On the table. Q. Wos this check that I hold in my hand detached fromthe book? A. Yes. sir, when | saw it; it was cut loose and filled up as tt stands now, By a Juror—Perhaps it had better be read. The District Attorney then stated that the check was as follows:—July 29, No. 438, $821 66 to Lapsley & Co., sib. to 100 shares, $10,000, German Amert- Union Bank pay to order of H. Lapsiey & ; the check was not signed. THE SHIRT OF THE MURDERED MAN, The detectives also produced Mr. Benjamin Na- than’s shirt, stained with blood, By a Juror—How was it you took charge of gar- ments ne blood, and at the same time omiited to take charge of garments on which there were abundand traces of blood? A. When I went to get these other garments they had already been sent to the wash. . When did you get the articles that you have exhibited here? A, On the Monday after the mur- der, Q. Who told you Mr. Frederick Nathan’s shirt had been washed? A. élr. Nathan himself, and I asked Ne ah about it—that is to say, Mrs. Kelly. Q. Was any explanation given you why, if Mr. Frederick Nathan’s sniris had beon sent to the wash, | did not tak WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1870.—IRIPLE SHEET, crane sia i else seat | wash and. Mr. Fred were also there that evening; they I not loft singly; ain lear W! left frst; Lromember ‘when Wash, loft, but Ldo not remember the clroumstance of Frod.’s leaving; Wash, left ebont nalf an hour after we came in; that would be about eight or balf-past. or ube WIS FATHER SAY tohim? A, T think, “Going up town Wash, asked if he wanted Se Nags IT saw Wash. out, and stood with hin on the steps a few moments and came » ack. ‘Did Mr, Wash or Mr. Fred say where he was mite when he left? 1 do not remember exacuy; I saw Wash again that evening on Futh { avenue, but did not speak to bim; that it a about nine o'clock; he was in company with two ladies; this was some time after he left the houge—about an hour, oming to the house, he camo Att ee if one from the synagogue ? nis father ani r { thinkje came in first—a few momenta, af ‘Q. What time were the services? A. ASONE TMS. past seven; it might have been haif-past 61x; @ special service. y no Oe Tere GEL. OR UNFLRASANINESS between lis father and A fe til when he left? . No, sir; very kindly and friendly, 4 Whai were thelr relatious qencrally? A, Always ] t Lovin, eo, yon heverhad any reason to suspect avy other feciing? A. No, sir, Q. What is your occupation? A. Lawyer. . Had you seen your uncle before during ye course of that day? 4. No, sir; Mr, Nathan ha: just arrived from Morristown that day; he came 1 aren ts. es a hor—Who were the ladies that were with Mr. Washington Nathan op the avenue about nine? lid not know. ‘ {vo 13 Mr. Nathan's legal advises, bis regular lawyer? A. Tbelleve he always had @ great many; he put many litte things in my way; he consulted with Judge Cardozo, acd during the livedme of his | brother, Mr. Jonathan Nathan, he advised bin. . Did you arate b eed BIS WILL? did not; Thave neard that Judge Cardozo did it, * iy You have not seen that Will? A, Not to read it; Ihave seen the outside of it; Mr. Nathan never dis- closed to me its contents, Q. Did you ever have any conversation with any of Mr. Nathan’s family aban Cy lg and the dis- tribution of the properly ? 0, etr. Q. Do you know if the will has been opened since his death? A. 1 believe they looked over It to see if any personal directions were in it; 1 went with the eldest son, Mr. Harmon Nathan, to see if thelr were any directions of that kind In it; we found the will in the safe at the Slock Exchange; it is 4 Nathan's private safo; a genticman was present ‘when we took the will, Q What was done with the will? A. Mr. Har- mon Nathan took possession of it. : Q. Have you heard of any codicil? A. No, sir, only what have seen in the newspapers. fife. Keliy’s Testimony. Ann Koy sworn and examined—lI reside at Mr, Bea fave been taking care of this house for tour gummersy 4B the wAuten time | reside In my own house; Mr: Nathai on wie 28th called oug Ceer| ten o'clock to me that he was home; t took up sco ice water to him; shoes; that was tho Jast time Jam certain when zi cay thet all the doors and fastenings Weis Sédi¥e! My boy used to secure the doors every night, but that night [ secured all but the basemént door: 1 siept on the same more pud floor that Mr. Nathan did; there are four is on one side of Mr. Nathan's apartments aud threo éif the dressing room side; two of them were