The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-04

fact which appeared in the Tribunes II
is nv Judgment that you should confne
and confde everything solely and only tc
Judge Hilton. The responsibility of any
publicity will then rest with yourself
alone, and as absolute secrecy is essential
to success, you will hereafter rigidly ad.
here to this course. 1t was hardly neces.
sary to inform me that Judge Hilton was
convinced of the genuineness of the
proofs, as that will be established by the
production of the body. Immediately
upon the appearance of the second per-
sonal, notice was sent to the principals to
assemble and decide finally upon the
amount and the manner of effecting the
delivery of the remains. This will ex-
plain the delay in replying to it. After
several sessions they have decided upon
the following, and have instructed me to
inform you that they have separated with
mutual pledge of faith never to con.
vene again until their demands shall
have been acceded to:
1. The amount to be paid shall be
100000.
2. The body will be delivered to your
self and Judge Hilton within twenty-five
miles of the City of Montreal, and no
other person shall be present.
8. The money to be placed in your
hands or under your control until Judge
Hilton is fully satisfied, when you will
deliver it to my representative.
4. Both parties to maintain forever an
unbroken silence in regard to the trans
action.
These are the first, last and only terms
which will ever receive attention. You
can confidently inform Judge Hilton that
detection will be, as it has been, utterly
impossible, as you will pay the money to
prominent merchant of your city, and
he to one of the most eminent lawyers in
Canada. By him it will be handed to
me, and by me distributed. State to him
also that ample precautions have been
taken to preserve by the best scientific
means the body in its present excellent
state of preservation, and that he will
recognize it instantly. Having commu-
nicated the contents of this letter to
Judge Hilton, you will await his decis-
ion, which you will inform me of by a
personal in the Herald.
COUNSEL.
CAyADA-Terms accepted.
Until that appears you will not hear
from me again, and as you never have,
nor ever will see either myself or those
for whom I am acting, you must permit
me to subscribe myself, your unknown
friend,
HENRY G. RoMAINE.
P. S.-If the amount demanded be re-
garded as extravagant, the answer is that
it is Insignificant when considered in con-
nection with the immense estate of up
wards of fifty millions of dollars left by
the deceased gentleman, and the gen.
erous, charitable donations of his estima-
BILE and excellent wife last Christmas,
which, according to report, aggregated
fully one-half the amount required to re-
store him to her.
And nothing less will ever be accepted.
THE TERMS DECLINED.
Upon this letter being submitted to
Judge Hilton, he caused a personal" to
be inserted in the Herald, refusing to
consider the terms proposed, and declin-
ing any negotiations through personals"
Mr.. Jones replied through the mail on
February 10th, expressing a desire that
the business might soon be closed, as he
was annoyed by the detectives, and his
"business and comforts" were interrupt
ed. He assured 'Romaine" that he need
feel no uneasiness at his frequent visits
to police headquarters, as Ihere was moth
ing said there which would hurt him in
the least. He also informs "Romaine"
that "while the police, myself, and, I
think, Judge Hilton, believe that you
have the remains of Mr.. Stewart at Mon
treal, 7 do not think that he wants them.
At least he does not evince much anxiety
in the business-not so much as he ap-
peared to at first"
"Ron,aine" lost no time in sending the
following reply to the last personal and
letter:
MONTREAL, Canada, Feb. 19, 1879.
My Dear Sir: Your favor of the 18th
instant informs me of the action of Judge
Hilton, in requesting permission to insert
q personal refusing to consider the prop
osition submitted in my letter of the llth,
and declining any negotiations through
personals, has been received. Though
we may admire his promptness we can
not commend his prudence. 1t is to be
that you did not obtain from
him some definite information as to what
his views were in the matter. His mo-
tives, if mercinary, would prove him an
vilest of human reptiles
for the fortune of his friend is more than
sufficient to secure the prosperity of the
living and the peace of the dead; while
he hesitates, because he hopes that detec-
tive stupidity may stumble upon success,
he does injustice to his own intelligence.
He never, never will succeed in discov-
ering the desecrators of the tomb, and
his experience and expenses in the past
should convince him of that fact. He
declines to negotiate through personals.
How, then, does he propose to attain the
object for which this correspondence was
commenced? By personal intercourse
with the principals in this affair? Such
a proposition is too preposterous to dis
cuss.
But perhaps his ingenuity has devised
some practical method by which the body
may be restored to Mrs. Stewart without
the identity of the perpetra-
tors. Let him inform you of it. He de-
clines our plan; we await his. What we
more particularly desire is some definite
information as to what he will do and
how he proposes to do it. When that is
received we can act intelligently. You
will, therefore, communicate with him
Immediately, and ascertain his purpose,
and inform me of the result. We have
decided upon definite course of action
in this matter, and do not intend to be
easily diverted from it.
Respectfully yours,
HENRY G. ROMAINE.
In accordance with the directions in
this letter, Mr.. Jones waited on Judge
Hilton and showed it to him, and in a
letter to "Romaine," dated February 25,
informs him of the result of the inter-