Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-11-18
RUMOR THAT THE BODY Is FOUND
IN HOBOKEN.

NEW YORK, November l6 There is not much
doubt but two arrests have really been made OF
parties engaged in the robbery of 5 tewart's ne.
mains. a man named MahOney, formerly an at
taehe Of the Wehawken cemetery, and but re.
Gently residing at Thirty-second avenue, did the
principal work. lie fed to the South on the
morning of the robbery, but is now under the
shadow OF an experienced detective.
The corpse was doubled up and thrust into a
canvass bag. The head and feet were together
near the mouth of the bag. It was carried out
hoad upward, and at the curb was delivered to
other men in wagon, who drove directly to
Weehawken to notorious fence kept by . man
named Murphy. Murphy's place is ostensbly q
known TO the police for years. 1t is supposed that
the remains OF Stewart we're concealed there for
time. They have since been removed, but the
proprietor refuses to say where.
The two were arrested yesterday, and were TAX
en- before police justice and held on other
charges than body snatching.
The police deny knowledge of any such arrests
and refuse to give their names. 1t Is supposed the
whole facts wall be divulged to-day.
The excitement over the Stewart grave robbery
was revived to night about police headq BY
report that the two arrests made by the police
were undoubtedly for completely 10 The case
Judge Hilton drove to the 18th precinct station
house aud there met Captain Byrnes, and the two
we're closeted together for more than an hour,
when the Judge came out he said to the reporter
that he had no news Of Stewards body. He gave
evasve answers to other questions put to him, and
declared that he knew nothing of the two arrests
made, aud referred the reporter to Capt. Byrnes.
The latter said that there WAS nothing new in the
matter; that the names of the two men arrested
are Burke and Whalen, and also that they were
thieves.
He refused TO say whether they were arrested
for stealing Stewart's body, but said, however
that there were no prisoners 10 his station house
for the bank robbery.
Inspector Diiks, on duty at the central police
office, tonight stated that he could not cay wheth.
er anything would grow out of it but there N light
While Judge Hilton WAS busy with Captain
Byrnes, two women came to the station house
with bundles tor The prisoners, and then left. The
women were Swallowed by police officers at every
step, and it was evident that the most rigorous
restraint had been placed upon them to prevent
anything OF what they knew from leaking out.
However. the man Burke had been reported as
living at No. 402 East 18th street, and thence the
two women were sought.
After patient inquiry it was found that q Mrs
Wright lived on the top floor with whom Q man
named named Baker had been living for some
time past. Her husband is in jail for passing
counterfeit money. Baker was not at home but
Wright herself was enc0u ntered, who proved to
be one of the women who had visited the station
house.
1t now turned out that Baker" was Whalen
and that Burke, the other prisoner was her BROTH
er. Whalen was arrested on Thursday, for com
piiClty IN Tue Stewart ROBBERY case. burke was
taken On Tuesday night at his mothers house No.
l09 East 4th street.
He mad previously been under arrest suspected
of having been concerned in the Manhattan bank
robbery, but had been discharged for want of ev
dence.
To-day the police ransacksd Mrs Wright's
rooms and seized oil her papers and some belong
ing to her brother, Burke. She said that both
men were spectators aud CROOKED"
Whalen arrested gave the false address Of 3l8
West Houston street.
1t is settled that the police have two prisoners
whom they charge with being members of the
band that pundered the Stewart vault, what the
nature and strength OF the evidence on which
they are held is, Mondays inquiry into the case
will show.
Mrs. Wright claimed tonight that Burke at
least is innocent, and that she clear MIN of all
suspicion when she renders an account of his
movements from before the Manhattan bank
robbery until after the Steward sacrilege.
II WAS reported at the police headquarters at q
late hour tonight that the body Of A. I. Stewart
had been found in Hoboken, but Chief Donovan
Of the Hoboken police was seen later, and he en-
phatlcslly denied the truth Of the rumor He
could assign cause for the origin Of the report