Connecticut western news., 1876-11-17
THE ATTEMPT TO STEAL AppAHAx LIN

THE ATTEMPT TO STEAL ABEAHAM LIN ooLN's BnDY.-There re doubtless some persous to whom ,he story of the attempt to steal .he late President Lncoln's body looks little s'queer," and indeed there Is an impression on the, mlnds of the people living near the scene of the affair that the matter was Q put-up job. The fact that such sn idea existed has already been iu- dicated in paragraph copied into The Journal day or two ago, giving what Was considered the probable motive for the out rage A dispatch from Springfield. Ili- nois, dated Nov. 10th. gives the following account of the matter.
 The later developments in regard to the attempted dissertation of the tomb of Lin coln and the stealing of the remains show that 1t was the consummAtion of most de. termIned and deep-iaid conspiracy. in which DO noyices in the criminal art were engaged. The community were Ut first 80 hOrtifi.d by the discovery of the midnigh' attempt that they hastily jumped to & cen. clusion that something ot either political o' sectional significance attached to the crime {: but Ii Is now dt finstely known that ths sole motive or ohj ct was the obtaining of great ransom for the restitution of the re. mains. The Lincoln Monument AssOcis. tion, composed of leading citizens of the the state, have raised large amount ot money and erected . splendid monument. which with it's fine surroundings, Is the point of interest to all visitors here.
 IL was cOnjectured by the would.be roh- hers that the Association, the citzrus ot Springfield, aud the people of Illinois. as of the Union. woud pay an immense sum to recover the body of the President they loved SO well. IL was to be another Char lie Ross" outrage. with very much lar- ger possibilities in the way of rewards Tue conspirators are known to tho detec. tivrs. who will have no difficulty, 1t is | thought, in capturing them when the proof is in 8 satisfactory shape. The fact Is ihn, Captain P D. ryrrel, of the United States Secret Service. to whom the working up of the case had been confided by Robert Lin- cbln ard immediate persunsl friends of the late President, hsd traced out the entre plot beforehand. He knew the hour the attempt was to be made, and the night pre- vious he cane from Chicago to Springn i'd | in the same car with the conspiratOrs, shad- owing them constantly up to the evening 0t the outrage.
 Ex Chief Elmer Washburn was called in to aid in the capture, which would have been complete with cunciusiye evidence while all were in the crypt, hut for an un. fortunate accident. As the detectives emerged from their hihiug-place, 100 feet
 from the vault entrance, one of them in ex. Amlniug his pistol accidentally discharged it. The robbers instantly f d and disap
 peared in the wood which is bu, . few rods distant. The names of the parties en- gagged are all withheld hy the officers. whG say they can be had when wanted, tut they are alleged to be among the shrewdrsI man
 agers ot gigantic crimes on thls side of the
 water. The first inkling of the affair WA,
 known in June last, the details having heer
 overheard in 8 house of prostitution in |
 Northern city, and WAS soon reported tt
 parties interested here. Since that tim,
 Robert Lincoln and the Hon. L.onai,
 Sw-,t of Chicago have constantly been oi
 tue alert, and by uleaus of several for,ult' ous circumstances were abla to proven what certainly would have been . most hor rhle sscrilrge. The monument is nov } closely guarded.