The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-15
ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH.
THE M%lLLloNAlRE's BODY.
Negotiations RsOpsnsd for tho Recovery Of
AT. Stewards Body.
The aObbers Want saSO,OOO Tor Deliver.
Ing II up-Judse HIItOn's Refusal TO
Treat Finally MISUNDERSTANDING no.
nance Of Body SnatehIng.

NEw ioRH, August l4.-Another phase
Of the negotiations for Stewards body Is
published, making an extraordinary story.
On a Monday in January last a lawyer in
this city received by mail a letter signed
"Romalne," ~inclosing 800 as a retainer,
and asking himi II he would consent 10 act
as an attorney for the negotiation Of a re.
turn OF Stewards body, on payment Of
$4,000. On the same day came a pack.
age by express, to which the letter refer.
red, and which, on being opened, was
found to contain the silver knobs and part
OF q handle belonging to A. T. Stewards
coffin. The lawyer was requested to an.
sweI by o personal whether or not he
would accept the retainer. He did 50,
and in q few days received q further re.
tainer OF $3.50, and Q second parcel, cor.
taining q coffin plate, several other silver
handles, and still more knobs, The
parcels and letters came from Canada. As.
suranCes were also given that. the BODY
was In o perfect state OF preservation, The
lawyer took tho letter and articles forward.
ed as proof Of possession Of the BODY TO
superintendent Walling. Subsequently,
Judge Hilton was informed, and the terms
OF the robbers were mentioned to him as
being $250,0O0. The lawyer, who was Pal.
rick II. Jones, asserted that he ana not
know the thieves, nor did he know where
the body was; that he supposed they ap-
pied TO him because possibly, when he
was Register or Postmaster, they had sery.
ed under him. Judge Hilton declared that
the proposition was preposterous, that he
would not pay q cent for the body without
securing the robbers, and finally dismissed
the lawyer, with insulting declarations
that he would have nothing to do with
such negotiations.
Negotiations were continued in hone
that the detectives would get some clue.
but nothing came Of It.
Subsequently negotiations were opened
directly with Mrs. Stewart, through a firm
OF Wall street lawyers Of amor great
prominence and character that good 7aith
could not be doubted, Evarts, Soutbmavd
& Choate. A member Of the firm laid The
correspondence Of Romano before her,
and though she asserted her absolute con.
idence in the assurances of Judge Hilton
that the body had been recovered and WAS
at the Cathedral, the lady read them over
and required an explanation OF Judee
Hilton. He satisfied her. that the Letters
were unworthy Of consideration, and she
returned them to the lawyer as such, and
immediate negotiations were broken oif,
1t seems that all this time Mrs. Stewart
has been led by Judge Hilton TO believe
that tho body had been recovered. and Il
became necessary to undeceiye her. Hil-
ton expressed a willingness to nav so5 .0O0.
the original reward, but would NOT nav
more without securing the thieves. an
hopes that the refusal to negotiate for the
return Of the body on the terms named,
other than the payment Of the reward Of
$4,000, which offer Jones transmitted by
mail to Romaine, in Montreal, would lead
the thieves in desperation to reveal them.
selves, were finally abandoned BY Judge
Hilton about three weeks ago, and he has
since then reopened negotiations, this
time, it Is believed, with the purpose Of
buying the body outright and without
any attempt to secure the thieves.
tits clear that all efforts heretofore have
been battled. There is no question that RI.
maine isthe selected agent OF the robbers
and has the body in charge. He has care,
lul!y. concealed his identity, and his hand.
writing Is so disguised as to battle any at
tempt to detect him by that means.
The new and pending negotiations were
opened by Judge Hilton himself, who IN
JUL, 2, caused to be inserted in the Herald
the following personal:
"C*SApA-oOunsel desires to communi-
1t is not signed. Mr.. Jones has az vet
received no response to it. Meantime he
body remains in its conCealment, known
only 70 the robbers, and said to be In a
state OF careful preservation.