Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-30
A COLLECTOR OF SKELETONS.
4 PGrsee Who Has Proudly Got Ste.ya,t,s
Bones.
Washington Republic.

Bones.
Washington Republic.
possible solution of the frequent larceny
of bodies from their intended final resting
places may be found in the awful eccentri-
city of an immensely wealthy retired Parsee
merchant, originally of Bombay, bat now
living in Egypt near the Nubian border
This singular old man of untold millions
has entirely cut himself off from the rest of
his strange kindred for LEGGED heresy and
departure from the ancient Persian faith of
their sun worshiping ancestors, and alone in
the wiids of Egypt ne has reared palace
of unexampled magnifcence with surround
ings that rival the fairy land of the most
vivid imaginations. In this fair domain is
vast garden surrounded by high walls of
polished granite and porphyry, the latter
mineral Astounding in great quantities in tina
REGION. Inside these walls everything is
in keeping with the outside splendor, and
we're it not for the CHASTITY denizens that
people its shady groves it would be par e.
cellence, the most enchanting spot in the
world. Amid fountains, flowers, rare ex-
otics, statuary, and bowers of tropical YER
dure, stand grinning skeletons of by gone
celebrities from all quarters of the globe.
From Europe to Cathay,' and Pennsylvania
to POLYNESIA, graves of tho illustrious dead
nave been rlhed to crafty his unnatural
taste, and his enissaries are constantly ern-
ploysd IN every portion Of the world in re-
surrecting the remains of notorious people
for this horrible museum. Nor does his
fancy for defunct notables run in any par
tlcular vein. AL that is required is that the
bones shall be those which were used by peo-
pie of notoriety. The warrior, statesman,
king, queen, lawyer, and ecclesiastic stand
side by side with the fends of the French re-
volution and the heroes of the most atrocious
murders.
No hunter of a brio a. brac ever pursued
his harmless avocation with more zest than
this ogreous Parsee seeks to enlarge his COL
lection. The recent attempt to abduct the
mortal remains of the lamented President
Lincoln from their sepulchre it is more than
probable was through this agency. The
possession of George Washington's ashes
has long been the acme of his desire, and a
place is already prepared for their reception
beside George Ill, whose skeleton stands
amidst rich grove of tulip trees.
The vagaries of this Parsee have long been
known to the authorities of the European
governments and measures have been taken
to thrwart his caprices by extra vigilance.
There is, perhaps, very little doubt of the
facts, and that their ret1cence in the matter
has been through fear of raising unnecessary
alarm in the minds of the people of illustri-
Gus decent in this country.
Is it not probable that the body of A. T.
Stewart is already on its way to Egypt? This
question is only put as suggestion to the
New York detectives, and possibly may turn
their ideas toward the objective point of
outward bound steamers, where the tele-
graph may be useful in intercepting it be-
fore reshipment for the land of the
Pharaohs. It is certainly worth looking
into, for the great New York dry-g goods mer-
chants bones would be decidedly valuable
addition to the awfulIy ossecus conservatory
of this depraved fire worshiper.