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

its original resting place. Third thcy know
whvre the only piccp OF silver in the coffin was
The news that the holy Of NJ Stewart lad
been taken came TO mo through Mr., lIamill. the
undertaken. at half past o'clock this morning
ut my house II thrilled mo, and .said. ~ be-
Thoy think they will get large reward That
was the frst suggcetion to me OF what could DO
the wotiyo for such dsssscraton: ,oA.u
fnst told him to see thnt nothing was dis-
turbcd around tho place. but 20 leaye everything
found that The sod had been taken OF wit tho
most surprising neatncss to the exact edge oi
10 gain nccoss TO tho vault. although on occasion
of inlerment the three arc generally removed.
II struck me as exceedingly singular that the
should be so accurately upon the exact limo re-
quiIed; there was not an inch OF variaton,.,
night Of steps. Mr.. stewarts BODY lay in q
rosewood or mahogany coilln enclosed In lnnd
collln. and thees were enclosed IN box. His
founl that nll the cofns bad been broken open.
nnd that Mr.. Stcwarts body had been tnkcn
spoRsn sw 'oh 81 ri" VIZ" robbers @ h"i lex ltle cSo orr
dinHry bulrs-eye lantern. aud n common little
fre shovel, that had evidently never been used
anccs of the burglar. but these odd tools. that
seemed to Indicate that they were new at the
% ordered things left just rs they were. and
went over after Commissioner Nichols, In
epector Murray and some detectives, and We
went over the ground thoroughly. Wp took
note Of all the surroundings and had the un-
dertnkcr and his deputy under examination. /
supposed the watchmhn was employed by the
month. but Il ecems he was q man who was on
| gagged watching for some one else In tho neigh
% 6s ana S"f IN RoS Sn 99w su on 1o son
| day last and says ho does not know anything
7" Nero the collins dcstroyedp ?"
Yes they ,pricd open tho top wooden
box; then forced opsn The lead coflln, and tore
tanning the body They must have tnkcn out
| the body with the clothes on My first impros-
sion was that we bad b'ttor keep quiet and that
we could do nothing about II but upon retiec-
| ton I deto rmincd 10 enlist the whole police
force to aid US. We about came e. the conclu-
wnrd should be for the punishment Of the
| criminals We are satisfied that whoever has
got thc. body in such ,lccomposed state cannot
| some one of our 2 500 policemen"
But are there not disintectants thatwill soon
| remoyo that clue, JudgeY
| IL think that you will soon hear OF something
| from the police that will give some clue 10 the
Eerpetta,ors ! cannot tell you the names Of
wsTS IL gs, EGTC i9sS
Yes. the cryptis almost ready 10 bc raised.
| Here ARE the drsigns-henutilu desigus np-
| oi marble. under the chnncel. which Is in the
| apse ol the church. The crypt in fact. with tho
cEnpcl in front oi II. about fourteen feet square.
| will be a sort Of basement 10 tho church. Tho
diameter ot the crypt which Is octagonnl, and
Of solid carved statuary marble. is sAbout twenty:
FIVE feet. OF course Il will De costly. but not oi
such enormous cxtravugance "a has heen
spoken Of 1t WITH be iltting adjunct 10 tho
erected 10 her husbands memory"
You are certain that there were no jewels
buried with Mr. stewards bOdyr
" Why. Mr.. stewart never wore iewelry ia his
life II was only of las years that he would wenI
sleeve buttons, aud his watch chain was silk
iuwslry should have expected him 10 be after
me the next night. penuaded him to buy tho
sleeve buttons ia raris escsnss aus. his & Sld ones
none was buried with hIm-not even the pear
studs that he never wore"
And the robbers nre not even suspectedr'
II viii say only tha, IT is no matter Of chance foI
any one b g. there aud take up that body. and
Rs s ,Ss tho e T SS
cred the entrance TO tho vault, and was sur.
prised this morping to iina ihst 4 wHs not so;
| ploysd. had told the undertakcr 10 emplo,
some poor man who had no,hinc to DO. and he
keepcr TO some snd ION At g. plASc once IN I
white. Commissioner SichdAs saw the man AMI
questioned him. tut he lid not Know anything
" How about Offering a reward Mr.. Hilton 2"
MY FIRST impression was that thoss who vo
lated this grave should not set cent for II TIM
We would depend upon the poll ice 10 find thu
body. which We thought would bc VERY oas
thug from ihs fearful ennNia; but shall b,
| guided by tho Commissioners. and nothing
shall hc left uudnnc to bring the criminals Il
justice. Orders have already becn given to keeI
"Th" reason that l felt 50 confident of oui
arrangement 81 changing the slab WAS thu
| | thought they had put in a crOwbar and 0nd
| ing that thrre was no entrance tp tho vault un
| der the slab hnh gone away disappointed
one thing noticed in the. yard. and ihn
WAS that there WIS "A piece Of the Neir l1il
| Hsdh of Sept. ~ lying under q board tina
stood no against n trnc-H board that Is used tC
slide down conius into the vaults. ] noticed
TINT his piece of paper had been used 10 wip'
the hands Of some ou' and thnl II WAS dry. st
that the robhcry WIS probably done after IN,
storm last night This piece vi paper could ~
have been there tho day before without beinl
noticed by tho seXtous. Along with this piece
Of paper WIS piece ~ a stocking that had beer
used also 10 wip" the hands.
" And the fences or IRON gates OF tho yarG
were not tamperod with p
" No; nothi ne WIS changed that wa could see.
"Then the body OF MIR. Stewart must hav
been lifted over tho fcncoF
Yes, but that would have been easy. as h'
was very much enarinted when he died. an,
, weighed only ~ pounds. The putrciactiol
was 80 great that the robbers could not plac
the body in a carriage without leaving traces ii
the smell that would h"tray th"m.'
what IL III. police theory. Judge?"
"Oh. the flrst question that they asked me
when told the story that hgd horriilsl M
was How much money have they got p"