Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-06
THE GHoULs AT WORK.
Il Body-Snatc1.ing Sensation at Keoz,
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IKeokuk Special (Nov. 81 to Chicago Times.
Last night A. Mackey, a student at the
medical college in this city, was arrested here
on the charge of body -snatching near Boa
con, a station of the Keokuk and Des Moines
division of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific railroad. On yesterday morning Owen
O'Haren, of Beacon, arrived in the city, and
from him was learned the circumstances
which led to the arrest. 1t seems that about
the LIST of October Mackey took to the depot
at Beacon for Shipment barrel said to con-
tain picked pork. On the 29th another
package similar to the first was shipped by
the same party. The agent suspected that
the packages did not contain what they were
claimed to, and concluded to keep a sharp
lookout. At very early hour on Thursday
morning, before daylight, two coai-oil bar
rels were left on the depot platform at Bea-
con, claimed by Mackey, and, under his di-
rection, shipped to his address at Keokuk.
Instead OF forwarding both barrels, however,
the agent retained one, rolled it into the
depot, and that night, in company with one
or two others, opened it. Their suspicious
were confirmed, for the barrel was found to
contain dead body, which was at once
recognized as that of John Hynes, young
man who died at that place on Monday and
was buried on Tuesday. They headed the
barrel up again and forwarded it to it's des-
tination. Mr.. Fyffe, the attorney of the
road, who was in Oskaloosa, was advised of
the facts, and sent a dispatch to the officers
here to detain the body upon its arrival. The
barrel that was first forwarded arrived here
on Thursday night, was unloaded on Friday
morning, and some tt ne during the day was
called for by a drayman and delivered at the
medical college. The other one arrived on
Friday night, was unloaded on Saturday
morning, and, in accordance with instruc-
tions, was retained and placed in charge of
the city marshal. Both barrels were on one
bill, were billed as merchandise, and directed
to A. Mackey, Keokuk, Iowa. Mackey has
been practicing medicine at Beaver for the
past two years. Upon the opening of the
present session of the medical
college he came to this city
and has been attending lectures. When in
terviewed as to what he had to say about the
matter, he said he didn't know. He express
ed the opinion. however, that it was put
up job on him by parties living at Beacon.
lie said that a man who represented himself
to be farmer came to him and asked him to
ship the two barrels to Keokuk to his MACK
ey's) name, stating that they were for his
(the farmer's) brother-in-law here, and would
be called for. When only one of the pack
ages arrived, however, Mackey went to the
depot to inquire what had become of the
other, and found considerable fault because
it had not arrived. The first barrel which
was left at the college had not been opened,
and it is not known whose body it contains.
DR.. Hughes stated that the barrel was left
there by Mackey, that they had received no
notice of its contents, and had no knowledge
it. They purchase subjects
needed for dissecting purposes.
and the supposition was that this one was
left there for that purpose, but they had
not purchased it or taken charge of it
as yet. He says the barrel is stand
ing just where it was left by the drayman,
and that the parties claiming it can have it.
The other barrel was removed in the after
noon to an undertaking shop, where it was
opened and the body recognized as that of
John Hynes. The remains were in shock
ing condition, having been placed in the
barrol without any protection, and begrimed
and disfgured from jostling about in han
ding. They were placed III a coffin and
buried here, where those of his father are
inferred. Hynes was about 81 years of age,
and previous to his death was employed as a
lriver in the mines of the Iowa Coal COM
oany, at Beacon. He formerly resided in
his city, and left here only last spring. A
ear has been expressed that the miners at
Beacon will become so enraged that they
will attempt to do violence to Mackey when
10 is taken up there, but he will be sufficient
y protected to prevent anything of that kind.
The graves of others recently buried up
here were being examined to see if any are
missing. The agent reported that four pack
ages in all, similar to these, have been
M. Barr, the sheriff of Mahaska county,
arrived in this city this morning, having
come to take charge of A. Mackey, the Bea-
con body-snatcher. lie was accompanied
BY @. P. Cone, an attorney of Oskaloosa,
who has been retained to defend Mackey.
Cone has been trying to prevail upon the
sheriff to leave the prisoner hero for the
present, as he fears the miners at Beacon
will lynch him if he is taken back while the
excitement is running so high; but the
sheriff does not anticipate any trouble, and
8 confident that he will be able to land the
prisoner safe in the county jail. He will
start with him tomorrow morning. The
sheriff has no directions concerning the
barrel left at the medical college, and has
AIKEN no steps to ascertain whose body it