closed that night; on tue day prior to the murder two car- penters, a mason and @ laboring mau, in ali four Tue, were at work in the house; L saw NO OTHER PERSON in the bonse that day; 1 was awakened on Friday morning by th m of Mr. Nathan; I jumped out of bed ind ¢ ait to dress myself; IL went into Mr, Natuan’s and saw him lying on the floor; one of itis fee aust the door of the library; particular notice of his hands; young an was in lus night shirt; 1 did not Mr, Fred N notice the blood on it then, but after he stooped down over his father IT no- ticel blood on his shirt; there was a light in the room turned on low—mevrely a jet; my sou came down in bis slurt ahd came fn the room; 1 went dowa in the basement atter the excitement was a little over and found all the doors and Ipsten- ings closed; my duties were to cook Jor the chiidren and do general domestic work; the only other ser- vant in the house was my son; he had no regular wages, but was paid for going errands; my son gen- erally got up before me; he used to sweep the side- walk in the morning; 1 made the fire; my son blacked = the shoe: my son got up sometimes ybout six o'clock, sometimes later; I got W > ly later thau seven; do lime I got up the day of the woke up by the screaming of Mr. Fred Nathan; he was then in bis father’s room; tt was daylight; the doors between Mr. Nathan’s room, and mine are three in number; then frames are of wood, with glass pane { think the door of my yoom was open, bub { can’t remember; I went to bed about ® quarier past ten o'c! J think I looked into Mr. Nathan’s room trom the dressing room; I think ALL THT DOORS were open, but I cannot remember in good heaith and sleeping soundly, whea I woke uD; When the doors leading to Mr. Nathan's room were open and persons were talking [ could not hear if they were not loud; Iwas in Mr. Nathan's rooin a few minutes before ten; he was eee ina chair ta the middle of the room; Mr. Nathan had no gaslight then, @hen he was undressing; there was jight enough in the halk for him to undress by: when | went down stairs I only pulled the oor back; L did not close it entirely; when I went to bed it was further closed than the former tme I was there; there was no light in the room when I went to bed; Lihink should have seen it burning if there had been; there was A WIRE SCREEN between the ght and the strect; there were no shutters or bilnds; have been in this country over twenty years; have known Mr. Nathan’s family four years; Nave worked for them two days in the week; Lused to wash the things in the house; there was @ tank in the upper part of the house; when I have not worked for Mr. Nathan I have taken in wasning and ironing at my own house; my son enlisted in the army towards the last of the war, in Jersey; he was wounded severeiy in the war; he is not Jame; he has not done much since he came back; he has 2 pension of eight doliars @ month and I have been supporting him; he has a discharge; it is in my trunk; the trunk fs in Mr. Nathan's house; Thave the key of the tronk; I am vot sure of that; i saw the discharge the last ume in a box and have not touched it since nor seen it; am certatu it is elther in a pox or a trunk; cannot remember when £ conyersed With my son last about (his niurder; my etly; 1 was Mr. Benjamin Nathan’s shirt had not also been sent? A. It was in another room; I returned the biood- stained things where I first saw them by order, Q. Were you ordered to go for them on Monday? A. I ald not go for the purpose of getting them, but white I was there the order to get them arrived; there wore not spatters of blood on the shirt. Q. Do you know the difference between a blood epot inade by fresh blood and one made by coagula- i blood? A. I should say fresh biood would be right. Q. Ifas your attention been culled to this matter Specimiiy? A. No, six; oniy by what T huve seen written about it, AN INTERESTING EPISODE, Mr. Julius J. Lyons was ubont to be sworn as the nexi witness, in the ustial manner, when the Count Johannes protested against his taking oath other than in the Jewish manner—viz., with his liat on, facing towards the east, and on tae five books of the Pentateuch, The Coroner requested to Known for whom the | Count appeared, ‘The Count stated he appeared as amicus cure, He feit fully justided by e' sentiment of humanity and justice in the course he was taking. The Coroner then asked Mr. Lyons ff the usual oath was, in his opinion, bindfug upon his cou- sclence, and