Connecticut western news., 1874-10-23
BUFFALO BODY sNATCHFRs.
A Grave Robbed mt Holy Cross Cemetery 1.-The Corpse of n Lady Taken Ou,
 and Placed in . Disae ctimE Room. !.

Grave Robbed at Holy Cross Cemetery
 1.-The Corpse of Lady Taken Out
 and Placed i'm Dissecting Room. <"
 The wife of Samuel J. Carey, residing in the Thirteenth ward, Buffalo, N. Y., died of "a complicated disease of the tongue of long standing, the case being one which had attracted considerable at. tention. The lady was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, at Limestone Hill. On the following morning the family and neighborhood were thrown into great state of excitement and horror by the discovery that the grave had been plundered of its occupant. Body snatchers had unearthed the coffin, taken out the body, stripped the latter of it's grave clothes, then again buried the clothing and empty oasket, and carried the dead woman away. The most experienced detectives were set to investigate the case, but for 8 time their exertions resulted in nothing, except discovering that wagon had been seen late that night in the vicinity of the cemetery, an occurrence not at all un- usual. The affair caused much excite. ment, but nothing compared to that which resulted from the developments of the case. Carey sent newspapers ad- vertisements offering $500 reward, half of it being for the recovery of the body, and half tor the arrest of, the depreda- tors. Later in the day, and suspecting that the body might be in the Medical College, he applied for 3 search war rant. One was issued ostensibly to search for clothing alleged to have beeA stolen from the grave at the cemetery. It was given to Officer Bonnell, of the Police Court squad, for service, who, with Officer Boyle, of the Third pre- cinct, MT. Carey, and sister of the. deceased, proceeded to the College building, corner of Main and Virginia streets.
 They searched several lower rooms, but found nothing then they essayed to go up stairs, but were stopped until they showed g. warrant, when they were allowed to proceed. Opening the door of the dissecting room they entered, and beheld between thirty and forty students in dissecting-room garb and arms barred to work about the dissect- ing tables, on which were six naked, partially dissected bodies-four men and two women. Mir. Carey and his sister -in-law were at the officers heels and came full on the horrible sight, at once recognizing one of the bodies as thatfosWhich they were searching. The advent Iof the police caused a panic among the students, who huddled in a corner, some very pale, endeavoring to hide their instruments. 2, Thirty y-eight students and the janitor, John Fergu- son, were marched, headedsby the po- lice, down Main street, occasioning much excitement, to the police build ing on the Terraces. They were es- corted> into the Police Court room and insidesthe railings.a 3 5 ~@2EgD T
 Police Justice Nash allowed the pris- oners to go on parole, to appear when ordered. MT. Carey, his sister-in-law, and MT. Crowley, undertaken, who first buried it, positively identify the body. On the other hand the ianitor and some of the students claim the body was in the college before the time of Mrs, Carey's funeral. '' -.-' '' .-.' ''.