The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-11
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p.aders Of the publicprcss have severa
,s. n late been shocked at accounts o
w. y. ,obbery Of the graves Of most respect
Nv. NJ deceased persons in different parts o.
%s @ country. These instances OF the desc
Wv ,,;nn Of the sacred resting places OF the
I.,J in private cemeteries excite unusual
r.,,,r in the public mind because OF their
"', ,n;ry wantonness. The criminal class,
I ,hc unknown, buried from the hospit-
.,ofthc large cities in the potter's fields,
t,,e commonly furnished all and enough
D' ',rhiects for the anatomical necessities
"nLe medical colleges Of the country. AS
.o,he eubryo NJ. DIS attend course of
,4,n,rs nj some one OF such institutions,
,S.s aconirc, under the guidance Of learn
" 'I Jn,otessors, all the anatomical knowl-
.l1e necessary for the successful practice
T ,,elicine, and are removed from the
,'nn,a,im,s that in earlier periods prompt
u medical students to undertake anato-
,o.,a experiments on their own hook at
he cost Of the dissertation Of some family
Orrharch cemetery. ',. u =.
tcain the advantages arising from
,n,apsv in the cases OF persons dy-
n, from sudden or peculiar and undc-
,sooed diseases, in the treatment OF simi-
h, cascs, are SO apparent rs to have over
,oue almost entirely the natural aversion
Il friends to such examinations. This
,Io has removed all temptation from the
m,hway Of practitioners to surrcptitiously
eb,ain the bodies Of those who have died,
,,ou, A desire to discover the real cause OF
I.,,b There was therefore such n marked
,l.puce Of oil motive for dissertations OF
,be resting places OF the dead in private
a, public cemeteries that communities
b,re res,edin the quiet confidence Ofsecu-
t,v on the subject. Lately, however, the
dsprayed have not scrupled for the sake Of
ain TO violate the tombs OF honorable
itipnsdisplaying the most heartless disrc-
yDloitllcacrcdness ofprivatcgrie Tho
h,e,t phase ofthis sdisreputable crime is the
nbLery Of the Stewart family vault of tho
bOdy Of its original proprietor. From all
that appears it is clearly II case OF black
mail. The robbery was undoubtedly the
subject Of deliberate plan for the pur-
ps Of obtaining large reward for the
return Of the remains. There seems to be
Int little doubt that those who planned
and executed the robbery did DIN the be-
lrttha, large reward would be offered
viththe freQuentaddendum-no questions
"kel. It now seems probable, il not ab-
oIu,elv certain, that in this the dcsecra-
tOr Of the tomb OF Mr.. Stewart will be dis
appointed, rs Judge Hilton expresses the
determination to offer no reward that Is
aotcOupled with the arrest and conviction
Of the robbers. The question that over
rules all else is; who did it? and we must
confess that after reading n very elabo-
rate description Of the construction oil
the vault and Of the precautions
nken to foil any such attempt rs has been
successfully carried out, all the circum-
Stances point very directly to one MIR.
lIlmill, who was not only the undertaken
VhOsuperintcnded the deposit OF the body
in the vault, but who was the agent EN-.
ylOyed to carry out the plan adopted with
the intention OF misleading any parties
Who might be disposed to remove the re-
mains in hope Of reward.
The vaul, is entirely under ground, no
part oiit visible to the eye, excepting the
marble slab over the top, bearing the in
siption that designated the proprietor
ship Judge Hilton, in the course OF an
interview, states that upon tho suggestion
u undertaken, Mr.. lIamill himself, the
slab which hal been placed directly over
the opening Of the vault was removed
a distance Of thirty feet from the vault
ialtfe place filed up and sodded over,
leaving no trace OF any kind that could
possibly designate the location ofthc vault
itsei, much less OF the opening leading
iatoit. This work was done under the
supervision Of Mr.. Hamill, and done'with
the utmost possible secrecy, and so iar
Is the Judge knows no one excepting
llamill and his assistant knew OF the
change. Yet the parties who robbed
The vault cut down through the sod to the
pnTcrOpening withoutthe variation OF m
inch; showing either that the necessary
outlines had been distinctively marked, or
else system OF lines established from one
object to another, after the manner oil
civil engineers. The former is much more
lkelysince thelattcr would havebeen otbut
lite use in night sufficiently dark and
ddnlyto permit the execution OF tho rob-
berry without observation by the police,
@oi the passers by on much frequented
,horOughiarc. Nothing has turned up as
veto solve the mystery, but the opinion
bEowing that the history OF the affair, II
tOldby undertaken lIamill, would be very
interesting reading.
FRANCE has succeeded in pushing Italy
TO take initiatory steps toward specie re-
sumption by calling in her fractional cur
nncy, as We call it, that isall paper money