upon receiviug a reply in the afiirma- ee the witness was sworn and examined as follows:— Mr. Lyons’ Testimony. Treside at No. 7 West Nineteenth street; on the Taorbing of the 29th of July Lwas at Mr. Nathan’s house; 1 went there as one of the family: I believe this was about six o'clock; when 1 arilved I saw Frederick and Washington Nathan and Mrs. Kelly; I saw several men, and more than one policeman, too, 1 think; when I went up stairs saw Mr. Nathan's body lying between the two rooms; Lsaw the drawer on the mantelp! ; noticed a gas light burning very nearly full blast; there were others inthe room at that time, but I don’t remember exactly who; they were going in and out all the time, Q. You saw thatinstrument (the dog) there? A. I saw tt during the morning; { saw some of the men handling it—some of the policemen and strangers; I did not see it ti late in the day, «. Wat position was Mr. Nathan in as to his pid and feet? A, When I saw the boay it was suc A HORRIBLE SPECTACLE nee not go near to eriticaliy examine it; 1 drew ack. Q. Did you meet Mr. Washington or Mr. Frederick Nathan at that tue? A. They were in the house; I met them; they were partly dressed. Q. What relation are you to the deceased? A, I am his nephew. Q. From whom dtd yon receive the first notifica- tion that morning that he had been murdered ? A. 1 was in bed and heard some cries inthe house; J opened the door, went into the hall and asked what was the matter; as soon as I heard, I put on my coat aud went to Mr. Nathan's; a gentleman came round to tell my mother about it; I know him, but cannot recall his name; he is not present to-day; this was about six o'clock; when I got to Mr. Nathan's there were & few people on the steps and round the house; 1 think | saw Frederick Nathan inthe dining room; he had his hands up and he rushed to me and embraced me; he put bis hands on my shoulder; T don’t think I went pp during my first visit to the sleeping chambers of Washington or Frederick; I was there the whole day; weut home inthe after- noon; [remember now I went up to the sleeping chambers of Washington aud Frederick with some of the policemen; we were searching for footmarks and anytling in the shape of a ciue. Q. Were you at home THR EVENING PRY tothe murder? A. Part of tic time; I came home from my ofiice about six o'clock: tock dinner and went tnto the synacogue; came back and remained 108 son bas been before SUPERINTENDENT JOURDAN; Twas with him, but not fn the room; I asked him what transpired, and he said Mr. Jourdan nad asked Dim his whole liietlme; since 1 returned hom from Superintendent Jourdan’s to Mr, Nathan’s have had no conversation with my son about that interview; I don’t ihtpk [have talked to either of the Mr. Nathans about the murder since the 20th; my fon unclosed the beck dgors of the house the day of the murder; he told me that; I unclosed the kitchen windows; the doors were not closed again after my son opened them; I don’t remember when that was, ANTEURDENTS. a Juror—I am notan Israciite; am a Roman Catholic; was born in Ireland, in county Cavan; dou’t know hoy old bam; dd not go to school at all; came to this country with some neighbors; was never married; went to service tu Brooklyn when I came here first with an Irish iady named Kane; this was in Spencer street; llved there two or three months; left to get more wages; went to a Quaker family; remember Mr. Kane, but don’t know if be is living; Mr. Kane kept a liquor and grocery stove; dua’t remember the name of we Quaker family; i left there begause I thought the washing too heavy; lived at service in other houses; came to New York and have lived here ever since, except some time on Staten Island; the Staten island faintiy was named Bates; Mr, Bates was sometimes down in > WALL STREET; lived at the house of a gentleman name Mr, La- bor; my sister is m Connecticut, stopping with my cousin, at New London; 1 lived with a Allen, who lives between Kighth street and Waverley placa; the last time 1 was in service was eleven years ago; have supported myself by washing; don’t remember that Iwas ever discharged, except at one place; never had any tronbie with the police; on the night of the murder the door of my room communicating with the hail Was shut, but I don’t know if I locked it; the smal! door lead- ing to the rear was not locked, I think; a person wouid have to pass two doors to get to Mr. Nathan's room; during the day the inside basement door was left open for ventilation; the