The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-09-09
The Tragedy Of the Tombs.

The Tragedy Of the Tombs.
REVELATIONS OF MIDNIGHT ATROCITIES
IN LONE MOUNTAIN.
The writer Of the following horrible
narrative was On eyewitness OF all he
describes, and believes he was not mad
when he saw it. though he is still as
tonished at his own mental integrity
after such sight. at such q time, and
in such placs.
On the 9Th of July / got . horse at
stable, and started for Fort Point.
via the Preside. From the Fort. l rode
down the sea--shore. and loitered in
eight of the Pacific, charmed to uncon-
ciousness of the time by the ceaseless
roar OF the grand anthem OF the ming
ling winds and waves. Go. friend, and
look out on the boundless abyss Of
waters, and hear its eternal harmony of
loud sounding tones. its everlasting
pecan Of 10 triumphei L tviumphed
over time. aud earth. and sll ages. l
ain Ocean l sm water Before the
earth, before the stars, before man,
was! God formed me first. and I shall
live in the majesty of beauty evermore.
Listen, friend, to this anthem, and re-
turn to the sea of msn-the city-a
greater, wiser. purer man. In such
wild dreams as these the day passed
the sun went down. turned my
horse toward tho city. and galloped
without regard to roads or paths. For
a while there was crescent moon, and
twinkling stars. but then amidst the
ghosts. perhaps. of millions of spirits,
streamed up from the bosom of the
ocean and envelIped the hills, and dells.
and valleys. and tombs, and all the
desert of sand that streatched from the
surf-beaten shore to the city OF hills.
the city Of health. and happiness, and
wealth, and churches. and school .hous.
es. and palatial hotels. to the city of
100000 living souls!
o, what thought! how sad to poison
this golden cup of spar king wine with
the memory that this city must all die.
and sleep in the subterrsncan city
the city Of the dead-the great dead
metropolis whose palaces are OF uni
form size, all built OIL one and the same
ground plan two rhombs joined at
their bases. o, ye sleepers within
mathematical angles, two obtuse and
two acute, aud we that are to sleep
there. have q care that your consciences
have not been too obtuse. and your ras-
cality too acute. too sharp. too devilish,
for the honest resurrection OF the body
hot in the way the body in our story
was raised, but in the way the corpus
shall be raised on the day when the
band whose Instruments have never
yet played shall sound the receite Of the
las. day.
In the solemn midnigit. on the 5th
of July, l came upon the city of death.
the metropolis built entirely Of small
rh0mbic houses, covered with inscrip.
tions aud buried in sand. Az rode
on one of the winding ways. thought
heard the falling Of dirt at regular
intervsils. rainsd up my dark bay
horse. aud listened. There was no mis-
taking tho sound. Immediately re-.
collected that the same day . Mexican
gi,l had been buried. knew. also.
that she had died the day bsfore-thst
10 on the 4th--in Q miserable den Of
pow erty. infsmey and destitution. on
Vallejo street. BY ono of those psy.
Geological phenomena with which all
are familiar, l at once immaginsd the
truth-nanely, that some medical
students were digging up the body. l
disnounted in the shrubery. tied my
horse firmly to small tree. and crawl
ed cautiously on my hands and knees
to the resurrection party. l saw four
individuals--three white young men
and one Chinaman. The Chinamsn
was shoveling out the dirt, - ! could
see by the bulls eye lantern, which
threw the light into the grave. Pret-
ty soon the Chinamsn stopped. and one
of the whitc men went to digging.
Thus they changed about, until at
length I heard tho click OF the shovel
on the wooden case. Ny hair was
erect with sort of horrid anxiety to
see the girl drawn out OF the grave.
One Of the men handed down u hatch
ct, with which the lid OF the coin was
pried of; in IN inatant the body was
raised up, and caught BY the head and
shoulders. and pulled up to the edge of
the grave. and lsid on the ground. l
saw the face: it seemed that Of young
Rirl, perhaps seventeen years old; .
little wan and pale. dut hardly pale %
death
All this, and my reflections occurred
in less than minute. Tho girl Vas
dressed ~ in life, in . muslin dress,
shoes and stockings. aud robed around
her shoulders but her long dare hair
was loose and uncon6ned. Just ~
huge sack was being held open. sppar-
emily for the reception Of the body,
the latter. of its own accord. slowly
rose to sitting position. There vas
then IN instance OF triumph Of blood
and education over brute men. The
white youths spoke not, the Chinsmsn
yelled. Une said. Stop. you oiack
devil He yelled louder and ioudsr
agsin. The muzxlc Of pistol was
pIsced against bi. head aud discharges.
and the Chinaman. to my uuspesk-
able horror. fell over into the grave.
But the horrible was yet to come.
With supreme coolncss. ono held DOT,
tie to the sirl's face. and she soon tell
back into horizontal position. The
other two - quickly shovslsd dirs INTO
the grave on the dead Chinaman. snd
actually filed il, end smothsd it o. .
n ,rave ahould bs They then took the