Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-22

before II o'clock. The next night they got
at t6ee so and the fol
from the dead house of the poor-hou,e. No
yember IS, they went to Holnead's cemetery
aa at sa0cS ID csed gS5
Schleimer and settled for all but FIVE subjects.
Sunday, November 10th, took walk with
number of friends, some of them females. It
Congressional and Methodist cemeteries. No,
vember IS, he and Schleimer went out that
November, 19, went to the almshouse and
stayed all day, expecting to get a subject that
night; went down to pOtter's field after dark,
put put 10 found nothing; it was too dark. Novem
subject and delivered it to the dissecting room.
November "a, he and Schleimer went to the
ea ct In Ra
that day appointed physician to the .poOr-a
very handy appointment for both for that
November 9Th. THANKSGIVING day. he st ay
at the almShOuse the night before and exam
ined all the patients in the morning, and when
November %, attended the execution OF
Henry Young, and in the evening he and
Schleimer went to Ebenezer cemetery to get
him, but found wOman'S body instead.
BUSINESS EXTENDING.
The next day he received a letter from the
University OF Virginia, and another from
wrote to Cleveland for orders. The next night
he and Schleimer got subject in potter's field
December l, shipped two subjects to DR.
whisky barrels BY express: The enc next nigh hight he
and Schleimer went out to Ebenezer, an found
three new graves, but the ground was too we
janitOr, to go out resurrecting with him thai
night: promising to pay him s. a head out of
Schleimer's share. December 5, wrote to Dr.
Davis, promising to send him two cadavers
the day following, and that night went to Hol-
meadS and Young Mems cemeteries, but did
not succeed in getting any, The next night he
and Cato went out to Mount Zion and got
cadaver for n. B.
DEAD BODIES AS ARTICLES OF COMMERCE.
lengthy list of such memOrandums We're
found in this diary; also a letter from J. S.
Davis, of the University of Virginia, ordering
two subjects OF merchantable quality, and di
ricting that they be securely barreled, stating
that he had had infinite trouble in consequence
OF bloody liquid escaping from the barrels.
Another from g. Z. rockingham, Ann ArbOr,
Michigan, stating that the barrels hid arriv-
ed, and directing him not to ship In barrels,
as the heads always get knocked in, and it
''eXciteS suspicion" The best Way to pack is
in a tight box, three feet by two, the subject
having legs and thighs fiexed and head resting
on chest. Sawdust packed about to prevent
OdOr Two can be packed in single box
little larger than the one described, and di-
recting him to keep sending at "s25 each for
good ones. Money to be sent promptly on re.
ceipt of goods" and directing him to send as
f.is; as possible until January.
The prisoner had on him a certificate of
membership in the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION of this city.
Close Of His Career Here.
On the 18th Christian and the colOred man
Charles Green were arraigned in the Police
Court The woman Margaret Harrison was
III court with them. The charge was for dig
ging up the body of Fletcher and carving it
away for the purpose of diSpoSing of it for
gain. There was another inform ltiOn against
Christian for taking the body of a party un-
the night of October 10Th. Nj. Norris, his
counsel, was about to put in a special plea
that. although the facts charged were com
nitted, the acts were for the purpose of pro
noting the interests of science; but he entered
a plea OF not guilty. The hearing went on
Christian was identified by several gentlemea
to the Surgeon Generals Office, where Chris
tan had been employed, recognized his han1
writing In the diary. The hearing occupied
crowded with indignant spectators. The
woman Margaret Harrison was proven to
nave had no connection with the business.
She went out that night, no. knowing where
they were going, nor what the business Chris
tlan was engaged in.
CHRISTIAN SENTENCED
The Judgment of the Court was suspended
until the day following, when after argum mt
by his counsel, the Court sentenced Christian
and Green each to one years imprisonment,
and 10 pay fine of 81 900, from which an ap.
peal was taken and bonds fixed at 5000 each.
and Margaret was placed under 800 bond to
appear as witness. The trial before the
criminal court took place January 10, 1874 Mr..
Harrington for the government and Mr.. Nor
rlS for defendant After the ties imOny and
argument the case was given to the jury, which
was out ffteen minutes and returned with
verdict OF guilty. He was remand I'd to JAIL
aud February was brought into court, and
Judge Cartier told the prisoner that he had
concluded to remit his fine of $1,000, imposed
Ill the court below The case was not that of
student OF science In the pursuit of know
edge. In this case the Sensibilities of the pub
nc had been wounded, and the case was on.
without apology. He sentenced him to Jail
one year Green Was also sent back to Jail for
iilal where he remained until My 49, when
me District Attorney entered nOlle prose
qul, nothing having been fOu Id against him
more than the fact that he was driver in the
employ of Dr. Schleimer. 1t may be well to
late here that upon the publication of Chris
tian's diary in the STAR, DIR. Schleimer van
ished from this vicinity, no one knowing where
he went
CHRISTIAN PARDoNED AND GOES At IT AGAIN.
Christian was pardOned September 18th by
the President throgh the efforts of his wife
ana friends, and nothing more was heard of
him until the morning of November 10Th,
when box was left at the Baltimore and
Chic depot by two colored men, which excited
the suspicious of Officer McHenry stationed
there. and after hasty examination and re-
through an aperture, he discovered the arm
OF cOlOred girl The box was marked WIN.
Aulenreith, Cincinnati, Ohio. The officers
soon Overhauled the box in the presence of the
coroner, when the hOrrid sight was revealed of
two cOlored women doubled and twisted up
Ill saWdust; The dead colored woman were
field from the Preedman'S hospital the day
before, having died of natural causes, and no
Inquest was held.
HIS SECOND ARREST.
Through the efforts of Officers AtchiSOn and
McHenry, DR.. Geo. A. Christian was arrested
with two we'll known abOrtiOniSts, Percy and
Maud Brown, who hal just served out a term
In jail for committing an abortion on a Col
Ored girl at their place on 18th street. and
burned the body OF the child in a stove from
v hich the bones were recovered in the ashes
They were all captured together in a low den
near the old Lincoln hospital, and in the
Shanty were found an extensive wardrobe of
grave clothes and ShrOudS stripped from sab
lets. The excitement was great that day in
the vicinity of the station house, and il was
With difficulty the crowd could be prevented
from taking summary vengeance on the priS-
0nerS for the outrage committed.
THE BODIES WERE IDENTIFIED
that evening, one being the corpse of III arriet
Taylor and the other Ellen KetOn. They were
transferred to collins and turned over to their
friends for reburial. In the house of the bOly
SnatcherS were found complete outfit of
tools for resurrecting purposes, picks, shovels
boxes, SawduSt, &c.
THEY WERE ALL IN THE POLICE COURT
the next morning, and the prisoners were
charged with removing bodies from Beckets
cemetery. He denied having any knowledge
OF the cadavers, claiming tina! when arrested