The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-29

students Joke Led Attack Upon
HOspttai-The Tragic Result.
A correspondent in New York paper
writes as follows:
About the middle of April, 1888: there
was climax Of feeling in Now York
against me iical students who for year
past had been rather reckless in body
suatching. So long as they dissected the
remains of slaves, or the untortunates that
came from Potter's field, no one much
cared. Bnt grave under the protection Of
Trinity parish even, and several in the
Greenwich street burial ground, much
used by the Methodists, had been de-
spoiled. There was much talk and indig-
nation about the outroges. Of course
you remember the New York
hospital that tronted Yves Pearl on
pied the block to Duane street and from
its rear windows was 10 be had an almost
uninterrupted view of green fields and
the river. The medical school of Column
bia--not long before called Kings Col
lege--was attached to that hospital.
The college buildings remained until
about twenty years ago fronting on
Park place, and of course college and
hospital were contiguous. The front of
he hospital was said to be quite fine in
appearance: It's grounds were finely laid
GU: with walks, strawberries and trees.and
at the back there was an open space that
the boys of the period would play in. \
Young Bob Sawyer or Ben AlleL while
dissecting one April atternoon-I think
the 13th-had opened q window for the
sake of the river breeze, and from thence
out OF mere joke held up an amputated arm
10 the boys. One of them and observe the
curious and appalling condolences fate
sometimes prepares. even as in the case
the two Harrisons father and son-!nore
inquisitive than the resi-, pulled light
ladder which was lying near and erected
it against the hospital wall, SO rs TO
climb up for better view. The 'saw-
boncs,' still ocular, said Sonny. don't
.hat look like mothers arinT II was
,houghtlessly said, but curious enough,
within few months the boys mother
haa died. Full of this remark ard
thinking upon what no doubt he had
heard OF restrictions the boy dropped
from the ladder and went off to find his
father. WAC was then engaged In laying
brick on house in Fulton street. The
fat,.er dropped his tools and went up to
The graveyard that believe, was some
where near the Lispenard meadows, and,
oddly, upon digging, the body was not
to be found.
it took but brief time in the little
city to bruit about the whole affair. The
workmen engaged with the father and
- IL
mob. The story vas passed about ~ son
and father told it, and in an hour hospital
grounds and the hospital itself DDn3
with unthinking and enraged
not content with driving out
cd students and keepers, pra
tied the bones and Quilted Il
and laboratories. Intellige
stantly sent to Mayor James
co,der Richard Varick and
ert BOYD, and between thf
a posse comitatus and wen
Of riot. The poor mason
he recognized parts Of thu
wife. Whether in his ex9
oS not could never be ven
was no doubt that his
d;ssected.
The presence OF tne
time allayed the disord4
students had been RON
we're in danger of bog
was then living M
IN Dey street. and was
study when the news
ately repaired to the
that the authHiaes q
excited also, and shat
Gals had been alreadJ &
keeping in the jill q :.
1. was the general s he
bother must cone d NJ
| ing discretion the |cr,
ms father goes to nv
street-where boats we're Kept and was
soon taken acros to Jersey, where every
day he got word = to what went On
| The evening Of the riot was . fine
spring one, and there was NO need Of any
extra newspapers in those days. By tea
time, backwards, east wesk north and
outwards were full Of the Outrage It
was Down with the bospitsl,' Death 10
the grave-stealers,' etc. Even vo1e4
Joined in tie cry The 1seling Us
rampant Also With many u bettr claaes-
George Cnfon w. then gUveEhx.
Alennder Haniltoa - Asmtd gsnt1l
ppenakm, = ~ John Ja4. 1ha0l61s