The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-11
HORRIBLE DISCLOSURE Els.
THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION OF THE
JERSEY CITY CEMETERY-A SUPPOSED CAUSE

THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION OF THE
JERSEY CITY cEMETERY-A SUPPOSED CAUSE
OF PEsTIL INITIAL DISEASE.
The cause, 1t Is believed, has at last
been found, OF the evil doors which for
several years have annoyed the inhabitants
Of tha. part OF Bergen Hill, Jersey City, whose
houses situated in the vicinity OF Prospect Nav
ark. Waldo and adjoining avenues Various mess-
have been adopted from time TO time to abate
the nuisance but no satisfactory result has yet been
reached Tho following story shows how far from
the right direction all previous Efforts have been.
BROUGHT LIGHT.
Something more than n year ago tho father of a
little girl who died, unable to purchase a suitable
grave child paid $40 10 the proprstors OF the
Jersey City Cemetery and had the body placed in the
receiving vault with the privilege Of remaining there
twelve mouths. Gong n short time since TO
remove Il for interment he found that the CONN had
been removed to another vault and loosely piled In
with . OF similar caskets, all 10 q stage
OF decay more or loss advanced Tho plate
on the ch,lds coffin had been turned down.
iliegibIe Those and otber discoveries led
outraged parcn, to mako statement Of the case TO
DIR. Lochncr, Who Immediately reported II to tho
Board OF Health Accordingly, on FRIDAY, Health
Inspector Cronin, accompanied by Dra Loeb
ner and Rneuper, o! The Board , OF Health,
investigating the charge which had been
made Thoy were shown into largo, neatly kept
vault, stored the attendants, said, with $50 cofns
enclosed In pine boxes and carefully arranged Salts
fed with this inspection, the committee
turned and summoned before them the
man whose complaint tho inspection had
been made. His testimony ana that OF other wit
nesscs VINO wore examined led to a belief that the
worst had not been shown The Inspector and ply.
sicians thereupon made another trip TO the cemetery
and re-examinsd the vault which mad before
been opened 10 their gaze. IL was found
that instead OF $50 contained $50 caskets
The committee then demanded admitanoe TO tho
-kla lab hoA hafn hnan uhnu thA.r
and, on showing determination to prosecute their
search, were conducted 10 scone as horrible any
In the pages oil romaLcc
A LoArnsoMs pES.
Tho spacious vault, as dark and gloomy as grave,
IRON tho daylight into It's close recesses were
trodden only by the Inspector ana one OF the ply
sic,aus, tho other having too great horror
OF It's contents the threshold dark lantern
carried by the determined investigators; but the
door which almost took away their breath,
told clearly enough the nature oil the scsue
they were about 10 behold. Rotten cofnns, which
had been placed In the vault forty years ago. were
scattered ABOUT tho noor With gnasty skeletons and
discolored corpses protrudinr through the cracks
Old wooden boxes falling To pieces, disclosed loath-
some coecllons Of bones: mar .nd nesh. yellow and
cases, filed with human deors, sormouasd the pife
tipped with grinnins skul. The number OF indi-
vidual human remains stored In this loathsomo den
Is estimated at no less than i've hundred, and In
spector Crouin, who remained longest in the place.
thinks that II may reach 1000
The vault communicates by means OF vsntilaors
with tue hull side, near Waldo avenue. and
IL Is from THIS source the inspector ana
physicians believe that tho horrible od0rs hav swept
over the adjoining CITY, poisoning the atmosphere Tor
many years The committee by whom tho inspec-
tion made will report to the Board OF Health. at
It's next meeting, when Is understood, ehec-
i've steps w'a be taken to secure A. inc
may be little danger Ia removing the boaics
through the cry streets for olris which duty will
dcvovs upon the corporation OF tho cemetery, as
majority OF the corpses are gone beyond recognition
and cannot, therefore, be put In charge OF their
friends Ths discIos urss have created no little ex
element among the inhabitants OF Jersey Cry.