The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-18
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The Movements or the Police Checked sad
denIy-Jersey dlIy's Clues FolIowed

denIy-Jetrey CIty's Clues Followed.
There was n sudden stoppagc. yesterday.
in the reports Of progress in the investigation Of
the Stewart tomb robbery II was accounted for
In police circles by the intimatlon that some Of
the news In Yesterdays papers was premature.
and had retarded tho police In their work Tho
real reason. however. is surmscd to be that the
general raid all along the line by the
detectives on Saturday evening did not
result in the expected capture OF the
rest Of the robbers. Up TO n latO hour last
evening no announcement had been made that
Mr.. Stewards body was removed from the last
hiding place TO which 1t was traced by tho de-
tectvcs. and the extreme reticcnco OF Judge
Hilton and the police left the inference that
there would be further doay in tho complete
clearing up OF the mystery.
Public expectation now stands on tptoe to SEQ
the result OF tho examination to-day Of Burke
and whnlcn. tho two mon who wero arrested
last week for alleged completely in the rob-
berry. No information rs to the character
OF tho evidence against tho men can
be gained In advance OF tho trial. Whether
they are suspected OF being principnls OF hcces-
sories is not known. IL was intimatod in the
Jefferson Market Court on Saturday that tho
testimony against the men would OF necessity
divulge the scope Of the discoveries made by
the police concerning the whole AMIR. Tho
present aspect Of the case makes itprobable that
the men are to be again rcmanded to the GUS
tody Of Capt. Byrnes.
The search for the body and for those who
stole Il was from tho first, It Is understood, di-
rooted by. Judge Hilton. From the minute that
he visited the vault and personally noted that
the newspaper left behind 10y the robbers was
dry and must therefore have been dropped
after Il had ceased to rain he has. It is said di-
rccted the movements OF the police, or. at least.
has judged Of the value OF the evidence that they
gave him. He was busilY engaged on the case
late last evening. He declined to say anything
The police Of Jersey City. 1t is believed. hayo
important Information in reference to the rob.
berry, Chief Nathan and Capt Werner visited
Wcehawken and Gutenberg yesterday, and on
returning to headquarters had brlef consuta
tion with Sergt. Murphy and immediately after
ward drove away rapidly. The Chiei admitted
that ne had evidence Of decisive character
concerning the robbers. but he refused To give
the particulars. The officials at headquarters
assert positively that tho body II in Weohaw-
ken. The arrest Of Louis Mahon 10 hourly
expected.
fellow, with the skill and nerve necessary TO
| mako him useful TO those who planned the Job.
For two years prior To june igs, Mnnon was was
ndjoins the Weehawken Cemetery. He fro
9uentiy assisted tho superlnlendent Of
the cemetery which is owned TdooTa1 mainly hi
c6rpses from the graves to family vaults.
He was convivinl in his habits. and once in u
| two or three days at time. On his return from
these sprees liz boasted of his intimacy with
|
ters. Although he earned $40 or sl2 week. he
| seldom saved money, AMI was invariably
shabby. In June last Mr. Louis Becker dis
| charged him on suspicion OF some small pecu-
| latons. and he quilted tho neghOOrhood.
| Mr.. Stewart wi.s buried in April. On the day
of the funeral Mahon was heard TO say that the
robbery OF tho grave would be II paying job
| Nobody thought his words OF amy significance
at the time. h1t after the toh,p.ry Mr. uustav
terry. recalled them. Knowing tho character Of
| the man. and his expertncss in the handling OF
| notion expressed by Mahon in April might
| have crystalli1ed into a definite plan IN October
| Mahon had disappeared. and MIR. Meyer. know
| ing nothing OF his whereabouts. gave no utter
On Tuesday last Mahon reappeared in the
| neghborhood of the cemetery and visited his
| old comrades in the marble yard. The once
| shabby man had been transformed into "a we'll
| dressed person. He was dressed IN new bla. X
suit. and he wore a gold watch chain. lie
| he drank sparingly although he asked
one Of his old boon companions to accompany
! him 10 New York and have good time. HIS
| mission TO the cemetery was 70 get the address
| OF Mr. Meyers brother. who lives in savannah
| Ga. Mr.. Meyer gave him the exact address. and
he went away saying that he purposed to start
| on the next day for Savannah. Since that
| time. RS far as ia known, no has not
| been seen near tho cemetery. and all search IN
his haunts IN New York was fruitloss. w e
| n store somewhere in the neighborhOod oi
Second avenue and Thirty. first street. but he
gave up that situation aud went away with
ont giving any warning. IN his conversations
| with intimatcs near tho cemetery h,
said frequently that he had lived io'
| many years in the neighborh0oi OF ST. Mark
| Church and that no was well acquainted thero-
| about. 1t is said that ono Of Judge ii ilton's de-
tectvcs Is shadowing Mahon. but whether IN
| savannah or IN this, clty, IL not known. one
| Of the most plausible of tho police theories
| starts with the assumption that the vault wac
| robbed 10y person or persons thoroughly con
| Versant with vault architecture, and that thC
three collins were broken open and the body
| prepared Tor transportation elsewhere by
man accustomed TO that Kind Of work. Attel
| its removal II was taken into New Jersey hy IN,
| way # the Christopher Street Ferry. VIII lcl
| touches Hobokcn. Late ~ night there Is lttl'
travel by these boats .andtc robbers could easil,
escape observation. The cemetery Is about q
| miles from the Terry, AMI could De reached DJ
two routes. both dark and deserted. especiall,
on rainy night Ono way Is up Washington
street TO the Hackensack plank road, on which
Paterson plank road which intersects tn,
Hackensack plank road ut New Durham home
stead; from that point the cemetery Is distan
about six blocks.
The cemetery is separated from the rond b,
an iron railing set In stone. barely four Zee
high. that could easily bc scaled Mt any point
are always closed and darkencd long beior'
midnight except in tho picnic season. Once
over tho railing tho danger OF detection WAS
mere Mrs. Ihe sgper.n,cn&sn' bM, yes H. I,
always goes to bed carly. Tho ground
are large. and being thoroughly known I,
Mnhon lsupposing him 10 have been the party
there could have been no difficulty in SOLICITING
a spot in which to hide the remains. Moreover
there are many sandy suots that are not cOvcre'
with sod, and in one OF these the robbors coul'
have dug grave and hidden the body wlthou
leaving u trace OF thor presence
Several men in tho ncighbOrhood profess L
know that Mahon Was connected with the rob
berry but they all withhold their Information il
the hopes Of getting "A slice OF the reward.
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