iron gate was kept shut; did not go directly to bed alter I went up stairs; after I went to bea I went to sleep pretty quick; the thunder woke me once; did not keep awake long; thought I heard SOMETHING PALL, but did not think it was in the house; I was entirely awake at that time; 1 think I beard another noize, but I could not tell what noise tt was; it was a funny nolse; did not know whether it was a scream or not or what it was; did not wake again until I heard the screams in the morning; Mr. Nathan’s sons told me he would be home on Thursday; the last time he was home he occupted the same room; the mattresses were already in the toom; those matiressestwece just the same when I came to the house; there were not four mattresses on that one bed; two of them! were the mattresses of Mrs. Nathan’s bed; Mrs. Lynch washed the blood-stained shirt and drawers of Mr. Fred Nathan; my son knew Mr, Nathan was com- ing home that day; I think 1 told him; during that day I saw no person except the men who worked in the house; no one was with me that evening; don’t ald if the halr at the top of my head 1s gray, as in nt. Q. Did you ever see that instrument before the murder. A. No, sir; 1 am absolutely certain of that; uever opencd THE TOOLCHRST in the study, on which were a hanmer and a saw; have been in the stable; was in the coach house on Thursday, but did not see that instrument there; think I went out that way to get some tomatoes; don’t remember what hour that was; did not leave the coach house door open while J was out, because the men were there on the floor; I fastened the door with the spring Jock; when [ returned the man let me i; the masons were working In the upper part of the attic; they were in the coach house to get at home some tine, periaps an hour and a haity thon went a little way down Fifth avenue and Broad- way. Cs Did you see your uncle that evemng? A, He was at our Ticyse; Jerts Y was at home when he thot wae abgut (cn or eleven; ME their lunca, By the District Attorney—I have had no conversae tion with the Messrs, Natians about the murder since the 29th; said that thought some of the work people committed the murder; [ am mistaken Boys haying had no oopveraugn with they annem ih about the murder; Mrs. Lynch atways did the family washing; she brought home the things that Friday mov and she took away the clothes; 1 think Mr. Wat ton Nathan's bl spines ‘shirt was sent to the washerwoman; My son took tt. By a Juror—Don’t remember when Mr. Nathan came home; think it was about four o'clock; no asked me about the workmen, and I told him what had been done; had no conversation about any other subject; he came in a second time to his dinner; he dined in the house at six o'clock; he came In last a few minutes before ten; I know the time, because he spoke down to me and told me he was in; he wag in the front nail and I was in the basement; there was A STRIP OF CARPET on the marble hall to keep it clean with the work- men; it is on the hati now; it was in the bal on ‘Thursday and on Friday morning; the man took It up to clean the hall; the carpet was lying on the hall all through the day of the murder, By the District Attorney—The room in which Mr. Nathan was murdered was usually occupied by him- self and his wile; Lawept itabont twice after Mra. Nathan left for the country; Mrs, Nathan’s hair was ofa dark color, By a Jurgr—1 do not know atything about the safe; never saw tt open; knew about tie safe down stairs with the aflver; this second safe 1s in the but- ler’s pantry, in the front hall; the dining room is even on the parlor floor and the butler’s pantry is ome same Noor, just close vy; this safe was kept locked, iy the Coroner—The carpet in the hall was taken up tolet the ball be cleaned; don't know if it was inmediately put down agatn, By a Juror—This noise I heard in the night was after the thunder and before daylight; the strip of carpet in the hall has not bce wasted since the murder; it 1s in the hall now; if was down in the hall at three o’elock the day of the murder; it was o# the hall the day of the funeral; it was in the hall all day sucoeeding the murder. Captain Burdell’s tvidence. fore Burdell sworn and examined. Q. When did you first hear of this? A. On the morning of the 20th July; I went to the house at about twenty-five minutes past five; [immediately proceeded to the room where Mr, Nathan was and saw the body ontstretched; aiter that I went to look for tracks of blood and found them