New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-28
CASE FOR INVESTIGATION.

The stewart NY SitIN udS 'H''l'h ui''h "
new phase. 1t was bad enough TO feel that
there was no rest in the grave, but to the
dsquieting revelation of the Insecurity OF
even triple coffin and u stone-covered
vault il now added the discovery that
the police cells will not hold anybody,
aud that the arrest of "A distinguished crlml-
nal is equivalent to his final disappearance
IL is a notorious fact that not only have the
remains of the late a. y. Stewart been re-
peatedly recovered, but at least seventeen
rcsurrectiomsts, three or four backmcn, and
numerous conspiring accomplces who occupy Il
high station in society, have been arrested for
the theft. Several of them have made full con
LESSONS. Out Of the large party concerned IN
the Dissertation OF the tOmb-a party 40 large
that when they took possession OF st. Marks
graveyard their march must 'haye sounded
like the tramp of n Tegiment-oniy one Is now
nj liberty That one has been identified by
means of an extensive collection OF
photographs, representing him ut yar-
ous periods of his life and in various
conditions of whisker. He cannot elude pur-
suit much longer because the photographs
have been shown TO the Large Yellow Blood
bonDd. and that celebrated beast Is now going
for him. We say that these facts are notorious.
1t would, perhaps, be more correct to state
that they have been repeatedly published
by nearly, all the daily papers of this
city, with stress of emphasis in the
way of large type and black headlines
which ought TO carry conviction TO every re-
ceptive mind And so far ~ We have observed,
no announcement of the arrest fany of these
numerous cuprits has ever been rctracted by
the Journals responsible for making it. Con-
seouently the prisoners ought to be now III
Jail. Yet, strange to say, they cannot be
found in any place of detention known to the
public.
This matter needs clearing up. What Judge
Hilton may have dsne with the bones is a
trivial question by comparison with the in
quiry what has Captain Byrnes done with
the prisoners They have not been liberated
by any court. They are not in any discover
able iail They must have been at one time
in the hands of the police. We have been
assured of their capture by newspapers
which cannot tell lie. Two or three Jour
nails have given the intelligence "on the
highest possible authority" and have
challenged mankind to contradict 1t. On
the 2Oth of November The Erening Erpress
issued an extra, which was hawked by frantic
newsbOys in the streets uptown, announcing,
upon authority which did not "admit of
Question of veracity," the recovery of the
"body," and the capture of four of the
"thieves." As The Express has never with
drawn this announcement, its subsequent ar
ticles on the mystery going no further than
the observation that the police are
" still reticent," we are of course to
infer that The Express adheres to it, And
the attitude of The ErpreSS on this question
is identical with that of most of the other
papers. The inquiry what has become of the
captyes thus riscse to the importance of
great public problem. Are there secret
cells in the Observation-Disclosures of Police
Headquarters where Superintendent Wal
ling slows peculiar prisoners, out Of the
reach of lawyers, reporters. and writs
of habeas corpus! Or have these men
bribed the police to let them escape! We
know from some of the newspapers which
do not admit OF n question Of veracity,n
that about two weeks ago every one of the
" ghouls" was followed day and night by a
detective ready to grab him 10y the collar
whenever Judge Hilton said striken; but
lust AS the "clews" were complete and the
noIice ready TO 4" close ill.," the criminals
bril,ed the officers who "shadowedn them,
and so got away 1t was temporary
disappointment only, for in The course
of twcnty-fou hours the Officers of JUS
tee and the detective reporters closed inn
on another set of "ghouls." Have these
wretches also got away Must we be forever
recovering Stewards body only to be told the
next morning that it is more lost than ever
ilways closing in on the lobbers only to find
when we open our hand that there is nothing
in it ?
There has been sudden halt in the hunt.
The hue and cry Is hushed. We shall miss
our daily morning csapter of startling dis
coyeries. We shall miss the punches of clews,
the chase after fugitive grocer's wagons. the