, 1866-11-13
RESURRECTIOSISTs At VoRK-
Tho Heuasns of \ Yonn: Girl stot.,,
from tho Grave.

from tho Grave,
From the BuCslo Express, No,enber m,
Some time since considerable crritsmer,
was occasloned among our .;erman cstilsns
by reports that graves in the Pine Till
Cemetery bad been Invaded bY sacr;le ,;an.
hands. but the statement was d.1led s,sh
great earnestness. and the #hole m,,t.-
finally bushed up. Occurrences which h.S.
trausplrtd within few days past have saae
atonsed the utmost Indignation, ami 4 d.
Termination Is expressed that thts time ~.
matter shall be thoroughly investigated
and al circumstances connected viii !;
brought to light. In the present instsntss -
there can be no doubt Of the fac. thai tSs tSs
Etayc had been rited. Whether fu ihs- u ~
animation will lead 10 the discovery Of o.h.-
similar outragcs is, Of caurse. rs fet a mi.
ter of mere conjecture, bnt ftti;n-
OF deep alarm has he+n aroused IN II.
breasts Of those who have buried loyed fd-ss.
IN the Pine Hill Cemeteries. The later =,
many OF our readers knew. are situated ah,a,
five miles out on the Batavia street n],nt
road. the ground bcing divided iuto tl,,4
burial places belonging to The German CatS.
olics. the German rrotcstants. and those u
the Hebrew faiih. 1t was In the tirst olt.e,-
thai tho occurrence took p.arc.
About year since, Colonel ". F. Rc.cn;
| well.known citizen of Buffalo, list 4 dan ii.
ter, Miss Barbaru Annie Bcrca.. She ",
wont eighteen years Of age ut the time nj
| or Death. hieh occurred On the third ;0c.
aqber, ISIS. lIrr Illness was sudden and
Gsstcd but fey days, the .physiciats, Dss
Rochester and Barnes, with Ur. Pratt in ran.
Tuition, decided tha! ler death was caused
| by disease Of the Heart.
| On the Sunday following size was tcmy.
! rari!T inferred in grave at thu northwt,:
side nf the burial Esoand, co!oAcl Ber.n5 q,
the time not being the owner o, a lot A1na,
q month since h. puEchasela ;,iov, of laud
| $r4$ Ira INN rNr $oJ -.
ing hands to receive the remains Of hi,
daughter, and on Tuesday last went with h:s
family to the cemetery to eSlmc tile b..ly
and consign II to the new rcs,tus-ilscc Yy;
pared for it.
After removing the earth. Sexton reldnan
discovered that the lid Of the nins bnx in
which the coffin had been placed Vas l,ose
The circumstance aroused the suspicious ot
the family, aud thcirsworst fcars were cpn-
f]rmed when On raising 1t frum the s,ass
and removing the rope the cover sl1o su-
tirely of, revealing the fact that the lid Of
T the Inner coffin had been broken in. Colonel
Besens Immediately ordered the sexton n A.
certain whether the remains OF his daughter
were still there. At the first gIane" H. DE-
clazed that the body was still there. but Mt
Bcrens' son seemed TO possess sharper eye,
and Immediately exclaimed that the co:a
was empty.
| young man HHQ slaieus IHG oUNy u u1s si>1t
was gone. Nothing wss LETT hut the pilf"s
flower wreath with which her head ha
been decorated by her companions. th
decayed remains Of a bou1uet which bad bee
placed upon her breast beside ht
folded hands; AND two fingers whicl: Ia
heen nmputated when she was little sir
These fingers had been prcseryed by thu n
rents and at her death we're Inferred vi!
the body. These we're all that was left
her wh1m the grtef-striclen family hal su,
posed to be peacefully rcposing IN the quic
Garth.
No pen can describe the feelings Of th:
group whose hearts were wounded anew b
this terrible crime against the sanctity Of tt
batloNea resting place of the dead. The
: were obliged to return without having re
formed the last act prompted bv that sac.e
feeling which animates the helrts Of all TIL,
kind towards their kindred dead.