Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-11-22
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
TINE srGwARr Grave EoRnEns.

implicated in the dcsecration Of A. Il.
Stewards tomb, and with stealing his
body, were before Justice Morgan, Of
the Jefferson market police court, TO-
day, for examination. Caps. Byrnes,
Of the 18th precinct, who made the ar
rest, made long statement under oath,
detailing infinitely all the circumstance
es touching the arrest Of the prisoners,
and the fruitless search he made in
their company for Stewards body.
His first Information came from man
who told him that some time ago he met
Burke on 9th avenue, who offered to
put him on something IN which there
was u good deal Of money. The man
asked Burke if it was bursting i'll u bank
or killing some prominent man, but
Burke told him il was neither, but it
was d matter which would astonish
the whole country, and if he would
keep all right he would put him ON it.
Soon after the man said he heard Stew
arts body had been stolen, and suspect
ed Burke. On this information wit
moss arrested Burke, whom he nc
cuscd Of stealing Stewards body,
but Burke denied it. After talking the
matter over while, Burke told witness
that maybe his old woman knew some.
thing about it, bat lie did not know
whether she would tell. Mrs. Burke
was visited, when she said Billy knew
something about it, but had no hand il
it and wanted his percentage of the re-
ward to tell where the body was. Capt.
Byrnes said he could have all the re-
ward if the men were convicted and the
body recovered. Witness further said
that Burke implicated WhaIcn, who
told him the body was buried ut Orange,
n. j. Burke went with the captain over
to Orange and looked around, but
Burke said the other fellows must have
removed the body TO some other place,
and then they returned TO New York.
Burke aided witness to arrest Whalen,
who was found ut Burke's house. Wha-
len was much surprised and asked
Burke who witness was. Burke told
him, OTIS Capt. Byrnes, and he's got us
dead to rights for the Stewart grave
robbery" Whalcn said he was willing
to do whatever Billy said, and Billy
said he'd do as the captain wanted him
to do. Both expressed themselves will
ling to do I'LL they could to aid in find
ing the body, and both accompanied
him to the station house, thence Wha-
len and Burke accompanied wit
ness to Chatham, New Jersey, Wha-
len on the way telling how the Id
stuff stunk when he was taking it into
the wagon to bring it to its hiding place,
,I lI, - fr,n NJ al,
of bushes, which looked like giants Mt
night. When he reached The piece in
Dictated, Whalen asked Burke what he
would get if tried and convicted, and
when Burke told him only year
and two hundred and fifty dollars,
fine. Whalen said he wouldn't say
anything more about the body, and SO
the party returned to New York with
out it. Witness said they had confessed |
to him and others Of knowinga all about
the body. and afterwards said |
they only went to Jersey on burglary.
His honor remanded the prisoners,
and said he would take formal COM
plant tomorrow.
EARTHQUAKE Ar MEMPHIS.
A Memphis, Tenn. telegram Of Nov
10th says: a severe shock Of earth
quake was felt in the city last night ut
/: 80, running north and south.
MORMON WOMEN.
Says Salt Lake telegram of No
vembor 18th: The Mormon women
Of this city held meeting at the
thoatcr to-day and passed rcsolu-
tons avowing their belief iii the patri- |
nrcha order of marriage rs revealed to
Gods people through past ages, and !
which, if lived up to, conduce to long
life, strength and glory; ana we endorse
il Us the one most important principle |
Of our holy religion, and we claim the |
right Of its practice.
ANOTHER RAILROAD HORROR.
A special dispatch from Carleton,
n. b., Nov. 18th, says the New
Brunswick rail way cars ran OIL the
track near Lorenceville last night u pas
car, containing twenty passcn-
gers took fire and was burned. A Mr.
Parker, Of MI Fairfield, was killed and
il child was burned, and fifteen persons
was injured Parker is supposed to
mean Hacker. Another dispatch states
that Nathan Perry Of PreSque Isle, and
former proprietor Of the Hatch House,
i'll this city, WAS killed and burned.
4 passenger gives the following nc
count: The train was going ut a moder-
ate rate of speed, when we reached
Peel; suddenly there was shock; the
train had jumped the track and we
found that the passenger car was rolling
down one of the worst cmbankmcntS on
the line, The car had almost reached
the waters edge when il was discover
cd that il had caught fire. The flames
spread rapidly, and men took of their
coats and tried to extinguish the fire,
hut without nNnil Thn nnmns Ind