The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-05

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Great Eseitemesl In New Verk.
Ssw yosx. Nov 7-foiics h~e.iqas,,srs
"a. info-rp~d tods, ths, the bsfy q A 7.
sc. or, "a. .tolen fron the family ,sal, q,
At xsrs's Church essty shs- morning he
c..sst .ss brokcn open early on the mornins
o, october 7th. Jus, o5e month ago. The q.
sls,Ant .~rtoa II 81 MARS Church discover,
81 that s,susri's family vault hal t~su tam
p-r~i With. the stone slab hsi been removed
from II. ~tn.ition and the earth ~ss fisturt~~i
for several fee, from . slsb 20, over the Open
ing: the the zee didn't get The bo1y TIE
sexton r~eycrtei the matter W ssd9s Husss,
-ho ordered the slab placed . few feet from
IL. true position In ord 10 deceive any one
attempting to steal the body. watch
man ~ss also engaged and he pstroli~i
the graveyard every night until very
recently. The discovery % the outrage
80. made ct O'Clock this s,ovuine ~ rob
her, removed the stone from the opening II
the vault broke cpea three eo@ss In watch
the body vas ~incio~~i, and carried away tho
contents, 10 u supposed, 10 . ssek. Ths rob
b~ry has caused great excitement. Inspector
bikes, vhea Informed of the roht~sy, o. osee
sen, Gu, the ~foilo~ing general order 10 al
precincts
The remains 81 A. 7. stewart we're lest night
stolen from the family vault, In 81 Mark's
and the body removed.
The decomposition 81 the remains 4. 80 Of.
fen.ive that th~y csnnot he concealed. TIT.
l. sppsren, from standing at the opening OF
the vault hi. forenoon. Consequently q can
not be taken across the ferries without discov.
cry. Cause diigent search TO he made IL your
precincts, as the remains we're evidently stolen
In the hope 81 reward.
The weight 81 the body vas not very xrpas
but II 4. still . question Of bo~ Il vss pAAssd
over the railing. Of the churchyard. he
work vas performed somehow. for all the
gates were locked. The body vas then
probably put into = wagon and driven
away. II Ia worthy Of notice that
no footmarks we're found In the churehyard.
although she surfsce vac soft after Z fall Of
rain and snow las, evening. II 10 therefore
.urmiscd that The robbers stepped from grave
stone TO grave stone, and thus made their exit
/ " ~ Stuy Nv-ahN rtftft w rsi'veUtu strVSts Iuty
wrrnched the plate on the easket, Aad carried
|, away with them. On the whole, indLa ,ions
| point TO . remarkably bid e~xccuttoa Of q care
| fully conceived plan. Especial care musthave
been taken 10 avoid the police, for the spo, IL
very open and offers no good chance for con-
cealmept. The beats ~ two policemen t~rmi.
nate elosc 10 the church yard ratings, and tho
i tNn .eN1.Ss nuuhS O., .r.~s sks. >~-.-aA-
throughout the night. Neither Of them saw
anything To excite their suspicious. Mr.. Lib
by, II the Arm Of A, T, stewart 4 Co, said To-
lay that the estate Of A. 7. stewart wal not
Offer = reward for the recovery of the body. II
will give ei0O,00O u need be, for the detection
and punishment 81 the outlaws, but not one
cent 10 them for the return II what they have
taken, not . cent will he paid In order 10 CON
promise this case.
Up TO midnight, last night, the police stated
that no arrests hsd been ma 10 in connection
with the Dissertation Of the Stewart vault.
They appear te be utterly befogyed a. TO Who
perpetrsted the robbery. The Ss~ cay. that
among all The theories relative TO this crime.
none is more curious than that which a,trh-
ntes 1t 10 the agency Of certain disappointed
heirs or associated heirs Of Mr.. Stew art those
Who huld 10 this theory believe tina, the body
was removed In order that a chemIcal analysis
might be made, In order To detect traces Of
poison.
The news Of the Dissertation Of Mr.. stew.
arts grave Was not conveyed ~ Mrs. Stewart
until Las, evening, when Judge Hilton called
and broke the sal tidi"gs TO her A. gently as
possible. She ~as overwhelmed with grief,
but fully eoinciied with Judge Hilton In tax
ing q firm stand against any conces~aons or
PROMISE Of reward TO the robbcrs She eI.
pressed un~iiInguess to 20 to any expense 10
secure the ares, ard conviction Of the perpe-
tors Of the outrage.