New-York tribune., 1878-11-21


the robbers were, up to the time indicated, abso-
lutely without truth as far as Judge Hilton or the
police aware-and they remain so until the
present time.
On Tuesday afternoon Judge Hilton resolved to
carry out his original policy Mrs. Stewart had finally
been won over to belief in the wisdom of dvd-
ing the counsels of the robbers and setting them
against one other. Judge Hilton therefore drew up
another form of an offer of reward for larger
amOunt-$5O, ,000-solely for the arrest and con-
victiOn of the five thieves any one of
them. This was the offer published yes
terday in THE TRIBUNE. 1t was plainly
worded, and the robbers will not mistake
its meaning. 1t does not say so in so MANY
words, but 1t supersedes and wthdraws the offer of
$25 900 for the return of the body and offers $780,
600 to any one who will convict all the five thieves,
$4,000 to any who Will betray the other
four OF $40, 900 to any one who will betray any
single member of the conspiracy. Judge Hilton has
declared this to have been his policy at
the start, and he adopts it now, 1t Is
well understood, with no intention to offer
any reward whatever for the return of the body.
Having prepared this advertisement. Mr.. Hilton on
Tuesday afternoon, sent for Inspector Murray and
Onmissioner Sidney p Nichols. When they en-
tered his office he was occupied with private dcec-
tives whom he has regularly employed in his busi-
ness and whom he has detailed to work on this case
They soon retired and Commissioner Nichols asked
Judge Hilton what news he had Of the body and
the robbers.
Not any," was the reply, Except thcsc,'
handing the Commissioner three letters which
he had retained out of a mail bag of rubbish as
having some possible significance.
Judge Hilton then showed the Commissioner the
draft of the advertisement alluded 10, and asked
his opinion of it. Commissioner Nichols still ad-
hered to his sympathetic belief that first OF all the
feelings Of the dOuby bereaved widow should be
considered, and said emphatIcaly Get the body
at any cost and anyhow pursue the thieves relent-
lessy afterward." This policy may have
to be resOrted to eventually, but Judge
Hilton decided otherwise, and yesterday
issued the offer of reward he had drawn up.
This offer has been construed to mean that the
heirs of the Stewart estate already in posses
sion of the body. But is such is the case, Judge
Hilton and the police officials including Commission
ers Wheeler and Nichols, Superintendent Walhng
and Inspectors Murray and Dilks the latter
of whom was on duty last night, and
Captain Kealy. the Chief of Detectives,
knew nothing of it at a late hour yesterday.
Judge HltOns attention was called yesterday after
noon by TRIBUNE reporter 10 the logic
advanced by one of the morning papers (The Uor'd)
to the effect that since he offered reward for the
already had possession of 1t. He smiled sadly, dis
claimed any responsibility for the inferences Of re-
porters, and said:
"I only wish had the body" At 10 o'clock last
night he said there were no new facts in the case.
Commissioner Wheeler stated that ne had con-
versed Yesterday with the officials most famlharwih
the case and he assured positively that moth
ing was known of the body or the robbers.
Commissioner Nichols after admitting the cor
rectness of the report of his interview with Judge
Hilton on Tuesday, and his position and policy in
the long continued search. said there ques-
tion that the search had been baled thus far, and
the police clews had all failed. From the new plan
adopted great hopes of success were entertained
Superintendent Walling and Captain Kealy, of the
detective force both stated yesterday afternoon to
c. B. Waite 1.-THE companion of the Superintendent on
his late hunting expedition to NewJersey) that
they had no knowledge of the recovery OF the
body. Mr.. Waite said he had previously been in
clined to think otherwise. Mr. Walling subse-
ouently stated to TRIBUNE reporter that he had
no information whatever of the recovery of the
body or the discovery arrest of any of the rob
bers.
Inspector Murray, in conversation, alluding to re-
ports of the finding Of the body and the arrest of
part of the robbers, said: 1t is absurd The
TRIBUNE has been nearest right In all this matter"
Inspector Dilks at late hour last night, said that
no new discoveries had been made by the police.