Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-28
Prom the Washington Star. SJh.
REMARKABLE ADVENTURE OF A
CORPSE-A SCATTERED FUNERAL
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Prom the Washington star. Sth.
REyLARKABLE ADVENTURE OF A
CORPSE-A SCATTERED FUNERAL
PROCESSION.
Not long since q native Of the Emerald
Isle, n Of the victims Of the late ar
senal eXplOsOn, died in this city, and i'm
medately preparations were made 70
give him a nice genteel funeral. II was
first arranged that he should be buried
here. but some Of his kindred being
buried at Petersburg, West Virginia, il
was finally determined that what re-
NAMED Of poor Johnny NJ should be
sent 10 that place. Accordingly, after a
wake" .0ne Of the good old sort, the
remains were accompanied by his sor-
rowing friends and relatives 20 the depot,
10 take the ears for the place of burial.
The procession arrived at the depot
some time before the departure Of the
train in which the remains were 70 20.
and the mourners spent the intervening
time in assuaging their sOrrows at the
neiEhbOring bars, 50 abundsnt in that
vicinity. the corpse meanwhile remain
ing on the platform, ready 20 be placed
on the nine P 81, train, which would
connect az the Relay House with the
Western train The party meanwhile
drank SO many hbsuons TO the memory
Of the departed that they returned 10 the
station in a very mellow condition, and
the railroad officers being ap~prehensive
that they would be incapable Of taking
care Of the corpse, t~elegraphed TO the
sgent st the Relay 10 see that the corpse
was taken of at that point.
Shortly before the time Of starting, the
corpse was placed upon the train, and an
attempt was made 10 muster the mourn
ers, When u was ascertained that n or
two OF them had got so Obfusticated as 70
have taken the New York train. The
rest Of the party, however, managed 20
get aboard, and, ere long, JOHNNY Ms
body was again marching ON At the
Relay the corpse was transferred 10 the
Westward train, but two OF three Of the
m0urueTs We're too far gone TO get out in
time, and 50 proceeded 10 Baltimore,
while the balance Of the party with the
corpse was hurried on with extra speed
westward.
Al the points along the road where the
engine stopped 70 water the mOurners
as invariably stopped 70 wet, and not
being up 70 time, quite as invariably q
brace or more were left behind ST each
watering and wetting place, and, By the
time Grafton was reached, where the
corps was 70 change cars for Parkers-
burg, but few Of the mOurnen remained
with H. and these were so bewilders 4
that they failed TO get in theproper tr9 IN
and Johnn's corpse went on TO WlerIFnC
without them. From thence, fyy some
means, II was sent to Columbus
Ohio, the corpse thus having Got
into the wrong state. and he
mOurners being scattered ehrougb Msrv-
lsnd and West Virginia. and ALONE the
line Of the Baltimore, Wilmington and
Philadelphia, and Camden and Ambov
Railroads. By this time the telegraph
was put into excited operation, and va
nous messages were whisked over the
wires, IN various directions, in regard 10
the missing corpse and scattered mourn
en- making confusion doubly contour I'D
for a while.
from Grafton an anxious nlourner in
CURED, Where in the dis the ~corpse9'
This dispatch wss crossed on nc road 6v
q loud inquiry from Columtsus as 10 the
ownership Of q stray corpse arrived there
uuconSEned. A Baltimore scattered
mouFner telegraphed 10 postpone that
FUNERAL until / get there and the squad
Of mourners by the New York train were
sending wildly confused messages 10
Parkersburg, Grafton, Relay House and
Washington, all helping 10 intensity the /
prevailing muddle. The corpse. mean
time, had resumed its travels and like
poor Joe not Being wanted in anv To-
cality, had been kept moving on until il
arrived at the Little Miami dedot, where
Il created no little excitement: bein.
without any mark for Identification, a-,S
play being at once suspected.
A coroner's inquest was held w th,,,+
throwing any light upon the N vssarv
which was, however, cleared an ~
telegraph dispatch for the miss no e,rIse
The railway officials then gor h. co+I-
motion eastward, and me mo1r1e-
headed westward, and fnsUv affs- az
most eventful history Of any - -
OF mOurners on record 1,1
body was duly committee Dg
mother earth, where We
IN peace. Tust may 81