The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-22
A GRNUISE sENsATIO \.
A keY Rno OhleNr untiRg U 'stamped
Cigars Finds a corpse.

Some of the peopl, of the CITY were
thrown into a sfate Of excitemeD' ye-
terdsy. hV the report that the U 5.
Deputy NJ .rshsls Bge oW AID D y,
W lie sssztg the cigars which M.
AN r ~as accused Of hav n legally
eu owed from lis ia,. o ~ithout be I
ise properly stamped had fouod bu
IN 20 remains pa l. dissecfed, 10 what
kn w a Cnp n'er's build ng, on
the Gamer Of F,rsr aud Pine S reefs
over L Per. n stove store.
Yrs erds, morn az. Coroner Sauer
being noti6ea Of the tact, ven
20 the place Indicated, and proceed. d
20 iDvestiga Q. when sure ,psh, an
teDuatsd human body was found
s retched on board aud covered with
pieces of coarse sacking.
As il duty bound. Mr.. Sauer pro-
ceeded at once to hold an inquest. in
the course of which it was developed
that the body was that of George
Hanna, who had been employed on
the gravel boat Harry Higbee, and
who died at the U. s. Marine Hos
pital, in this city, on Monday or Tues.
day last. of typhoid fever
While the wonder loving groupe
were gaping at the corpse. which had
baen partly disssetad, they were some.
what surprised by tho entrance Of
Doctors w. II. A. Lewis and A. N.
Oven, who demanded Of Coroner
Sauer why he.had entered their prem
Uses and interfered with their work,
acknowledging, without hesitation,
that they were engaged In making a
post moTtens examination, claiming
that they were rightfully in possession
Of their subject, and defending their
actions Ia so doing. 1864
Doctor Morgan, who was PREF cnt as
a spectator, also defended their ac-
ton, which, however, but few seemed
disposed to attack. laai
The Coroner explsined that bis
duty required him to hold the Inquest.
The doctors accepted the explanatiop,
and the inquest was adjourned 20 the
afternoon, when additional testimony
was taken TO prove the identity of the
body. .
While The inquest was progressing,
Chief of Police Mauntel, who was
present. maintained that the body
was that Of one Charles Kruger,
identi6ed his clothing, and said be
could not be mistaken, for he had
known Kruger too long. aud his as
sertion was supported by that of an
other person, who claimed 60 know
him equally well.
Against this was the testimony Of
Mr.. Thomas K. STnzich, Mr. Wright,
Tho has charge of the hospital, and
he undertaken to whom the body had
been delivered Tor burial, and from
whom it was teLen by men who pro-
tended to have sufficient authority
for so doing.
The parties who procured the body
rom the undertaken delivered it in
he attic of the building named. and
n doing SO the body fell from their
lands aad the nose was broken.
frona this circumstance and from the
he fact that dissection had been
commenced. wild rumors were in cir
that. murder had been
and the body concealed
IN a garnet, bat the fact that work
On anatomy. with the name of DIR.
Lewis written in it, was found with
The corpse plainly showed that there
was but little attempt made at more
,oncealment thar any such case nat
1rally requires.
Drs. Lewis and Oven claim tt at
they have COD troll of the room, While
Mr.. Sauer. the cigar maker. clai ms q
right to IL also. and each vest arday
accused the other Of giving inf-orma
ton on the other. Be this as liz may,
it is evidently case of Box ard Cox,
whey Elm each supposed himself the
solo occupant of the room until the
denouement. a1sn
Mr.. Sauer had sixty nine boxes of
cigars seized in the room where he
says he placed them to dry, and
knowing that the doctors had the
subject there, . .cused them ofinform-
ing on him, while the doctors believe
the information. concerning tho pres
ence Of The tGdeoera was given the
Coroner, by him, in retaliation for
their suppos ed act.
The jury returned verdict as re-
1uIrcd by the facts. and tho body was
red to the undertaken for
burial,