The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-22
" TIE BODY NOT YET FOUND"
so SiTS JtpGr HILTON AEflH THO
nIXf> T.iTS NEfRCHfNG.
The Latest Ednrts nj Clearing lpthe Wystery.-
Too Much Confidence In slight tlues-I.ocL.
Ing Alter Chtt.finu- Kelly, the tEnckmninn

Ing Aitcr Chri.ftau- Kelly, the tFnckmninn
the delay iu the return of Mr. Stcwart's
body, and tho failure W to the present time to
arrest the perpetrators OF tho robbery arc inter-
proted 10y many persons who have closely iol-
lowed tlic Developments IN the cssn 10 mean
fatal break In tho chain OF evidence. which. it
was soid on the best authority was complcte in
every Ink. There are many circumstances
that 30 to indicate TINT Judge Hilton or other
persons deeply interested and fully informed in
the case. while acting Ia good faith in their con-
ildent assertions OF a.speedily successful Issue
to the case. builded their hopes hishor than tho
facts actually warranted. From the hour OF
Judge llilton's frat visit to the dcsecrated
grave to tho present time he has had tho general
management OF tho case. He has paid for in
formation from every source that appeared TO
b. Of any value. and has placed detectives ON
every clue. no matter how slight. The
large rewards that have been offered have
proved wonderful incentives TO penniloss
rogues. and schemes Of marvellous ingenuity
have been planned To get n share Of the money
So-callcd private detectives have been parties
to one or two Of the most elaborate Of these
schemes. In one instance. II is said. an almost
perfect put up lob" was tried by certain de-
tectives. The Job" comprised the preparation
Of names. times and places. and the evidence
ne escssary 10 convict The character OF the
scheme WAS detected in time 10 prevent the mr.
rest OF men innocent OF the crime Every day
men skulk around Judge Hlton's Office. or ring
his door bell a, night in vain endeayors to
gain interviews for the purpose OF negotiating
q return Of the body or OF giving away the
thieves. Out Of all the clues. true and false:
out Of information based purity on fact and
largely on conjecture or suspicion. and out Of
confessions that may bs basaess or have a
groundwork Of TRUTH Judge Hilton and those
who arc advising with him have siited their
impcrfcc; knowledge OF the robbery and Of the
men engaged in It. A gentleman who is In a
position to know all the points that have been
gained asserts that at least in two stages Of the
cas-" II has apparently been on the verge OF u
sudden closing up. The gentloman would not
fully explain the causes OF failure. but the
nature Of the first slip may be conjectured by
any one who Will take the trouble 10 group tho
ON Tuesday the 18th inst. Capt. Byrnes ar
rested a mysterious prisoner. On the follow:
ing morning the prisoner made full and
grave robbery and OF the probable hiding place
OF the body Ia New Jersey. On the same day
Superintendent Walling suddenly started for
New jersey. on an alleged cunning expedition.
On Thursday evening Cant. Byrnes went with
the self-conlessed rohher To the supposed hid
ing place of the body in the New Jersey thckels.
II WAS at this luncture OF affairs that persons
high IN authority expressed the most unbound-
ed confidence in the solution OF the entire
mystery, and made known the TACT ot two ar
rests. Another day passed. and the conf
dent assurances OF III" Two preceding days
were borne out hy the commitment Of the two
men. Burke and Nreeland. On the same
evening there WIS the great united hunt OF
the detectives and police in New York Brook
lyn, Jersey City. and the adjoining country.
which II was Huthoritatively given out WIS 10
complete the arrests and end the mystery. SO
sure u this were the persons who thought that
they possessed the right clue. that high police
official unhesiiatngly confirmed the common
report that the body was, then on itsS
way 10 the city. A sunday Of reticcnce and
mystery On the part OF the police followed
and II WAS easy to draw the int renee that there
had bo"n serious break somewhere. The
body was not brought back 10 the city and II
arrests had been made IN the saturday even ing
raid the police manifested more than their
usual Indifference 10 popular approval in failing
To make them public Mondays developments
in the hearing OF Burke ana Nreeland lid not
bear out the sanRuine expectations OF the pre-
vious days. Only 80 much OF the evidence
against the men ms was necessary to hold them
was 20 .uced in court Capt byrnes > story OF
the confession OF his prisoners and Of the
fruitless hunt for the body under their guild.