leading from the back room round to the stairs on the stoop, to about two-thirds of the way to the picture gallery; then followed up stairs again to the bathroom to see if I could tid any tracks In the. passage; 1 then went to the window up stairs to sce if I could find any marks of blood there, but I found none. . Who did you see on catering the house? A, ‘The first person I saw on entering the house was Mr. Washington Nathan. “e Q. How was the body lying? A. The body wae lying In the small room, one foot drawn up, ying rie eighteen inches on the south side of the oor. Q. Where aid you see thisdog? A. The instru. ment produced I found lying alongside tic body, coyeréd with ble entered? A, I did; a light was burning in the small room, ape a inches from the window towards the doot; if WAS Abowt hau wey {wards the door, and 49 continued to burn all day. 7 Q Did You see Mr. Nathan’s clothes? A. Phere was a shirt lying on a chair; I saw a little blood on the cotlar; there were on the front of the shirt three studs (of gold) and a gold batvon on the neck, Q. Did you notice “8 is Cg es RED SAPP 5 A. The sate Was closed and ‘ovuked; I think Wash. ington Nathan told me he had locked it; a box was lying on the floor; the chair was lying bottom up- wards; the bottom side was lyiug towards the door; I saw blood on the bottom of the chair and on the two sides also; [ also saw some hair. Q. Was the window open? A. I think the window was about half shut and the screen was half way up; {think they were put up about twelve o'clock. Q. Could any one see the gas jet burning from the street? A. There a lght tm the street apont twenty-five or thirty feet trom Mr. Nathan's house, and the light burning in the house was large enough, if anybody looked that way, to be seen, THE BLOODY SHIRT. Mr. B. Nathan's shirt was here shown to the jury. By the Coroner—Who did you see in the house? A, I saw officer Mangan, the two Messrs. Nathan, Mrs, Kelty and another servant, the doctor, I think Mr. Andrew, I think that 18 his name. Q. Did you notice any marks of blood? A. I tracked blood out on the stoop, on the stairs. Q. Have you the key of the safe? A. I have not got it; 1 think Mr. Washington Nathan said he bad it; 1 do not kaow in whose possession it is now. Detective Fartey’s Evidence. Philp Farley, sworn and examined—tI live at 19 Prince street; I went to Mr. Nathan’s house at about two minutes atter nine o'clock: I saw there Mrs, Kelly, the two Mr. Nathans, another detective and a getitieman whose name I forget. {Here detective Farley repeated what Captain Burdon had stated as to the position of the body, how it was lying, &c., when he first saw it.) Q, Did you notice any light in the room? A. I no- ticed a light burnmg; I afterwards saw Mr. W. Naihan and asked him if ne and his brother had been together on the evening previous, where he had slept, &c.; I had a conversation also with Mrs, Kelly as to whether the doors had been fastened on the previous night and she answered amrmatively; 1 then carefully examined the various windows and doors to see if aay violence had been used to enter the house, but I fonnd no marks of such; I found FREDERICK NATILAN’S SOCKS, and in answer to my question as to the blood spots on them ne said they came there in an acvidental manner; I spoke also to Mrs. Keily, and she sue had heard no nolse during the nignt, THE KEY OF THE SAFE. James G. Bennett recalled, Q. Did you seo the key of the safe? aA, No, sir; 1 never saw the key. Mr. J, Lyons recalled. Q. With whom did you visit the ofice of the late Mr. Nathan? A, Witn an oificer; the key of the safe was found ina memorandum book belonging to the late Mr. Benjamin Nathan. Q. What is the color of your aunt's hair? A. Black, but slightly streaked with gray: Mr. Benja- min Nathan had ‘not dined with my father on the evening preceding the murder, Washington Nathan’s Evidence. shington Nathan sworn and examine Where do you live’ A, West ‘Twenty-third street. Q. What is your business? 