New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-05
WANTED FOR ANATOMICAL PURPOSES.


The bodies of the two children that were found IN
brown paper package at the office OF the American
Express Company near the Grand central depos On
Monday night, addressed to Professor cage, O1ro
nell University, lay all day yesterday III the
Morgue The mystery surrounding them was nov
explained by in the city, On the faces OF tne
children when found, lay a board marked "toleInsn,
800 Broadway to be called for" AS Davld Cole-
man. a medical student, who owned a skeieton i
which was found on the roof OF a house apouI
month ago lives at that address, 1t was thoneh1
that he might be the one who had sent the ucau
children to Professor Gage. When asked ABOUT tnc
matter yesterday Mr. Coleman SAID TO lki lS;aa
reporter: II know nothing about these bodies
and do not know Professor Gage, but th,nk l can
explain why the board bears my name ana ADDRESS
When the skeleton was found here snort IT., , nro
test and was said to have been buried by inc
keeper, although Coroner Brady bad ordered J, 70
be returned to me Well II g,S apppptsiped it. Mr.
White the keeper. asserted that both II ana me
box had been buried in the citys graveyard IL Is
said however, that the man who carried the Do4
away from the Morgue wrote ON 1t what wa Iounu
on the board last night, which was in the express
package and it is evident that the man VINO na4
that box sent those dead bodies TO C0rheli. Dut
don't believe tie skeleton was ever buried, but that
il was sold, for it was fine one, ana very 'aiu-
able" 1890 .ot;oor+
about the matter He denied that the podies nau
been in the Morgue previous TO their ocne W. ToIe
the express Office when ASKED Iu ~ried bnt the
box was thrown into the river. lie adnl'teu .nae
while the law ordered that every unknown Dody Ill
the Morgue should be numbered and dcsCIlpeu' ~
record was made of that skeleton. MI. w hltc u'u
not give any explanation for the omission. .
A telegram was received in the afternoon lroh
DR. t. G. Wilder Professor of anatomy IN corheli,
of whom Professor Gage is an assistant sta,ns tat
the bodies OF the two young children hau peeh ea
Ultimately obtained for anat0nncal puIpodics anu
requesting that they should be forwarded wlthone
delay Or. Wilder did not state from whOm ,iie
bodies had been obtained, nor what " terminate
means had been employed Ill procuring 'nonh'
THE DUTIES OF NEWARK'S TREASURER.
At the opening of the spring term OF the courts a
Newark Yesterday the Grand jury was sWoIn.
Judge Depue delivered strong chargG 10 T .nc Jddy
in relation to the frauds at CITY HAL ne Juuse
said that these fIauds exceeded the sum oI 'o,ooo
money obtained directly from the CITY treasurer
by the CITY Auditor, Palmer who had no CUSTODY
of or access to the public moneys. Judge De2ue
quoted from the city ordinances giving the uu.cS
of the Auditor treasurer and 0,her oinceis' $40"
ing that every reasonable precauuon nav peHn
taken against frauds upon the Treasury, the de-
pa,tments acting check upon one ahot1eI' III
some cases. he continued, mere neghgence,
an indictabe offence. 1t was posslpie thau
Treasurer WinaDs might have been deceived mo
the payment of the warrants drawn 10y ~, W.,
Clerk these raised warrants amounted TO less than
| S35. 600 But with regard to other payments oy
the CITY Treasurer this suppOsltlon was lhaullliss
| HE The Treasurer's duties said the judge were
purely ministerial. He had no discretionary dutles
! annexed to his Office lie was to pay, only Oh the
scrihcd form Before he allowed dollar to go from
tle CITY Treasury il his duty to see to II that
| the voucher or evidence of Indebtedness was III
1.-THE evidence laid before the Court added LED
Judge Depue. "is that of the moneys OF wmch the
| civ was dcfrauded by Palmer upward of $4,000
was paid to him on warrants that do not bear even
a Semblance of compliance with the law and about
Hi in checks was payr&bie to his own order,
which should legally have been paid to
| fbe Commissioners of the Sinking FUND me
Judge cited other cases of illegal payment by the
treasurer remaiking that If the law had been az
bered TO such frauds could not have been commit
red without detection Official acts OF tins charac,
plainly n violation Of the lmw anG
| JnGge Drnue said now leave the Investigation
of these matters in your hands, trusting that you
will conscIeniously and firmly perform your duty
! however unpleasant the consequences may be. Inc
! oath YOU have taken places on the conscience
of each Individual juror the duty to make uilgent
| inquiry and true presentmeut, and to MAINTAIN
secrecy with respect to the proceedings OF tue
| Grand jury"