The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-15

slip DIR. SANFORD preserved for time.
She wanted to assign her body at death,
but DIR. Sanford told her that the college
authorities could not entertain any such
proposition. Then she asked IL she
could dispose of the bodies of her friends,
and he said that there was nothing to
prevent provided the legal and moral
requirements were complied with. She
then said that she didn't know but that
she would have two or three bodies to
sell DIR. Sanford told her that she
would get herself into trouble II she
violated the laws, and that she had bet
ter not take up such disreputable
business. Three or four days after this
DIR. Sanford received letter which bore
the postmark of " Bridgeport, April 8,
1873, p. NJ" and which came from
the Alexander woman. 1t was written
on one side OF little slip of paper, and
he had indorsed his reply on the back.
He read 1t aloud very deliberately, as
follows:
BRIDGEPORT, April 8, 1878.
Dr. Sanford.
Sir: Will you be so kind as to In
form me where can address resurrec-
tionist. | want man to help me, one
that understands himself, that L can
trust, for know where / can reap
harvest If have help, but i dare not
trust any one / know with my secret.
DIR. you will find me reliable, for | told
you the truth, am sorely in need of
money. Please oblige me as soon as
possible, direct to the full name you
have got. IL. 10. A.
R5- 1 can get now If have help, in
haste with respect, adieu please answer
in haste and oblige me-
Bridgeport, Conn. Il. E. A.
DR.. Sanford's reply was as follows:
NEW HAVEN, April IL, 1873.
Mrs. AIerdnder
1 cannot comply with your request to
furnish you with the services of II
resurrectionist. We have no dealings
with such people. To rob graves is a
serious ofIense against the laws of the
State, and If you undertake anything Of
the kind you will probably get yourself
| into trouble We cannot receive any
thing that has been thus obtained. We
| shall not violate the law ourselves, nor
assist others to do 1t. l.. j. s.
Undoubtedly DIR. Sanford's statement
at the first interview that bodies were
worth about $25 each as subjects had in
cited Mrs. Alexander's greed. When
she received the above letter she wrote
him most abusive epistle which he de-
stroyed straightway. Then he heard no
more of Mrs. Alexander until she came
to his office in July to sell Weinbecker's 3
body. This time she was alone. If
Bassett was outside in the closely cover
ed black wagon he was not seen by DR..
Sanford. The woman handed him q
slip of paper on which was written !:
have a subject or body to sell for
$25," She said that the evening before
several men had engaged in fight in
front of her house in Bridgeport. One
of them struck another q tremendous
blow on the head which killed him and
and the others threw the body over the
fence into the yard. She Immediately
put the remains in barrel, drove the
head in herself, and had brought the re-
mains to New Haven. She had written
"Dr. Sanford" on the barrel, she said.
The doctor told her that it was her duty
to confess any crime she might have
committed and to take back the body,
if she had one, to the place from which
she took it, He also warned her that
knowledge of her participation in OF
commission of any crime would prompt
him to divulge all the information he
possessed concerning her. The mention
of an expenditure of So by her for the
team was the only thing which caused
her any emotion. He gave her hint
that she had better depart, and she went
When DIR. Sanford came TO think thi:
story over he didn't believe the woman
could have put the body in barrel un.
aided, and concluded that there was
nothing in the barrel except enough
rubbish of some sort to make up the
weight of human body, and that &
fraud had been defeated. No suspicion
that grave crime had been committed
intruded itself into his mind.
The woman's letter to DIR. Sanford
has started speculation among the po
lice and thorough examination will bt
made of her baggage for any letter ol
anything else tending to show that sh'
may have known of other murders o
transactions in bodies. 1t is rumored
that she was suspected of attempting t.
poison family some time ago, but thu
police are reticent about the matter
Detective Arnold had long interview