The New York herald., 1878-11-17
UNDER LOCK AND KEY
Tw0Ntn in Custody Charged With theDeSc-
Grafton Of The Stewart Vault.
CAPTAIN BYRNES MYSTERIOUS PRISONERS
The Proofs of Their Alleged Guilt
Withheld by the Police.
CLEWS! CLEWS CLEWS !!
ANY Amount Of Them Furnished to Judge Hilton
by Anonymous Correspondents.
CLAIRVOYANTS TO THE FRONT.
A Remarkable Communication from a
Boston SpIrituaFst
CLEWS! CLEWS! CLEWS
ANY Amount of Them Furnished to Judge Hilton
by Anonymous Correspondents.
CLAIRV0YANTS TO THE FRONT.
A Remarkable Communication from a
Boston Sprituahst


track in the Stewart mystery is becoming more and
more apparent, Yesterday general air Of hopeful
selfsatisfaction pervaded the Central Office.
The sphinxke demeanor of the officials. 10 be snre
continued, but heitation and evasion characterized
their conduct whenever leading question put.
Hank whalen and William Burke, the two
arrested and locked up in the Mercer street station
house Friday night turn out to be charged with
the pilferng of the grave The first story circulated
by the polIcc--nanely, that they charged with
completely in the Manhattan Bank robbery-was done
for blind. What information, if any, was obtained
from the prisoners, is carefully guarded.
The view that appears to prevail among the higher
officials entrusted with the is that the prisoners
not the real principals but accessories. and that
the men who did the work around the grave per-
thoroughly familiar with the details Of the un-
dertaking business. Judge Hilton entertained this
view from the first, and every hour increases his
confidence that it is the only true 1t is
also pretty well decided from the clews thus far OBJ
taned that the persons who planned the robbery
professional criminals who of themselves would not
undertake the actual desecration of the grave The
latest reliable information places the number of per-
engaged in the crime at four.
MYSTERIOUS PRISONERS.
All day long Jefferson Market Court thronged
by detectives from the Central Office and special
from precincts; but it not until half past
two p. NJ that Captain Byrnes appeared in citizens
clothes, unaccompaned by any He sauntered
down the aises and pursued precisely the same tao
tics adopted by him the previous day. He went
quietly into the Judges private apartment. made
signal to court officer, and, before, had the pri-
vate door which opens into the passageway leading
the Tenth street Justices entrance closed upon the
reporters, clerks and police. He returned to the
court shortly afterward and ioeularly informed the
4.
thing about his business until he had his case
complete he would not say word to anybody.
.'Havc ,ou bank burglars grave desecrators. Cap
taing You can least say on which you try
ing hold the prisoners you have in the Fifteenth
precinct station house"
II wont say a word about them
'You are going to bring them here, are you not?''
Eyes Ill tell you that much at any rate. will
have prisoner prisoners here in moment"
Then Captain Byrnes beckoned to Counsellor stiner.
who had been retained by the friends of the prison
srs, and with him disappeared through the private
door.
THE cAPIIvEs RELATIVES.
Seated in the body of the parently needless
OF what going forward but eagerly scanning the
faces OF the prisoners who of the
prison and were conducted before the Bench.
were well dressed ladies. One about
fifty the other thirty years old. They relatives
of the mysterious and hitherto unknown and unseen
captives of the Fifteenth precinct. The young
lady's hair WINS blonde. her eyes dark brown
and her costume quite elegant. She. il
was announced in the room. is
the wife Of Burke, but this denied aterward. To
HERALD reporter rhe made the following statement
while waiting the arrival OF Captain Byrncs prison
Ny husband arrested Tuesday he
was coming home from town, and / did not
know anything about il until the dctectite-Mr Do
lan-told me OF 1t on Friday.
What's your husbands name?" asked the
Burke; Billy Burke" said she.
whats his businesS?'
Hes speculator!"
what kind OF a speculator?'
"a speculator! any kind Of specnlator"
'What relation do You bear 10 either Of the pris-
oners madam? the reporter then asked the elderly
I'm whaen's mother. sir. she answered.
atWhen was he arrestedg
"Un Thursday night AZ Burke's house"
At this point captain Byrnes appeared a, the side
door aud beckoned thcm INTO the private room. At
the time Judge Morgan vacated the bench aud
went inside also, and = moment later two
in from the auditorium ~ Detective Do
Ian. Then the HERALD reporter went out aud
vafe entrance Ia West Tenth street and few I,omsnts
later Detectives Slcyin aud Doan along with two
men IN heavy great coats the collars 81 which we're
~ ana hid lower part their faces, tho upper
portions Of which were concealed by broad brimmcd
tlouch hats.
The examination within the Judges private sanctum
Wa not ~ very long duration. hut it, burden
BY captain byrnes that he desired 10 have the two
prisoners rmanlcd until Monday. because he believed
that they concerned in some way with the steal
Ing of stcwarfs body. Then followed IA. usual
trrence between the captain aud the Hoiicc Justice
from all knowledge of whrh everybody else
rluded, according tp custom. AZ the conclusion of
this conversation the justice with consent 0f Counsel
lor stiner remanded the mon until three 7. NJ
Monday.
AID ruan ASrrcFprSrs.
IN the course oi The formal preliminary examins
tion which followed this detison tn. facts gwen be-
tlN aufae aea,i. .rt&
ELECTED whether tile answers given by the
men we're true or not remains 10 be s.an 1bar, - i
suspicion lurking IN The breasts of those whom
tho Information was obtained that good
deal Of what wa sail by the was
prompted by the police for reasons best
known 10 Themselves. tBlly" Burke Il
thirty-nine years Ot age, lives At No. g91 East
Twelfth street where h. was arrested Tueiday.
suspicion oi being connected with the Man.
haitian Bank burglary. HI taken by Captain
Byrnes before Judge Morgan. privately. or fh, cap.
tain came anh c"nsnt,d with The Judge about the
niater himself, but finally decided that there was not
sunicient evidence on which ~ detain tile man.
80 he was released anu started FOR his homo
when 70 his surprise aii dsmay he roarresed by
captain Byrnes and Detective Dolan suspicion of
having been connected with the stewart matter. lie
taken the station house that night aud detained
there until yesterday afternoon.
william Durke's history shows that he has been
arrested several times on charges Of grand larceny.
On one these he convicted in 1n,G and served
wo years. on three othcr occasions ne arrestc
aiid had TO be turned up a. the police call it,
THE ofHrR MAN
Hagk' Whalcn or Wheeian. was arrested on
ThursAy evening az Burke's home, II was stated in
the examination, whittier he had gone to make n-
guri-r concerning tine absence Of his friend, whom
he did not know ia the hands OF the police.
Tho detectives pounced upon him and took
hlm 20 the Fifteenth precinct. and put his
mame on the returns as ''vrecland, aged
twenty-five. ChauDery street brooklyn" No
assigned for this. Whaleu, alias
Mheslnn. alias NstQland. wis artagncd accr,tly on
FGdsy morning beforc Judge Morgan, IN the side
room a. Jefferson Market Court, charge ~
peing cgnnes.si wlth the Manhattan bank burglary
Juige MDptn tnrcupoll, ~ the request Of Captain
Byries. fsiBahiad hlm ~ the station house until
xeser,laY. Mhtn. hefnre slalad. be, with nnrke.