The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-16
The Traffic in Body Snatcllng.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. -

W ANlilEtlONs l'Nts lDs
4 gang Of body snatchcrs, who have
been doing an extensive business in this
ncighborhood, have been captured by the
police. The party consisted of two men,
one colored and one white, and white
woman. They were caught driving away
in a covered carriage from one Of the Gene
tcrics. The white man gave his name ms
DR.. Geo. c. Archer He was searched,
and a loaded six-barrel revolver was found
in his pocket, with papers and memoran-
dun book, from which il was asCertained
that his right name is Geo. \. Christian,
formerly a clerk in the Surgeon-Gencral's
Office but now residing on Capitol Hill,
and that he has been carrying on an extern
sivc business AS body snalcher for some
with several medical institutions in Cleve-
land, Ohio, Virginia, and the District to
which he has sent bodies for about six
months. During that time he must have
sent away several hundred. a recent order
from an institution in Virginia directs him
to pack two bodies in whiskcy barrels, and
use sawdust for packing. One from
| Cleveland tells him to use strong boxes in
stead Of barrels, as the barrel heads get
loose and might occasion suspicion.
One memorandum shows that he went
to potter's field for the body of Henry
| Young, who was recently hanged, and was
disappointed by digging up the body of II
woman. The book shows that he has TAX
en- bodies from the graves in almost every
cemetery in the District IIoldmad's,
| Mount Zion, poltcrsfield, and the Young
Mems Catholic Burial Grounds being fire.
qucntly noted--and that the Virginia Uni
versity and the medical departments of
other colleges have been customers of his.
Christians diary contains notes for every
day in this year, from January to Dccem-
Der s, from which it seems that he has
been attending medical lectures, but no re-
ference is made to subject until August
last, and then there is reference to the
body of Beau Hickman. Under the date
of Monday, Dec. /, it is stated that he visit
ed Po,ter's field aud shipped two subjects
in whisky to Virginia. Dec. he visited
the Young Mems Catholic Burial grounds
and failed. Dec. @ he visited Ebenezel
Cote and got a subject. The entries of this
sort are numerous. Under date Of Tues
day, Sept 0, is written "Dr and | went
out this evening and succeeded in getting
Beau. 1t was a lovely moonlight night
and everything went off lovely Under
the date of Sept. 10, the excitement caused
by the discovery Of Beau's body having
been tempered with is referred to, and Ii,
states Il have found no one who is sus
picous, who did it,
A correspondence shows that the price
demanded by him of $40 per corpse wa
considered too much by some of his Gus
toners, who thought $50 should be enough
to satisfy him. In his pocket was also
found card of membership in the YOUNG
Mems Christian Association. The woman
who was with him is young and keen
looking She gave her name as Margare
Harrison. The colored man, who is doubt
less hired by Christian, is slender bull
with dark hair and complexion, and it i
said has wife and children living in thi
city lie gives his name as Charles Green
They were all In custody at police head
quarters.
This morning early the station was be
seiged with many persons who were mucl
excited, and later this morning some fou