ance in the New Jersey thickets was deemed
sufficient 10 warrant the commitment Of the
prisoners on Tuesday Tor the action OF the
Grand Jury but the clue TO which their confess
sion presumably would have led, IL il was a true
one, appears 70 have closed abruptly. II not
hopecssy.
For the past three days the work Of tho police
has been. 10 all appearance, aimless and with
out Intelligent direction. Four or fiNe arrests
have been made without sufficient ground for
GVprlNlug men even mOmentarilY OF their ltb-
erty, and tue prisoners huNe been discharged As
soon as the proper authority could be- reached.
II has happened in some instances in the past
that suspicious persons have been arrested in
an csientH'lous manner TO divert public atten-
ton while the detectives followed "a true clue
elsewhere. Everything in the manner and
method Of the police IN the present case con
veys the impression that they are really
fonndering in the darkness As Judge
Hilton Is at once informed Of the dis
coveries made by both the police and all the
private detectives. he Is undoubtedly in posi-
ton to possess more accurate Information than
any one else. FOR many days he mas refused 70
make public any now Developments. II Is well
Understood that he knows VINO some. II not all.
Of the robbers are. that he knows the number
of the prime pals TO be i've; that he has learned
the precise mlnut" the crime was committed.
and the direction Il which the thieves took the
body. That detectives were AT one time close
on the truii Ot the robbers and the hiding place
Of the body Is affirmed by persons who have
accurate knowledge Of the situation. Whether
they are as near now Us several days ago is
matter that can only be cOnlecturrd in the ABB
senre ot uhlrmation or denial. Judge Hilton.
who for several days would not authorize any
statement from him on the subject. said yester-
day IN answer 10 direct questions: We have
il is" he added That is ali the interview
with me that will give you authority to pub
0f the score Of possible clues that have been
followed out. not on" has yielded anything. In
at least four counties OF New Jersey the ground
IS being dug ~ by men ana boys, aided in
some places 10y detectives. Ine impression has
become 50 firmly lNed that tie body - hidden
in New Jersey not many miles rom New York.
that the hunt will not ceHae until the body Is ac-
tualy produced in New York. SO thorough has
the search been. thar avery recent disturbance
Of the soil in even the most remote regions.
has been observed Twice the New York officers
have been summoned 10 the New Jersey thickets
10 open newly discovered graves. One long
night Journey 70 Arlington resulted in the find
ing Of a buried cat On another expedition. on
Wednesday evening, the grave Of a dog was
found near Passac.
Mr.. Williams of the firm Of Parrot & Williams
whose safe IN their nuur mill at Chatham was
blown open and robbed early on SUNDAY morn
ing last, visited New York Yesterday. His ob-
lect Nas 10 identify Burke ana Nreeand. alias
Mhulen. n possible IL the mo men who asked
10 be shown thruugh thc mill the W Wednesday
preceding ihe robbery. Win an order 10 see
The prisoners he went 10 the CITY Prison Burke
and Whairn were placed IN n room with several
other men, and Mr. Williams scanned the lea
lures Of all of them carefully. but ne could not
pick out the men that he hoped TO iind. He
says that on the day before the burglary man
entered the mill TO buy Il bushe Of oats, saying
that he was going into part Of the country
where he could not rely on linding good feed
for his horse. That man, he feels sure, was
connected with the robbery.
No person in Chatham was aware that search
had been made there for Mr.. Stewart's body
until the New York papers arrived there on
Tuesday morning last Then Mr. Williams
traced Cant Byrues's course up the mill race,
and was the first man who discovered the place
where the prisoners began 10 dig. Ho believes
that in some as yet unexplained way. the hid
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