PRESIDENT LICILN REMAINS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 26, 30 January 1877, Page 4

PRESIDENT LICILN REMAINS.

A letter, dated Springfield, 111., No?. 10, eaysi— ' J .. pThei later developments in regard/to the attempted desecration of the tomb of Lincoln and the atealiog ,pf , hia remains, show t\at it was a consummati|n^- t a : njpst; deterpajned and, deeplaid conspiracy, in which no novices in the criminal art were engaged. The, communiiy ware at, first sq horrffied by the midnight'attemps that they hastily jumped .tofba conclusions that someebing of-either politioar or seceional significance attached to the crime, : but it 19 now denbitely known that the sole motive or object was the obtaining of a great ransom, for. the reatitufcion :of the remains. T,h.© ; ;Lin_cpJ.n; -Monument Association, composed of jeading citizens of the State, Save raised a large amount of mo.ney anjd. .erected,, a splendid moou-. menfjWhich with its fine surroundings isjithje , poiojfc of interest to; all visitors here, and it was I conjecturedl by the ; would-be robbers that the ; Association, the citizens of Springfield, and the peoßla ; pflijinoiSja9 of.the Union, would pay an immense sum to recover the body of the President they loved so well. 1c was to be another Charlie Roßa outrage, with much, larger possibilities in the way ...of J rewards. The coaepiretprs are known to the detectives, who will have 00.,-difficulty, it is thought^ in -capturing them when the : : proot is in a satisfactory shape? The fact, is that Captain Pi, D. Tyrrell, of the United_ States secret service, to whom, the, working up of. the case had been confided by Robert Lincoln and immediate personal friends;^of the late President, had traced out the entire plot beforehand. He knew the hour Ibe aftenlpt was to be made, and the night previous he came from Chicago to Springfield : in the same car with the conspirators, shadowing them constftptly np to the evening of the, outrage. Ex chief Elmer Waehburn was called ia to aid i in the capture, which would have been complete, with conclusive evidence while all were in the cry pi, but for an unfortunate accident. As thj detectives emerged from their biding place, lOOfs from the vault entrance, one of theoi, io examining his pistol, accidentally disoharged iL The robbers

immediately fled and disappeared in ihe wood , which is but a few rods distant. The names of the parties engaged are all withheld by the officers, who say they can be bad when wanted, but they are alleged to be among the shrewdest managers of gigantic crimes On this side of the water. The first inkling of the affair was known in Juno last, the details having been overheard m a house in a northern city, and were soon reported to parties interested here. Since that time Robert Lincoln and the |fon Leonard Swett, of Chicago, have constantly been on the alert, and by means of several fortuitous circumstances were able to prevent what certainly would have been a most horrible Sacrilege. The monument is now closely guarded.