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Crimes of Dim Past
(Continued from Ninth Page).
murderer. The widow add< <i Mi MO
more.
Find No Clew to Cr mc
The police wi re ei nvlnced for a
time that Mime MM within tho house
bad rommittod tho murder, and nr
rested Mr. Washington Nathan, but
tould get no evidence which wan of
any consequence and released him
Despite the heavyy rewards, nothing
ever came of the Itiveatigatlin. and the
murder was gradually put among un
Kolvable inysf ries of the tnetropo
lie
Its mem iv, however, has hooo kepi
alive from tlnu' to linn Sonic yea rs
later a woman rushed into the fjwav]
man House, then on llroadua> ami
after a jealous quarrel with him akol j
Mr Washington Nathan in Ihe mek 1
The bullet was ?OVOf antravoaed, d
though hi I ved for many year- He
inherited a substantial sum from Ihe
estate jf his father and al-o later
from his mother, and he went ihn 11mi
three moderate I aOd fortunes be
tause of his eonviv.il habits. Hi
mother provided an additional trual
fund for h in in her will. Mi. Wusliiii;:
ion Nathan died abroad.
H's sister. Mrs. Mm win had
lived In the Hons, of Mjraterj e ?
milted suicide. There wore tin se w ho
Ix iieved that Mr Washington fttttflT
was In some w.iv uuuaetled with til
father's death, and they Interpreted
the remark of Ihe woman who said:
"!><ok what I have suffered for you
since 1870." when she shot h in as In
dlcnling thai .-Ii?- hail isome sMM
krowlodge i>f iIn i tttfV .'1
Fake Confessions Made.
(U.nfcssioiiH.evidently mad)' ^>l noto
liety. were made MM ruing ih'- ' i mi'
.* convict by the name of Kills who
wan in Sing Sing. 'aid that shortly
befotc his mi <H"ii he hail planne.I
with a fell iw burglar named I'orrcst
ler to enter the Nalhui hcine. over
pattt t!ii' aged pnilaiitliioplsl anil roh
the safe Kills declared that In- Ml
tost nlorffi ri il with the iib'a and tlia'
ho believed tuai Korrb-stier bad (M
n.llii'd the deed uiiaiihd. The IMM
at No. Ii vv.t* for several years un
'ennated and ftin.llv it was utilized for
Itie business of the . \\ r< M <-oui|iaii>
I in filing >>? v lid ail ?!???? sip! ton was
tlie theft f the body of Mr Alexander
T sti wart, one of the ii?iciiant prise
t? of New York, lie dl >d on April 13,
iNiiT, and his body was cenimiltcd to
j vain: in lbs ?hui< In ml < f Bt
.'.tal k s. > ii S??<? no avenue The widow
bid pinniied to hi- MHf) a gn.ii
ma ii h< leum at (iaideu t'lty, for s ha'!
always b< en hi- belief that the town
Ihieb lie f> .milled would '?e I >vcit
{and thriving residential community,
w Hi imiiofiiiK catheihal and aaMfa
buildings. The lomb was to lie a
1 lilting memorial to him
The gli< iibls who took am the body |
i ad evidently acted on tin assumption
llial M Mrs Stewart woi, sjiciidiin-.
.nun.ecu of more for a mausoleum she
WomM l>e w Hing to give J.'.ii.uimi fo;
the rettirfl of the ImmIv of her hus?
band if it Were St I'll So It lla]l]H n
ed that on the night of Novem!? r 7
f Greatest Detectives
;s7S. the liody was stolen from II
Loati) in th)' churchyard.
Warning Was Received.
0m? at the strange circumstance
COOBssOtOs' ? lh this strange theft aft
i It hi a month or so before it aas ?
mally acr niplished a note was re
red b) Judge Hilton telling that
i aeh an aid nipt would be made A
i .a] watchman was stationed for
several weeks in the churchyard, al
>hough, 'le' Judge, who was tne execn
i , oi ilio . si Mktj d d not consider ii
i-.iiry lo notify the |>olice. The
watchman was Unally withdrawn, and
II bull the b dy was stolen as though
in fulfilment of tho warning
i h. work of tbe ghouls had been
?tCOaaplhlhjitl in a manner which in
.'I. at n ttati lin y had accurate know I
edge of the I eatioii of the body.
