Show LINCOLN'S BODY STOLEN When the sad pilgrimage of ot tho the mourners was completed and the tho bod body of ot Abraham Lincoln was de do- deposited deposited posited In a vault ault at his old home homeS S elty of ot Springfield Illinois It was be- be by tho the nation that the sacred dust was at last lat read ready for Its long rest resL A plan was being discussed by who purposed erecting a n. tomb for tor Lincoln But no one dreamed that impious hands han would bo ho laid on the tho body of the tho honored dea dead And so long a as the body lay in tho tile first vault ault and during the construction construction construction tion of ot tho the monument and vault In Oak Oal Ill Hill cemetery the remains were welO not disturbed But Dut later when tho the removal had been completed and the thereat great reat shaft Bluitt was In position t tho 10 bo body y of or Lincoln was stolen from tho tomb The government Joined with the people In providing the monument It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is a great shaft of ot stone about a n hundred feet In height with a a. large larre vault and a relic room below The Tho two were separated b by a 0 solid stone stono wall The gato to the vault was wasat wasat at tho the end of the tho building opposite the entrance to the tho relic A A. custodian custodian custo custo- dian was appointed and guards re remained remained re- re S In the room day and night I Ono night robbers to forced reed the tho door and tho the gates to tho the vault entered tho the place and lifted the heavy casket with Lincoln's body and carried l It away ay Tho theft was not discovered S until hours afterward and then the tho was begun About da daylight lIght the coffin with its Us precious contents was found in tho the bushes half halfway way from tho the tomb torah tp ip the roadway where tho wheel tracks of a a. wagon showed that arran arrangements had been made mado for tor i carrying the b body dy to a distance It was later Inter ascertained that tho the robbers intended hiding tho the bod body and demandIng demand- demand inS Ing a ransom for its discovery Probably Probably Probably ably tho the great grent weight of the collin coffin prevented the carr carrying out of ot the tho plan It was returned to the vault ault and precautions were taken to mako Impo impossible im Sm- po possible a a. repetition of ot that outrage Tho facts were suppressed as much a as possible for the guards were censured cen asS S red b by the public for carelessness I It will ill bo be remembered that the body of or A A. T. T Stewart was stolen and a 0 ransom demanded for its surrender about the tho same samo time f This Is Ono bno no of ot the tho sidelights on the Lincoln story which adds a a. quality o of Interest to the tho general recital without enriching the moral of ot hi his hla life lite nor northe northe the tho evidence of ot re regard ard in which his hig countrymen held him It may not be mentioned at tho banquet banquot on Friday night Tho The speakers on that occasion occasionS S aro are moro more likely to recite facts and utter words utter words which will recall the greatman's great greit greatman's mans man's qualities which will wUl arouse the patriotism of or tho the people people- which will mako make more loyal citizens of ot all S And tho music will vIll b bo be an In n added S charm Also people should not lose lOGe sight of 01 the fact tact that a ve very excellent banquet will be provided Many more snore wom women worner n I than ever before will wUl appear at this thle S banquet In every overy way v. the event o wit Trill I be an Interesting Interesting- and a helpful one no |