Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-11-21
ROBBING GRAVES.

The dasl,ing New York thieves
who astonish the world by their great
exploits, seem to he no more expert
in the art Of robbing than in their
success at concealment. They must
have 1nagiclans palsces or caves
which can in an imstant be made in
visible alike to policemen and detec.
tives. Not one Of the burglars of the
Manhattan Bark, who made the big
steal of three millions of bonds, has
yet been discovered in his mysterious
abiding place. But the Manhattan
Bank steal is already ec'ipsed by the
astounding discovery, which was
made on Saturday of last week, that
the body of A. r. Stewart had been
carried off by thieves Here was a
robbery that threw the bank robbery
entirely into the shade. The news
shook all New York city with excite
ment. 1t was not stealing a live
man, or a million Of dollars. 1t was
only dead mans body, but it was
that of A. T. Stewart, the great mill
ionaire. That was enough to make
the biggest sensation New York has
had for many day. The boy had
been deposited some months ago in
Trinity church vault while magnif.
cent man solemn Was being erected
The vault was in the midst of the
city, on busy thoroughfarc, the beat
OF two policemen, but the policemen
walked up and down that night not
dreaming that the boldest of thieves
were rihing the mlionaires tomb
It was not discovered until after day
light. Then the police were informed.
Then the executor Of Mr.. Stewart Of
fered reward of $25, 900. Then the
detectives rushed out in all direc-
tons, particularly toward New Jersey
and Canada, smelling in every out of
The wav place. In hunting after a
rather old dead body that was prob.
ably not as carefully embalmed as an
Egvptian mummy, there would nat
urally be good deal of reliance upon
smelling. There have since been sev-
eral reports Of heavy smells from box
es on cars and steamboats,. One sus-
piciously odorous box was found to
contain several dead bodies-of birds
which had been delayed on the
road. But two weeks have gone by
and the stolen remains Of Stewart s
tomb have not yet cast The slightest
odor of decomposed humanity upon
police headquarters. Dead men tell
60 tales. The last resting place Of
A. II. Stewart is emphatieally one Of
the secrets OF the grave.
Under such circumstances we are
not more struck with the audacity
and skill which aceompllshes the rob-
berry than the superior skill which
eludes detection. Where do these
thieves hide from all the great New
York police department! Where can
the living thieves and their liveless
booty be concealed that there is no
trace nor scent? 1t is alike wonder
full and mysterious. But $4,000 is
enough to make detectives very in
dustrious and sharpen their olfactor-
les. A few days ago it was reported
that the police had found out all
about the body and the thieves al
thor Oh no arrests had been made. A
few days more may unravel the mys-
terry.
Grave robblng seems to he on the
increase in the West. The bodies OF
four prominent citizens were taken
from cemetery at GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
last Wednesday. A policeman dis
covered and captured the wagon con.
tanning the bodies after a hand chase
but the robbers escaped. What shall
We have next in the robbing line
WATERING PLACE FIRES.