The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-11-17
A WEB OF LIEs.-The following, manu-
featured from the whole cloth, is from the
Wilmington Republican, of Wednesday:

cry tAUTlOtS-Dn Mon lay, Mrs. Chambers, If this
city tell graphed to undertaken of Ekon, Md that
She wished him to be at the depot Tuesday and take
charge of the corpse of her daughter, which she
going bury in the graveyard that place. She also
sent word 10 her sister and number of friends that
she would be pleased to meet them at the depot
them accompany the funeral to the PRESBYTERIAN
church. where she wished have the corpse taken and
the coffin opened, that they might the face She
received dispatch in reply from the undertaken. that
he could not get To act pail be On the
arrival of the train on Tuesday, and the large number
OF friends that accompanied her from this city per
could Ice near the depot but the undertaken.
with old shabby hearse that looked to Ice over an
hundred years old, to which was hched Odd huny
horse. In fact, of the Wilmngtontns feared that
ii would not Ice able To haul the corpse. The under
taker Informed Mrs Chambers that the town authorities
had held meeting and forbid the opening of the
church, or the opening of the coffin. Four Whining
tnians acted pail bearers and placed the coffin
the old hearsc and before reaching the graveyard the
old horse reared. banked and kicked, and
feared that the whole affair would he kicked To
pieces but they finally reached the sravey ard without
any serious damage. Still none of her Elkton friends
Could hr the of the deceased girl
but number OF colorel persons could he standing
arouud at consider. bic distance with their mouths
and hoses tied up with handkerchief. 1t also
noticed that clorir of lin" had been spread around the
aud around TIA" cutters of the streets. Pres
hyteran minister, who requested uiiCiaic re-
fused do So aud another was engaged who delivered
a short discourse at the grave. The company went
back To the depot. and waited tor time the M
tram, hut not person called t" console the bcfrvrl
mother. No. not even her sister
Since writing the above the reporter the REPUHLI-
can has been furnished with the following additional
Information:
The uudert0k-r'> name who had charge Of Miss
Chambers remains Marshhank. who would not Use
his usual h"arsr an! horses, hut cot Old rickcty
hc;r>e aud hau'ky horse. The minister who refused
To oilriar thu Rev Mr. Hrhcrton. of the Presby-
terrain Church and the minister who not scared and
promptly responded I" til" request ga short nuc" To-
cfi"ittc, the Rev. Mr.. skinner the EpScoIel
Church. The family IL not Mr. skinner think
that irhert"m was preferred. but he only asked
b"caus" he WIS pastor of the rhGTC. the entrance
which they were refused.
The simple OF tins scare to our Elktou neigh
h'rs was that Miss Chamber, died of diptheria.
The above is simply a tissue of misstate-
ments and falsehoods from beginning to
end, and is no doubt the work of one of
the four young gentlemen who were seen
coming out of basement beer saloon, on
Main street, just after the funeral. In the
first place, no telegram was sent TO an Elk
ton undertaken, Mr.. Marshbank having no
directions about the funeral save a request
from friend OF the family to have hearse
at the depot. His glass hearse was too
small to admit the box and he was COM
PEELED to use the old one, to which was
hitched as fine horse as there is in Cecil
county, nor did the horse attempt to kick.
\ horse in front of him banked, which
made him restless and he reared a little.
There is not a young gentleman in
Elkton who would have refused to act as
pail bearer, but scarcely any one knew of
the coming of the funeral party, it having
been announced here that the burial had
taken place in Wilmington, on Sunday
At the depot there was a large number of
persons, many of whom joined the funeral
party of Charles w. Mccullough, whose
remains were on the same train. The
town authorities had no connection with
the matter, and the silly twaddle about
chloride of lime is the worst kind of non
sense. Rev. Mr. Heberton was, we think,
perfectly justitable in declining to otficiate,
as he has but just buried IA child, victim
of diptheria, and has other young children
at home, besides the Invitation TO be pres
ent did not come to him directly from
member of the family or an immediate
friend, but all that he knew of it was from
a youth of fourteen or fifteen years of age,
who waited upon him and stated that he
was expected to be present. We refrain
from replying to the indecent attack upon
the relations of the deceased. as no doubt
their feelings, as well as those of Mrs.
Chambers, are outraged by the Republican,
article. The sister referred to was sick at
the time. All of our physicians no
town can boast of abler, -consdered it uG-
safe to expose the corpse, and the under
taker acted upon their advice. We advise
the Republican to hereafter look to its au-
thority before publishing such statements
as the above.