The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-14
THE STEWART HORROR.
NO TRACE YET DISCOVERED OF THE BODY
OF THE DECEASED MILLIoNAIRE-THE
REMAINS PROBABLY TAKEN OVER INTO

NO TRACE YET DISCOVERED OF THE BoDY
| OF THE DECEASED MILLIoSAIRE-THE
REMAINS PROBABLY TAKEN OVER INTO
JERsEY-BLooDHoUSD or THE TRACK.
New YORK, November a.-The police
are arresting wellknown thieves in hope
OF getting a clew 10 the robbers Of the Stew
art family vauit.N A searching examina-
tion was made to-day OF the vault in ST.
Marks grave yard, Judge Hilton thinking
that perhaps the thieves had not removed
the remains OF Mr.. Stewart out OF the Gem
etery, but the body was not found. The
police to-day found traces Of decomposed
flesh on the iron fence which bounds the
Tenth street side of the church yard, and
marks of the bag which had probably con-
tanned the body, were found near the fence.
This discovery, it is claimed, proves that
the body was taken from the church yard.
The offer OF reward Tor the recovery Of the
remains is stimulating detectives a. well
as those attached to the police department,
as private detective. The police believe
they have
| DISCOVERED THE WAY
taken by the thieves 10 get out Of the
cemetry, and to-day made a close ezamln'
alton Of the exterior OF the house
No. l2g East Tenth street, which is occu'
pied by Miss Newton as a boarding house
II Immediately adjoins the church yard
on the southwest corner, the farthest ex
tremity of the inclosure from the Stewart
yault: il sets five feet further from the
street than the stone Gaping in which ]:
fixed the iron fence of the cemetery. and
when this fence reaches the little yard II
front of the house, Fit is made TO bend al
right angles and run up TO the corner oi
the residence, just at the poln'
where the lower brown stone and uppe,
brick portions meet. Just in this angle Ii
a tin leader or rain spout the tops OF the
spikes of which constituted the iron fence
reach about tive inches above the edge o.
the balcony, running under the parlor win
dows, The brown painted bricks OF tht
house and fence on the side next the church
are
COVERED WITH MUD,
while the water spout and six of the up
right iron castings and the top bar which
constitutes the rounded end OF the balcony
is completely covered with mud as il il hac
been carefully painted on with brush
The lines are drawn upward, and in the di
rection of Tenth street, at an angle Of forty
five degrees, Just as if some heavy body il
muddy covering had been dragged from th'
ground by some one standing on the balco
nv. In the examination OF the ground to
day. Police Commissioner Nichols was &C
companird by thoroughbred bloodhound
which became restive and began bayins
and shifting about as soon as the gates were
opened. lie shifted again and again about
the base OF one Of the columns where Their
was
soNE DARK STAINS
kneeling upon their handkerchiefs, one al
ter another Of the gentlemen themselve
smelled OF the spots which gave an un
pleas ant oder. 1t was probably here ,ha
the robbers had laid the body temporarily
in the shadow while on their way from tn
vault Inspector Murray believed h
could see the traces OF muddy foot print
leading across the church yeard, and al
agreed that the men had escaped to tn
street by the balcony OF
MISS MENTIONS BOARDING HOUSE.
1t has been suggested that the body was takel
to New Jersey. Isaac W. England report
that ne perceived terrible stencil on tn
; Cortland street ferry boat while eros
sing to jersey City Thursday night, and Eu
gene Wyatt,a an ampatecary in Ridgewcod, \
J., makes similar report concerning tn
ferry boat which left Cortland street at
o'clock Thursday morning. The druggis
saws he has a specific, which it j
claimed, presents decomposition, or arrest
it even at an advanced stage and has givel
the police description of 4 person VIII
desired 10 purchase quality Of the stui
about the time the first attempt was mad
. TO
STF,LTHF BODY,