The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-22
RsouAEv-sv Gsty News.

EtTiLArbD REMAINS or q HUMAN BODY POUND A
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ey CORONER BENNETT.
About seven O'Clock s~turds morning rag pickle
while passing aicng the beach at TIE Ss Of Thsth street
Go~snes cav assck yirg e, high ss's and proceed
ID 10 pick up On examination he found eontAiues
s6melhng, and upon opening he saw to LIS horror tbs
theec va7 eusnt.y OF bnmsn flesh AID b11e ~ Z. "
Immediately notified SsasgssSt NIL sns 81 Glc II p. h.c
p1ce wro disco, eroo .vc o1er hags cbnirrr pcs,ra
Ct the body OF man, eyed about As years Coro- aa
nett was nofet end proceeded with W. Prince "
anime the sren' portions Of the body, with view To
discover whether hao been the subject Of the dsscc.ng
table or Was the body Of a murdered man.
The he'd upper portion Of the body and intcence md
vtsls contained in bag or Jack which bore tho
o. DR.. Bauer The ex,remes and lower portion Of the
body ives contained In two bags which lay distance Of
about two hundred feet fo the rst bag The skull
evidences OF rephning aud the legs bore
evidence OF having been open aiSd with view ~
find tie iemorsl astary. Some OF the ope alons wera
skiHully made, while others were made in Dangling
other operations bad been performed by some cue ssus
toned 10 surgical operations The exterior Of the sacks
was cean but wet AZ they had been subjected 20 tee
action OF water, but bad no, been IN the great
length Ct time.
Coroner bennett empanneled Jury, and proceeded t.
Dr.. Prince testified TO having made IN examination or
he body, or portions Of the cody, found the beach,
and hough that there were indications Of operations
having been performed upon Il, some by sSil. person.
the rephining smputagons &c snd others, tho
legs, by anovice, at lot a. they dono IN bunglng
manner; he thought thst II might DO subject = dis
sectns room; noticed Io wounds which would oai him
to suppose that they had been inflicted before dss,c
Police Surgeon Ball corroboraicd tho testimony OF Dr.
rTncc, and thought that the body might have been the
water for day or two might no. have been thore for
than one night
The jury then examined the name on OF tho sacks
and found 70 b. that q. Do .are~, ~ c., ut
the ccrroT of Court cid Baltic streets.
The inquest wss theo sijcu,aed until yesterday
liz nit nNrun
Peilsv,je hospital EXAMINED. lie stated tia: he
was acquainted with Or. Bauer. bu: know Of TO sub
dead body beng taken from the hospital and given
10 Dr. Bauer OF a2J body else snce the &c, OF April 1866,
called the Anatomy bill reQul tons have boon made
fer bodies by PHI scsDs Cor the PURPOSES OF dissection
tho rerfcr applying for them required trca, the
body the Law directs with regard 10 its ntermen the
surgeons CT the Hospital have nothing to do with thoss
bodies, ~ Thai Il th~ waroens special charge tue de
ceased has no renos the renaps disposed OF
warden it, DO not knc~ what she law Of 1866 re-
oucs tut have Understood that wnel the BODY was 40
longer required for scientific purposes should be de-
ceat inferred and not tarowc abou. ceccssy the nnme
% tho warden Is Timothy DAILY pty s'cabs 10 the bosp
tel have control body after il IL removed from
the ward In which ibe patient Dies " is then removed to
TIE dead house and Afterwards disposed Of toe ~srden
directs there record kept CT the OF The patients
who die and cf the physicians who take the bodies Tor
dissection when they are SO dsoose1 Of.
