Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-19
THE STEWART BODY LIFTING.

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discovered-The True Inwardness of the
Arrest of Burke and Whalen-The Crime
Confessed to the Officer, and knowledge
Body.
New YORK, Nov. ls.-Fohce Superintendent
Wallipg sass of the publication of stories of
the finding Of A: T. Stewards body sit is out
rageous. The stories are without shadow of
foundation, and if unjust to individuals the
police must not be blamed"
BURKE AND wHALEN's EXAMINATION.
VIM. Burke; alias Baker alias Beatty and
Hank Whalen, alias Henry Vreeland, arrested
some days ago suspicion Of being implicated
in the desecration of a. T. Stewards tomb, and
with stealing his body, were before Justice
Morgan, Jefferson market police court, to-day,
for examination. Capt. Byrnes of the fifteenth
precinct who made the arrest made a long
statement under oath detailing infinitely
all the circumstances touching the
arrest Of the prisoners and the fruitlcss
search be made in their company for Stewart 5
body. dis first information came from man
who told him that some time ago he met Burke
on Sixth avenue. who offered to put him On
something in which there was good deal of
money. The man asked Burke if it was the
bursting in of bank or killing some promi-
nent man, but Burke teld him it was neither,
but it was a matter that would astonish the
whole country. and if he'd keep all right he d
put him on it as there @as good deal OF money
in it, Soon after the nan said he heard Stew
arts body had been stolen and suspected
Burke.
On this information witness arrested Burke,
whom he accused of stealing Stewards body,
but Burke denied it. after talking the matter
over awhile, Burke tod witness that may be
hi III nafI OH hut
he didn't know whether she'd tell. Mrs.
Burke was arrested when she said Billy knew
something about it, but had no hand in it, and
wanted no percentage of the reward 10 tell
where the body was Capt. Byrnes said he
could have all the reward if they were con-
victed ard the body recovered.
Witness further said Burke implicated Wha-
len, who told him the body was buried at Or
ange, n. J. Byrne went with the captain over
to Orange and looked around, but Burke said
the other fellows must have removed the body
to some other place, and then they returned to
New York. Burke aided witness to arrest Wha-
len, who was found at Burke's house. Whalen
ness was. Burke told him, Its Capt. Byrnes,
and he's got us dead to rights for the Stewart
grave robbery" Whalen said he was willing
to do whatever Billy said, aud said
he'd do the captain. wanted him to do.
Both expressed themselves willing to do all
tAey COulu 10 alu In nndlng the BODY, and both
accompanied him to the station house. Thence
Whaien and Burke accompanied witness to
Chatham, N. j., Whalen, on the way, telling
him how the id stiff Etunk when he was
taking it in the wagon to the hiding place, and
how he was frightened at clumps of bushes,
which looked like giants at night. When he
reached the place indicated, Whalen asked
Burke what he would get if tried and con-
vlcted and when Burke told him only year
and $3.50 fine, Whalen said he wouldn't say
anything more about the body, and SO the party
returned to New York without it.
Witness said they had confessed to him and
Others of knowing all about the body and after
wards said they only went to Jersey on q bur
glarly. His honor renamed the prisoners and
said he would take a formal com plant to-
morrow.
NOTHING fsEw.
New York, Nov. 19.-Up to / o'clock this
morning the police said they had nothing new
to communicate in relation to the Stewart
grave robbery.