The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-11
GRAyE-ROBBERS YET HIDING
uNTS or THE DTSCOTERY or THE
WHEREABOUTS or the BODT

Caa be Followed to the Eud-Mrs. n. II.
aewart's Pastor Expressing Feeling In u
Tnely Sermon the Eptdenie OF Crime.
During the entire day, and until late in
DE evening yesterday. St. Marks churchyard
vss an object OF curiosity to the passing throngs
Early passers by halted and stood shiverinR for
q moment peering between the pickets. and
then passed on. Later In the day. when the
cang Of church bells sounded over the city. the
number OF curious gnzers had greatly increased.
and the constant additions that were made to
the throng filed the places Of those going away.
In the afternoon the sidewalks along the Sec-
ond avenue side OF the churchyard and In front
OF the house In Tenth street. where the body is
thought TO have been removed from the yard.
were literally crowded. and all the way around.
In Tenth and Stuyvesant streets. Second avenue
and Eleventh street. there were lines Of persons
gazing through the fence. Idlers In the even
ing turned their steps thitherward and fingered
around the place. Bare-headed women. with
children cinginR 10 their skirts. peered be-
tween the iron pickets. gossipinR with one an
other about the robbery. Young men leaned
against the crrbing and pulled cigars. Noisy
Girls In groups. with locked arms. halted for
minute to gaze into the yard with uninterrupted
elgges. Small children grasped the curblngs
with their blue fingernails in fruitless attempts
to raise themselves to slightly positions. and
tawled Justify when they tumbled back upon
the tagging. Portly men walked leisurely
around from Second avenue to Tenth street.
halted on the outer edge Of the sidewalk in
irout Of the crotched tree. leaned back upoa
their canes. and surveyed the location with
coutemplative Iairs. One seeker after accurate
knoWledge was observed standing under the
sasliekt and studying THE SUNS diagram ;then
he went around three sides the churchyard.
and finally hurried away with information worth
having. An enterprising advertiser stuck
small handbills into the interstices in the iron
work Of the fence. which we're. OF course. re-
moved unfolded. and glanced at by the throngs.
The places where the lines OF gazers were
the inickest were at the corner OF the yard
where stands the crotched tree and the place
In Second avenue opposite to the vault from
which the body was removed. At no time was
anything going on in the yard to attract atten-
ton. The throngs looked into the yard. saw
nothing that they might not have seen on
sunday last. and went away. But they saw the
ground over which the body OF merchant
prince had been borne in solemn state not
many months ago. and over which 1t had
Gisly been dragged in the darkness Of a No
sember night.
characterized Judge Hilton and the New York
police officials who are engaged with him in
finding the missing remains Of A. 7. Stewart.
Mr. Hilton had nothing 10 communicate 10 the
public" last evening but he told reporter that
he hoped soon to give him news OF very great
interest. The most important information
cleaned yesterday touching the robbers leaves
them still in the vicinity OF the churchyar
Eumors were heard at the Police Central ONCE
that an important Investigation was being made
Of the movements Of mysterious persons in
Orange n. j.. but they were discredited. owing
10 their yagueness. Mayor Ely has not yet been
asked 10 offer a reward. II the Union League
Club OF which Mr.. Stewart was member
should ask him to ofrer IA reward he had nc
doubt that the Aldermen would authorize hin
20 do 80.
Thomas Dillon. the driver OF car l04 OF tn,
Second avenue line. on his last trip on Thurs
day morning passed st. Marks Church at 81
A. NJ. He says that he noticed horse anC
wagon standing in Tenth street. little wal
west Of the church gates. The horse wal
restive. and a man was standing in the waRoI
saving the reins as II to keep him from startinl
oi. The wagon had no top on IL. but whether
It was pleasure or a working vehicle Dillor
cannot say. He cannot describe the horse ol
lines in the darkness. 1t was the strenuous ex
,rtions Of the man TO hold the horse that at
racted his attention and caused him to remem
Der the circumstance. Another Second avenue
ear driver named Woods. who passed the
church with his car at l:25 A. NJ. says
lhal he saw r horse and wagon stand
ing In Eleventh. street In the rear Of
the church. $50 or 200 feet west OF Second
h,enu'. boy who was riding on the front
platform Of a Second avenue car. at l2S O'clock
saw horse and wagon standing at Ninth street
and Second avenue. Not one OF the three per
sons referred 10 is able 10 describe the man OF
Tue horse he saw, but they all agree that there
was no top on the wagon. II is supposed that
taeh o. them saw the same vehicle. which was
moved about TO prevent the suspicion which
might have arisen had II remained standing In
que place IN an Otherwise deserted street on d
RAINY night. II is also conlectured that the dri-
VT eeted ms watcher MS well as driver. In order
hat tue number OF those engaged In the under
nking might not be larger than absolutely
neeessary to carry Il out. Otherwise. il Is
thought ne horse and wagon would have been
Kept az a distance until II was needed.
me yeftrymen OF the church were requested.
yesterday morning 10 remain after service for
S~stpy n pyornSl maj meeting. formal meeting OF the
ihe object Of the informal meeting was TO con-
~ lin 10 regard to the gossip that has been going
,noont connecting the name OF Mr.. Hamil with
.le removal o. the body. and TO take measures
y Wndca,e his character to the public The
ppI3"inR named gentlemen were present:
.
Tlh!hs. T. &. schuyler. and William Remsen.
& Nv aestI ymen Individually expressed deep re-
siylW the unlQunded asperstone cast by i'm
RlWton. upon Mr.. Hhmil. but II was decided
ina, @ ,ne charges were not sufficiently definite 10
IuslIy formal action
was Dr.. RyAnce who first discovered the
tnltAs on the church portico. which seem Ia
,,pulste that the robbers laid their burden
neie. he wondered that the police had not
Hteiousy noticed them. In conversation yes
~Iuuy Dr. kylance said that Mr. Hamil was
Dnr Vl me klndest. purest. most transparent
t11.. Nhtls'lan men he had ever met. His only
,au't , was too Rreat' disposition 10 oblige. II
n"ss Hls very dlsposition to oblige Mr.. Hilton
WWhnl nAl brought these as aspersions upon him.
WWheh Judge Hilton had impressed upon him
s ~ ,ty Tor secrecy. he told nobody. not
zen Df, Rylance. OF the removal to another
Rhee q the tablet over the Stewart vault, and OF
He change Of locks on the gates. In
Ms Atter respect ne even violated law OF the
SSn1Ich, which requires that the Keys shall be
kaurr the charge II the rector. The first that
~. ~. Aylan'e knew Of the change was when he
Smmpted 70 pass through one OF the gates and
hlndthei his key would not fl. As TO the dis
,slatge Of the wHtchman, Bruton. which proved
r,,p ,p premature. DIR. Rylance says that the
oplaiIr gusht 70 be informed that Mr.. Hilton's
roit' r",t'" Now. man'of Mr.. Hamil's nature
sn "ypu mol dare 10 10 10 q man like Mr.. Hilton
1u' say This man ought 70 be employed
MT Dr kylance said that he wondered al
nie eAteni OF the watch Set etoverthe vault. The
.u' VINO was also employed at a neighDoring
oaw7,was required 10 visit the churchyard only
tbat, every hall hour, DR.. Rylance thought