Lcuis Bauer NJ n eXsoiped without oath end stated
that he ono O; tie OF the Long Island College
Hospital al NO l45 Cour;Ieet be had long been desous
OF procuring the bodies OF persons who had died
dissection and scientific experiments; he requested
medical friend 10 procure one OF the6e bodies and
ABOUT fourteen Gays since was furnished with
h subject another medical ana student 10 wIu.ss'
oics, si various tines Afterwards performed various
surgical oy4Iat bo body wnen tho weather
Commented il was made necessary TO remove the re-
MANI, snd wnets directed ii his assistants
student 10 take che box cphi.oug ihe remsus b. sIc
possible Greenwood tc.nstory ard there inter
them dec. ny wi;oess prevented by business from
Attending 40 the execution Of Lis orae-s, ard did know
bud what they had been coopiod ~iih strictly on Ssur
dry morning he informed tbal instead Of coop ping
with hts rsuoicns they han cro5eG a. tho remains in
the thuy were found. anppotpg that the flow of
the tee wcp.a carry teo eu 10 sea that they had taken
the remains out 81 the bcx 20 render them
readily irsbsp rtbe; Re regretted very much tina. the
affair cad occurred WHOM the body received his
once bore evidence u having been subjected 70 goat
norton txaminaicn ami the lungs much contested
showing thet the patient had died from dise.ee q the
rrge, witness declined 10 disclose the names Of .he per
who furnished tho body or those o; bis asssaa
he cnns1crcd nunsc tac only sporsioo party
wiling 70 suIr The penalty Q. his ac.; tEe body
moved rcn his chce about nne or hall pesl nine O'Clock
on lr.cay ni.ht
Dr.. Jchl lyme physician to tn. Long Island College
Hosp.r, wa also exsmiret without oath. The body
procured frcm Dr johnson, residing in hijdsgh street,
Tie body the day a.or brought 10 the hospital
W Brooklyn, and " bose evidence cf having had post
moiom exam nr.or nato upon previous to in being
taken 10 hospital; t. Jcbpscn stated that he pro,
cured the BODY from the BecTue Hcspai IN New York
under the provisions Of The Araomy bill; Dr. Joanson
havirg been tor time connected with ths haspal
Bellevue, selected 20 pfoc1rs the body the body had
been pSiiens IN bosp witness corroboratcd
tue statement Cd Dr. bauer es 10 tno operations on The
BODY.
H. ronno Gabriel. assistant 10 r. Bauer lkcwse tes-
titled without cath that he know of the body being the
6 -ecting OF the Ion: Island College Hospital for
some two weeks during which tine he assisted IN making
several surgical operations the body Dr. Bauer
day told wHnss ~ bury the body in the boz which
.asd a; place the Greenwood cemetery the
tor teiDg engaged tic evening" witness dd havs
cprortuny iurthcr instructions. and the body
beng heavy % INT INTO tae no put the bofy
into 'hTec sacks, and putting tho sacks into wagon
started OF 70 dispose OF thon while 10 was engaged in
pu,sag the bags mo The Wagon, he became alarmed,
from the rsct or sCme young observing ths
racks; wness and student OF Or. paser then got into
the wsgon and Giove dosn u Go0Elus, 6nG whom
the place where the sacks found threw them,
they supposed far CROUCH into tho water n give them
chance 10 loo' with the tide ari sink tock mp
mcrs with tncm With which 10 dig grave for the re-
mains
The Inquest was then adjourned until thls afternoon NJ
three O'Clock for tho pirpots Of examprg Dr. Johnson
and the steward Of the hoaptn at Bellevue.
The "aoi 10 promote medical science passed April
1854 provides that the remains or all bodies sn, DO in
sd IN public ccmetery, under penalty for
lccrg ~ do Of pot less thar SIS than $50.
be sued for by the heath oicer Of sad cities other
places, for the bench! Of tnoir departments.
NARROW Esc,pE from nEsnrcnoN.--A Gre occurred 70
the basement 81 No 1i2 jay street lille before twelve
o'cccl. on saturday nirht Officer Russell assisted by
members ~ Hose Company No ., erected entrance,
and discovered TIC occupants. John Nckcwcn, his wiic
Ann and small children, the latter bed and the
rarcnis lying The floor in bo9sty sls,e or inoxca
ton. Tie clothes thes bad on and the bedclohes we're
on ire and but for The opportunc arrival 81 aid the whole
rariiy wori have been buried %. The Gro wa OK.
tn ihcd and the amy conducted 10 the Era. ~,
tai stlton house. Mckewen was somewha: burst and
the bed destroyed, beside which there wa no
damage of consequence.