, 1880-04-17
FIGHT FOR A CORPSE.
The Coroner and an Undertaken
Disputing for Walter Meyers
Body.
An Old Feud Appsarat to Have Reached
Climax-Oharges and Counter
Charges.

on State street, for tho purpose or attending tho
funcrnl services Of the docchsed. Either
through negligence or rurpose'y, the Under
tinker lid not notify these frlcius TINT tho Coro-
ner wished 10 hold nj, inquest upon tho ronlaEns
at O'Clock this morning. nor did ho notify them
that rs carly "a . o'clock In tho morning no Ind
rccelycd notice fr0m the Coroner TINT ho was
not 10 dispose Of tho bpdy until after tho liz
ouost. Lilo. hnd scnt hack n defiant meg
eaEc to tho Coroner, and himsolf HupcrIn.
tended tho preparations for tho ftincrnl.
Now, Gen. Mann will not brook whnt he cun'
elhcrs m insult and, as there bus been itl-fccl-
Ing between HIM and Elton for n year p0st, hc
concluded to sottlu once anu forever whcthcr
Elton or htmsolf was Coroner Of Cook County,
Tho result was M unpleasant aquabbo III front
OF tho undprtaker'e.
THE MOunNEHs WE'RE sHoOKEp,
and took no p0rt in tho AFFAIR. Coroner Mann
had tho law on hts atdc, ho alleges, md mndO
short work Of nsscrting bis supremacy. The
body, lncloscd In handsome coffin, was already
In the hcnrso, and tho minister was in attendance,
says Elton, butt bis command 1t was transferred
from this to a common Pine box abous six
inches tho short. which wns furnished by Under
pNr,y, while ;hp i!owers whe! wct on tho colin
stab!e.. ~ Elton having tntsriefesl viii
,S %y en
Wallaco. charging him with lfsortcIly conduct.
lilo promptly furnished $50 hull until to-day,
TIE DIFFICULTY nErwEIN MTt. ELTON AND cor
OSElt MANN
dates ,back almost te tho day when tho iattor
WIS elected to the otll1e; Under tho previous previous
% nsrpcd certain r privileges, and hid styled Sinl
self Superintendent Of the city Morg.lo aud
Goroners unagrtakcr The % ngw Cor9neG & =" cooso or
interfering with cases except wnsn be Was t,n
sIan sa ae ps!e;, 3 & says VIZ & %a.', ~ tossaes
dunp %nte VIC aea e n S lie Srh pso Il
lsavipg S9o eSrteatG Of .opost ~ M the N.Y. w.
0ae nSnk o 9f ho I a nfS " o a9 Tp1S
from Michigan to this city, and Ind tho money
turned over 70 them; 1ls refused to s!gn M The
Coroner appointed administrator. and thwa1ed
That oticiars alleged money -tnnktnx game. Mr..
OS Il S0 psae a So
Coroner has not permitted him 70 act rs super ~.
nenSn Ssnss ssF ha q II.
plant Is confined to tho way tho Coroner broke
up tho funeral yesterday. ~
CORONER MANN in HIS HIS VERSION OF THE AZ
was vcry: 4overc upon. Nj. Elton. Tho Meyer
caso was '1frst brought to his notice BY Mrs.
opinion that there WIS something wrong IL tho
pe"red from r. be otlco tho il Of liz
III, wien M sho found him in Mercy iioseitSi. ie
aef IL al IN No. ess sto streo a
John Heal, had takun him to tho hospital agninst
w Sn Il H. " Eet S son e
Ia nm e te & "sptt soG ,d o or ro9po sh ~ h af
Gardner on III Mann ns sed 1t Tho so sospta and thorc
nao hed a de%h soer
tained to havo been caused by congestion OF tho
spleen md lungs, tho complaint being SGT down
as p'euro. o.pne'!'non!n; pr. 9ulno, Of tho + hDs- s
ness he had been visited nysevernl lo,gd wotnnn,
and that after o,o Of these visits bis diamond
Snnn M says % ho sslco hoars hat theso articles
wcro In tho Posscssotl OF tho Sisters, nnd might
he had by my righlfnl ciasmAnt Tor The nskiIg.
Responsible persons wcro after the money and
ELECTS VI tho dead man. and thoro wcro strong
., With
but he had not yet submitted his report.
WHEN CORONER MANN APPEARED At ELToN's
with his Jury, Elton naale at excited talk Gbous
said ho would do nm.ttlng farthor unless ho w'.s
paid n advance :. The @ ceronor snys he @ ordered !,
ho thought. to revise Tho contract Elton Ind
1na.lc With Mrs.. Flood for tho funeral, strike oir
uso Of ie,vd women, md also prescribe cheaper
colin p,a than tho sao one whieh had already pccn
Ihon, says tho Coroner, remembering tint
Representations obtained from ST. Lukos Hos
Gccr complctci and which hal mt boen kept
the forty-otght hours required b. law, lo de-
tormEned th0t Elton should havu nothing
further ia do With tho Meyer cisc. II o'cluck
yesterday morning he sont his I.ntlll, Charlos
V0rEcs, anu Undertaken Adams with Il nlessaHe,
10 tho effect that tho funoral must not tnko
place until after tho inquest Saturday, and that
The COrUnor would allow uny reasonable
cnnrgcs TOR tho kcenluK Of Inc b04ly
Eltuii paid no attention tu tho request, and
became violunt and yulgur la his lnngungc,
at icaat, 40 those ncsscngcra reported Ia tho
Coroner, Tho OcucrNl saSs hu wns angry when
lp heard this and loft MI Inquest ut tho M0rqllo
toE 10 Etni,'s, where hc found tho hot.rso
md carriages n fcw fricids OF tho dcooascl,
aud soni0 Wofi,c,, wu[t1x for tho funeral.
In response to IN order TINT the funeral must
hitn Of persecution and interfering with his
business, Elton dofiod hls right, and said
THE fuNEltAL stolttp PROCEED.
aud TINT hn had tho cn8h In Ills pocket to pay
tho rxpc11se For tbIs tho dleordorly warrant
was sworn out. Subsequently, aud before tho
warrant was served, Tho hvdy wna takon In
chatBo BY Mr. Adams, It wrs said to he iii Il
fllthy condition, aud only tho face, hnnds and