Judgi Hilten, friend and partner of
Mi Slewait. had the headstone on tho
i? ;uli rjsaatnd so that it might con
? eal Ihe e\aot plaoe in which Ihe
i saga had eaea placed 'I he grave
robben had evidently studied th"
Batola titaal I so that not a shovel
of earth was unnecessarily dug in gel
ting the body The churchyard was
within reach of uifnerous street
laaape, and it has always been a puzzle
a- to how l was tho digging opera
tioeS could have In en conducted with
out attracting the attention of tin
police ? r of chance i>cdcstrtaiis. it
was a rainy, misty night, wli oh aided
the ( inspirators to some extent, and
ii is believed that they worked lying
Bel on the ground until they were
able to dig a bole deep enough
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in which at least the body or
the digger could be concealed, It
iiNjy have been that there were sev
< ral videttes In ail directions who
gave signets of warn.UK to those who
were intrusted with the task of get?
ting the body.
Source of Wonder.
To this day it Is a source .of won
oermeat how such a tmld mnt rfftdt
<? u hi have been conducted in the
heart of a populous district. The
gates Bf the churchyard sere locked
or were sup|>osed to be, and the ln
i 'osure was surrounded by a fence
UJ feet In height. The tegtOU early
Ihe following morning found the up?
turned earth, a small Ire -hovel and
. dark Lintern, both evidently new,
:t -locking and nlto a copy of a New
York newspaper, dated September j|
of that year There were M foot
brnta, alth ugh the .-oil was ago M
and soft. J Mow the robbers of the
t mb managed to lake away Use body
ut that time can be Ii ft only to the
Imagination
It Is commonly believed thai .hoy j
had what scented to be a milk wag< B,
:n which there was a lead '"'x ,ov
the transportation of their gha-U>
booty A vehicle of this description
was set n on the (irand street ferry at
S o'clock on the moi niug i l the tliett.
and the tin iimefsai fi all lad)1 rated
that it was the body of A T. Stewart,
which wa* thus conveyed from New
York city. T he news of th<- breaking
open <1 the grave spread throughou.
the country over the wires and search
f_T the ghouls was made in every
elate and territory.
' Inspector Byrnes, who was then a
i apt a. Ii. had much to do with the
i;uest for the criminals, and he caused
ihe arrest of two men a few days
later, who were detained for a week
or so. The ghouls had cut 3pen the
tofRn. rlpiied up the lead covering
and had lifted out the dead form and
j l.sd probably thrust it into a sack.
tin which they had swung it over the
."euce.
Body Shipped About.
?.tiKlig those who were suspected
was a notorious resurrectionist.''
whose skillful methods were plainly
Indicated. Th.a man had made a bus
.ss of supplying medical colleges
j 'vlth material and was regarded as
: an expert.
I The body of Mr Alexander T. Stew
lart had many wanderings, and
j in some quarters there is still a well
'coflned doubt that it was ever re
j turned. Judge Hilton offered a rc
| ward of $??,000 for the convict on of
I the criminals, and not for the return
iif the body itself.
j It is believed that it was shipped
j to Montreal and II years later a story
I waa given out that t had been sent
I tack to New York and buried at
j Harden City. This w as the story told j
: by members of the Hilton family, whoi
I believed that they had received the
;iellcs of Mr Stewart, and by Robert
U'aldwiP. faularlv known as the
.Croat American Identifier," and also
by a Mr. Oallagher, who saw a mys?
terious case brought into the Stewart
(?tore and subsequently sent to l^ong
Island
As far as the identity of the
Ighouls is concerned, and how much
they got. the true state of affairs, or
which the general public knows but
j little, is still involved in mystery.
Other Great Crimes,
j Crimes committed in the last cen
J fury instead of those which have taken
hold on the popular minds in recent
: years, have made the deei?est im?
press) n on the nouds of four of the
best known hunters of wrongdoers in
the I'nited States. At the same time
they have not forgotten the uncan?
ny murder of Rogers, slain in Sixth
? venue in 1*71. and :n later years of
the wanton killing of Prof. Max
Kglau. an artist. wbLie body w is
I found in a deaf and dumb asylum in
leteiagton avenue; nor the mysteriims
fste of Jscob W. Thompson moniere i
bj a hotel room, nor Dolly Kefm,llda,
j.- put to death in a hotel.
The grvwsome tragedy of M;imie
Cunningham and the details of the so
irslled "barrel" murder, which had its
rise in the vende'ts. and the Oriental
mystery which surrounds the death of
Klfii Si;el were all ?.< nsidered. wtrle
< "gnUar.ce waa taken of the Istest
iriplc tregedj of the Bast Side snd
the ultimate dona ae of Mrs. Ocey
Snead
All th?se m dem in-'rnres have it-1
lus ve element - and some are still
enlisting the efforts of authoritlvea.
^'though the assassins have not yet
?set th ? iKiBishmcnt of the law. but
Three Croat MvsteHea of Crime" still
endnr".
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To Avoid T?xes. Could Move Bunc
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Harvard I'r.iversity is greatly dis?
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The nu< sion has MMI ihe sub
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When the matter wa> first brooght
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