The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
A GRAVE
is ROBBED
BODY MISSING FROM VAULT OF
MILLIONAIRE FAMILY.
SENSATION N PENNSYLVANIA
CAsKeT OF LATE CONGRESSMAN
SCOTT IS MoLEsTED.


stolen and Carried Away IN a Wa
uon-Believed TO be Held for Ran.
som "th''y one OF HrQm'nehoe'
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Nefy mat s'lrfeu the country more
than % quarter of a century ago,
when the body of A. 7. Stewart. New
York pionnar merchant WINS stolen
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Slstet-InIa" Oh Tue Iate MI Sou
me ponce Oe"e'e me pouS Is ovlus
helo lor ransom ana Ill"O 'Ie '"'u"'S
also lhlenueu 10 carry wa! '"e wv"
-es OF the miIllohalFe ana MS we
Nheh the women III lhe ceHoOeI!
found broken chaihs ana open doors
IN the mausoIem they ho'llleu MIS-
charles H. STRONG VINO Is daughter
OF MT scot ana the VIE OIL OnarIeS
II. strong, president OF lhe Elle
FlttsRurs railway ana owner Oh Ihe
h'S" 1$pa'ch 'ih"'htLs F.'t"'p"re''
Mrs. strong holiheu the ponce
As soon as the news OF the grave
robbery reached the Strong nome
Mrs. Ihora Strong konolds' grand,
daughter OF NlIllalh H. SCo't' S'ai Ieu
Tor the cemetery with her lalher'
Charles II. Strong,
Seals Broken win ChIseh
The Baskets are sealed III wall
and a chlael hau peeh uSeu III oreaN'
ing the seals before the meIall'c DON
could be carried away
This casket was the first one on the
lower tier at the north sloe OF the
mausolem and directly opposite 1t ON
the second tier Is the casNet contain
ING the BODY OF AIRS scout lhe WIG
OF the mtIHohalre VINO punt lhe Hlau
solem.
The seal on the niche containing
me caShet OF Mrs. scott was aIS'
broken and when the tomb was eN
amlned, 1t was FOUND that inns caSNe'
was half way out ana tosaII appear
"nces was ready to be carried away
The remains of the millionaire
were lying next to those OF his wife
nut his casket was not disturbed. y
number of palms stored in the maui
soIem had been broken down and two
other Baskets were broken into Du
DO attempt was made to carry elthel
oi them away.
Carried Away in Wagon
That the casket and the body were
carried away in wagon Is indicated
by tracks in the snow about the maui
solcm. The footprints OF four an,
in some Instances six men are dis
cernable about point where the enc
Of a wagon might be placed. INT
wagon tracks lead to one OF the gate
Of the cemetery and these have beer
followed INTO the street uhli lu7' II
the beaten tracks of travel
The local police have notified IN
police of cities within 400 miles OF TN
place but still maintain that the Dod
IS held here for ransom.
Every railroad ana irelEht STATION
plcketed and every avenue OIL Quite
IS guarded,
An Italian set'emeiN' near III