Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-02
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a. 7 STEWART.
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sF.h If"u,i-s- ~ ~s'f"sN Imposed Upon
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ID Nou know. sand Mr. James
r,utl,m,n .i'h'rri ln flN"rit" resort
few evening. lgn. that The death -
e man Vh" hb- r'lu'd rr"mln'n'" IN
10, moe, lwH lmr-m'- II HE. such ~
th, urt,autil. especially II he has
boon 90 ANS '>t'ui rulir purified
produce hshnr~ much deeper and
nnrc lasting than are general, ac-
,rslt,i' Dor instance. Nj Springer
cor \ >t'wart \ p'r."u c"nli
hirlh r,,l'f, that almost ci.hi years
have pa.-'d .iu,, tin death "f Mr.
stewart
NJ k,llrrforNcnt- bad hccn buyer"
and later had change II ia" foreign trade
~ I stewart a Co and was with
the firm ~ the time II Mr. stewart
death aud va. 81 course. greatly IN
t,rc.t'd iu the effort. 10 recover tn"
bod, after Il had been stolen from the
grave.
NJ stewart death aud the stealing
Il his hui, ar" we'll known tu all.
Il /. not known. however that l., IT
ha- never been aulh"riiati,rlN stated
that hi rrmaiu. Wrr" recovered. Ihis
fact was known oult iu four or five
lwr.on-. aud the, have prr~i>tcntlN
denied all know ledge IT the matter,
pr.fciring. for reason, best known TO
ihrm.cl,r-. 10 remain quiet |, was
supposed tina, Mr.. Keller could throw
some light on the subject. and the fol
lowing question was put 10 hum:
Have M stewart friends gained
possession Of his bodtP'
That question has been asked M
man, times Heretofore have either
answered ~ 'hr negative or"l-r pleaded
ignorance see no reason Tor not
answering 1t now. however. Yes: the
body was recovered will never for
pet the affair |, was a regular bust
mess Transaction the body having to bc
pur,hasrI You remember that after
the hndy was stolen the best detectives
In New YORK were put upon the case.
The, went on from day to day. pre-
snmably doing the hest they could.
running down this and that clew. but
making mo- Roadway whatever. or
course w. were all greatly exercised
over M" matter. and the futile efforts
of the detectives had rather n deprcSs-
ing effect. The prevailing opinion was
tina, the body had been stolen with the
idea that reward would be- offered for
it, return. MIR S,cwar, was advised
RICH, along by the police authorities
not a. offer any reward. After more
A. II. VI. la. l.
ing ~ the body. u becoming more and
more apparcn, that the authorities
would never he able TO unrayel the
mystery. Mrs. Stewart accepted sug-
gesiion offered by well-known New
Yorker. who had had some business
connections with her husband. His
suggestion was that the offer Of re-
war,i aud no questions asked might
hsye good effect. She acted upon
the suggestion. and was about To offer
n reward 81 s5O,Wo. lie thought the
reward rather small. and limited that
an additional sJO.Un might have "a
better effect. She accordingly made
the reward sio0UpO. Not long
aftcrwarl she was informed by
the gentleman that a man named
Patrick Dryer had allied upon him and
stated that h. Owycr) had been APP
preached by certain parties who claimed
to know where the body could be
found. and who. for the reward. would
turn II over. provided that Dryer act
n mediator receive the body from
ihrm and In turn pay over tho money.
az course. no questions were to he
asked. Dryer further cxacted the
promise that II he acted his part in con
nection with the transaction should
never be known. In fact. sacred prom.
Use. had 90 he made that nothing should
ever be said about the recovery of the
body. Tho idea was rather revolving.
but what could he doneP II the offer
was not accepted. the remains wonld
never have been recovered"
We'll. was u accepiedp"
ut was. finally. Dryer managed the
entir, affair. We never knew whence
the body came; that always remained
mystery, but this much we do know
II was brought into tho city on one OF
the night trains coming from above
IN. city. and must have been KEEP,
some distance out of New York. W.
understood the body was TO come a,
Hthhts wv W"f' hbt pbSitiNt W w Nua'
night II was Ia be brought to the
storr. Some time before this Mrs.
Stewart had ordered tho removal OF
the wholesale store 10 the retail, and
we were at that time of which | speak
engaged In doing this. One night had
been detained at the store rather late,
and was about leaving when wa
called down stairs. | got there In
time 10 - fwo men depositing large
rubber sack In one Of the huge money.
vaults. The sack contained the remains
Of Mr.. Stewart.
What was then done with the bodyp'
III remained In the sack locked M
In the vault, for about q year. when the
Stewart chapel. Of which you have
probably read. was completed. II was
then removed 10 the chapel. from which
place u can not bo stolen"
This ended the stealing business. |
supposeP"
yes. There was another attempt
made. however. but that was nipped In
the bud tine of the partics connected