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

listed. But, try as I might, I could
not escape the conclusion that if I
could find certain men I would have
made beginning in unraveling the
deep New York mystery Besides the
tangible considerations that drove me
TO that conclusion there was a strong
intangible. indescribable feeling that
was on the right track. AS ! said. /
was in the secret service, and the
Stewart crime had no connection with
the government, my study of the rob-
berry being made without interference
with my. secret service duties and be-
cause it was a fascinating puzzle for
a student of crime.
For weeks and months the country
wide search for the Stewart body and
the men that stole<1t wa2 Prosecuted
but like all sensational events, it be-
gan to lose SAVIOR to the public. It
soon became plain that the New York
police were beating the air in their
efforts. The newspapers OF New York,
once eager In the search on their own
account, produced no results. without
developments to fnfuse life into it the
case died natural death so far as
the public was concerned and, while
occasionally recalled since by events
of a similar character or some echo
of the life Of A. 7. Stewart, it has
about passed from the memory of the
public.
About year after Stewards body
was stolen-Sept. 10, 1879, to be exact
business called me to the Joliet peni-
Tertiary. had been trying to find
convictlng evidence against Fred Bic
bush, the st Louis cOunterfeiter, and
had been told that William Bridges,
alias Hoosier Bill, a convict in Joliet
could, if he would, furnish valuable
information. That story has been told.
After finishing my mission with
Bridges / was sauntering through the
prison with John Mcdonald, who had
worked for me more than once in
rounding up counterfeiters when a
convict working in the marble yard
attracted nay attention. For moment
/ could not give him his proper place
in the gallery of rogues I carried in
my memory Closely cropped hair,
beardiesS face and striped clothes
sometimes work almost a total trans
formation in mans appearance and
render him practically immune from
recognition by former acquaintances.
My delay in recalling his identity, how
ever, was but momentary, and / recog-
nized my erst-while friend, James K
McClaughrey. now No. 2SO7.
Mcdonald" I said, indicating the
object of my attention, do you know
that MANI"
My companion eyed him narrowly a
moment.
Il don't remember him." he said.
You know him."
Il may have known him at one time
bur cannot place him.
Then 1 whispered to Mcdonald.
You're right" he said L recognize
him now"
1 asked Deputy Warden Sleeper to
have No. 2S07 brought into the office,
explaining that I wanted an undis-
turbed chat with him. 1 also requested
that no one else be allowed in the room
No. 1907 was brought in and we soon
found ourselves alone.
What brought you here2" I asked.
"A little job down in Cairo. There
wouldn't have been any trouble If I
had not drunk too much whisky"
/ asked him for any information he
could give me concerning the counter
feiters of his acquaintance, and he con-
fded to me the location OF plant for
making Mexican money in New Or
leans. We changed from one topic to
another rapidly. as our time was linn
tied, and at last 1 preached the Stew
art casa.
"Do you know how the Stewart job
was done?" 1 asked
do I?'' he smiled. We'll 1 was in
the vicinity"
I knew IN an instant that my surrnise
was correct. Long and close acquaint-
ance with this man had taught me
that he had never lied to me, and now,
under a twelve-year sentence, with no
one to aid him. he had the most power
fni ineefftfve for telling the truth. even
81 he had not been square"
II want to know all about it., said I.