The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-19

fdi!TOau COMPANY. WHICH arc 6ItUhtCu w
posite the first 100 miles of constructed
road west of the Missouri river. within the
overlapping twenty mile limit of the two
land grants, the secretary of the interior
decides that the lands situated within the
overlapping land grant limit should be
held to inure jointly to both companies. In
view, however, of questions arising under
the section of the act OF July l., 1862,
which were discussed in his decision of the
Dudymott case, secretary Schurz directs
that the subject of transferring the gov
ernment title to these lands be reserved
for further consideration. In the course
of his decision secretary Schurz rules that
the patent executed March 90, 1876, in ia
vor of the central branch company for 49,
900 acres of the disputed land was rightly
cancelled by his predecessor, because it
lacked one requisite of the transfers of
title, viz: acceptance by the grantee,
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NEW YORK.
New York. Nov lS.-The Fairview,
fenced to ten years imprisonment.
New YORK, Nov, Is. VIM, Burke alias
Baker alias Beatty, and Hank WhaIen
alias Henry Vreland, arrested some days
ago on suspicion OF being implicated in
the desecration of A. T. Stewards tomb
and with stealing his body, was before
Justice Morgan. at the Jefferson Market
Police Court, to-day, for examination,
Capt Byrnes of the Fifteenth precient, who
made the arrest made long statement
under oath. detailing miuutely all circum-
stances touching the arrest OF the persons
aud the further search he made in their
company for Stewards body, to-day. His
first information came from a man who
told hin that some time ago he met Burke
on Sixth avenue, who offered to put him
on something in which there was "a good
deal of money. The man asked Burke
if it was the bursting ln OF bank or kill
ing Of some prominent man, but Burke
told him it was neither, but it was a mat
ter that would astonish the whole country,
and if he'd keep all right, he't put him on
it, as there was good deal Of money in it.
Soon after, the man said, he heard Of
Stewards body being stolen and suspected
| Burke. On this information, witness ar
ed Burke, whom he accused of stealing
Stewards body, but Burke denied it, After
! talking the matter over while Burke told
witness that maybe his old woman knew
something of it, but he didn't know wheth-
er she'd tell Mrs. Burke was visited,
when she said Billy knew something about
| it, but had no hand in it, and wanted his
percentage Of the reward to tell where the
body was Capt. Byrnes said he could
have all the reward if the men were con-
yicted and the body recovered. Wit
ness further said Burke implicated Wha-
len, who told him that the. body was buri-
ed at Orange, n. j. Burke went with the
| Captain over to Orange and looked around
| but Burke said the other fellow must have
removed the bodo to some other place, and
then returned to New ork Burke aided
witness to arrest Whalen, who was found
at Burke's house. Wnaen was much sur
prised, and asked Burke who witness was
Burke told him It's Capt. Byrpes, and
he's got Us dead to rights for the Stewart
grave robbery Whalen said he was will
to DO whatever Billy said he'd do as the
Captain wanted him to do, Both express
ed themselves willingly to do all they
could to aid in finding the body and both
accompanied him to the station house
Thence Whaleu AID Burke accompanied
witness to Chatham. n. J., Whalen on the
way telling how the id stiff stank when
he was talking it 10 wagon to the hiding
place and how he was frightened at clumps
Of bushes which looked like giants at
nights. When they reached the place in
dicatod. Whalen asked Burke what he
wouldsget if ried and convicted, and when
Bul Ike told linn only year and $3.50 fine,
Whrlen said he wouldn't say anything
about the body aud so the party returnen
to New York without ii. Witness said
they had confessed to him aud others of
knowing all about the body, and after.
wards said that they only went to Jersey
on burglary. His honor reDanded the
prisoners and said he would take the for.
nal complaint Tomorrow.
Up to l o'clock this morning the police
said they had nothing new to communicate
in relation to the Stewart grave robbery