The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-22

were Interested from variety of motives
the simply curious, the philosophical, snd
Others who we-e attracted by thst Jotent
chsrm Tor msiiy n..n s.. sSsyr Of the
Digrsus we're msd- of the
interior Of the va,iit 01 this occasion. show
Jog the positions az the C fins. One of
these the writer remembers to hive seen
frequently when he vas toy All sorts
OF CociectUres, more or less irr.tioI n, were
advanced 10 account for the bewiidering
phenomenon, bat Iae faSorite Que Was that
{. was following 5. With his hate even in
the grave Tn. Governor, after inspecting
the peculiar positions Of the ccffins. direct
Ell that thev should be replaced "a they
were at frat. This was done. the vault
closed and csmenied in hi- presence, aud
sealed by him with the island seal in such
manner that an entrance could only be
Effected by breaking thee seaIs-sni this
would have been felony. 1t ia proper to
state here that, althoIga :heie had not been
the siightest indication that the vault had
heen tarlpered with a. any time, vet as
ore or tso persons had suggested the
possibility Of it, hsvicg been entered BY
some one who had moved the cofils for the
purpose nt getting mp a sensation, il was
judged bes- ''to make assurance doubly
cure" by sealing it as above described.
Some three or four years intervened be
tween this second barial sioce C.'s death
and the next occa-ion when il became nee
essary to reopen the vau!t fer the admission
al the rem aims Of q late member of the
families. TIE suth0ritiss OF the island were
| notified, end some Of them were present ct
the breaking q the reals and lne opening Of
| the vault. 80 lis passing strange to tell,
| but, for The third iirie, the coifns were dis
| covered in & ssate of Confusion worse con.
founded" thrown around pell nell, upside
down, standing On their heads. and in
mixed disorder generally. OF course
every body excl aimed to everybody else
"How strsngew "Very extraordinary y
"Wonderfui ~ ard 80 forth but still the
mystery rem aimed unsolvsi, except BY tbs,
solution which old women snd believers ir
! general III supcrrsiura evidences Of thi,
character insisted was the true one. 81
told You SO; faint nothing, sure rs yor
live, but old c. 81 some OF his devilmen
with 3"
THE F0USTH oPESI.lG.
1t was now determined 70 remove c 3 re
mains from the vault and zee what the re
suit would be-ss it affected s. and tn
other tenants of the tomb-at the mex
opening Of it. His coffin was accordingI,
taken out and inferred in arother part O
the churchysTd, AID the vault again care
fully closed a. before. Some years passe,
ere the keen scythe of the universal reaper
Death, made vacant place in the Gomes
tic circle OF either OF the families, and al
foTded al opportunity for determinin
whether the unnatural disturbance in til
cemetery was referable 10 C's presence o
not.
When 81 length it was known that tn
vault ws5 to be opened for the fourth tim
since c had lain there, ara for the first al
ter his remains had been taken out agsir
there was much excitement in the neigh
borhood, around it, waiting in anxious sus
pense the revelation Of iis interior. A
soon as an opening sufficiently large enoug
to admit the light had been made, one Q
the workmen kneeled on the ground an
peeped in, and, with an explanation of sui
prise, assured the bystanders that ever
coffin in the vault was in its prope
place. Astounding fscti their al
: rangement was identical with that
which they had been left when G. was n
: moved from among them, nor did any ful
ther disturbance ever take place there
This extraordinary circumstance my ystiie
I every one. Inexplicabls by the know
, operations of natural law, and bsfiiing ii
; speculations Of philosophy, it remains, {
Dundreary says, cone of those things II
fellow can find out" The only explani
tion that looks reasonable is the one tn;
science would certainly reject. e, Il
| 'old woman" theory, thst G. was the chi
: disturbing element, ii not the sole instig
tor, -of the post-mortem row in tn
; vault,
' The facts of the case are well known {
the island, and we're duly attes.ed, at Il
3 time Of their occurrence, by reputable wi
nesses OF them. The reader can deduce h
own inference from the premises. ii
: writer offers no solution to the myster
and will conclude this sketch of it in Il
: words of the profound thinker-"There a
| more things in Heaven ard earth than a
= dreamt OF in our philosophy" BEz.IN.
1 PORTSMOUTH, May s.