Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. Police headquarters WAS
informed to-day that the body of A. 7. Stew.
art was stolen from the family vault at ST
Marks church this morning. The casket wa.
broken open. Inspector Dilks, when informed
OK the robbery, at once sent out the followin,
general order:
10 all precincts: The remains os 4. IT.
Stewart were last night stolen from the family
vault in st. Marks churchyard. The c,s,-o+
was FOUND broken and the body removed. The
decomposition Of the remains is SO offensive
that they cannot be concealed. This is appar
ent from standing at the opening of the yanlt
TINS morning. Consequently it cannot be taken
across the ferries without discovery, Cause
dlhgent search to be made in your precincts "a
the remains were evidently stolen in the hone
of reward" Fo
Early on the morning of Oct. 7th, lust
month ago, the assistant of st. Marks church
discovered that the Stewart family vault had
been tempered with. stone slab had been
removed from its position and the earth dis
tnrbed several feet. AS the slab was not over
the opening of the vault the thieves did not
get the body. The sexton reported the matter
to Judge Hilton, who ordered the slsb placed a
lew 1eet from Its true position in order to de-
celve any one attempting to steal the body.
Watchmen were also engaged, and they patroled
IN, the grave every night until near morning.
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this morning. The robbers had removed one
stone from the opening to the vault, broken
open the three collins in which the BODY wcs
| enclosed and carried away the contents. il
is supposed. in sack. The robbery has caused
great excitement in the neighborhood of the
graveyard.
The robbers, who were probably five or sir
In number, having entered the church ward.
proceeded to remove the earth from the open-
ing ana TO the vault. This was soon accom-
plehed by the aid of an ordinary fire hand
shovel which, with dark lantern, they left be-
nsho then'. Ihey then pried up of the
| stones, thus making an opening lust large
enough to permit the entrance of two men SIM
nltaneousiy. There were several collins in the
vault. but the robbers do not appear to
have hesitated in choosing the right
one. TIE outer casing of cedar
was easily broken open, and the second or
ieaden coihn was ripped open, apparently with
large knife. There then remained the oakcn
coffin, which was also broken open The BODY
vas then taken out and placed in some sort OF
sack, lifted up towards the opening where
there were probably other hands to receive it,
atio carried TO the iron ratings around the
chnrch.yard. The weight of the BODY was not
very great but it is still e question how it
was passed over the ratings. The work was
| performed somehow, for all the gates were
| locked, and the body was then probably put into
wagon and driven away. 1t is worthy of note
that no foot marks were found in the church
yard, although the surface was soft after tina
| rain, and snow last evening. 1t is therefore
surmlsed that the robbers stepped from grave
stone to gravestone, and thus made their exit
either on Stuyvesant street or Eleventh street.
| They wrenched the plate off the casket and
carried 1T away with them. On the whole the
indicatlons point to q remarkably bold exccn-
ton OF carefully conceived plan, and special
care must have been taken to avoid the police.
Tor the spot is very open and offers no good
chance OF concealment. The beats of
Two policemen terminate close to the church
ratings, and the two officers ought to meet
| there constantly throughout the night They
neither OF them saw anything to excite their
| suspicious.
MR. Libby, of the firm of A. T. Stewart &
Co., said to day that the estate of A. r. Stewart
| Will not offer reward for the recovery of his
| body 1t will give 100000 if need be for the
detection and punishment of the outlaws, but
I not one cent to them for the return of what
| they have taken. Not single cent will be
| PAID In order to compromise this case
| NEW YORK, Nov. Sup to midnight last
night the police stated that no arrests had been
made IN connection with the Stewart vault.
| Ihey appear to be utterly befogecd
| an to who perpetratcd the robbery The
Sun says among all the thc,ries
relative to this crime none is more curious than
that which attributes it to the agency of GER
tam disappointed heirs. or so called heirs of
MIR. Stewart. Those who hold to this theory
| believe that the body was removed in order
| that chemical analysis might be made in or
der to detect traces of poison. The news of the
dissertation of Mr.. Stewards grave was NOT con.
| yeyed to Mrs Stewart until last evening. when
Judge Hilton called and broke the sad tidines
to her as gently as possible. She was over
| whelmed with grief, but she fully conceded
with Judge Hilton in taking a firm stand
| against any concessions or promise of reward
to the robbers. She expressed Willingness to
| go to any expense to secure the arrest of the
! perpetrators of the outrage