The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-20

-, vho are accused ol comphcly III the
p'N ,i,,.,N Mr.. Stewards grave. wero again
w., tu.ti,o Morgan. in the private cNamina-
..,r, II the Jefferson MarketCourt' yester-
"a, ,reruoon Cait BIrn's was cross-eN-
s.,.I bv Lawyer Sunor. VINO WVempteu uh-
',,,,...i iuiiy to get the name oi tho man VINO
~'y, ,hc CAPTAIN bis first Information about
vr.otnnla s. and Burkes r1nnectloh win Ihe
e,., Can't. Byrn,s refused TO make the uls-
p, ,.ur,. ou the rleathal it mlEht u'Ie" the ehus
N,,'.,.. and ho WAS sustained by Justice Nor
Q. c,,, pvrne, said that Burke made con-
-. of hi4 connection W th the crime in the
'.,,.,..,f Officers Dolan. Slevin. and himself.
r,,i Burke aud Nreciand afterwnrd con-
,,..,l Jointly giving many particulars Of the
..,,u,.aftne body. They expected to go down
Ia, r.. ,ayt themselves. they said but the
,,,,,l wa, 80 owcrtul that they remained out
,tte,nl .aut "a negro 90 put the body In bag.
A. .t.r.r arain made the issue that the man
AZ, .a,, cart Byrncs the points about the
,r..1u.r4 should lie produced in court. He
o.. gerulul lie then moved that Vreeland
be- i...b1teed. on the ground that at no time
baIhrcoutcssed to stealing the body. and that
b.r. was nothing in the evidence showing that |
bova, tarty g. the crime. lie asked Burke's |
,..,se an the ground that he had made a con- |
f..i.f under duress and promise OF reward. |
Thematiors were denied and Mr.. Stiner re-
t,,tt,ro on with the examination until Capt. |
Bsrne- pr lu,cd his mysterious witness.
now thcn. Burke come up here" Justice
h1sSlh said
I'll prisoner stcppcd behind the bench, and
f'elo blank commitment as follows:
w1a narsc
.'-l-.l fW,..h street
kt0fr. g. sAy.
Hero. Vrccand" the Justice called out. and
theyounser Of the two prisoners stepped for
ward and signed his commitment, which reads;
i.,ai, .Sleafs
R1..l. io say. ty alyo, O. counsel
Lawyer S,incr said his clients were poor mon.
anl 'ould not give bail in large amount
lt's S.atc's prison offence. and may BE-
punished by five years imprisonment" Justice
Morgan replied. Il will hold them in 5000
ca h ior N, action Of the Grand Jury. The pa
par' viii be sent to tho District Attorney the
rrst thing in the morning.
Cant Byrness AFFIDAVIT was as follows:
rhlaa. Ryrne' CAPTAIN Of The Fifteenth Precinct
'. a ~ I,pys'i sI 7,n a. ,he civ "" sni
r,ann of NDv YIN Henry vreclanl and William burke
m a.og rom,,e " n. s' dead I body Of human Se,n.
'm c place 90 IT. lni'rneni for ihe purpose " ,elhns
rer yaaiouucss did remove the Head body OF tie late
:, NarA. ,harca. .,uate in he second avenue be-
Nn aad tct' & ,,ryf @ ssp' NJ AM, AND
william Burso dd Know ledge and confess to nj. Dc.
s..ar Il d. ai,ftsad dead boiy OF Alexander stew.
