The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-17

may be sure they will prove a real genuine
alihJ-no humbug either-at tho examination
1T you arc tho mother Of the other twha-
,enDir % the he Teporter said; II should think yon
said in your sons favor"
Well, l must refer you to Mr.. stner: he
and those that got them arrested will guess,
fnd themselves IN worse box than the arrested
men are" the Youngest Of tho women said.
Burke'a mother took no part In tha conversa-
tlon. except to account for her return. The
others urged her to return home and prepare
somethinG TO be taken with the things that the
youngest woman admitted she was preparing
or t91 puTnose OF making the Prisoners
body there knew William Burke. and
that he lid not know any William Burke living
there. Yet Burke's mother does live there. and
the time and was arrested there. He had papers
there which his sister, who lives ut 400 I1st
Twelfth street under tho name oi Mira. Wright
took TO her home as soon as Burke was ar
rested on Tuesday. and Capt Bvrnes took thom
away from 400 East Twelfth street yesterday.
Twelfth street. under the nSms Of Mrs. Wright.
and lived there nearly two years. Her husband
monsS sSs cot 0 her roSn SOOGa on
another tenant. who seemed to know that
Under was IhG wh r..ons EsEe BsNs &
rested while entering, the house. He usVallv
|
| Ing no particular business. He said that he
Vas trying TO get work on ,he cars: Mr..
| and he promised 10 pay II.
=. In regard to his Whereabouts on the night Of
is conclusive that he WIS in Mrs WrIeht's room
| the whole evening, and so intoxicated that he
could not go out, child Of ono ot the tenants
| took In the beer that he drank and Mrs. Wrights
landlady says that she Ia positive that he did not
| go out because his bedroom Is next TO her own.
| and she heard. him in there. She knew OF
| Bourkes arrest on Tuesday and Of Bakers ar
| rest on Friday from reading II in the papers.
guilty Of stealing Mr. STEWART body W "''' "''
The house ut 3S Chauncey street. the resi-
dence given by vreeland or whaien. is n some
ity. although only short distance from Fulton
street. Brooklyn; It was indinerently lighted
give. in their own peculiar way, such in
formation as was asked for. Their an
swers were not wholly satisfactory % c9nsist-
Ing deniais. An that they knew about
the arrests. they said shey had read in IN.
the name Of Whalen living in the house OF in
the block. and none OF their relatives had been
then, the reporter naturally asked were they
standing at the gate 10 receive callers Because
ssk II Hank Whalen lived there. and they
did not wish the women there disturbed.
yeSps Sl 81 ase eh he was tss iaher of
Vreeland tior that is the prisoners nnmel. The
other was boyish-looking young fellow. prob
|
The family are not in good circumstances. In
the latter part Of July last an old lady called at
the onice Of ". II. Lilliston. a real estate agent
at 629 Fulton street and tried TO get cheap
house. She took 3s ChAuncey street for tl2 a
month. giving as the tenants name Theodore
, vreeland, her husband. who. the agent under
sTSd hS time was sr%Rpoyed rRspy wla IN snppps
but until last month the rent was paid pune
I tually. Yesterday morning the agent called at
who said that the rent would be paid on Mon
day. police oficer in plain clothes was at that
, II. seems that the older man, Theodore yres:
snd works % & cooBer @ 10 ne .aqS AiSn,ss s Lac hss
been arrested. was employed. Henry. or
Hank" p q rather tall. slim man OF % yesrs9
, worker. His brother who was at The gate last
evening, ir short and stout. He is Inscribed as
SrnT for % VsiSood. % and % short 'I time ago he
Q was arrested for the abandonment OF his
T f.1as snS6s sGs james ss Trssand DTs'9en. Is
: ployed by Harrison Brother. grocers, at Ful-
. ton and Utica avenues; James had Disagree
, went TO deliver barrel Of nour to a man who
had ordered II. He found the purchaser stand.
ing upon the steps OF a school house. and
. he was told 70 put the flour beside him.
and @ as he bad only $50 in change the nSn took
. noon Tor The rest He did not go. and. Ss Inc
check turned out TO be worthless, search was
, made for the purchaser. He was not found at
the schoolhouse OF anywhere else. but the. bar;
rel was recovered from the steps. where II had
stood undisturbed I'm the interim.
There are also two. daughters In the family.
one about Is years OF age. and the other a little
younger. Very little lie known about the vrse-
lands in their present neish6orhood GLIB; Formerly q
Mr.. Stincr gives vreeands address as sss
West Houston street. but no such number could
Pour additional arrests are to be made. at
least, before the case Is in shape for full pub
evening that Inspector Murray would have two
men arrested before morning, but up 10 a late
hour no arrests were reported in any OF the
In regard to the case OF the man employed in
the Weehawken Cemetery. whose disappear
sss n' osssynz SHss'aB5s Bss1 have Hsse
sts1dI1t ssy. that Nf ous w''shTsGn En was SsmG
marble p9isher and general helper ior M Mr..
Wss aS
and he did not make disappearance again until
the Tuesday after the Stewart grave robbery
ssrys Sd ana 5 "'i ss$. % g s:garsd & .5s &Ss%l; @
TO handle n body in any stage OF decompo sition.
He drank. and occasional ly remained away from
ret return ne Dragged Of his intimacy with New
York prize fighters and other sporting men.
SHAGGY nS and T"e pror 10 s time Re had bsen
constantly short OF money. On his return
on Tuesday last he wore good SUIT ot black n
nne hat and polished boots, and had what ap-
peared TO be q gold watch chain; He was dis
| charged from Mr.. Becker's yard because II was
suspected that he had received orders 10 adorn
and repair graves in the absence Of the fore
man and had pockeied the price.
| Al the timo OF the Stewart funeral Mnhon was
heard TO say, what a big Job II would be 10
steal that body! II would be worth Q good deal
Of money, That remark. coupled with tho
years in the neghhorhood OF 81. Mark T
Church. excited Mr.. Beyer's suspicious. aud
he called upon Judge Hilton yesterday. Mr..
Boyer says TINT II would be easy for any one
| knowing the Weehawken Cemetery TO bury a
body there secretly. because the ienco Is not
over four feet high at any point. and there arc
many places whore there is no sod, and
where all traces Of an interment could be
easily obscured by any one dcxierous in the use
OF the shovel. Mahon said on Tuesday that he
was going South. Mr.. Boyer has his exact ad,
, dress. hut he refuses 10 give II, From ono 81
Mahon's intimate friends It was learned that he
went 10 Savannah.
The Murphy who is referred 70 in yesterday
!, mornings newspapers as Of Weehawkon is
Michael Murphy Of Gutenberg. He has place
, on the edge OF the river near dense forest.
and is said 70 have ths reputation OF being q