Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-29
The DeseeratfeD OF HOimes a Ceme-
THF CUaRGFs AGAINST -rr,v sr~-o,-
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THE CHARGES AGAINST rFyp srxrox
REowN. DTs1Tf ss-o 49,
Ir the Police Court tn 70 bas ZOO, ,,o,,,,-,,-
for some time past cries Of caSag aa4irsf
Eict aTg br3Wn. SRI. ,-ef sexton Of the Vol
me 40 cemetery -narEinC him with desecra-
ftg me raves of that cemetery. Ore of
tn So cases Was h~oTght ny NV ~. Sin
ear, 81 drsiUg Brown WITH the larceny Of
tombstone and fOot-Stope worth 80. An
othcr case was brought nv Policeman VIM.
n West. VITO b0s shown commemorate vigil
nuee in looking up the witnesses. In this
case Officer West charged Brown with felO-
ntOuSty taking and carrying away large
Quantities OfUTivSte fence. brick. cedar trees
in some instances tearing down vaults. Ieav-
Ing number % bodies exposed, said prop
eTfy costing probably thousands Of dOllarS
Another case in which Mr.. John T. Given
was the prose cutting witness. charged Brown
with committing trespass upon his lCiven'sl
Tot. by cutting down and destroying cedar
trees and maliciously breaking down and
carrying away the fence tn said lo- This
case had been postponed from time to time
through various causes unknown To all az
cent 10 the counsel and court, and finally il
came UP last Thursday for a hearing
MT. CaTrlngtcn appeared for the gov
Mr.. Given testified a - the ownership of
MS JOY. us size, and that in II had been de-
poSito d the remains Of mis- parents. brothers
and sisters. Leaning through the city press
trat the grave ward had been condemned by
theBOarft OF Health and the removal of the
dead 20 other places ordered, he some time
ago VISITED the grounds To look after his
irclCsUre. The most sacred SPOT on earth To
him He found his man Richard Brown in
charge. and was aStOnlShei to see the place
IN % dilapidated a state. He made arrSn ge-
ments with Brown to carefully guar,l his lot
ana allow violent hands 70 be laid on any
thing belonging 20 IL, IN consider 10 for
which he would see him fully CO.HppnS1tel,
as money was no consideration to him in this
case. Brown promised tn faithfully carry
out his " shes, and he there gave him -25
Some weeks later. hearing that much sacfi-
le-e mad been done in this cemetery, he again
visited The place. and was completely dumb
founded TO find his fence removed, the cedar
trees cut down, the graVeSfoDeS gone. and
not v"sjige Of anything left 10 even show
the meteS and bounds of his lot. \ large
number Of cedar posts, apparently cut from
tie grounds, were piled up some distance or.
and disorder and general devastation pre-
Nai!ed. The work of destruction and ruin
could rot have been more complete had a
corps OF sapperS and miners been at work
there. He had been repeatedly informed that
flthald Brown ana other cOlOred men,
wEo were in his employ. had done
ms, but he knew nothing of it himself
Mr.. W u. Lowry, relative of Mr. Given
teSuned TO putting the fence up around this
lot; also. doing similar work al another lot
which was owned jointly by witness and Mr.
Gwen. ard which had been deSecrated in the
same manner AZ the one described. No fur
thtr testimony was taken, and the case was
COHunred until this morning. when it was
dismissed on the general ground that the
evidence was not explicit enough as To lar
ceny by Brown. NOlle pros. have been en-
Itftd III Inc remaining Cases against Brown
for the same reasons.
The cOmplainants are not disposed to let IL
rest so, and il is probable that active meas
mes Will be taken TO thoroughly investigate
the whole matter. with a view to bringing
the guilty parties to Justice.