4. J am a commission Agent: my business office 1s at 25 Water street. Q. What time did you go home on the evening previous to the murder? A. Abouta quarter past Bix O'clock, Q. Who did you meet there? A. I saw my father and went with him to the synagogne and returned agam at a quarter*past nine; atter that] walked back to the corner of Fitch avenue and as far as the St, James Hozel, and from the St. James Hotc1I went down as far as Caswell & Hazard’s; from there I went to meet a friend, Mr. Gand, end we then went together as far as the St. James Hotel again, where we had each a glass of sherry; we also mot Mr. Arnold and another gentleraan, whom I knew; Ithink we stayed at the St. James about fifteen minutes, and from there went into Broadway as far as Fifth avenue, and from there we went to Delmonico’s; from Delmonico’s Lrode pack ag sar as St. James Hotel again; went into Fifth avenue, and there saw A FRIEND OF MINE, to whom 1 spoke—a Mr. Woll; !t was then nearly eleven o’clock;] then got into a green car and rode from Thirty-fourth as fur as Fourteenth strect, where I went into a friend’s house and remained there till nearly twelve o'clock; after that I went home, locked the front door, and stayed a second to lsten at my father’s room door, and finding that all was putes I went to my own room and got into bed, Q. What time was it then? A. Ten minutes past twelve by my watch, » Q At wi time do you usually go homef A. About tweive o'clock. Q. Did you notice a light burning in your father’s room ? A. ‘There was not a light, Q. Where is your room? A. I have a room on the thira story. Q. At what time did you awake on the following morning? About five o’ciock. Q. Is it your custom to visit your father’s room wien you rise? A. Yes. Q. And when you come in at night? A. Yes. Q. With whom were you on the eveping pre- viously? A. With TWO GIRLS WHOM I KNEW. Q. Now, first, as to these girls, had you seen {hem on the day previously? A, seven in the evening; that was Wednesday. Q. Did you make any engagement to mect them? A. Tsaid'T would call at their house for them. Q. Had you geen these girls during the day on Wednesday? A. No; I think I saw them tp the evening at about seven o'clock. , fy 9. What 1s the name of -your firm? A. Wright « Nathan, brokers and proviston merchants, Q. How long has your father been out yf business? A. Since 1868 or 1860. A Q. When you came down stairs when you awoke what did you observe? A. Just before I reached the second story I noticed the front door open; when | entered my father’s room I first saw something lying on the floor out of pe near the library; imme- diately afterwards I discovered my father lying as has already been described; 1 went and called my brother, and we both went down stairg, crylng “MURDER” AND “POLICE.” I saw @ man washing the sidewalk of the Fifth Avenue Hotei, and I cailed to him to come over; I could not see a rea then; a policeman came afterwards, but did not stay long. Q. Who had the key of the safe? A.J think my brother tad it; the§safe contained some curren- cy notes and some papers and memorandums. them on the table near his bed. Q. Did you notice any papers scattered about in the room? A. Yes; I took up one piece of paper out of a book and put it back again. Q. Did you lock the safe? A. 1 did, and I took the @: . Where is your bathroom? A, Jn my own room; on the evening previously my father handel me a bill which he said he wanted me to pay for him at A. T. Stewart's, at the same time pinning the check for the 2mount to the bill; the check was drawn on the Second National Bank. Q Did Ce know that the safe contained any val- uables ? 1 knew it did not contain any, was in? A. Because I found the key in the «door; our arrangement was that the first one who came In on the table and the second put the key In the lock, while the third locked the door. Q. How many banks did your father bank with? A. Twos I think, Q. What was the amount of the check? A. I j and do you know anything about Q. Did yon obsefva a ght burning when you | “hundred and twenty-three ¢ was found in the room atcer ie tunaed Petes ‘ou first went home f eatin bog da ue aS mi Lo down to or at ‘past seven o'c! What made you down i tather? ve Twent down, to get Caines ot gr Was the guniversary of my gran mothers dex and it has always been our eustom to go to ‘he syni ygue-on that night. : z on reason to give our wal eater that worming other than WhAe Bas | » No. 4 . Did your father always wear glasses? A. You, 3 Was It possible for cri farmer to recognize an: glasses? A, Trnink not; f don’t th’ Would recoguize any one without lasses; ¥ have often been fn my father’s roo! ba Bite. hat ied you to-go th non oi ee "cathe here? A. Sickness, si ¥ @ you been in the habit of wearing glasse: pre Thave worn them watit within the fiat twa, Q. Have you seen your father’s wilt j ine ofits contents as tea, orale know anythi & codicile whic as lately been made? A. No-atr; of either. sir; I