The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-01
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R1rIING REsuRRECrIONIsTs.
Body Suafchfng i'm n Cemetery NEAR
Ciueinnati-"Aner We Get Enough
Won Can Have the Bones"

Won Can Have the Bones"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Some weeks ago the Enquirer
gave us readers an account of q case o.!
body snatChing from the cemetery 1t
Mount Washington, and the unsuccess-
iui search for the body in the colleges OF
this city which followed. Nothing fur
Their WIS heard o; the case until, yester-
day, when communication, received
from one OF the relatives OF the woman
whose body was resurIected, told the fol-
lowing story:
Mrs. IL. +. Bellvil!e, the wife OF James
B. Bellyillc of Mount Washington, alter
q short illness of one or two days, the ma
ture OF which her physicians could not
satisfactorily determine, died on Wednes-
day, the 9Th OF last January, and on the
Saturday following her remains were In
tersed. On the next Friday, her husband,
who came to pay visit to the tomb,
found the grave had been ritied and
THE BODY sToLES.
Horror stricken, the husband FASTENED
home and informed the rest OF the family,
who set sbou: taking steps to recover the
dust so dear TO them. On the Tnursdsy
evening following the discovery OF the
decoration of tie grave, Mr.. Bellvilie
received an anonymous note winch told
MIN 10 90 at once, armed with the pro-
per authority, 10 the Ohio Medical Col
iege. ON Sixth street, and recover the
BODY of his wife, which the writer OF the
letter told him was there. Acting on
this suggestion, Bellevllle, accompanied
by Judge Wilson, went to the College
building, where Sergeant GauI went up
stairs to talk to the jsnitor, while the
rest OF the party remained at the door.
The ianitor conducted them to the dis.
sectlng room, and. Mr.. Rellville exam.
ined all the bodies lying there, but failed
| 20 find the one he was IN search CT.
It's alleged by Mr.. Belville that Ser
geant GsuI came to him on that evening
and asked him if there was any money
in the case, saying that if there was Shell
baker could recover the body. No at
tention was paid to this, but, search
warrant being procured, the College
Building was again searched the second
dsy stterward. The search was again
| unsuccessful. MIR. Bellville and his son
were almost disheartened on seeing that,
even although armed with a search war
rant, the body could be thus hidden from
them, and that there seemed TO be nc
legal means by which they could recover
il, and they were al length driven TO
| think o.
COMPROMISING WITH THE SPOILERS,
and in pursuance OF this plan nephew
of the deceased, whose name Is not given,
went TO DR.. Conner, the Demonstration OF
Anatomy 81 the Ohio Medical College,
and hao talk with him upon the subject.
The Doctor is stated to have said in re-
ply that the people of the College knew
exactly the feelings Of the family, and
that in any case where the friends OF
deceased person discover that the
body has been taken away, they wodld
much rather return the body to
them. He SAID he did not know tina!
Mrs. Belville's body was IN that building
but he pledged himself 10 his nearer that
if the remains he WAS in quest OF were IN
that or any college in Cincinnati, they
would be returned on certain conditions.
The conditions OF return were that
the students would first finish the disco.
ton and would then give the remains to
the family. provided there was promise
of no prosecution nor any questions
asked. T. these conditions Mr.. Bel
wife at length consented, and on We'd
nesday last, just six weeks after her
death,