The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-07-03
ANOTHER HORROR.
GhOuls Have Been Working in Marion
County.
The Body of q Former Citizen of Allison
vile Found in the Vet at
Ann Arbor.
Six or Eight Bodies Have been Ex.
pressed from this City
20 Michigan.

Detective Snelbaker visited the medical
vaults last night was identified this morning
beyond all question. Before leaving the
college last night it was suggested to DR..
Herdman that the body should not be re-
stored to the watts, but left upon the bench
for further Identification to-day. DR.. Herd
man, however directed that the body should
be placed back in the vat with the Others, in
order that in case it was not identified he
would run no risk of losing piece Of
such valuable property. In other words, he
had paid $50 or $50 for the ''stiff," and If the
body was not identified he wished to have it
in good shape to sell to the medal students
next fall for si0-that is the regular price
and get his percentage OF profit. So at Herd
mans suggestion the remains were wrapped
in cloths saturated in solution of arsenic of
soda and left with the other bodies til to-
day.
About 8 o'clock this morning Colonel
Snelbacker and DR.. Bush, of Warsaw, In
diana, repaired to the cellar of the medical
college TO take one more look at the remains
of the latter's brother, if such they were.
The student, Seton, was there TO meet them
by appointment, and Immediately upon en-
tering the room DR.. Bush's first look at the
body convinced him of Its complete identity,
and he exclaimed: That's my brother
there can be no doubt" The solution of
arsenic seemed TO have brought out more
clearly the features of the deceased. which
now exhibited an unmlstakable likeness to
DR.. Bush's brother. The private marks by
which it was identified were an indenture
in the center of the forehead caused acct
dentally by hea ed lead, the pecuiiarities OF
which had been injured, and also of the
teeth. The deceased had plate containing
two teeth in the upper and front part of his
mouth, and although vacant, the places for
the teeth were there This is the body from
whose mouth plate fell when 1t was re-
moved from the vat on the night of Devlns'
visit The plate was probably then lost
An undertaken named Martin was imme-
diately summoned, and about noon the body
was taken to his rooms on Main street. There
ltwas wrapped in cloth saturated with pre-
servative fluid, and placed in a common
wooden box for reshIpment. The box was
then filled in with charcoal as a disinfect-
ant, and the remains were then ready for
transportation. DR.. ]. NJ. Bush. the gentle
man here, resides at Warsaw, and about 100
miles from Allisonville, where the family
of the deceased lives. and where he was
buried. Allisonville is II miles from In
dianapolis, where he was well known.
Some two or three months ago there was
rumor in Allisonville that the grave of this
man had been robbed, and a friend of the
family investigated and found the body
gone. He informed no one of the discovery,
ink hat Il md ho
lieving that it would be impossible to re-
cover the remains. On the other hand, he
informed the mother of the deceased that
the rumors were unfounded, and that her
son remained in his grave, thus allaying
her suspicious. IL was only a week ago that
the brother, residing at Warsaw, learned of
the facts and ascertained their truth. He
Immediately wrote Colonel Snelbaker at
Cincinnati, and asked his assistance.
In that letter be stated that his brothers
body must have been stolen within day or
so of his burial, and that the Indiana medI-
cal college at Indianapolis was not in want
of material at that time, which fact led him
TO conclude that the body of his brother was
not there. Another reason which brought
him to the same conclusion was that his
brother was we'll known at the college. and
it was, therefore, unlikely that they would
receive him. Then the letter contained a
full description of the body which Colonel
Snelbaker believed to correspond with a
body he had seen here. The detective at
once telegraphed DIR. Bush to come on TO
Cincinnati, and the latter arrived there Fri
day evening, when both started together for
Ann ArbOr, arriving here yesterday after
noon, as stated in last nights dispatch, and
their search has resulted as already men
toned.
DIR. J. E. Bush, the deceased. has lived for
many years with his late fathers family at
Allisonville, where they are well known
and highly respected. He graduated at the
Indiana medical college, at Indianapolis,
four years ago, and then returned to his
native place to practice. His brother, now
here, is graduate of the same college.
The deceased was one of the most promi-
nent citizens of this place, holding high
position as a doctor and as a member of the
masonic and odd fellow fratermtles He
died last March of consumption. The
family of the deceased consists of an aged
mother, two sisters and two brothers, one
of whom is here. They will learn tO-mor-
row for the first time not only of the robbery
of the grave, but also simultaneously of the
discovery of the body here in the picking
watts THIS information they will probably
receive earliest through the Enquirer.
Colonel Snelbsker, who deserves great
credit for the quickness with which he has
worked up this case successfully, having no
information of it until few days ago, and
DR.. Bush start Monday morning at o'clock
There W nf P be- t .S5 d SnnsP0 in
recognizing the remains. The eyes,
of course, are gone, and also one-half of the
beard and mustache and much OF the hair.
The features are, however tolerably well de-
fined aud distinct Morton and another
man are implicated in this case, and there is
no question that he has worked up lndianap-
oils and vicinity. The express company's
books show that six or eight bodies have
been sent to the college here direct from In
dianapolis, and there is no possible way of
knowing how many Others have been shipped
to points on the Michigan Central railroad
near here and then reshipped here.
We say to the people of that vicinity, look
to the graves of your friends; If you find
them empty, ten to one their former occu-
pants are resting in the watts of the Michigan
university medical college. The appear
ances now are that before the summer is
gone half of the AZ bodies now here will have
been identified.