The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-05-27
THE BODY OF 4. 7. STEWART.

1nE DUD1 OE A. Il. STEWART
A Report that ths rave. Robbers Have
Been Indicted on Confession Said 10
Have Been Made by a Man Who Died
Before the Case Against the Thieves
Was Complete..The New Crypt.
New York Sun.
As the time approaches for the com.
pletion of the Garden City Cathedral.
and the final ceremonies that were ex.
pected to signalize the commitment of
the remains of A. T.. Stewart to the
sarcophagus that has been go long in
preparation, speculation is rife "a to
whether Mr.. Hilton will carry out the
original plan, and consign Mr.. Stewards
body to its intended final resting place.
New interest hns been given to the mat
ter within a few days by the report that
the mystery surrounding the robbery
Is to be finally cleared away within q
few days. This report, which is given
with such detail 81 to give it an air of
truthfulness, is to the effect that in jan
uary OF the present year no less than
eight persons We're indicted by the
grand jury on the testimony of an ac-
complice; that this accomplice opened
negotiations through DR.. Sidney A. Car
ney, of No. 112 West Twenty.fourth
street, who is on the medical staff of
the New York Life Insurance compa.
ny. It is said that through this accom-.
pic the names and location of the grave
robbers were made known to the dis
trlct attorney, and that detectives kept
them under surveillance for months.
The report says that negotiations with
the eight men engaged in stealing the
body We're carried on by DR.. Carney
and Assistant District Attorney Her.
ring, but that the negotiations were
brought to sudden standstill by the
death of the accomplice whose testi.
mony was necessary to complete the
affair, and that since then eight men
have been constantly watched; that As.
sistant District Attorney Herring had
gone to Arizona, and occupied six
weeks there in negotiation with parties
connected with the affair, and that Dis
trlct Attorney Phelps had bundle of
papers containing mass of details on
the subject.
DR.. Carney, when informed of the
points above detailed, said: "If have
any connection with the affair, it is SO
tritiing that l do not care to he quoted
as saying anything or knowing any
thing OF Importance on the subject.
have nothing to say now except that
whoever pretends to tell about my con.
nection with it cannot tell the truth.
Have you not been engaged in nego.
tiations on the subject of discovering
the men who stole Mr.. Stewards
bodyr
Persons have asked me, suppose,
because they thought I could see
through stone wall; but possibly they
may have been influenced by the fact
that ] was fortunately instrumental in
bringing to light the $64.O .OQO forgery on
this company after the police and spe-
cial detectives hat given it up. That
did mainly as q matter Of friendship
with one of our officers who was origi-
nally accused. NV name was hardly
mentioned in this affair, and I was glad
of it; and | do not wish to figure in
this affair now. There was good deal
said about the time of the proposed
negotiations with the Canada men for
the return of the body that was not
true"
Clerk John Spark, of the general
sessions, said that he never hearl of
anybody being indicted for the grave
robbery, District Attorney Phelps, who
is confined TO his house by sickness,
wrote on card: 81 know of nothing
of the slightest interest to commune
cate on the subiect.-B. K. r."
Capt. McCullsgh, in whose precinct
the crime was committed, had not
heard of the indictme ents, he said. Mr..
Hilton declined to say anything on the
subject.
About fifty men are at work ON the
Garden City cathedral. The mortuary
chapel is at the end of the crypt. Here
will rest two Italian statuary marble
sarcophagi. The dome is supported by
seven clusters of columns, three col
nms in each cluster. England, Ireland.
Scotland, Italy, France, Belgium, Ger
many, Switzerland and Norway have
been literally ransacked in search for
rare and costly marbles. Each of the
twenty-one columns is of different
description of marble. On one side Of
the chapel stands the Angel of the
Tomb, massive figure in white mar
BILE. In one hand is carried An urn,
which is to light the tomb, while the
other bears sword with which to pro-
tect it. The stone tracery within il
covered with the most elaborate de-
signs.
Tbs flooring is worked in geometrical
figures. as to encaustic tile. Within
this chapel, whose cost alone hes been
5000, will be deposited the remains
of the Stewart family. The flooring Of
the cathedral proper will not contain
benches or seats of any kind. Like
the great Continental cathedrals, Only
little straw mats will be allowed on the
flooring. Upon these the worshipers
will kneel.
Penetrative Power Of the Electric Light.
Some time ago We mentioned an ex.
pertinent with the Maxim light made
at Saratoga, N. Y, to test the distance
at which the electric light would il
Illuminate given spot, and it was
found that concentrated beam car
ried seven miles Ito Ballston) furnish.
ed enough light 70 read by. A more
crucial test Of the great penetrating
power of the electric light 10 furnish.
ed by the Ell. ,erimen Of the officers Of
the French-Algarian Triangulation
Service, who recently saw the electric
light from the Spanish station Zetica,
from q distance OF more than 164 miles.
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