, 1876-11-09
THE VANDALS.
Officers on the Trail Of the Desc
orators Of Lincotn's Remains.
Damage Done to tho Sarcophagus
by the Affscrcants.

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A Ms1itaru arord Nor, m rn+1 of Tho
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The following dispatch, published 10 yester-
day's ThtnoHE, ts reprinted with additional de-
talls, received Inter, since IL may hasn been
overlooked, owing to tie absofolpg Interest IN
the ELECTION returns: .-
Spfc4di Dispaieh to 7Ae 7rfoans. -..
orHisoR4eLp, 1A.' nov ''-An attcmpt was
n'aac Ih'' evening 10 pelpetFate one Oh tnc naost
l"ia1nous outeaees LINZ tns 1a'no 0, 1nan 70
sapap'e " son'e.''ns-,n ~ a.eanns .uc
poae" aI'u "SaeS VI i.pf'l'al t.'eo!n ~ asol' tn'
caeaeot.o III !ac 'honu1aeut NJ oAA taaee. ~
'o.1anu.s't' VIC Pelpc'saeolo ese4pea, 'e"s'h
oe'ana Itea'' no"esef' eslaeaees " lhe cslu1e'
auu' In'usI wv es"s '" susn 'ueas4e! ~
t",' .,. u''I' M aa1 a. rs!os,s'a.'so
~ '"eN ''s"1 "ni w uoat 9o1,snon y, I' W
ulnel' Nv u"o shu"a ucnu'te5. y: " tones'
Iao eas'ou.ah ,. o' the monument, oeean'e n''s
p.essIu WIZ .ns 'aea .1as sAe'o :'s "erc a.s'sns
ulon .Ae te'oulI'e. 1eInhps Ao aisaneu " .ee,
ns m.n te.ose t"e,n 1A.yho" ~ "ao
plem""''ons ,na' so.'eahns m'n ~ aouu, 1;,. ~
.aPpsn' a'u ~ eoun,n,!s4 1,1, NV 'eIrnso ,1,'
were inclined tn laurh nt povcris susnictous.
md rn,,ld mt ,cl,evo tint anv ona even tbe
,neancst a,lu most uee9aaeu seoahosei u 'ue
'ana, eoaiu tnnk ol suen tnlus' no oo!ee1
eou'a " u'.shea' anu ~ 1ae aosenee ol motive
~ seclpeo nnpoaslolo 10 Ihcn'' however, tne
snees1ty ot rover IN hls s1prcssoue !hat hls
lcate were NOT Wholly lIhas9lnaty 'oaueea tAem
~ 'aao precautionary measures. AccoF"lhsE,
4AFs 6"eIt "f0tc GoI' 6tc"hrts VI LUIS ctyi hDout
wv "sens a5o' is4uss'ns ~! 'nn ~ ssat'ou ~.
suaso ~ tnc monument 4iiS was aohe' put ho
onu catno to disturb the corpse. Lust Saturday
Leonard SWEET met Detective Tyrrell on the
.''s ,; tho, ,a e rnr % - I sns'naas,n sI MsM
ia'', tloe "c "ta 6oinG opsn"sue,u
on business, nladc min aeqaalhtcu With Powers
auspicions, and requested him to give little
time to the matter II he could consistently DO
,.".1a w. s.,1 =. an,e r,,.ae ,as.a1,
"atas' @"u at ouec co1!''l'cheeo VIGOROUS seaftu
Of the small hotels, saioons. nl'd olres Tor sus-
pictous-look'ne characters. He saw dozen Or
'rs T ~. oo % W. pawor ~ AIs" ~ n. tan ~
lns n...,oon ~ r9"et 1'ino M ,aso .o"n ~
nuf1y anu % nanleu up lysse,i, auu lou nun tnas
esgee1r s nsen o Be us TO S
ia everything, IIo trcatcl them alratly, Of
evasse' s,,s w. , o'o NV Inv tns. 'ases. ,s
When Win them he 1elt that
their visit was not to satisfy
curiosity. One registered rs from Racine and
tin othcr from Krno.la. WI,. Thc,r nn,ncs arc
sao o.n.a i'o.n ., 80 aIs
suppressed slnce they may nave had nothing to
10 with what occurred subsequently. An effort
will be made to lind out wlo they are, and,
should thcy psoyc 10 be innocent. Injustice
would be- dono by telling who they arc: IL
guilty, their nancs VIII DC published when they
arc caught. Power, not being in tile detective
line, could give but imperfect descriptions Of
the mcn. nni hcnrc +hctr +ccour,ttnn viii hc
",s,. .nv . @ ,sn,1. haa!, p"a.,s w. W.
so1ne"."t uuaieu's. wen AstssA ss. ueaso io"ess
story, he looked upon the yfslt rs ono OF ir-
spcction,-a lntcct!ycis very suspicious persou,
-and he Jumped to the conclusion that election.
r,,,ht wos nj, a-o,11c,t nm to rof, ,to ton,h a.
n,rro,iv ~ ia n,tv ,"s att n oyr 1fs ntt.1
tfon ceutsrri In ty rsturns' aud wu,tlI ID not. Of
,ar.a ~ aGs ~ ~ NV n ous n. sc =, n.a
tiSn n,s wcro m Certainly icss thai, anyotler ngtt,
9na s!'eil s"o"eo so'o 'oos"'aS ~ nls eot'~
'eSsase Thia e,o,tuo,s ,r.,,, fro,, fbtoo, ,,,oa,