The Evening critic., 1881-09-29
FOUR MYSTERIOUS MEM
Cause of the Reported Plot TO Steal
tho prcsihenf,a RntlY.

the Presidents Body.
New York Times Cleveland Special Sept. 2s.
The correspondent then visited the ceme-
terry in order to get record of the events
of the night He found the assistant super
ntcndent of the cemetery standing near
the gates of the vault by the side of the per-
sons who were pecring between the iron
bars. The assistant superintendent said
that the people had been coming to the
vault since an early hour in the morning
"Thcrc were four visitors here last night"
he continued "who might better have
staid away" lie then proceeded to describe
the event which, IL seemed, had caused the
vumor to spread abroad that an attempt had
been made to get possession of the body.
Soon after the funeral ceremonies were
over" said he, "thc people all departed
from the cemetery. When it became dark
there was no guard here except myself,
although arrangements had been made for
one. Soon after dark, rs ] was standing by
the side of the roadway, to the left of the
vault" and rs he spoke he pointed to q
spot about 100 feet from the gates of the
vault near some trees, two buggies came
down the roadway from the other side of
the vault and stopped directly In front of
the gates There was no one in the vicin
ity except myself and the occupants Of the
buggics. In these were four mon. One
/
of the vault. He took hold of one Of the
iron bars and shook the gate. quietly APP
preached the vault, and came upon him
from around tho corner of it, put my
hand on his shoulder as he was shaking the
gate, and said We'll, Captain, what's up?
He turned and said Where is the guard?
assured him thst he need not be alarmed
about the guard. But am determined to
know about the guard said he. He APP
peared to be under the influence of liquor.
By what authority do you ask ~ | said.
BY tho authority of Col. Wetmorc, of
the United States army he replied. told
him that Col. Wetmorc had no authority
in the cemetery, and assured him that
the vault was guarded. Then his
three companions in the buggies be-
gan to abuse me and backguard
me. Not knowing their purpose, and
believing that they were intoxicated,
[ continued to talk with them, expecting
that some other person connected with the
cemetery would appear. They were four
and was one. At last the three c0mpan.
ions got out of the buggies and came UP
near the gates of the vault. They continued
to blackguard me. The one who had been
trying the gates was not a wcll-dressed
person, and his appearance did not corrob
crate his assertion that he was a colonel
in the army. Just then man connected
with the cemetery whom | knew came
toward the vault bearing u lantern. |
called him up. The strangers were still
abusive cmphatically told them that if
they did not become quiet and go away
I they should not go away at all that night
would put them under arrest Soon af-
terward another man connected with the
cemetery came along. Seeing that
there were three of us, and under
/ "a, I;,,Yr hat x,.n 1npt1n11v n
earnest, two Of the men drove rapidly
away. Immediately afterward the remain
! ing two, including the man who had
SHAKEN the gate, followed them. Before
4 these two buggies appeared had sent to the
/ trustees for the guard which had been
agreed upon. After the four strangers had
gone / sent again. At S:15 o'clock the
guard was on duty. After IL O'Clock n
squad of soldiers, with two policemen, came
out to the cemetery from the city, having
been instructed to guard the vault, if aguard
should be needed. The soldiers stopped at
! the main entrance, and the policemen came
! to the vault Discovering that no addi-
tiona guard was required, they returned
with tho soldiers to the city"
The assistant superintendent remarked
that he did not believe the four strangers
had intended to do any harm. The whole
transaction had seemed to him like an UNI
prcmeditated freak of men who had been
drinking. 1t should be added that the
gates of the vault were locked when these
men appeared and that they could not
have opened them without using powerful
TOOLS and the slight delay in posting a
guard was probably caused by the hustle
and excitement which followed the disband-
| ing of the great procession. The assistant
superintendent had remained on duty near
! the vault and had proved equal to the oc-
casion during the short interval which pre-
coded the arrival of the guards who had
been provided.