Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
GRAVE ROBBERY.

GRAVE ROBBERY.
The Case Of Dody onatchlng near
Boao0n, Iowa. ar
0ats City.
On Friday evening Owen O'Elaren,
Of Beacon, Iowa, the OskalOose sta
tion on tho II. q ID. N. Division OF
the g, r. l. & r, autographed to hia
brother-in-law, Tom Short Of this city
TO secure the arrest Of A. Mackey
The telegram was shown to Marshal
Hardin, but % the charge against
Nackay was not stated and @ the
nAme of no officer was given, the
Aarshal refused to make the arrest.
This fact was telegraphed back and
an answer came saying the charge
against 4ackey was body snatchinR. /.
On the strength Of this information
Officer Parker was detailed to
ARREST MACKEY.
The officer found him ct bis resi-
dencs on Seventh street between
Blondeau and Concert When noti-
fled that he wss under arrest and that
he was wanted at Beacon, he express Z
desire to keep the news from his
wife, and was allowed TO 90 and In
form her that he was going out and
would mot be back until morning.
After this he accompanied the officer
TO the boose and was locked up.
This was oil that was known about
the matter until yesterday morning
when Owen VHaren, Of Beacon, ar
rived In the city, and from him was
learned the circu instances which led
to the arrest.
lsckey has been
pRAcTIclNG MEDICINE
ct Beacon for the past two years.
Upon the opening of tho present ses.
sion Of the Medical College he came
to this city and has been attending
lectures. He rented . house on Sew
enth street, at the rear Of the College,
and some Of the students have been
boarding with him. y4
When interviewed - to what he
had to say about the matter, he said
he didn't know q he had much to say.
He expressed tho opinion, however,
that it Was . put-up job on him by
parties living ct Beacon. He said
that . map who represented himself
to be . farmer came to him and asked
him to ship the two barrels to Keo-
kuk In his (Mackey'S name, stating
that they were for his (the former'e)
brother-in-law here and would be CALI
ed for. When only one Of the pack
ages arrived, however, Aackey went
to the depot to enquire what had be-
come of the other, aud found CON.
siderable fault because II hadn't ar
rived. ,5fs,ts
TIRE FIRST BARREL
which was left at the College has not
been opened and It is not known
whose body II cont ,ins. Or. Hughes
states that the barrel was left there by
Maokey that they had received NO mo-
tice Of its contents and % it had not
been opened they had no kno wled0e
concerning It. They purchase SUBJ
jects whenever needed for dissecting
purposes and the supposition was that
this one was left there for that pur-
pose but they had not purchased II or
taken charge of II % yet. He says the
barrel 10 Standing just where II was
left by the dray man and that the par
ties claiming it can have II.
THE OTHER BARREL.
was removed in the afternoon to the
undertaking shop of v. T. Perkins, on
Third street, where it Was opened and
the body was recognized % that Of
John Hynes. The remains were In .
shocking condition, having been
placed in the barrel without any pro-
lection and been begrimed and dis.
figured from jostling about In hand
ling. They we're placed in Q coffin
and buried here, where those of his
father are inferred.
Hynes was young man about 2l
years Of age, and previous to his
death was employed % . driver in
the mines Of the Iowa Coal Company
at Beacon. He formerly resided in
this city and left here last Spring.
He was the step son Of Mr.. O'IIaren
who 10 also In the employ Of the Iowa
Coal Company, aud tha nephew Of
Thomas Short, Of this city.
A fear has been expressed that the
miners ct Beacon will become 20 en-
ragged that they will attempt to do
violence to Mackey when he 10 taken
up there, but he will be sufficiently
protected to prevent anything Of that
kind. The Sheriff Of Mahaska county
VIII arrive this morning to take
charge of him. We understand that
the graves of others recently buried
up there were being examined to see
II more arc missing. The agent re-
ports that four packa ges in all simi-
lar to these have been shipped from
there since the LIST Of October. The
grounds where Hynes was buried are
known - Whites Cemetary, mile
and half north Of Oskaloosa, and
four miles from Beacon.