New-York tribune., 1878-11-25

most crazy and rendered H. and nearly all her odgels
were forced TO remove.
In two more days other victims were found inc
body had been taken weehawken. received by Junk
dealer-"a notorious fence" of whom the police had
never heard-and finally buried by a sexton Names
were given freely If the most innocent transactions
were being described and the charges then made have
never been retracted.
The next charges were safely made because against
men OF known bad character Burke and Nreeand one
sneak-thief and the other picRpocket'
were discovered TO be- according to these YeraciOuS
reporters first the accoDpuces Of the thieves and theh
tho actual graverObbers The apparent belief OF Cap
tain Byrues OF the police gave color to the published
assertions in regard to their guilt though known
clrcuIns of their past lives and their WelkhoN
rfI re1pirng bojdness and sndacity smry ridiculous
Burke has been indicted for another crlme, anu
lands ouaton is so bad that 1t could not he GanaSo9
much but II is doubtful whether he mas no good srUuu
IOr an action for false imprisonment against Iaptah
abnnr thts time and wbIle Burke and vreeland
sI The pretended objects OF suspicion, huc respectable
iaWrcrn One of the gentienen s. X Freeand
clearly Indicated by the highly colored articles Wheh
were published felt IL necessary 10 VISIT the
SUPERINTENDENT Of Police for official assurance that
suspicious were not directed AGAINST him: oa,.,,.
Although the robbers were all highly respectable,
Il was discovered that OF Their number the a
parent leader in the CRIME, was Dr. Christian man
who convicted some years ago as ''reSurfcctloh
ist at Washington The "clew to him was gwen Dy
landlady Fourtcenth-s one OF whoie 6oarders eIt
her tho day before the robbery aud Who
she said, Tcsembled the pictures OF CHRISTIAN. ihe
police e worked up the case can6DuSy 3hG
that they had ut last made out case ana clearly dch
titled tie Doctor and Christian as the same, the
erous boarder peryersely comes to Hight Ptsburg
and every circumstance which seemed 10 ldonty nun
berry is fully explained. There is evidence that
! he is respectable Tnan pursuing an honest
| drew attention TO him Lad nothing mysterious
about il. In letter to the Editor OF Ihe Herald pub
shed Yesterday, he shows that there was nothing mys
terous or secret in his movements III New-fOrk and
that tie suspicious AGAINST hm-nagnifed by the SEN
satOna press INTO positive charges-wtre gonnaeSs
Ills assertions sustained by the correspondents OF
the very newspapers which presented linn 10 the public
gTaveTObber ana the leader Oh gang OF rlltHs
| Christians conviction IN Washington may nave ren,
deFed him safe man to charge WIN crime Oat ~ Moaa
not seem to be 80 safe 10 attack the e.hrae!er !
of honest man because De chanced 10 eaYe thc cy
| about the time that great crime was committed
Another case, somewhat similar is thAt 9I senilt
man residing the lower part or the city and VINO sailed
for England November O. He seemd 10 be addicted 10
Joking, and TO have male remarks winch n II was
! found that he had left the elty[seemed TO some
| SSravrronbeTys o. An anonymous letter caused an
investigation by the police which resulted IN nothlng
INC in very positive charges .anst him. The fact thar
| uIumerabe bunders bad been made did not lead TO
been found He had left town. and the story seemed
! safe 10 go uneontradcted for few weeks unfortu-
ma 81. was apg 20 ghe g,h aine oY bis soin%
and To- say where and why he had gone. IL il stated
that young who first gave to The press highly
sensational account OF tns gentleman ishl WIN 'Ge
! safety Tor It's return. has been called upon 10
| give his authority for the statements 10 defend
| a nrJbable libel suit. In every case cited there
| seems not TO have been scintia OF evidence
on which the positive charges that have been
| made All have crumbled like a mousse OF cards upon
tne mere touch. One story is LIFT ncOmpete-that OF
! Kelly the cOachman, formerly employ cd at GrdhamS
stables on sneriil-st., and who disappeared soon
| after the robbery. He has served as the
connecting link between Christian and Others
of the alleged robbers in several OF the
sensational stories but he To stand alone
with nothing sustain the newspaper charges against
him except the fact that he does not choose u appear
and rrfute them UuquCstionaby the police Will nave
an abundance OF rImOrs and suspicious which they VIII
be CONNIE led investigated it remains TO Dc seen how
many oiuer men than those named above VIII be urea
and convicted by reporters before they nave chdhcc
In ayupar and answer.