Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-16
GRAVE ROBBING,i
THE BOSS BODY sSATcHiSG HORROR.
Exciting Chase. and Final Recovery Of the
Bodies ---Rsmains Identified D
Friends and Reintered---hf
rest and Confession Of
the Guilty Parties.
Special 10 the Cincinnati Commercial.

ville's turn to be visited by graverOb'
bers has at length come--perhsps il
came long ago, but not until this morn
ing has its revolving details cone to
light. The combined power OF the. Tone
mercidts staff OF correspondents, were il
concentrated upon the scenes developed
here this morning, could not drsw q
picture OF human depravity, so.fen4ish,
ioul and inhuman as has just coIte TO
light We have read of the work ot
ghouls in other cities and have thrown
the paper down only TO say to ourselves
that the correspondent has drawn upon
vivid Imagination, distorted the trrth,
embellished the facts and clothed his
/! thoughts in words Us brilliant ~ blood
| Ia make the scene rs hideOus to thOsc
who read as to those who saw, but we
believe them now. We have felt thc
touch Of the human hyena. We hFyc
seen his Shaggy teeth. We have Nit-
messed him clean the dirt from thc
graves OF our loved ones and snateh
| their bodies from the tomb.
The people OF GAINESVILLE are Wild With
excitement to-day, and could they by
/ their hands upon the man who perte-
trated the diabolical act We are about
to relate they would tear him to pieces
| At about the hour Of 3 O'Clock THE
morning Policemen Lander and Brown,
while patrollinS in the Seventh ward
! discovered man driving along with n
| light wagon drawn BY magnificent
looking horse, high spirited and cllarnp-
ing his bit AS ii ready to run at the Or
ofthe hat lie stopped near the seventh
ward end OF the bridge, and inquiredpf
the officers ii he Was on the National
road. They told him no WAS, when Ian
der inquired ii he lived about here, at
the sanie time placing his hand on tle
contents OF the wsgou. IL
"What have you h.6c?' sail the off,
! GER.
Corn, Was the reply.
TOO soft for corn, said the police
man, and Was about 10 make further in
restigation, when the man dealt the Of
ticer heavy blew on the head with the
butt Of his whip. staggering and ior the
moment binding him.
The fellow then put the whip on his
horse both last and severe, aud in d mo-
ment Was out OF reach, seeming 10 out
run even the pistol balls that were sent
after him. Word was at once commune
! Gated To Lieutenant Linton, who, with
| Officer Still, procured q double rig and
started in pursuit. 4
Up to this time il was not supposed
| that this man had been guilty OF 80 toul
a crime as body-sngtching, but weh
. knowing that he WAS u criminal OF some
| kind. the officers started out To bring
| They went under the whip ior nearly
fourteen mills when they came in sight
OF Il vehicle answering the description,
| The moon Was shining brightly, enabling
! them to see qnite distance, and clos
! ing up within shooting range, they
opened fire on him. The fire Was re-
! turned ut intervals, and one of the shots
took. effect in Stills wrist, intiicting
quite severe wound. Still took the
| lines then and Linton the reviewers
aud ior hall an hour the hot balls whis-
| tied around the ears oi the flee scoun.
sCoundrel.
! Thus they went dashing along the
pike until reaching the toli-gate weIt OF
Brownsville, when the man leap from
the vehicle and took to the woods.
Linton pursued into the woods, but
losing trace of him, returned to the toll
| gate 10 examine the vehicle. Horror OF
| horror! What did he find? Four hu-
man corpses, thrown rudrly into the
wagon and encased in gunny sacks.
The officers alarmed the n-lghbor-
hood, notified them oi the great crime
| that had been committed, and then re-
! turned To the city with the stolen dead
! They arrived III the city about 3 o'clock
| this morning, and deposited the bodies
! in the station house. The news spread
| like wildfre, and in less than hall
| hour = thousand people gathered
around the station house.
The sacks were ripped open one by
one, aud a. the features OF the dead
were revealed, they were recognized.
The bodies were in a complete nude
state their winding sheets having been
lett in the outraged graves.
The first Was colored man nauIe d
Ben. Carter, who died oi consumption
on Sunday, and was burield Oh Tuesday
in Woodlawn Cemetery.
The next taken from the shroud their
friends hal prepared Was Hiram Curtis,
the young man who died from lock jaw
on last Saturday. Hc had been buried
in Woodlawn.
The next Was the body al sweet little
Birdie Carr, one OF the brightest little
angels ever called away from loving
friende She died Ola Sunday. and Wa,
buried on Tuesday, In Woodlawn.
The next and last MAS the body oi
Mrs. Bulgrr, ho died on Monday moru-
ing. and Was buried in the City Gene
terry on Tuesday.
The sigh, presented by this array oi
outraged humanity Was blood
in the extreme. and the crowd .,zed
upon them, aud then turned away with
feeling of revenge written upon the
colntenrnce, coiaIsared with which
Achilles wrath 70 Greece was but Z
smile.
Alter full i,lcn,iticstiop, the bodies
were placed In the hands oi the under
,.ker and conveyed to the place where
hut iorty-cight hours before, they hst
b,rn laid away by loving hands.
! Iour reporter visited the cemetery
where this ghoulish work wss performed
at Woodlawn He found the remains o
the deccase,i persons in process OF rein
tertnent in ii. d,secrated graves
Arrest Of the Gh0uls.
Marshal Fell returned from Columbu-
st 3 o'clock this evening. having in Gus
tody the author oi this outrage. H'
gave his name as F. r. Evans, ol Colum
bus b. G. Brooks, Of Newark, SAYS hi
name is LYMAN l. Eaton. He confessed
the crime To the officers, and said Their
were two Others with him, but refuses
10 tell their namev.
Later in ths evening Captain Hilliard
OF this city, who had been strongly sus
pected OF completely in the deed, was Al
rested, and by little strategy Eaiol
! was induced 70 peach, aud threw the en-
, tire blame on Hilliard and two othsrs
whose names the police decline to reves
J until they make the arresta Theexeits
: ment Is intense. .--.,.-ss,s.-s,sssa