The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-04

But Ire yssx- was sRexo~a5Es ard the
c.rAcex xss discharged
That's x.ss. ksrd o. = rxzn Henry HIcon
Is.
Ssewar-ss 5.z-h b-oaghs Henry E-i-oss
ssrzozz 10 the goal cf his s-ncsxzon-
The gssg2fonzfrefs VIII was dated SsTe1
wears z-soy 20 MS death. and that he izsa
ben car@sess IN giving il amendments.
which ne GER a4E8y mast have sG%s-1@a.
81 Er11srate9 ny the facts rnst l. Do-tA4Esec
Rsszu@szs . the arrog11 N 81 20. DO 70 EN-
rssoyes Mai had been dismissed for eEI2oex-
xiz-ser1e at least 1870 ys-a-s before By rEaAs
s13cury~xs. Henry Hilto5 was made an ex-
e-s,so- o. ene estate and given S.eos se.
and Mr. Sser1-z Esfs q letter 70 his vs1ow,
r@qs sting her. Z ssss deemed r. Sstya sane.
70 c sutinae tEse Business which bore his
name and - make Ar. Hilton fge- adviser
Airs. Stewart was 3 very weak r11zEte1
woman AMI Mr.. Hilton found ready &C
ssEsaescs nee wren be proposed 10 her ths--
in zsu az the sl.a.ooo he should take
cfearge OF -tse business OF A I. Stewart
e. Co
Il IS --a.@5 rv people who are very close
20 the millionaire that on the day OF his
death, while re E-as lyarg On a colcn
meaning ard calling for the '.3adge," The
latter remained az day in rne Office %
the big cry guo5s firm az Broadway and
Chambers STREETS. and when the news
wzsss brought 20 him that Stewart was
dead. ne a. once went TO Hopkins. Chief
bockkeeper. and. announcing that hs was
Tsae executor Of the estate. demanded % %
shown the dead man ) private ledger. 10
which no one Was given access. X sfaoxs~a.
] am tod by- one who had opportunities
O. oecomi1g familiar with his Affairs.
credit ID Stewart from his business Of
oE'er s.. a..0.o and other assets. made m
largely OF United States bonds and shares
OF efae Enesnaea- Bank. aggregaIlng about
saoH.01 InessS1ed In the business credits
were thirteen WOODEN mills and the lease
hold OF the bag store at Broad way and
Tenth Streets, and o. these Henry Hilton
took possess on
When he EssSss-l ms esifct foroidding He
breSs entrance 30 the Grand Union hotel,
Saratoga. which was part OF the Stewart
estate. The largest portion Of the trade OF
the cs-ygooAs establishment was quietly
Withdrawn, and as result thirteen wooi
eE mills went 10 ruin and 500 people were
thrown oGI OF employment.
And yet that was only the beginning Of
the wreck Of = aa-d-eaggsed. pr.ncsly for
tune.
Stewards bo<iy.
His stolen bones could have been re-
covered 81 any time IL Judge Hilton had
been willing 70 let his grasp relax ur-oa the
comparatively pa<iable stI-n Of 81. 900 The
eofy was coTscea&e1 by the ROBBERS in
Paterson, y. j., and when that fact was
revealed 10 Hilton he sent Mrs. johnson,
who was then holuseleeper Of the Park
Avenue hotel, on Fourth avenue, another
or the Stewart properties, 10 view the re-
mains and pass upon their genuineneSs.
She identified the body and 50 reported TO
Judge Hilton. and the latter thereupon
displayed his anxiety 10 give decent burial
20 his dead benefactor by faaushtiIy de-
Caring that he would not give the s., 900
unless the body Was brought TO him IN
New York and there Identified by him.
I24s ultimataEn alarmed thu thieves. The
corpse. which By an eTnbalraing process.
had become like piece of tanned leather.
they broke IN pieces, and having effect
uaIly hid them. they took q train for Can
ala
Inspector ByTneS was familiar with these
facts at the time, but was unable to aid
IN the recovery of che body, because when
Jsage Hilton found that the bones could
DE restored % their grave he further de-
ns2nfsed that the thieves themselves
should be captured. The body never has
been recovered
Mrs. Stewart died in the belief that she
vas TO % placed beside her dead h-aSband's
corpse. BGs, as a matter Of fact, the mag
ni1cent cathedral in Garden City stands
over that which in name only Is the grave
or A t. Stewart Well. what good are
MS Dofles. anyhow His money was all
that was wanted by those whom he had
peieHted, ana at least they had succeeded
IL l1ViG4ng X Lp among themselves