The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-10
MOVING LINCoLN's REMAINS.
The CaSket to BE Transferred to a
TempnrnrN NnuIt.

SPRINGFIELD. H. March lO.-The BODY
Of Abraham Lincoln will find a new resting
place today. IN the presence Of the trus-
tees Of the National Lincoln Monument the
rough box containing the coffin Of the mar
| tyred President viii be raised from its en-
/ easement Of cement and transferred to the
vault which has been prepared for its re-
ception
The removal is made necessary by the
work OF demolition now going on prepare
tory 10 the reconstruction Of the monu-
ment- Owing 10 les faulty construction
the pile has been crumbling away. and its
total ruin was feared The last General
Assembly appropriated 500. coo for the re-
construction Of the monument
Since the contract was awarded last
summer a large force Of men has been at
work dismantling the pile. The tai gran
lie shaft has been taken down anG most OF
the base has been removed. The bodies of
President Lincoln and those OF the five
members OF his family who sleep near him
! have been left untouched as long as posi-
bic. but IL is now necessary 10 place them
in the temporary vault the contractors
have constructed near the monument.
where they will remain until the monu-
ment is rebuilt
No ceremony will attend the removal.
I Owing TO the Illness OF Governor Tanner
the plan 20 have him superintcnd the
! trsnsfer is abandoned. and his son md pri-
I yate secretary. J. Mack Tanner wiz act in
his stead Alfred Bayliss. State Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction. and FLOYD X
I Whiulemore. State Treasurer. comprise.
with the Governor. the trustees Of the
monument and they will witness the re-
movaL
Although the body Of the President and
that OF Mrs. Lincoln were buried beneath
/ SIX feet OF concrete al the base OF the
. obeiisk, guard kept constant watch
over The spot and visitors al Cak Ridge
Cemetery were not permitted TO ap-
preach that part OF the monument Meas
ures 70 prevent decoration Of the tomb
/ Viii rot cease when the bodies are
placed IU the newly constructed vault
TWO slabs OF cut stone weighing more
than four tons viii be lifted in place
over the vault On top Of these barriers
/ viii De piled tons OF debris as 10 is re-
/ moved from the foundation Of the moaU-
meut
/ These safeguards against ghoulfsb
/ plots are the result OF the sensational
7 and almost successful attempt 10 steal
( the body OF the President made on the
. night OF November T. 1876. the eve Of the
Presidential election. Jack Hughes and
Ell Mullen. notorious Chicago crooks. were
arrested several months later. charged
with the offence. There being no law
against body sEatchinE" in the Illinois
statutes az that time. the men we're prose-
cUted on charge Of attempting TO steal
the casker containing the body. and each
+ was sentenced TO one year in the periten-
{ Uary.
! AT that time the body Of Lincoln rest
I ed in a marble sarcophagus ia a vault
AT the rear OF the monument IL was
I decided that a more secure place sholId
be prepared An organization known as
the Lincoln Guard of Honor was formed
In Springfield In the night the members
Of this secret band visited the tomb. dug
a deep vault under the base Of the shaft
and inferred therein the body of the mar
tyred President. where il has since re-
/. NAMED undisturbed.