The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-12-10

miles. Having last his wife, he resolved
to keep watch ouer her, and Surprised the
human hyenss coming 10 the grave. lie
raised his shotgun and pulled the trigger,
but the iaterp position CT the foul hend caused
the cap TO snap useles.ly ard the wre'che.
lied. A dozen other stories are 'o!1, but these
are enough to sicken the heart and confirm
tie worst suspicious.
WHAT HEsAYs.
McNamea, the elder, il now ia Jail. He
was yi.ited by a representative Of the Times,
and the Sheriff Of the county, who held the
fo!iosinS conversation with him:
Sheriff. Have you been engaged ir this
body-.na,ching bu-iness?
Prisoner-No, but / am afraid John
(meaning the doctor Sas,
S.-Wha, has John been doing for five or
elk years?
P.-Studying medicine at Ann Arbor.
Slow does he get living at that?
P.-I don't know. send him -four end
potatoes, butter and chesee, etc.
Snow look here; how many boxes
have you taken 10 Grand Blanc? They
were shipped By express from this and other
pointsl.
| P-i took three.
S-Didn't you know VIA; was 10 them?
| P.-I SUPPOSED they we're canned fruit.
S.-Where did you serd them 10?
| PIE Ann Arbor.
Slow we're they marked?
P.-They were marked ANDREW Johnson
Ann Arbor, Mich. Canned fruit"
Sand you did not know wha. those and
other boxes shipped from Davidson and
Film; contained?
| Pho.
Swell, / know. / have letter here
which will tell you. 1t is written to you
by your son at Ann Aroor. This is the way
it read.:
They've jus. sunk one in the cid Gene
terry. Go TO DR.. Willard and get particulars.
The last body you sent me from Flushing
stunk 20 that they did not want to pay for
IT."
The DR.. Miilsrd mensioned is highly
respected physician At Flint. The old wretch
returned no answer 10 this document, and
the interviewers then left.
The inquiry starts again from this point
Ii was resolved by many to prosecute
FURTHER INQUIRIES
at the college at Ann Arbor. This il large
building, aivided into three grsdee, li;era-
~. law and medicine. With the latter OF
these only this article has to deal. Con-
corning how many students there are, it is
not necessary to 60 into detsil. Ii is large
institution. The State Law allows to this
and other medical colleges the bodies of
convicts and unclaimed poor for the purpose
Of dissections. Those are believed TO be
ample for the purpose. When the rela-
tive Of the deceased persons came 10 this
college to neke inquiries :hsy were not al
lowed witt in, and in the case where the ex-
element became intsnse the BONES were
ALL SHIFTED HASTILY To CHICAGO,
ard exchanged for subjects here, which were
of course unrecogni.ibIe. The inquirer for
the Times. however, found his way within
these walls. What he found there 10 indie
scribAble, and would freeze the blood with
horror to be told ne il 10. The dead room
was presided over BY DR.. J. V. MsNsmee,
already mentioned. Fragments Of bread
and cheese, and old pla,ters and cold hits
were strewn around, showing that this exc
cradle fend made this his home Upon a
bench in one room were piled, Ike cord
wood, from
| FORTY TO FIFTY CORPSES,
Of all ages aud sexes, negroes and whites
mixed up. without Sven 4 decent consldera-
ton for bow they lay. They were covered
with ssw-dust and blankets, and their veins
being filled with colored material we're q
sight HURDLE enough to shock the sensibiIi-
ties Of q vampire. But, as ifthis were not
enough to bring the ii ISL of shame to the
cheek. the authorities of this concern have
also arranged a series of vats around the
room, in size ab,u. five feet by eight, and
perhaps ten feet hish, which are filled with
| liquid brine, and in this dead bodies are
thrown and picked. to keep for the time
when subjects" may be short. A pole with
. hook On one end, like boat hood, j. used
to
FISH THE BODIES OUT OF THE CHARNEL
POOL,
and they are hauled out and siung upon the
dis.ecting table,, ike roit.ng fish or dead
doRs. doctor" McNamee, for the price OF
from $25 to S35 body, has bern the .ervi-
tor Of this hell on earth, and hes nov
escaped. He will find no other place Ct fer hi.
taien's this side 0. the spot OF which his late
dead hou:e was a vivid resemblance. These
are all the exposures that have been made
thus far. Ii would seem TO any that DOS
sssses the feeling ola human being that there
can be nothing worse 10 be told, Int it may
be that there is. Into thi. horrible pool Of
death no one has yet had courage to peer.