Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-28
A. 7. Stewards Body.

EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES BY A SECRET SER
VICE OFFICER.
The \. \. Herald of yesterday has dispatch
, from st Louis which says that the same ring
that planned the robbery of Abraham Iincoln's
body from the cemetery at Springfield III also
Planned the dissertation OF the tomb of A n
Stewart and stole his remains from St Marks
caurchyafd- is, the larger portion of the
same ring
lis there indubitable evidence of this?" asked
ytur correspondent of a secret service officer
familiar with the Lincoln tomb robbery con-
sps,acy even to the minutest de-; ails, and the
lpast prominent in the detection OF the opelat-
il: thieves
Tae officer heSitated a moment then said.
Il doubt if the time has vet come for
me to speak of that matter Nv work i'm
that connection has not been under govern
meni direction. as were my labors in the
Lincoln case. ] became possessed of a clue
l may say that from the first | had an i'm
preston that the attempt which failed in
Springfield would be repeated elsewhere. and
WIN more promise of success. Yes there is
evidence OF the fact that some at least engaged
i'll planning the Lincoln conspiracy. formed the
plot carried out in the Stewart case The nlau
was the same substantially. In fact. there was a
point OF resemblance beyond even the suspicion
OF those who at first regarded the plans as the
same. In both cases the conspiracy was twofad
or. rather, there were what might be called
TWO anta@onlstic conSpiraces-one TO rob the
grave and the other to steal the body from those
~ho had broken open the tomb. In the Lincoln
case If the robbery had been ACCOMPLISHED the
men who did the desperate deed would not have
proHted by il. There We're men behind MuIljn
and Hughes-these We're mere tools who would
have caused the body To have trsea removed from
the place OF concealment first agreed upon and
held il for ransom"
by whom:''
THAT, to be candid with you will not tell
you AT present. although | have offered to tell
those directly in interest. ! tell you. however"
and here the officer became very emphatic
Il tell you that know the thieves and their
whereabouts. L tell you l know man who in
cogniZant OF the place of c0ncealment of these
remains. tell YOU this TO show that all detec-
tiyes have not been bafied. I tell YOU this that
Ii may be known that the remains of A. T.
Stewart can be recovered If there is really auy
desire to recover them"
This lis a new phase of that robbery"
Yes; it developed after the conviction of the
operators in the plot. This sequel or second
act-stealing the body from the original
thieves-was carried out in the case of A. T.
STEALING FROM THE ROBBERS
You mean that tie body has been removed
from its first place of c0ncealment."
Precisely: and that has been oblterated
The i've who participated in the first robbery
were in turn victimized The body was long
since stolen from their custody"
" Is there anything in the general impression
that there was woman in the plot"
There was woman in the conspiracy? The
last theft was 10y two persons: the first by five
Now this is all | can say at present / NAV vet
hear from Judge Hilton. although confess his
silence hitherto does not encourage the hope"
And you therefore assume that he does not
desire to recover the remains:"
1T certainly looks that way"
The federal officer Sho makes the above state
ment enjoys national reputation, i'm a profess
slonal sense. and by those who best know him
is considered entirely reliable. For the present
his name-known to the parties in interests
withheld from the public, but it is possible he
may consent later to disclose more upon the sub
ject.