The New York herald., 1878-11-14

referred to was that OF Rose Burke, who died in New
York. and was buried in st. Peters Cemetery. at New
Board Of Health Of New York city, in addition TO the
usual burial permit Yesterday number of detectives
and secluded places about the island where IL might
be possible for the thieves to conceal the body Cap
tain Blake. OF the Staten Island police, has
| notified his men to keep sharp lookout
! for any occurrence that may transpire connected
| with the case and Immediately report to him
the same. The officers stationed at all the ferry
landings closely scrutinze all strange vehicles that
come ashore from the boats. more especially those
the night trips. In addition the watch detailed
by Superintendent Orstrander of the Moravian Gene
terry. at New Dorp. MI. William H. Vanderbilt has
engaged special watchman to look after the vault
in which the remains of the late Commodore
FALSE ALARM FROM ELIZABETH
A rumor reached New York yesterday from Eliza
BETH N j., that corpse had been deposited ia the
receiving vault of the Evergreen Cemetery in that
leave sas doubt ' whether il was not the stolen
remains Of Mr.. A. I. Stewart It was fur
ing mp the clew thus obtained and in co-opera
on with the Chief Of Police in Elizabeth. Tho latter
% o e pece ssory M to Be gra ana the @
part found to have an exceedingly slender founda
ton.
On inquiry of Mr. ]. B. LOCKER, the Superintendent
of the cemetery, it found that man drove into
the cemetery last Saturday at about noon bringing IN
ically. and enclosed in ordinary pine box.
The wagon bore the name and address OF G. A.
Benedict undertaker No. GO Carmine street. and the
man driving produced permit from the Health
Department Of New York authorizing the removal of
the body from the Trinity bnrying ground He in
quired Mr.. Lockers assistant. who received him,
whether any person named Whitehead, OF Newark or
Elizabeth had visited the cemetery to purchase lot.
and being told that no such persons had been there
to the assistants knowledge. he said that he would
leave the body 10 be placed in the receiving vant until
the lot should he purchased. He paid the regular fee
Of Sl1, and, leaving the permit and the coffin, he
drove off.
signed by J. S. Nagle, NJ d. Register OF Record. 1t
numbered 1928 and dated November q 1873. 1t
gave permission to G. A. Benedict to remove from
the body of isaac P. Whitehead age. cightyve: birth
place. New Jersey; occupation, -; cause OF DEATH
old age: date of death. November II. 1877 Mr.
LOCKER said that he could see no to suppose
that the body not what it represented to be-
and the superintendent of Trinity Cemetery stated
last evening that the removal from there was en-
trely regular.
SETTLED FOREVER.
Following is the third and evidently final commu-
nication from the company who claimed to have
the missing remains in CHARGE
To The EpIos or THE hEf4hp sc a u. s,..,t
information as to how to recover the remains o. hs
by US % tho HERALD stating That 10000 would BE-
ss ss % ssai FREY % a %
incurred by and Tuesday the same journal published
the body longer than till Wednesday night parties
Mrs. ew ers sssrds a rss ss mm
dia,ey her decision as in rdsr 70 avoid detection We
response n ee%ps Aisr s Sssas tahy
small psr.eies wrapped them separately comparatively
small bundles Handsomely put up some Of these we sent
deposited carefully in different places, where,
positive, they will and be revealed.
The motive action crme) follows Some
years since the late A. r. Stewart purchased the huying
ground whici located the of Amity
The human bones with rhe sknis in
with the debris excavatcd and thrown
away, knows where. The sacred burying
ground had to give way for the stables Of A. ]:
Stew art. Parties who know they descendants Of
bodies who disturbed from their resting place i'm
after his death concluded take his body and
10 the with II he did IL taken dur
night in October wish TO mention the date
of the month Us might possibly slight
by party OF nine mon, mon to an apartment Of
applied dsplace the bad odor 1t remained there till
to-day After careful consideration concluded ths by
donating 10000 to prblic charity adj
city would be than the revenge Of tho
outraged descendants
No response came and that charm. Tho body is
destroyed all search will prove have been In vain.
some influential well tn-do citizens among The
A COMPANY.
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