e. ls nor inN AlIear. fom @ ths sworn 'st.nsni ~ @
S,iapi,st i, ''"'''' - '''''1 ''' '''''' '''
TIL, alleged principal in the grave robbery,
s,nys,sort Via, ali inc IrvaIonments ot Tho
case in the following story: He called himself
Arrival 9or and hSa SoSrns S@a hs EESs Eoas
in the ncighborhood OF ST. Marx =
Church. carly In October. Just before the
first attempt upon the vault. no was neatly
dressed in n suit II flannel He went oil over
tho house. and then selected room that over
looked tho graveyard. He asked the landlady
il there would be any objection TO his adver-
Using In the papers the advertisement TO be an,
swered by calls at the house. He was assured
itselfw unobjectonable. He explained that II
referred to tho establishment Of a Broadway
agency for the sale Cf patent medicines, the
secret II whose preparation he possessed. The
advertisement which he inserted called the at
tsn,lon Of speculators TO chance TO secure a re-
tlrn o. $500 month Tor tho investnentoi 81 900
Many persons called in answer TO this adver-
tsement. which was published regularly for
tV1 waeSs. The most persistent caller was also
lo.t1r whose name and residence are with
lel IL tle mean time the advertiser paid his
bis urompuy, and while there were
other blardcrs yet they were convinced that he
was au accomplished gentleman. He paid es-
= f'lA tff utlon 10 three medical students Ong
t'b1asiers. and developed an eItraordnary
iae haal''6e Il inc dead. being apparently
anxious il draw from them opinions on the
sgh,ec; oi ideodori2ing remains. He showed great
iinilariit with the subject which he varied by
cremating He convinced the students that he
l',-es-cl the secret Of a preparation that
vold elecually deodorizo the human body
inss -" On f IT, wedncsdaty t'' following eec,
dAy be left with his vallso IN q
nsnn'r TIA, some thought rather myste-
US, ! was seen that atrrnQon on the SIDE;
wax ln front Of the Cooper Union which had
b'en nu 'u affected by him rs n loungng place
Va az apparently purpo-eless manner He did
7 r-'url 20 the boarding house. but Is posi-
graveyard Al / o'clure tnat night and To have
/ ,7rn seen n the. city for the last time on tht
!3N W.ug day, This mysterious person ana
lns doctor WHO visited him, who has also dis
1 appeared, are very important personages in
" eyes u the police who are at work on th'
ve ,, ana no delay i9 the clearing np o. ne a
= IIe l",t i-Ht Whalen and Burke led the New
loik police down 20 Chatham, y. J. and that
xllhln hleo days Of the party's visit the safe q
Parrot 4 Williams owners Of a large -four mil
I.Te should be blown open and robbed by ex
9sn.heel cracksmen; ,is what puzzlos the resi-
tnoNh ~ The hiring ~ team from Harrison
ii h,7Iy .wu'a m Orange on the Sunday before
sls arrest, and why he led the officers directly
mat part u the country II lie had any pre-
myiH knowledge OF the safe robbery. IL consid
Vlol very mysterious. Yesterday morning
Eheh they read In THE sun Of the moonlight
ssat;h Of Capt Hyrnee. over tlfty men and boys
huttei % the neixhborhoOd ~ the mill rae,
- view the ground. The Passaic river wal
.}| On Thursday last and tho party wa
ape q follow the mill race path across
w broad stones which form the tOI
VI me dam. Yesterday the water wal
running over the dam. The volunteer
s9aiehers were obliged 10 go around by TN
WtlEe ti ne open spot across the river wher'
~ t.I moonlight pATley took place. and where tn
Hleolers refused 10 fulnl theiT agreement aite
slhlng 10 dix, few spadetuls OF earth, /
rrs ssrrn, had been overturned. This was III
sl Important discovery made to-day on tn
w3le7 OF the PassAic at Chatham. II IL lonol
gWs oNelgrown with bushes and briars, Nev
it.u'Irs7 i was very thoroughly searched 10
''lis Instances from this point
~ g lul lU clock On tho morning oI NOV
NY la} me- body was stOlon, a we!l-dresse
Wan sl"tp"d al Genung's blacksmith shop, Il
H.aV'an 20 have part ~ his wagon repaired
hvs"ll b" anne from Elizabeth and was goln
" W.n' ne Asylum In Morris Plains. eight .
In l,lI's distant from Chatham. in order I
W'tR a. * tho body oi n man who had die
SSa,lN II. had an uudertakers wagon and
ky email bay horse, that looked as though
~ ~, D'ru driven long distance. In tn
"9s Whs a long box over which a
f..ph Or rubber cloth was spreaC
No. aa' IS GenuGg saws that he met tn
c s1an Hlaui u clock two miles from Chatham
Gsa.hs toward that place. II occurred I
bVVH4tt that he must have driven very fast
II uad really gone tothe Morris Plains Asylum
=. AN' hIhn nd started from New York nt 4 or