know nothin Q Did you always live at home? since I bave been Born. aba) ore Did you have any money from your father: want axe Tcatied on him once and told himd some money for business DREDGE, Q, You Gisclose ail your ness affairs tg your father? A. Nearly all. bi Q. What was the amount of the check he gavd you on the occasion you have just spoken of ‘ Five thousand dollars; it was drawn on the U1 Bank to the order of Wright & Nathan; J have hi several sams since; 1 never repaid: any of the sums my father did not SEpeok me to pay him back; whe) ever I asked my father for money he always ga standing with my father, nor ‘he eve: me on account of the e: of my expenditure. father’s lawyer In come him? A. No, sir, Q. How ton tn the course of mero ym your father Q. In any of the interviews about business mate have there been ANY REPROACHES ? A. Never. readily and tree!y given? A. Always, sir. Q. You assert that at no time or your busine: life there to your habits? A, No difficulty, What has occurred? A. Moral reproo! it me cheerfully; { never had the slightest CT Q, Did you ever visit pany with one have you received pecunary aid from pane 40 umes, ters and many cemands you have made upon hinay Q, Has tho ald that you have invoked of him beer has been any misunderstanding in regard proof. What was your ¥ pyanner ? A Bidd and Wien igs a) your 2 mi r en he gave you ad: Se bit ra hs advice i, Y and ig tle catehed hee and kind? A, Not harsh: Before youentared the houss that et, had you seen your brother Frederick? Pig tat + seven. ao OMEN Ce ve is al? A. At le’s, in come paty wilt, my father. RE DE Q Bid i you alte tea there? A. No, str, _Q® When you @Rtered the house the onderstanay ing was that if you found the K¢Y 10 the door it indig cated that all other persons had entered. A. Yes, 8i Q, And where did you come from to the hou that night? A, er Fifth avenue; I past ham’s houso and thé AREA OF OUR HOUSES > Tdid not notice the Iron grate inside, whethor 1% was closed or not; there was one gas lamp want} the two lamps at the Fifth Avenne Hotel were ont. By a juror— Myself and father and brother went t my uncle’s house about nalf-past seven; I was th about twenty minutes or half an hour; J left m, father and Frederick there; my father asked m which way l was going; 1 tola him I was going u vwown; I bad hog) oaginseng place to go to; I left hii perfectly friendly, and he felt the same toward me, Q. This occasion that you had to call upon him for monet was @ month or so before? A, 1 think it wag in July. } Q. In regard to reproof, had he to reprove yot lately? A. No, sir; the last time was the latter part of last winter; thero was no Irritation, or ILL WILL, OR UNKINDNESS on either part. Q. You have given us an account of all your movée ments from the time you Jeft your uncle’s to the time of entering your father’s house? A. Yes, sir; I got home not later than hali-past and not eatiier than a quarter past twelve; _ thd rain wos then over; I entered by the front door; I went directly up stairs; there was no lght b the lower hall; the door of my father’s room w: ajar, and, without seeing my father and knowin; ‘here was no light in the room, I supposed he wi asleep; 1 did not look in the bed, Q You had no occasion to go into any othes room? «A. No, sir. * bad, at about half-past Q Where were your father’s glasses? A. 1 saw | Q. What information had you that your brother should take the key out of the drawer and place it Q. Did youspend any \ CONSIDERABLE SUM of money that night? A. No large sum, Q. Did you notice how the door of the library wad when yon went up stairs? A. It was closed; it ig generally locked, but 1 did not try it that night. Q. Did you notice anything as you looked into th room that evening? A. Everything was as usual, | Q. It being dark as it was, could you see the are rangement of yon father’s clothing? “A. No, sir; not trom the position of the door, Q. Did you putyour HEAD IN THE DOOR atall? A, No, sir; I stayed out in the hall. Q. Have you any idea how long you were in be- fore you went tosleep? A. I have no idea; I thint I went to sleep directly; J did not take a bath befor@ retiring; I did not leave any light burning; my di leading to the hall was fastened. { Q. What time was it that you awoke the nex: morning? A. A little before six; I woke myselfg no one came into my room while I was awake, ; By the District Attorney—These two checks for $1,000 and $2,000; was amy part of that amount repaid? A, 1 think $1,000 in the month of June. Q. What was tne | ENTIRE INDEBTEDNESS : of that firm to Mr, Benjamin Nathan? A. f cannot, say, Sir. Q. Did it reach $25,000. A. No, sir. we ha there any securities for these loans? Ae 83, Bir. By aJuror.