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

drawing room Of what seemed to me
then dazzling maGnifcence. The cell
ns' painted to represent a sky. was
studded with gold and silver stars and
the appointments had drawn on ,eyeery
Hg part OF the world in their splendor.
toward me
You wish to see Mrs, Stewart?" he
ASKED with cold politeness.
i bowed assent
May / ask the Character Of 1-our
business with herr"
TT is purely, personal. but Of great
Importance to her.
1 VIII ask If she will receive Won. y g.
! he returned in a few moments
1t Will be necessary for Won To sta+a
your business before Mrs. Stewart will
receive YOU" he said
very well, said. recognizing some
reason IN woman of such great prom
inence declining TO receive callers who
4ecllned to state the nature of their
business I am p d, TyrrelI of the
united States secret service. and I
called to see Mrs. Stewart on matters
pertaining to the theft of her husbands
The polite young man bowed himself
out OF the room again. and soon re-
turned with this answer:
Mrs Stewart has been much broken
In health since the body of Mr. Stew
art was stolen, and she begs me to saw
mess touching that matter with Judge
Hilton"
I must decline TO discuss the infor-
NATION In my possession with anyone
put MRS stewart" l said, taking my
leave, and as passed down the marble
steps 1 uttered aloud a prayer that I
might never be rich. was doubtful
II my message ever had reached Mrs
Stewart, who, old and friendless de-
spite her wealth., was practically a
prisoner IN this fairy palace she called
her home. afterward learned that
the young man who received me was
a son of Judge Hilton.
My readers, without doubt, will re-
gard the course of Judge Hilton in
ignoring my letter and that of Mrs.
Stewart in declining to receive me as
most extraordinary. Had my position
not been sufficient guarantee that I
was not one of the innumerabIe cranks
VINO had tried to gain money or noto-
rtety out of the case, the actions of
kle principals would have been easily
explicables as 1T was. 1 asked myself
some interesting questions. Was it
possible that my letter never had
reached Judge Hilton? Had Judge
Hilton's son really told Mrs. Stewart
who was and the nature of my mis-
sion? Could IL be possible that Judge
Hilton deemed the $4,000 offered as a
reward, OF more value to the estate of
which he had charge, than the body
or the founder of that estate? Had
Judge Hilton determined, from a sense
or public service, not to prosecute the
search in order to teach resurrection
lists generally that their vocation would
produce no fabulous returns from
wealthy families, and thereby fOrestalI
the spread of this class of crime? All
these questions occurred to me, and
from them 1 chose a solution that
seemed the most plausible. 1 deter
mined, however. to do no one an in
justice, and determined, at the right
time, to make one more effort to get
into direct communication with Judge
Hilton. This opportunity presented it
SER IN August, 1881, when I read in
the st. Louis Democrat a dis
patch from New York stating that
Judge Hilton was still anxious to re-
cover the Stewart body and was prose-
cutting the search for it along all prom
fsing lines. T therefore sent TO him the
following letter and took the precau-
ton to register it:
Hon Henry Hilton. administrator of
A T. Stewart estate, New York City
Dear Sir; On the 18th of September.
1873, / wrote you in reference 10 the re-
mains of the late A 4. Stewart,
to which received no reply
subsequently called at the Stewart
residence for the purpose of having a
conversation with Mrs. A. T. Stewart
on the facts then in my possession, but,
being stranger, was denied an inter-
view by young gentleman in attend
ance. From the fact that my letter was
treated with silence on your part and
afterward 1 was denied an interview
with the person whom considered the
most interested party, L concluded
either the remains had been recovered
or that all interest or hope was lost in
their recovery, or that the facts and in
formation then in my possession were
not correct As to the latter. was de-
termined to ascertain the truth of the
matter that seemed to be IN such I'M
certainty, and still kept on collecting
such points as would present them
selves in this important case. An
article appearing the Globe Democrat
OF the gath instant. which I inclose.
clearly shows, first. that the remains
have not been recovered, and, second.
that you have not lost all interest in
the case. This article has called ,1p all
the past facts formerly collected in the
case and from which am confident
that I know the parties, their names.