, 1865-12-01
THE mURDERERS-A COOL PRO.
POSITION.
Fleming Sells His BodJ to tho Dis
sectors

The dissection Of dead bodies for the purpose Of
aiding IN The study Of medical science Is compare
lively modern practice. The early followers OF
medical science uc4e deba17cd from such a pro
eeedIng By the popular prejudice agatnst The hand.
ling Of dead bodies-Among the Jews their touch
dedIed man, and by soma OF the ancient Pnsans
The man who handled corpse vas regarded as
he narrowly escaped The vengeance Il lie people
when be yentured to dls.er animals Tor
Me purpose Q! improving his knowledge .! tho
very recent period, the .sanatomy" Of t6e schools
was more tancalnl than real, account Of neglect
to ostndy the caput mortuum. Now, however, medical
matter is usually considered s5 rosa, It Is senes-
ally understood that In all our medical schools the
dead body ta used for the purpose Of fpsaccal eluei
IN Europe, few yuais ago. there was a regular
mania far dissection and Hsnb}ectt" were procured
in Ways which It needs not TO recount. Nearly
uKEecuouist has been the principal actor, and men
have even gone about the streets :" DnEktng" peo-
pie for the SAKE Of the ley ehlings given by the
eikied In suddenly placing pitch plasier oyer the
face Of the victtm, suGocattu9 him almost Instantly
md dragging him of TO their dcn- Happily, these
rotter is scarcely respectable character than
The Bu1kes Of finy years ago.
In rome European countries the bodies Of male
factors are saia 10 be turned ovcr 10 The issoctor
rot Claimed, and It has been charged against The
Poor House authorities In England that they Fell
Christian bur1al. The most singular way, how
ercr and perhaps the most rcro!t3ng In which sup
}ecf are there procured s the buying Of the bodies
their execution Such contracts have often been
con.ummatcd and reported In the English news-
papers Is matters Of course. --.-.
Fleming md corbett-1n this caty, has developed
an irstaEc- OF this, Common enough eisewhere1
the idea Is 90 novel here that we doph, not it viii
has actaaily sold biz body ior ihe sum q nny DOT
lars 10 d!eseeted in one Of our medical colleges.
t1sRh 7s ", ,,d -. SEA pon E. EdS b s ss
no GOOD, IS he could not spcnd
IL The doctor Is reported 70 have made the COO
reply that he could hn5 new suit Of clothes to be
hung in. Ou this he yielded aud sold out his
earthly hahiation after The tenant shall hare lett it
Il Is understood that Corbett was not considered
eutertains some hope Of obtaining repHeye, and
they had not the hean 70 dash bis hopes to the
ground 90 sude1y. LIE will be Let alone TIL be teels
with more real hui less consideration tor his nerves
shall make tho oter.
John Williams. who IL under arrest for having
hired Fleming and Cosbc1t TO murder P1tr7ck Ma
loney, va. yeeterdny afternoon taken bciore jus
tice 4. B Brown for examination, but owing 10 the
faure Of IN Important witness TO put tn an APPEAR
cemlrr eh, at oee o'clock In the afternoon. VIII
iama taket matters very calmly at present. hut It is
belicvcd that he will make clean breast OF his
completely in The hoHid tlaosartiou before long.
FIRE LAST EvErS0.-A few minutes after eight
O'Clock last evening fire broke out tn building
IN the rear Of Fred. Hasten j. Brothers beer saloon
No. III West Randolph strret, used by ihat dEm as
d Bowling alley. The fames, owing TO the strong
wind prevailing, foon spread to The carpen ter shop
Of Fred w. Erbe1, No. II Ceuhestreet, which being
built OF rtue lumber. and dned with inAanmAble
material WAS almost In m Instant mass Of rutna.
From E1ber's shop the fro spread 10 The right and
leif. entirely destroying the cottage house No. Is
Centre street, owned BY John Creed. and Occupied
owed by PeIer Miller. bet1dcs aamastng the two
storT ftanc house M. II. owned BY MF. Crecd, to
sucl IN extent that It would cost more to repa1r It
thnn 10 BALD neiy o1e. Officer William Rust, OF
the Secund POLES P1eanct, upon drst seeing the
James 1uahed into Mfllers carpenter shop. and At
the risk Of bis lle got out safely three chests filed
The Iosses sustained by the parties whose prop
e-.y ms burned about follows: Fred Hastrs
4 Hroibtre damage 10 bowling alley about SAD
~ fneurarce. JOHN Greed, cottage house, No II
Centre street, entirely destroyed. loss ssSoo-
tnsrT1nce s1OQ. John Smith. occupant Of No. Is,
fnTn,fnre entirely destroyed, loss about S150-no
tn.nr.,rr. Trrd. ". Erbcr, carpenter shop, lo1s
- a zen 500 and {600-fu1ly insured. Fred. ".
Frirr' los on building and tools, S15o-no insut-
arcr Johu Greed, house and enntenn. ho: y
Csnirc street, damage tbo2t :tW~lnt41ance <S3U.
Mr. crecd eeryed w1,h distinction through As
M u the s3d Illinois inarsJ (Anus1n bsagaoe>s