—On the morning of the 20th, afte) Jocking the safe, I put the key in my father’ drawer; about that time I found the pocketboo! merely took one paper ont of the box to what they were: that paper was a bond and mort. gage; I did not examine the other pepe | Qa ere did your father usually keep his check: book? A. Generally in his desk; not in the safe; saw the check book about five o'clock as it is now? 1 presume my father intended to fill out this che for $10,000 when he got down town; I never sa) hum draw a check for a large amount at the houses 1 don’t think my brother was with me when 1 LOCKED THE SAFE; Ithink the oficer was; Mrs. Kelly was there the second time I was tv the room; about tive or te: minutes elapsed between the first and the secon time; I do not remember seeing young Kelly that: morning; in the morning, when I ran down stairs, 1 found the vestibule and the front door both open; I: called the attention of the police officer to the: dog; I think that was tte second time I went down; if was the second time the Officer came in the hones T had never scen tuat dog in the house, efore. Q. Did your father furnish the capital for your business? A. Hofanished the entire capital. Q. Previously to that had you been with him? A, Yes, sir, ; Q. What time did you commence in your present business? A. 1 think it was December, 1868. Q. What amount of capital did your father farnish: at that time? A. He gave me $5,000; that amount, has since been Increased and no portion of it repaid: he has never refused me money. R Q. Is youy busincss a profitable one? A. It hag uot been very profitable of late, but has been suill- cient to pay fe sige 7 Q. You have been in the habit of receiving money from your father for personal purposes? A. 4 had no fixed allowance, although whenever I had occa- sion for money I went to hin. Q. How recently had you asked him for MONEY for your own personal purposes? A. T have not asked him tor somo time; the last time he gave me anything was in January; the Monday preced! tnis last Friday 1 gave him ten dollars in change he told me to keep it. q. Have your wey ane been such the past two or three years that what you derived from your bust uess, and what your father gave you were ample for | your expenses? A. Yes, sir. Q. I feel a iitile delicacy in asking the question but sull I will, 18 there are any foundation for thé | statement that you have expended $30,000 UPON A LADY? A. No, sir, Q. Yow have never been in that relationship with a aNd A. Lhaye never spent $3,000 Ina year in my life. \ Q. How was it in regard to the door of communi- j cation between ae iets, and One ene room: _ | it usually closed or open 5 Q You tak it was open that night? A. Yes, sir, Q. Yon are confident that your father’s nearsight~ edness was such that in a room darkened to the ex- tent that you foand that room on entering it in the morning ‘that withont his glasses he would hava | failed to recognize a person with whom he was | familiarly acquainted? A, {don’t think I said thaty 1 said in a dark rooma—darker than that, Q. What color is YOUR MOTHER'S ILATR? A. Dark, interspersed with gray. . Gray or white? 1 should say itis gray. ). Was the door of yard brother’s room shnt as you wentup? Yes, and his boots were out. By the District Attorney--Did you make monthly peop to your futher about your business? As Yes, sir, ‘The Coroner then adjonrned the farther investigaa tion of the case untii to-day, RIVER THIEVES FiXz UPON AN OFFICER. At about half-past six o'clock yesterday morning Royal Goddard, captain of the barge Fanny Ger- mon, lying at the foot of Eleventh street, Kast river; \ appeared at the Twofth precinct station house and made complaint that four lines were stolen from the barge at half-pust four A, He stated that the lines were taken by @ party in a boat whom he suspected at the foot of Righty- sixth street, Hast river, Ollcer Bangley havin, been sent to investigate the matter, reported thai he had surprised three men in a boat at the foot of ‘ighty-sixth street, who jumped on the dock, He. caught one, who escaped by slipping his cont, and afterwards deliberately fred upon him. ‘Two ese SuuUk elthey two hundred aug tweuly-thrce or three | coped onshore and one got away iu the boat.