Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-08
From the Chicago Times, Nov. qA il Robbing the Graves-Arrest of the p,il ties-Astounding Disclosures-Nin dies Stolen

greatly excited by flying reports that Mar Quinlan, city sexton, aud a student at Rc medical college had been arrested for robT, the cemetery of dead bodies, and that two Y dies were actually found in their possession r From the detectives of Allen Piuke.ton ve were engaged in ferretting out the matter, n who made the arrests, we obtained the tolln T | ing account: :,
 Some two weeks ago four bodies were bu-a l in the Potter's field. The second day toIlovS | that of their interment, Joe, the grave-dig,r, noticed that the graves had been disturbed I on examining them, found the bodies Were, F moved The collins were broken open. : bodies carried of, the collins replaced, and 2 graves rehlled. '
 The grave digger communicated these b f to MT. Wright, of the firm of Wright & Mech . undertakers, in La Sale street, and MT. WI. f | informed Alderman Green, chairman of theer mittee on public grounds and who has the cen; {; tery in charge, For reasons satisfactory to hi | self, Mir. Green declined to use the city pol f 1 in terretting out the bodv-snatchers, but obs | | ed the concurrence of Alderman Cater, cha f man of the committee on claims, to emr Allen Pinkerton and his detectives. c
 An examination of the ground satisfied l detectives that the persons who had robbed a graves had entered the cemetery, with a wae t at the north end, and proceeded south along S east side, going out upon North avenue wh ( divides the Catholic from the Protestant grouH l and thence west to Clark street.
 It was deemed advisable to surround the fected district" with seven or eight detect- so that it would be impossible for any one enter or leave the grounds without being served. Notwithstanding the close watch k; no result was obtained until last Friday. ", | the detectives were rewarded for their long. patient watches. On Friday night but fourr could be spared for duty, and these were p.g on the outside of the cemetery enclosure, to prevent all egress, and leaving the placs entry unguarded. This was necessary in e sequence of the smallness of the force on d.
 The detectives took up their position ab 10 o'clock, and silently awaited any deve ments which might take place. The night so dark that they could see but very short. tance, and nothing could be heard save ceaseless dashing of the waves upon the sh It was solemn watch, that, among the gr { of so many dead, and stout hearts that hal5 calmly in times of visible peril would hayeq1 ed iu those silent hours, as visions of ghosts yawnlng graves came up, that would not avz in the pall-like darkness. But the deteca watched on, and whatever of superstition ch- their hearts they remembered that darkne ever the favorite cloak of evil, and they impelied to greater vigilance -t
 About halt past II o'clock their watchful was rewarded by the approach of buggy so' and noiselessly moving along North ava through the deep sand towards Clark street After nasty Consultation, it was decideda two of the detectives should follow the WE and ascertain the business of those drivi1. while the other two continued the wata Hiding under the fences, sometimes creeria their hands and knees, the detectives foIo the wagon without being bserved, until itfea ed Clark street, when the horse was put M. brisk trot, and they were obliged to run inc, ! to keep pace with 1t. Just before reach!ng( cago avenue, the harness became disarral. the horse was stopped, and one of the men out to fix 1t. The detectives instantly came and one of them seized the horse by the h. and the man on the ground by the throat. ] man proved to be Martin Quiulau, citv sG and was recognized by the officer, whom sexton called by name. Meantime the 0 detective had brought his revolver to bearc
 
 any attempt to escape would be rewardeds bullet The horse was very restive and g dllv backed into the ditch. One of the d. uves got his leg entangled in the wheel. a order to relieve himself, withdrew the aH hls pistol for an instant, and the men in the gy instantly jumped out and fled in ditfereu rectlons The detective in charge of Qua Knowing his man, and that he could recab hlm readily enough, let him go, and bothoh took after the fugitives The night WIS dark to follow them, but one defective fired or three shots at his fugitive as the atterM a high fence, failing, however, to even win5t and he escaped. The other fugitive rar the back yard of house, and soon dodgs. pursuer.
 When the officers returned to the buggy saw Quinlan making of, and firing a coug shots after him, soon brought him up staid Inc detectives then took Qunlan, and horse, buggy, and dead bodies, of whchf were two, man and woman, to Pinkertol nee. The detectives state that after req Clark street, they could readily smell theb and this confirmed them in their suspcion they had found what they were in search The bodies were in canvass baps. and cas | dies was of a man and the other of wouI One of the legs of the male had been ampls and 1t was identified as the body of ma was injured some time ago by the tallI! pile of lumber, and who died soon afG amputation of his limb The female bod recognized by acquaintances of the decea& Both were delivered to the coroner, who them re- buried.
 Early on Saturday morning QuinIan vast before Justice Mlhken, and comitted for in default of S2OO0 bail.
 It was now necessary to discover the men who escaped. The detectives couli recognize them ill the dark, but it was suspt they were students of the medical college 2 detectives had the horse and buggy stllmt possession, and they determined to makeG 2 the sagacity of the animal to aid them inb q search. Two of them got into the buggy , giving the horse the reins, he wandered uP down different streets for couple of when he hnally brought up at Wright X rier's livery stable in Michigan street. the defectives learned that the horse had hired about o'clock on the previous ev, and they also obtained a minute descrpts the person who hired him. This descrf was found to be an exact fit for Eli York,r dical student who lives in southern IlGnas York was arrested, brought before Justice hken, and required to give bail in the s1S $500, which he did, Dr. Brainard, preside the college, becoming his surety.
 Mir. Wright, accompanied by deteS went to the cemetery on Saturday, to e1lS the graves which had been robbed, and d@ their search found two other bodies cones in the bushes, and which were in sacks SD to those covering the bodies found in the bls These, with the bodies taken two weeks b. made eight which had been disinterred. AZ CT grave had been opened and rope PS around the body for the purpose of withdri' 1t from the coffin, but the scoundrels disco@ from the peculiar smell that the inmate dled ot virulent small pox, and fled lroa contaslon, leaving the rope behind them.
 The third man who was found in the VI. Is still at large, but he will be shrewd ep' II he manages to escape, as every measM' '