The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-19


nfter ho Quilted the witnces stand. II wanted
TO smash their honds with tho spade" he enid.
ddncI nnG br nnrty T n for nNN" INV y"rs
trains were running Mt that hour. and they wrrn
connclled to drr overland thirty-eight miles
rnnrhrd the Christopher Str,pt Ferry. chilled
and hrnumbed The carrnge WIS driven to
his prisoners nligh,ed nnd went into tie
onlcr. Tho muddy handle Of the spade
slnck out ot tho carrlege Tiniow And
vision OF n life pension danced before HE cyea.
he so Sed with one hand ,he updoumed tod q
ie grave robbers; with the, other he grabbed
the colored driver by the coilnr
p, l~mine GO the darkoy gasped. tell We
The oflrrr kept his grip and marched hIs
brlsoner in triumph into tho oihce where Cap
Byrnce explained the situation.
Justice Morgan said thnt enough had heen
developed in tho cnsO to warrant him in hold
ing the prisoners for further examination to-
CHATHAM. N j., Nov. 1s-Thie place ia about
thr"r-qunrt'rs oi an hours ride over tor.
| Western Railroad west Of Orange. by wagon
! road II ~ considerably nearer than by rail On
Sunday. the 10th, met. nj about ?. NJ.
piSce. having come from tho the direction OF Of
Orange behind a. team of small horses.
having square box and square top. with
doors In tho siacs; i is said TO have reermtled
| They stopped ntt the Chatham Hotel and got din
| nor there. They said that they came from
rttsnd ~ am nbrs,en i Tbe VIZ" ndicr1 rnered
| that they had como about four miles out of their
WY; hut said nothing. On tho following
entered Tie hotc a, about 4S p; NJ. The
clerk stepped outside to $50 that their
horars were in sight. fie asked the two men
! where their horses were. and told that n
shoe had com" of Of one Of their horses. and
| they had stopped at summit TO have
| 1t put on. Tho clerk thought this
| Il u1s IA IA hulf frgp hat
| ham. and In a direction opposite from BOouton.
NEVERTHELESS he said nothing. The two mon
walked down to Parrot Wiliams's flour mill
and asked to be shown through it. After that
they wore not seen in Chatham.
On Thursday morning last. the day after the
two men reappoared in Chatham. Capt. ByTnes
ma another mnn called on Me~srs. A. q a.
! Harrison. Nvcrv stable keepers. in Cone street.
in Orangc ana asked him whether he mad let n
team and carriage TO n man with reddish nous
tnche and short side whiskcrs iusl before ne
ears on the preceding SUNDAY The senior
partner said that he had. and TINT the man had
| paid him 80.
80 That isn't right" tho Captain said to his
Then Tho junior partner said that the man
! had nso paid him 81 on his return.
All, that 10 right, So the officer said
Mr. 4. Harrison then explained thm INC
that one was black and the other bay. The car
name oi the man Who had hired it. but. at
guiries, and found that It was Clair
Mr.. Clair he ascertained, lived with bis father
house from Park avenue on tho left hand
side. He did not. learn what his business
but was s0onn told that he Vas cdn, I'll,
, connected with bank in Peckskill. Clair did
not return until early on The next moIning qttel
I absence to the livery stable Keepers by sayinl
/ that he had been detained "t a h9tel by SOP,
cause OF his delay, but 1t was inconvenient e
, | do so.
, At . O'Clock that evening Thursday Capt
, Byrncs returned to the stable, accompanied BY
ilye, men. all OF them ,oleIahly well dressed
hTS TSom Sey S5Sn wss
! 70 drive An old spade that happened 70 be lylns
the B1@Sss s@S nG the tho drSer
ward Chatham The driver says that ild his MN, eq,
ShSriSc but tho 9eTs His true Rlcs HcS3
i short distance beyond Milburn rough-le
! tain much anxiety several times by drivinI
4 past and going so slow that the carriage wa
Atiast the &c Captain consulted with those In
= side. aud then ordered Colonel TO drive on
. When they. arrived at Chatham they ,drov'
/ | across the bridge oyer the Passaic, and nea
Billy. guess we'd better turn around SO al
! Colonel turned the carriage around and drove
! almost back to the bridge. Then the Cap
I, tain took the reins. He turned the horses Of
the road the rlehtand drove them into the sheC
| Of Parrot Willams's -four mill. about 100 fee
from the road The six men alghted and leay INF
, | Colonel sitting on the carriage under the shed
. went up stream between the mill race and th'
, river. They were gone little more than aI
hour. Colonel thinks and WHOM they returned
: Colonel gothic impression thatthey had hot beer
successful in their undertak ing whatever II WAS
r The Captain said nothing to hlm except TO tel
him 10 drive TO the nearest railroad station
where they could get a train 20 New York. A
that time II was about l2ii O'Clock. No Officers
!; nor other persons have been reported since
Thursday IA making any search for Mr. Stew
arts body or for anything else in the neighbor
hood OF Chatham.
1t is a singular coincidence that early on Sun
day morning loud noise was heard II
Parrot & Willams's mill. and at daylgh
II VAS discovered that burglars hat
bored into the safe and exploded
, II with gunpowdcr. They got only about $40
which WAS in silver. By good fortune consd
cradle amount Of money which had been lyinl
in tbe safe was removed on Saturday.
Mr. Harrison said last evening that Clair haC
again hired n horse and wagon o. MIN few
hours before the reporter saw him. No re
marks had passed between them In regard e
the visit and inquiries Of the officers