The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-08

AIR stew art's conn. ~ found.
Bpnc Of three stones removed from ruoi OF fault 10
""Twelte stcr, leading tn the ngor cf The vault
Shadsd hnc,-s srih ia deer above the o,.f ot
the vault The hoe du- b TIC roo'ets VS. Immediately
Di,ncn,ion. L. ecthi, Is fec, deep, 10 feet wide.
The stairs leading into the vault are twelve in
number. and have stecp incline. Inc slI
floor in the order ot their arrival. That ~ Mr..
Stewart was on the outside. nearest the stairs,
while behind IL were boxes ronta ming two OF
his children that died mHuv yeAts ago. Mr.
Cinch u brother Of the late Deputy Collector OF
tho Port nnd others Of the family
ON the 9TH ot Otolr r an attempt was made TO
despOil the Stewart yault but. more 10y accident
than good management on the part Of the s.x-
ton or the police, IT WINS frurrn,rd. Thcn Judge
Hilton directed Mr. Hamill 10 employ faithful
watrhman. but charged him specially not "a tell
tho wntclIuAn exactly wha, h. was 10 watch.
Mr. Hamill hired Michael Bruton. who Is
watch man in Gibts's Empire Livery Stable at
3O4 and 600 East Eleventh. street. the contract
being that Bruton should look into the church
yard certain number of times every night. at
the same time working In the stable. On Mon
day last Bruton was discharged; and when Mr..
was nsf@ sSw " po fuTher art rg"sse ss
for him" In this Mr.. Hamill acted without the
consent Of Judge Hilton. Who says he never or
ton. On the first rainy night after his discharge
the robbery was committed. Brmion Il spoken
OF by his employer and by eN- Fire Commis-
sionAr John =. GIies as q sober, honest ani In
Iste Yesterday afternoon the police discov-
robbers hud been purchased at ScymOur's
store, Mt Chatham and Division streets. Mr..
Seymour and n salesman identified the articles.
but could not give desert ption of the person or
persons who bought them, The shovel WIS
bought month aE9 Jus, pIior 70 an unsuecfsS, %
the next day after the lantern was purchased 10y
the same person. As yet this information fur
4 renti.lnnn vino PASSED The Stuyvcsnut street
entrance to the church at II o'clock says that he
saw near the door covered carriage with Two
HlaA Dir rtll .tu II
M unusual. hut iis publicity and the Elnre OF
the gas limp which shOne brightly on all sides
seemed 10 preclude tho possibility oi any wron.
Mr. Hnmnl, the sexton aud undertaker Of ST..
Marks Was found IN his store at Third avenue
and Tenth street y sterdny aliernuon, lo Is 2
small dark man, with JET black halr and
W snperintcndcd the arrangements o. Mr..
Stewards funeral" Mr.. Humll said. "all cN-
coIt the making Of the cotiln. The body was
not embolmed.. The lead lining Of the outer
box through which the robbers must have cut.
was thick aud strong, and could n9t havo bccn
easily broken open. When the nfst hUenl lt
Urn.nution that We could. Tho stone VIA
moved to the southward OF the vault and m
ground above the lalirr smH3llied over 80 ,t 4nn
| that unless they had taken particular pains To
| mnrk the exact locniion beforehand.'
Judge Hilton says that You aud your ASSIST
| ant arc the only other persons besides himself
| who knew whore tie body was"
That's true enough, although you must bear
tile churrhyarl OIL and on. Ia tho last two years,
! for the express purpose Of looking Mt stewart q
| grave. Any - them might have been robbers
who came thcrr 10 inspect u % cemetery, lust ns
they might have gonO to Trinity OF any other
| Cemetery"
Judge Hilton hints that you or your assist
| ant know more oi this affair than you care 10
| tell -
Mr. Hamin rdiculed the idea TINT either he
! or his deputy possessed Nny such kngwlcdGc.
| - should be- most precious fool, lei atone the
crime aud the wick dncss q tho thipg. TO enc
! bark in any such business. What would $1,000
| or even 100000. DE 10 me Win the disgrace ana
| DANCER OF detection staring NE in the face
| Mr.. lInmill does not think that any Of hi'
| men nut the thieves up To tnls J0h. IT wns more
| likely that the thieves had watched the rcme'
| ferry for weeks and months prior 10 the IN VI
.Octuher and planned the Job at their leisure
"Mho assisted in lowering tho remains into
| the yautf' .,
| Taylor the man that mado tho collin.
| is Il possible that any ot them have su%
| Qesied ihis thing to the thiuNesV ,
| Mr. Humiu thought MT. He did mol thinl
| thai the police were 80 much 10 blame, clhor
| Thoy Ind lon! boats" 10 cover. nnd II was
dark and wet night, and they, could not DO OK
! pected to stop and examine tho cemetery YER
| thoroughly. "The trouble was TINT theJ tool
| us SO Unexpectedly" Mr.. Hanill said. In con
cuslOn. -" n we'd had any idea such q bare
faced robbery was modlial9d, NJ Weul1 la''