The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-13

descriptions and present residence OF
some Of them, and the rest can be
found. I have full confidence that
can point out the party who now knows
where the remains are buried My
information, Of course, comes from
criminals, but the facts, the informa-
ton In all its details, with the letters
now in my possession, remove all
doubt that 1 nave heretofore enter
tanned and / am confident of good re-
suits in the end.
zone word of a personal character.
am not private detective and VIII
not treat with any. even though en-
ployed by you. I have been in public
police life since 1856 and for seven
years have been special agent of the
United States treasury department and
have worked I'D some of the most i'm
portant cases in the west. as Chief
Brooks viii certify. Hoping the facts
submitted in this communication VIII
be of sufficient Importance as to inter-
est you further, I viii be plased to con-
fer with you personally or otherwise
at your earliest convenience. Very
respectfully yours,
P. d. TYRRELL.
The registry receipt showed this let
ter to have been received at Judge
Hilton's office, but no answer was made
to It.
This third rebur convinced me I was
wasting time in even writing letters 10
the New York principals I probably
could have forced them to take cogniz-
ance of the facts in my possession by
going to the newspapers with them,
but, it must be remem bered. I was in
the employ Of the government and not
at liberty to neglect my duties In the
secret service division for outside mat
ters- In popular parlance, it was not
my funeral 7 believed 1 had done
everything my duty a citizen die
tated- 1 fled away the Information
and make its contents public herewith
for the first time. The names of the
five men who stole the body I do not
make public for the reason they have
not been convicted for this crime nor
even known as parties to It, and for
aught know may now be leading lives
of honesty. At that time. however,
they were all known TO certain detec-
tfves as thieves. Two OF them claimed
New York as their home and three
lived in Philadelphia. I have minute
information concerning them and this
information is available for any legitf-
mate purpose McClaughrey's story,
Invested OF tiresone detail, was sub
Stantfally as follows:
The body of A. T. Stewart was
stolen for reward. Although the at
tempt to steal LincOln's body had been
foiled by the detectives, the idea Of
making money in this way was con-.
sidered good. Stewards wealth had been
so widely talked about that il was
thought his family would pa% a large
sum for his body The vault had been
located and the place 'piped' for weeks
before the body was taken. Very ealsy
IN the morning Of Nov. Z five men
entered the church yard by means OF
raise Keys. They carried a shovel, a
dark lantern and canvas bag. which
had been made by Emma Colbert
was not among the five. but I was
very close by. Outside of the church
yard there was an express wagon con
tanning a zinc trunk. The men worked
fast and without being disturbed The
body was placed in the bag and hofsted
over the fence at the point nearest
the wagon I saw III the papers after
ward that this spot was located by the
bloOdhounds and police by the odor
clinging to the fence where the bag
touched, it.
The outfit was driven toward Cen
tral park and turned westward toward
the Hudson. At the foot OF a street
running west from the lower end Of
the park a Whitehall bot was tied up
and into it the zinc trunk was loaded
Wind and tide were III our favor and
the run was made il good time 4
landing was made Just below the town
of Cresskill. on the Jersey shore.
twenty or Twenty-Five miles from Jer-
sey City A light wagon was in readi-
ness and the trunk was loaded into
It The boat was taken back to New
York the same day. In the spring
wagon was also a bale of hay and an
old hay cutting machine. which We're
partly TO hide the trunk arAl partly TO
make the cunt look like a farmers
rig. This was driven out toward Pater-
son until nearly dark, when we doubled
on the trail and drove back to PassaiC
Greek nearly opposite Yonkers. N Y.
about fifteen miles above the CITY. Here
the trunk was planted on the bank OF
the creek IN a spot agreed upOn.
John and Emma Colbert and
sprung this plant The Colberts had
moved from Chicago TO Ridgewood, n.
J, BERGEN county. I believed that too
many knew of HE FIRST plant and
had a suspicion that some of them in
tended TO spring the plant them
selves and leave the others out in the
cold. made up my snind no one
should outwit me at that game. 7 had
light spring wagon and a good pac-
ing horse. We drove twelve miles back
into the country from the first burial
place and here we left John Colbert.
Emma and 1 taking the trunk to a
point between four and five miles west
Of Allendale. a small town about
twelve miles north of Paterson. The
Erie railroad crosses the Paterson road
at the Allendale depot, and IL YOU fol-
low the Erie tracks from AlIendale.
away from Paterson about two miles.
TIL it intersectS a wagon road. and
then. turning to your right. follow the
wagon road two and one-half miles
Iarther, you come TO a small, deserted
frame house. Before reaching this
house you pass two small hills the
house standing between the second and
third hill, or mounds. Turning to your
right at this house and going three
rods up a slight slope covered with
scrub trees. you win find the final bur
ial place of the body of A I. stewart
Tor at this point we buried the body.
Emma and I took breakfast at
Ramsey that morning after burying the
trunk, and then she went home TO
Ridgewood by rail and drove back to
Paterson. The reason we used John
Colbert to help spring the first plant
and then did not let him in on the sec
ond was that I trusted the girl but I
did not trust her father. He was a
cabinet maker by trade and made the
box in which the Stewart body was
placed After 1 had the situation safely
in my own hands I opened correspond
ence with Judge Hilton from Montreal:
but while the papers were fllIe6 with
the letters OF cranks. Hilton did not
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