Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25
ROBBING THE GRAVE.
Another Medical College Caught in the
n HeinOuS Crime.

Cleveland advices of SEPT. 18th state:
Intense excitement prevails in this
vicinity over peculiarly exasperating
ease of grave-robbery. Mr.. Edwin
French, long and favorably known here
in connection with the Winslow car
roofing company, died on Saturday at
the house of his son-in-law, j. II. Bovce
IN Willoughby, of typhoid fever. The
funeral occurred Monday afternoon, at
MIR. Boyce's residence. 1t was attended
by a large number of citizens from
Cleveland, the Lake Shore IL Michigan
southern Railway company running a
special car to accommodate the friends.
AT about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon
the body was consigned to its grave in
the family lot in the Willoughby Gene
terry. Fearing that the grave might be
robbed, Mr. Julius E. French, son of the
deceased, hired young man of the
place named E. Bliss to watch
it. This done, Mr.. French and his
friends returned to the city. Monday
evening, feeling perfectly satisfied that
the body was safe, young Bliss visited
the grave several times during the fore
part of the night, and about - o'clock
was there. He returned again not lar
from 1 o'clock, when he discovered that
the remains of Mr.. French were gone,
and saw signs that indicated that the
robbers were not much more than out
OF sight He at once notified the SON
ln-iaw, Mr.. j. HI. Bovce, of the occur
renee, and the latter, with a few friends
FASTENED to the grave to find the story
Of young Bliss only too true. BY the
side of the empty grave was found an
old coat, and leading from it were very
fresh wagon tracks. Squads Of men
with all the weapons in the village were
sent off in every direction, and a dis
patch sent to the city asking the police
to be on the watch. Detectives Hulli-
llgan and Reeves took the case In pass
ing through Rockwell street, near Erie,
these officers discovered buggy ap-
parently just arrived and covered with
mud. Tney WenttO it and found human
gray hairs on the foot-board. This was
a good clew, and pretty good evidence
that something was wrong. The pro-
prietor was called, and declared he
knew nothing about the case, and
could only say the buggy had been left
there early in the morning. Search
warrants were sworn out against all the
medical colleges here, and different
squads of men sent at the same time to
search them. The officers went to the
homeopathic hospital. on Prospect
street. They at once entered the dis
secting room and began the search.
Nothing out of the way could be seen
at first, but, after carefully looking IN
der a dissecting- table, they saw that the
dust on the floor, which was about four
inches thick, had been disturbed. Pry-
ing up the boards and removing a scant-
ling, the body of Mr.. French was found
in a box, ready to be lowered into a
picking vault. 1t was at once taken
out and turned over to the officers.
During the afternoon a man named
Joiner was arrested and confessed the
crime, saying he was assisted by a.
young doctor named Carlisle. This
man was also arrested. The ianitor of
the college and nearly all the faculty
were arrested on the charge Of secret
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