The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-07-15
PACKING THE DEAD.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal, I'd


Vt an early hour yesterday morning a one
horse expires, wagon in which We're seated
two men, and which bore five barrels of most
extraordinary freight drove slowly to the
rivers edge about u mile above the water
works The wagon and the two men were
observed by A negro who was at work in the
Vicinity, and they came from the direction of
the city. Such queer-looking load driving
in such AN odd direction. excited Cuffee's at
lentinn, and he watched with no little curl
u~ty the movements of the concern On
reaching the water the men unloaded the
barrels and rolled them into the river but the
content. were so heavy that the barrels sank
very close to thc shore. Then the two men
attempted, by means Of pole, to push their
rlUmsy freight On into the stream, but before
they had accomplished this part of their work
they became aware that they were being
watched, and suddenly throwing down the
pole and jumping into the wagon, they drove
on rs rapidly rs their horse could take them.
These singular movements, though they
puzzled the darkey who had been quiet OBJ
server Of all that had been going on, gave
him no idea and he did not undertake the
work Of solving the mystery. In the after
noon the mail boat came putting and thrash
mo along. throwing big waves out toward
the shore, and these, catching the barrels,
which had prr>istently refused to roll them
elves out into the stream threw one Of them
half WAY out OF the water and left it in
Standing position. The boat had not gone
fT on her way before the negro heretofore
mentioned began to Observes very strong and
disa@rccahc odor that seemed to proceed
t,.,5 ill.,, la,,.aI ,,.h;,b had h.o,, c,st ma ,rbo
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~, Wv, CIV. 1ia TD''it
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.on1ino ~ ,,,a ,''a. lonl aot ~, ~, ,orfaol
which had been lifted by the waves and stove
IN the hrad AS he dld tins hldeous spec
larie presented ltSrll. The lace OF a ghastly
corpse confronted INN, and ITS hands were
raised rs IL III horror ne knees were hent,
- though # had been forced down INTO the
barrel S"IIfu SHIRT covered the upper p"r-
hnM "i lhe bodN'
10" much h"rflIitd /" pursue the lnV"Stlga-
Ii"h idf'her' me gentleman SEM 10 me cry lor
"f"her plck Moore VINO ret early III lle
EVrnln@ tor the scene OF the discovery. On
arriving ne proceeded TO secure all the barrels,
craving 'nPil rom !hc water 10 me oank.
All'r examining 'he INST one, he broke IN the
h'3dN OF me o'herS nu' the darkness ana the
NkFillhS >'ehfh interfering WIN alull lhVes-
llgall"l' ne foncll'ed 10 postpone TURNER
"p'rftlloi' uhiIl inns morning. me louf
h'rftIN appeared 10 contain human ooules or
fragments Of human bodies. Two men well
armed, were put on duty as guards Tor the
night inns morning Coroner Moore Will
proceed to the place with 4 number of collins
aud after holding an inquest will bury the
bodies.
AS yet the mystery remains unexplained,
h"t IT ls a"rml,ed that the contents OF the
barrels are me leaving OF some NJ, "1SSectlng
'aol'. y 'oii hNeS'l S"!ioils Wlti ne hao TO-
day Whoh some l'%h' VIII perhaps b' thrown
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y l'A''hAi'''N ~ hi'' \ le'ltI from iaiN
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