Arizona republican., 1899-09-28

but from this point all trace was lost 1 Inspector Murray was worried. The outrage occurred in his bailiwick and he remarked to the writer years after, when he was superintendent of police:
 ''In my experience cf a lifetime in police work, as detective, captain, in spector and head Of the force, this is the only case in which I was bafied. fear I shall die without recoverin g the body of MT. Stewart or apprehend- | ing the robbers
 His prophecy passed into history. and the palsied superintendent pre- oeded Judge Hilton to the grave, a dis appointed and almost heart broken man at what he considered his life failure
 When months of search fer the miss ing corpse had heightened into a year MuIray's only hope was a recovery Of the body. Judge Hilton offered a re- ward of $25,000 for the recovery of the body, with reservation, however, that the arrest Cf the perpetrators of the robbery must follow
 IA few months after the grave was despoiled Judge Hilton was called up- Cn by a lawyer of this city who had received a letter from a man signing his name as Romaine, at North Ad- ans, Mass, and offering to restore the body of Mir. Stewart on payment of the reward, nC questions to be asked. As an earnest of good faith, the lawyer laid upon Judge EIilton's desk the s1 yer plate, three screws, 3 piece of black cloth that was cut from the cas- ket in the then tenantIess tomb and the linen studs that were removed from the shirt that covered the re- mains.
 MT. Hilton identified the articles submitted, but declared in emphatic terms that he would grant nc immu- nifty to the robbers of the grave of his friend and beref3ctor, if he never re- ceived the body. He was particularly severe in his comments upon the part the lawyer played, and even threaten ed him with arrest. This silenced the ghouls and for long time negotia- tions ceased.
 A few months later the writer be- came actively connected with the search for evidence that might lead to rescuing the stolen remains and hav- ing them deposited in the crypt built specially tc hold them. It became known that a man named Kelly drove the coach which carried the body to New Jersey, and that he at once left New York for the west. Evidence also came into possession of certain parties in New York which the police knew c- but had kept secret proving that pos session of the body might yet be had. It became known that there were posi- tive proofs of identification in the teeth and mouth of MT. Stewart which were available for Mir Hilton, and he was offered the safe return of the corpse upon the payment Of the re- ward. He, however, refused to ae- cede to the request.
 The writer visited eX-JuCge Hilton l in his home with und6ntable proofs Of Identification, and urged him to relax his determinatioE to arrest on sight the men who might restore the re- mains, and give them some time at least after the body was returned. Af- ter examining closely the evidence submitted, together with a statement | written by a life insurance detective | who had worked quietly on the case, | MT. Hilton was assured that the ex- pense of finding Kelly, the coachman, | and the secret hiding place of the bcdy | would be borne by the newspaper with | which the writer was engaged, and 1 that no money was needed from him. The ex-judge looked up in surprise and remarked:
 This is one of the very few in stances during the investigation of the grave robbery when I have not been jailed upon to pay out money fer as sistance. I have spent already over S100,000 without result. I will go so ,ar as this: I will not apply for war ants for arrest until forty-eight hours Utter the restoration of the body. This S the very last offer I shall make, and f it fails l will withdraw the offer of reward and cease further inquiries in hat direction.
 The final search began. It was earned that the men who robbed the Stewart grave for big ransom were disheartened, and had re- moved the body to Canada and se- reted it on barge, awaiting the pay nent of the $25, GOO reward A prl- ate detective was started in search f Cracksman Kelly, the belief being hat word from him would influence he custodians of the remains to sur ender them When San Francisco was reached 1t Tas learned that Kelly had been a sue ! essful butcher in Sutter market, but 7ithin short time had become inter l sted in a mine near Tucson. Ariz Here the detective fell in. with ex- urrogate Gideon J. Tucker, who also 5 dead, and a joint search was made I CT Kelly. He was found in a mine, ut he could not speak. Death had V ilenced his voice only few hours be- ore the searchers arrived, and his se- ( ret died, tCl2. He had engaged in a C U2-1.al over a game of cards and was :. hot through the heart. Thousands l miles had been trave-sed in vain. nd enc of the chief aCtcrs in the most O emarkable grave robbery of the pres |
 
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